Before the civil war Fairhaven had been a working plantation with more than six hundred slaves producing a strain of rice known as Carolina Gold.Now the war is over and Charlotte comes back, her father having passed away and tries to rebuild. There is a question about the title to the property. all the slaves have run off except Trim. Finding it difficult to hire help, the weather against her and finally a neighbor saying his family owns the land Fairhaven stands on, Charlotte wonders if she can keep her beloved land. Soon to make money she has to take on teaching jobs which she had never intended to do in the first place. The neighbor, Mr. Betancourt leaves his children with her while he returns to New Orleans to look up title to the land.As the summer passes they hear nothing until finally Charlotte decides to travel to New Orleans herself to find them. The city is experiencing an outbreak of Yellow Fever and she finds out Mr. Betancourt is actually Doctor Betancourt!This story is what I call a sweet romance. There is no torrid love scenes but these two people, both wanting title to the same land fall in love, eventually realize there is no bringing back the rice production and turn to something else. Excellent book! Carolina Gold is a story about a woman trying to save her plantation and livelihood after the Civil War. I love historical fiction such as this book...the author has the reader right there in the midst of all of Charlotte's struggles with growing a rice crop and dealing with abandoned children and experiencing a budding romance. I love the way the story progresses. Recommend this book totally.
What do You think about Carolina Gold (2013)?
Recommended for the Librarian's List by Blair-Preston Public Library (Blair, Wisconsin).
—sandesh_mandavkar2003
Great story taking place in the Southern Lowlands. Very enjoyable read.
—Lyn
