Description

When Pearl’s protected life shatters in the 1930s with her mother’s demise, her only choice would be to relocate with bad relatives and shuck oysters within the nearby plant on Oyster Area, Maryland.Determined to reside a fairly correct life, the final thing she needs is definitely an event with a white guy, but Caleb, the plant operator, understands a gem when he sees one. The effective widower may be the “oyster king” of the island, but his extreme desire to have his unacceptable new worker, a lady of colour, intends anything he’s built.What starts like a personal erotic contact bouquets into powerful emotions that don’t match the cultural mores of the island. They risk losing anything, when their secret is found. They dared to pick the gem, but can their love be strong enough to maintain it permanently?