But Theo has secrets that could cripple everything Martin is trying to accomplish, despite the burgeoning romance between them. When Martin realizes that his charge has eloped, he drags Theo along in a desperate chase to stop her. He hopes to stop their daughter from fleeing to Gretna Green with her suitor, with whom she has been communicating through Theo’s rag. He does so at the behest of his former owners, a family who treated him well while he was enslaved, but who still withheld his freedom until he turned 18. Martin finds himself tasked with the business of rescuing a headstrong daughter from a foolish match. Vincent, a now free black man and prospering merchant, walks into his small office, Theo has no idea how his life is about to change.
It pays the bills, but he’s far from getting ahead. He carries the burden of immense debt and manages a tawdry lonely-hearts column to scrape out a living. Theo Swann has fallen from grace in spectacular fashion.
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