IN THE SHADOW OF SALEM

She began life as the bastard child of a prosperous landowner and his indentured servant. Now her stepmother despises the girl and views her as cursed by God. For Mehitabel Braybrooke, life in Puritan New England becomes unbearable when her orphan cousin arrives to live with her family. Jealousy and lies result in Mehitabel being sent out as a servant to a neighbors home. There, foolishness and bad judgment lead her to commit the unspeakable