Diann Shaddox

Hidden Dreams Diann Shaddox

Hidden Dreams is part of Southern Dreams stories of rhapsodies and struggles of the Bellamead family living on the Bella Oak Plantation established in 1844 in South Carolina. Each generation of the Bellamead family chronicles events that weave the years to unite the tapestry of life.




Hidden Dreams During the 1960s, a wealthy plantation owner's daughter and a poor country boy discover passion that rises above tragedy.

It is a simpler time, an era blending over a hundred years of the past with the present. Surrounded by moss draped live oak trees is the huge Bella Oak verandah with paddle fans swishing overhead. Charlie, a spirited redheaded girl, and Jessie, a young artist who captures her in his drawings, find unconditional love.




Their lives should have been wonderful, but as most love stories unfold, life and fate take over. These are the days of their hidden dreams.