Tulsa Tempest

<p>When country girl Tessa Jurgen learns that her bootlegging father has promised her in marriage to a man she doesn't love she seeks refuge in the progressive boomtown of Tulsa Oklahoma. The year is 1921.<br><br>As governess to the children of an oil baron Tessa is befriended by the black household servants Chloe Jasper and Pole. Together they become a family. But the handsome schoolteacher Gaven MacIntyre is also interested in forming a partnership with Tessa despite his worry that she is overly friendly to black people.<br><br>Racial tensions remain at a simmer until Jasper and a friend are accused of accosting a white girl. Will Tessa stand up for what she knows is right even if it means losing Gaven? Or will she be drawn into Tulsa's tempest of prejudice and hatred?</p>