Jemma Ealing -- the daughter of a rich Northern capitalist. Feeling the wanderlust of youth, she fell with love with David Sevendor, a handsome and wealthy Georgian. Suddenly, Jemma was drawn into a world where she would become a pawn in other women's ambitions...

Celeste Sevendor -- Jemma's mother-in-law. Her gentility barely concealed her lust for power. All she wanted from Jemma was an heir to the idyllic Georgia estate she had saved from the ruins of war...

Merlin -- the black slave educated as a white lady. Her calm exterior hide a resourceful and vengeful nature...but she didn't try to mask her strange visionary power. To her, Jemma was a passport to safety in the north...