Caribbean Freedom: an Island Legacy Novel

By: Teri Metts

Are some family skeletons best left buried? Will a daughter's return to the home of her birth threaten the freedom her father sacrificed so much to gain? When as a six-year-old child Mariela Ram?rez left Vi?ales, Cuba with her parents, their departure was shrouded in secrecy. Eighteen years later a chance meeting with a grandfather she barely remembers draws her back to Vi?ales, a beautiful Cuban valley smothered in tobacco fields and surrounded by peculiar mountains called Mogotes. For Mariela, returning to her homeland is like a dream come true, but all too soon her reunion with family and friends unearths family skeletons fraught with bitterness and painful accusations. Mateo Hern?ndez was once Mariela's closest friend, but over the years his heart has been hardened toward Mariela's father; now Mateo seems intent on unleashing his unresolved anger on Mariela. Will his resentment hinder Mariela as she seeks a place of service among her own people? And will his bitterness impede his and Mariela's efforts to reestablish the friendship they once believed would lead to marriage?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481922459
• ISBN13: 9781481922456
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"