I Loved A Slave

He was born free. She was born owned. Love was never supposed to exist between them.

Johnny Holt Jr. returns home to Kentucky expecting a quiet summer—until he discovers his father has struck a dangerous alliance with a ruthless slaveowner, transforming their land into a thriving plantation built on human bondage.

Johnny hates it.
But he stays out of it.

Until he meets Elisa.

She is not just another slave.
She is everything he cannot ignore.

Beautiful. Quiet. Unbreakable.

And forbidden.

What begins as fascination quickly becomes something deeper—something reckless. Johnny, a law student from New York with ideals of justice and freedom, becomes consumed with one impossible goal: to take Elisa out of a world that owns her… and into one where she can finally belong.

But love, in a world built on chains, is dangerous.

Every step toward freedom risks exposure.
Every moment together defies the laws of the land.
And powerful men will not let their “property” disappear without a fight.

As the stakes rise and time runs out, Johnny and Elisa must choose: obey the world that separates them—or risk everything for a love that was never meant to survive.

I Loved a Slave is a powerful, emotional historical romance about courage, sacrifice, and the fight for freedom in a world determined to deny it. It is a story of love against all odds—where hope is fragile, danger is constant, and escape may be the only way to live… or to die trying.