When three worlds collide A Drama of Survival and Rebirth When beautiful, willful Rachel Gregory returns home in 1859 to the red clay hills of north Georgia after an extended stay in Europe, she finds her plantation mortgaged and in shambles, her deceased father’s mill in the hands of another and herself, destitute. When she bitterly lays the blame for her predicament on handsome, wealthy Savannah shipping magnate, Andrew Meredith, she spurns the love of the only one who can rescue her. Further complicating their relationship is Andrew’s mysterious attachment to the exquisite golden skinned woman of color, Daphne DeLucie. Set in the cataclysmic year on the eve of the 1860 presidential election the story is a poignant commentary of the times.