Book Title: THE STOCKWELL LETTERS  Character Name: Ann Phillips   How would you describe your family or your childhood? I was born into a wealthy family of Boston abolitionists. We were often shunned by other neighbors of means, as they were unfortunately, unable to understand our commitment to the abolitionist cause. My parents both died when I was still a child, and I lived my adolescence with my aunt and uncle, who had a gracious home not far from my parents’. They too were vehemently opposed to the institution of slavery, and they nurtured such sentiments in me, as well.   What was your greatest talent? Over the years, I have found myself to be a gifted speechwriter and helpmate to those who could benefit from my services.   Significant other? I married my dear Wendell less than a year after meeting him. Due to my poor health, we were never able to have a biological child, but we did take in dear Phebe when her own mother passed, and we made a perfect little family, the three of us.   Biggest challenge in relationships? (Sighs). Dear me. Perhaps the biggest challenge is making sure your significant other never realizes…

Writes: Plot-driven historical fiction chock full of flawed characters yearning to be saved. Picture a complicated, brooding widower, a poverty-stricken teenager, an overly-entitled heiress, and a strong-willed runaway slave. Each is somehow able to bring light into the lives of others in ways that also help them to find their own redemption. About Me: Forty-year-old attorney-turned-author seeking readers for historical fiction about a heroic abolitionist in the antebellum South. Characters in this tale attempt to navigate the complicated social hierarchy of Charleston, South Carolina twenty years before the Civil War. When a young woman arrives in Charleston from England, destitute but relieved to be free from the troubles she left behind on the other side of the Atlantic, the reader will be treated to a fresh look at American society. Readers must be in the market for accessible prose and page-turning plot twists, surprising moments of love, deception, caution, and hope. Those uninterested in corsets and old-fashioned Southern balls need not apply. What I am looking for in my ideal reader Match: You are, above all, interested in a riveting story that will keep you turning pages. Your favorite books cross many genres but would include books along the lines…