She definitely begins to be wooed by his lifestyle and by Morgan as well as she gets to know Morgan and see how he is influenced by her. Adalia is finally swayed by his constant attention, good looks and charm and agrees to accompany him on several occasions to parties, the theatre, etc.

Morgan is captivated by Adalia and wears her down with his constant attention.

It also causes her to cross paths with Morgan as Adalia is summoned to his family’s plantation to help with the ill slaves. This provides Adalia with the fresh start she needs with room and board with the Dr. in need of a young assistant willing to take care of the local “Negro’s” in need of care, especially for the slaves in the local plantations. Adalia’s initial meeting with Morgan is one filled with ire and she definitely puts the rather bold and spoiled young man in his place.Īdalia’s skills as a young healer catch the attention of a local Dr. She does however manage to catch the eye of a local young man coming from one of the most prominent and wealthy families in town, Morgan Ruteledge. As she is so light-skinned that no one guesses her to be a runaway slave, she starts her new life with her slave status going undetected by those around her. It is here that she reinvents herself and changes her name to Adalia and seeks to help in a local orphanage with the ill children as she has abilities with natural healing remedies. She escapes her Barbados plantation prison from a cruel slave master by sneaking away and gaining passage on a ship bound for Charleston, South Carolina. But in the book “Veil of Pearls” by MaryLu Tyndall we meet a young woman named Althea who knows the true value of freedom as she fights tooth and nail to gain hers. Sadly in America, Freedom is something we all tend to take for granted.

Veil of Pearls by MaryLu Tyndall