Alvina and Jed

At this time I am only 50 pages into writing this book about an inter racial couple in 1840, but am pounding out the pages. My sister provided me with the idea of this story from a dream she had. She could see the California ranch in her dream and their well admired son dressed up at a masquerade ball.
I'm also pushing Compensation to Rausi - searching for an agent, re-writing, tweaking and just plain driving myself nuts. A perfectionist thing.

Free-spirited Alvina crosses the boundaries of civilized standards in pre-Civil War Philadelphia when she falls in love outside her European race. As a debutant in the house of her aunt and uncle she becomes fascinated with the stable groom. Jed, orphaned from birth, is a free man. However, having never known his parents he hasn't a clue to his age. But Jed has ideas of his own, dreams of the far west, of owning a ranch and being liberated from socialized restrictions. Together these two teenagers battle corrupt slave hunters, pass through the Underground Railroad, battle elements of nature and the hard Oregon Trail in search of a dream.

Alvina and Jed is an epic adventure narrated through the eyes of Alvina. Through their struggles to tame the land, and their undying love for their children, these pioneers pave the way for the next generation to thrive.