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Franklin Sutter was born in Alabama prior to the civil war. His parents were Marsha Lee Sutter, the white daughter of Jesse and Carolyn Sutter and Odelle Jones a black slave on their plantation. However, Franklin is white. His father, Odelle is banished from the plantation and Franklin is raised by his mother. When his mother dies, he's adopted by her brother and becomes heir to the family fortune while still a teenager, with his secret intact. His future travels take him to the seat of the power in the US and thence to California where he meets the legendary Tommy Sanchez, gets involved in a land war and marries into a Spanish aristocratic family, who are not aware of his secret. The climax comes when he's forced to reveal his secret.

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James S. (Jim) Kelly is a retired United Stated Air Force Colonel with over 100 combat missions in Vietnam. Prior to his retirement, Jim was the Director of a Communications Program in Iran, working directly under the Shah. Jim and his wife, Patricia, own and operate High Meadows Horse Rance outside Solvang, California. Most of his novels, including 4 Western and 3 Mysteries, use Solvang and the Santa Ynez Valley as a backdrop. Over the past 15 years, Jim and his wife have been active in a charity, supporting our troops in forward operating locations overseas in hostile territory.

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