Books/WRITINGS By F. Haywood Glenn

 In the gritty underbelly of a seaport brothel, Elizabeth sees marriage to a southern gentleman as her only escape. 

Drama, passion, and obsession collide on an 1830s tobacco plantation in this unforgettable tale of love, betrayal, and buried secrets.

When a thirty-year-old lie is unearthed, it sets off a chain of events that threatens to unravel the Vance family. A dangerous love triangle, born of obsession, lies at the heart of a legacy built on deception. Love inspired the lie—but the truth could destroy everything.

 The Vance Legacy is an American drama about the cost of secrets and the power of truth.

After the death of David Vance, the three women he leaves behind must navigate grief, identity, and the fragile bonds that hold them together. United by loss yet divided by their own desires and fears, Lillian, Beth, and Rebecca struggle to rebuild their lives in a world that offers few safe places to land.

As Lillian discovers the comfort of true friendship for the first time, Beth finds hope in the promise of new love. But Rebecca becomes consumed by the belief that her light skin, green eyes, and long hair will allow her to escape her Black heritage and reinvent herself in a society obsessed with race. 

What begins as a dangerous illusion soon threatens not only her relationships, but her very survival.

The Bowman Legacy is a sweeping story of love, sacrifice, and resistance set against the turbulent years before and during the Civil War. Now married to Louis Bissett, Lillian Vance begins a new life far from the Gloria Plantation, journeying with her husband, her loyal friend Althea, and three newly freed slaves to Timbuctoo, a thriving all-Black community in Burlington County, New Jersey.

As the family builds a home in their new town, they soon discover that Timbuctoo serves as a vital stop on the Underground Railroad. Drawn into the dangerous fight against slavery, Lillian and those closest to her risk everything to shelter freedom seekers and challenge the brutal system that continues to divide the nation. 

In the face of fear, violence, and uncertainty, they learn that true courage lies not only in survival but in the willingness to fight for others' freedom.