Jenny's Dreams (Spinning Jenny Book 3)

Natchez, Mississippi. 1843... At 34, Cornelius Carson is wealthy, and an important man in Natchez. He lives at Carefree, the grand estate he inherited, with his wife Euphonia, his small son, and his ward, a young Irish girl named May. A man of principle, he has freed all his slaves, and the former slaves live in the Dependency behind the big house at Carefree. But events are already in motion that will upend the lives of everyone at Carefree, none more so than the lives of Cornelius himself and his freed slave Jenny Cornelius. At the age of 22, Jenny has lived a lifetime of experiences. She was a child kidnapped into slavery, and then a freedwoman; she was married and made a widow, and she became a mother. She regards Carefree as her home, a haven of security. But when an ambitious sheriff comes after her for an old crime, she flees her home and plunges headlong into dangers greater than any she has faced before. In the months and years to follow, everyone at Carefree will be buffeted by the hurricane winds of change that blow through the estate. Some will find love, some will find wisdom -- and Jenny will face struggles she can't foresee as she matures into a woman wise beyond her years.