The Diary of Josephine Baptiste — Keith Lee Johnson

The year is 1791 and Lauren Renee Bouvier, formerly known as Ibo Atikah Mustafa, is still in North America--New Orleans, to be exact--but she's all alone. She has just seen the murder of the man she loves. Someone's going to pay, not just for the death of Amir Bashir Jibril, the African warrior she ran away with to escape an arranged marriage, but for the death of all the men who died needlessly in the house on Bouvier Hill. They were shot down like dogs for murders they did not commit. Revenge can be a costly thing. Fortunately, she has plenty of money from Beaumont Bouvier, who purchased her as a favor to the trusted friend who captured her in Nigeria. Beaumont Bouvier is also the man who set her free. She is now being seduced--not by a man, but by freedom, money, and the incredible amount of power she's amassing. Will she be able to carry out her murderous plans? Or will she become so enamored by wealth and influence that she abandons her African heritage to embrace the American Dream?