The Promise Between Us

Written by Naomi Finley

Narrated by Reagan Boggs

Henrietta and her daughter Mary Grace are sold and taken to Charleston, South Carolina to be auctioned. Separated from her husband, Henrietta now faces an uncertain future and the possibility of becoming estranged from her child. Luckily, fortune shifts in her favor when Olivia Hendricks--the wife of a wealthy planter--purchases her as a nursemaid for their unborn infant.

During her years at Livingston Plantation, Henrietta finds sanctuary and safety in the big house, eventually becoming a caregiver to both Mrs. Hendricks and her child. However, this all changes when the missus ends up dead and the master involves Henrietta in a ruse to cover up his wife's murder. 

Now Henrietta is vulnerable without protection from the lady of the estate, and she is left with no choice but to take action. Chained together by secrets, slave and master must fight to maintain all they hold dear. But how far will Henrietta be forced to go, and what consequences will ultimately be paid to save her daughter and herself?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Huntson Press
• Release date: Apr 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781989165508

Reviews for The Promise Between Us

[Patt Mihailoff · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Any story about Slavery is hard to swallow. This novella did not go into the severe atrocities that usually come with the genre but it was alluded to. The basis of the story is about a woman who had a hidden agenda of freeing slaves clandestinely because her heart told her that slavery was wrong.

Her demise was a regular occurrence among the plantation owners and henchman who were thrilled at the very prospect of torture of people they thought unworthy of life if they engaged in practices not suited for gentry where slaves were concerned. .

The only problem with novella was the ending, it was rushed and I felt it could have given more insight into the future of both children, but I can only guess. This novella MIGHT be one of that the now governor-might be soon-to be president-elect of Florida might not Ban.