Publisher's Synopsis
Ruby Sanders is the coming of age story of a young slave girl and her relationship with two very different men, Jared Anderson, the son of a wealthy southern planter and Mingo Williams, the dark skinned, biracial son of a planter and his slave mistress. The Civil War has ravished the plantations around Atlanta and then news comes from the North that President Lincoln has found a new general who's willing and very able to carry out his scorched earth policy towards the South.Playmates since young children, Jared has vowed to free Ruby and her family. But first, he must free his own. In order to do both, he has come up with a daring plan to move everyone, including Ruby, west to the newly opened and slavery free Colorado Territories. But there's a problem. Jared and his family are broke. So, in order to gain the money he needs to keep his promise to Ruby, he's forced into marrying the young impetuous daughter of the odious Henry Wilkes and his hypocritical wife, Helen.Along the way, however, a new and very different man, Mingo Williams, enters the picture and has plans of his own for Ruby. Will his presence destroy Jared's plans? Or will Ruby and Jared's love survive race, family, honor, duty, and a harrowing journey across a war torn country?
