When the notorious Black Daniel is carried, badly injured, into Hester Wyatt’s home, there is no question that he will be cared for and protected. Once a slave herself, Hester regularly gives shelter to runaways, yet the man of mysteries she now harbours brings greater danger than she’s ever known. He is Galen Vachon, a member of a unique elite class of pre-Civil War blacks. Handsome, arrogant, and accustomed to lavish living, he fears he’s been betrayed in his work with the underground and wants to move on quickly. Yet the magic healing caresses that flow from Hester’s lovely indigo-stained hands tear at his heart… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Racism, colourism & racial slurs, including discussions of slavery & forced conscription
- Misogyny & slut-shaming
- Infidelity*
- Emotional, verbal & physical child abuse recounted
- Threats of rape
- Statutory rape recounted*
- Alcohol consumption
- Death during childbirth mentioned (secondary character’s daughter)
- Minor physical injury & illness including broken bones, gunshot wounds, & fever
- Death of an aunt & grandmother mentioned
- Death of a father from wasting disease mentioned
- Death of parents & grandfather in a boating accident recounted
- Murder
- Gun violence (secondary character shoots her abusive partner)
- Kidnapping
- Imprisonment recounted
- Death from snakebite mentioned
*Context : The female protagonist was enslaved until she was nine-years-old. The male protagonist had sex with a 28-year-old woman when he was 17-years-old. The male protagonist kisses the female protagonist when she is engaged to someone else; however, it’s intended to be a celibate marriage of convenience and the fiancé turns out to be married. A secondary character’s wife is cheating on him. The male protagonist’s grandfather left his grandmother for his mistress.
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