Destiny: Historical Fiction

Born to an enslaved mother and a white plantation owner father, Mary has spent her life trapped between worlds in 1853 New Orleans, where survival means knowing when to stay silent, when to hide, and when to run.

When the yellow fever epidemic spreads through New Orleans, Mary and her closest friend, a young man she befriends months earlier, decides to flee together toward freedom in the North.

But the road out of the South tests everything they believe about loyalty, courage, and survival. Every mile brings new dangers. Every decision carries consequences neither can predict.

Two friends set out for freedom.
Only one makes it out.

When Mary doesn’t make it, the fight for freedom doesn’t end; it shifts, carried forward by those she leaves behind.

Destiny is an emotionally gripping work of historical fiction about identity, survival, friendship, and the devastating cost of freedom in a world determined to deny it.

Perfect for readers of American Plantation Fiction in 1853, slavery history fiction, survival escape stories, and family sagas rooted in American history.