The Shadow of Celene

The Shadow of Celene is a tale of freedom and slavery, love and loss, trust and betrayal, and the courage needed to survive the madness unleashed by the savagery of war.

Livy Prescott is a young wife dependent upon,beholden to, and manipulated by Celene, a slave.

In 1860, Edward Prescott gallops into Livy Taylor’s life racing his carriage down the main street of her tiny Pennsylvania town, winning a bet and her heart. After they wed, Livy is swept away to Merrywood, Edward’s home in the hills of North Carolina. There Livy faces the daunting task of adjusting to her new life as Mistress of Merrywood and slave-owner. And there Livy encounters Celene, the beautiful slave cook of Merrywood, skilled in the healing arts and privy to the deepest secrets of the Prescotts. Gradually Livy learns the extent of Celene’s influence and the hold she maintains over her master, causing Livy to question who is the real mistress of Merrywood.