

Her choice will forever change her life and the lives of the people around her. She can choose to seek help or continue the charade in order to prevent a public relations nightmare and jeopardize her political career. It is not long before Trent's deteriorating mental condition endangers her life and she becomes a victim of his psychotic, violent episodes.

Hope is not aware that on the surface Trent appears to be a successful attorney and political advisor to Washington's elite, but underneath he is a functional manic depressive with dark secrets from his childhood. All of Contentment attend the wedding and cheer their beloved daughter. After a brief courtship, Hope marries Trent in a lavish ceremony in St. Later, when she gets the coveted White House intern position, she meets the political insider Trent Williams.

Hope's ambition is equaled only to Wes' and the relationship is doomed. When Hope arrives on the Howard University campus in Washington, DC her freshman year, she meets and falls in love with Wes Carter, a former Army Sergeant. One thing is clear-her political aspirations have no limits. In high school, she is valedictorian and president of her senior class and voted most likely to succeed by her peers. Croix, Hope is a feisty, energetic, beauty who develops an early interest in public service. Growing up in Contentment, a small, close-knit community in St. Croix, Tithe of Blood is the coming of age story of Hope Taylor. Set in Washington, DC and the US island territory of St.
