.The rich family has secrets. Their servants do, as well. The Hightower's son has an even more dangerous secrets that can get him executed.
As children, Brandon and James Hightower know nothing of hardship. The Hightower family is rich and privileged. Catherine didn't know she was poor. She is a scrawny pest who tags after the Hightower boys and bedevils them by climbing into the boys' tree house. She is the red haired nuisance of a girl who belongs to the housekeeper. She grows up to be just as much of a pest as an outspoken abolitionist. As adults, Catherine and Brandon are on opposite sides of the issue, or so Catherine thinks. She believes him to be a stuffed shirt lawyer who spends his time lounging in his judge father's office, upholding the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that she hates so passionately.
Brandon lets her think the worst of him. He keeps his secret well, until one night, his cousin Paul betrays him. Catherine saves him from the hangman's noose. As a result, they become entangled in a pretend engagement and marriage.. Brandon believes his troubles are over, but they are only just beginning..
As children, Brandon and James Hightower know nothing of hardship. The Hightower family is rich and privileged. Catherine didn't know she was poor. She is a scrawny pest who tags after the Hightower boys and bedevils them by climbing into the boys' tree house. She is the red haired nuisance of a girl who belongs to the housekeeper. She grows up to be just as much of a pest as an outspoken abolitionist. As adults, Catherine and Brandon are on opposite sides of the issue, or so Catherine thinks. She believes him to be a stuffed shirt lawyer who spends his time lounging in his judge father's office, upholding the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that she hates so passionately.
Brandon lets her think the worst of him. He keeps his secret well, until one night, his cousin Paul betrays him. Catherine saves him from the hangman's noose. As a result, they become entangled in a pretend engagement and marriage.. Brandon believes his troubles are over, but they are only just beginning..
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