Cain's Daughter Author:Doris Shannon JEMMA EALING -- the daughter of a rich Northern capitalist. Feeling the wanderlust of youth, she fell in love with David Sevendor, a handsome and wealthy Georgian. Suddenly Jemma was drawn into a world where she would become a pawn in other women's ambitions ... — CELESTE SEVENDOR -- Jemma's mother-in-law. Her gentility barely concealed h... more »er lust for power. All she wanted from Jemma was an heir to the idyllic Georgia estate she had saved from the ruins of war ...
MERLIN -- the black slave educated as a white lady. Her calm exterior hid a resourceful and vengeful nature, but she didn't try to mask her strange visionary power. To her, Jemma was a passport to safety in the north.
Three women: one southern, one northern, one slave. They struggled for survival in a world gone mad ...« less