Bound by blood

Maj. ambrose rawling, the master of rosemont plantation in south carolina, might be the last person one would expect to fall in love with and marry sybilla, a gypsy girl. but he's not the only one bewitched by her charms; matthew sedwick, the overseer of the slaves at rosemont, pursues the mistress of the plantation, and their love affair results in a family curse that will last generations. through the generations, the rawlings-some of them with good intentions and selfish motives-chase their dreams. family members include: monroe rawling, the son of a slave girl who passes himself off as white and who will do anything to keep his background a secret; madeline rawling, who struggles to help the family survive at home while a war rages outside; and theodore rawling, whose eagerness to fight with the confederates leaves him a broken man. follow the rawlings in bound by blood as they try to undo the sins of the past in a family saga that begins in the years after the american revolution and spans beyond world war ii.