Contents

The Creole Heritage

PART ONE: MAY–NOVEMBER 1831 Damita

Chapter one

Chapter two

Chapter three

Chapter four

Chapter five

Chapter six

PART TWO: SPRING 1832 Charissa

Chapter seven

Chapter eight

Chapter nine

Chapter ten

Chapter eleven

Chapter twelve

PART THREE: 1834–1835 Jeff

Chapter thirteen

Chapter fourteen

Chapter fifteen

Chapter sixteen

Chapter seventeen

Chapter eighteen

PART FOUR: 1835–1836 Yancy

Chapter nineteen

Chapter twenty

Chapter twenty-one

Chapter twenty-two

Chapter twenty-three

Chapter twenty-four

A bout the authors