Black Gold — Anita Richmond Bunkley

Leela Wilder, a proud and beautiful African American woman, is caught in the torrent of greed, ambition, and prejudice that turned oil-rich Texas farmlands into wellsprings of fortune in the tumultuous 1920s. Orphaned as a young girl, she makes a good choice by marrying black landowner T.J. Wilder. But her happiness is shattered by his untimely death and by her own irresistible attraction to T. J.'s handsome half-brother.

Left alone with a young son to raise and a 340 acre farm to manage, Leela seeks comfort in the arms of Victor Beaufort, the only black wildcatter in Texas. Beaufort risks everything to win an oil game ruthlessly rigged against him, plunging Leela and himself into a quickening whirlpool of twisted family ties, shocking secrets, and deadly danger. Black Gold rivets with passion and power-and the enduring courage of an unforgettable woman.