Leo King was born in Charleston, in the heart of the American South. The tragic death of his brother made him withdrawn and lonely. And only the support of his school friends helped him survive. They belong to different walks of life, but study together. Their friendship has stood the test of time. Their lives had everything: unsuccessful and happy marriages, brilliant, hard-won careers and financial failures, unexpected love and secret, unspoken attraction. “Betrothed to the South” is a novel that can be read in one breath, a hymn to friendship that cannot be replaced by money, neither power nor glory.