The Destiny of Grace

Orphaned at the age of four, Naga Pious was taken in by her uncle. Four years later she was propelled on destiny's path when she was captured by slave-runners from Africa, taken on board a ship bound for America and forced to endure months of dreadful conditions along with hundreds of other captives. She narrowly escaped being sold on the auction block when Adam Carter, a Virginia plantation owner, discovered her nearly dead body behind an old shed. e child stole the Carters' hearts and they christened her with a new name - Grace. After losing their only child to scarlet fever, Adam and Louise absorb Grace into their family as one of their own. As Grace grew into a beautiful young woman, she caught the attention of Nicolau Santos, a native of Portugal, from a neighboring plantation. ere was only one problem - he had been captured and sold into slavery.