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Book Review of Canaan

Canaan
Canaan
Author: Charlie Smith
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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From back cover: Women were just one of the driving passions of the Burdettes, the family that had ruled their south Georgia plantation of Canaan for over three hundred years. The others were power and pride.

But for oldest son, J.C. Burdette, there was only one obsession ... Elizabeth ... a woman of overpowering sensuality who broke every rule, embraced every act of love, challenged every convention with her wildness. And when she came to Canaan, all the dark hungers of a great family surfaced and exploded ... changing Canaan and its fabulous empire forever.