Beginning in 1840, Different Hearts parallels the stories of an East Coast female teacher with an Native American male indentured servant. The two meet in California. Despite their mutual love, circumstances forbid their union.
Different Hearts is an historical romance novel. It begins its tale in 1840 paralleling the lives of Sophia and Ezra.
Born in Rhode Island, Sophia faces established norms limiting her liberties. As a woman, she has few occupational choices. Society dictates she remain subservient to her father until she marries. Once married, her husband will gain legal control of her personal property. If she becomes a mother, her husband will have legal custody of her children.
Ezra is a Native American born into servitude. California Territorial statutes permit Californians to kidnap, buy, sell, and own Native American children until the males reach the age of twenty-five and the females turn thirty.
Spanning more than two decades Different Hearts journeys form isolation to love from bondage to freedom.
Joli Stewart is raised in the lap of luxury on her father's plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. High spirited, non-traditional and head strong, Joli refuses to accept any interference in her life or her romantic decisions. Follow her life dur
Tralee, Ireland. September 1948.
An arrogant, and highly agitated, priest arrives home after 40 years.
Days later he's dead. Suicide? Or did his past catch up with him?
