Bøker av Fayla Ott

In 1852, deep in the Delta of Mississippi, the choice to sell one slave sets in motion a series oftragic events for two families that will test the honor and faith of all.Years before the brutality of the Civil War, acts of callous cruelty were already a way of life. In the rich alluvial soil of the Mississippi River, the master of Arledge Hall Plantation decides expansion is in order. To raise money for more land, he sells a young slave toFive Oaks, a neighboring plantation. This act rips Thomas from his parents, Joe and Lucy, and puts members of the Banks family at odds with each other as some of them know how dangerous the Stanford's abusive overseer can be. Merciless and vindictive, the overseer is a brute who has no respect for any man, regardless of skin color, and even less respect for women.Joe and Lucy grieve the absence of their son, knowing only God alone can protect Thomas. But trying to find acceptance that the usually docile master sold their child requires a strength they're not sure they have. As they grapple with heartache, circumstances find Joe protecting a woman from the overseer's advances, and that guarantees retribution via Thomas, which forces him to escape.This creates an unimaginable domino effect of vengeance, intimidation, and eventually, murder, rending the two southern families' friendship and fracturing the budding romances between the Stanford and Banks children, although forbidden fruit tempts all the more.As a vengeful enemy continues to threaten the occupants of Arledge Hall, Joe's courageous faith shines like a beacon in a storm. But when a cruel twist of fate plays out, can the two families endure while facing the approaching threat of war?>

FOR FANS OF LISA WINGATEFrom award-winning author Fayla Ott comes a "Grit Lit" story about secrets in the south. It's 1979, and there are two entities that are sacred in the Mississippi Delta: the church and the family. If things aren't what they're supposed to be, then you keep your mouth shut. And if you're a white child like Tara, you certainly don't go seeking solitude at a black woman's house. Unless you're looking for trouble.Tara suffers abuse as she grows up, not only from her mother, but from men in the church. Wandering into the forbidden "Color Town", she meets Onnie, a scarred black woman with secrets of her own. Despite their strong bond of friendship, Onnie is unable to rescue Tara from her nightmarish childhood, but the two remain close until tragedy and loss strikes, and Tara runs away from all she has ever known. Thinking she is finally free from her lifelong abuse, she settles in the "Big Easy" city of New Orleans, and enters another world where she accepts her fate as a forever victim.Until she has to go back to where it all started.Can she move past the pain to forgive her mother and accept a love she doesn't trust?Join Tara on her journey to healing in the deep south where family loyalty is as strong as cotton and the secrets are just as plentiful.

When two young girls act out in strange and violent behavior, the village doctor diagnoses them as bewitched. Accusations fly among the village people, and no one is immune to the dangers of an unseen force. Lydia watches her loved ones suffer, but can she stop the supernatural evil that has taken over her community?Lucifer's plan to wreak havoc on the community is working, and his demons revel in the turmoil they are inflicting upon the innocent people of Salem. The small village becomes a battleground between the angels of God and the demons of Satan as an evil plot unfolds in the spiritual realm.Brace yourself for a new and suspenseful insight into one of our nation's most tragic events. This riveting read offers a spooky account of spiritual warfare in early American history.