From the back of the book: A young Irishwoman flees her homeland to escape cruelty, crossing an ocean to do it. After landing in America, she fears she is followed. Who is the bearded man? What does he know? She dreads he may force her back to abuse. In widow’s garb with her youngster in…
Tag: Drama
Cheyenne
From the back of the book: The daughter of a reclusive trapper and his Cheyenne wife, Christine has known only simple childhood happiness until her mother unexpectedly dies. She is soon thrown into conflict with her father’s new wife, whose malicious abuse eventually forces her to leave her father’s backwoods cabin forever. Abandoned to a…
The Musician
From the back of the book: This morning the musician was playing again. The melodies seldom stop: today it was the piano, yesterday the violin. I have never heard such hauntingly beautiful music. It flows out from the upper windows of that Tudor style house and straight into my aching heart—the fog of desolation which…
Sensing Jane Austen
From the back of the book: A well-loved copy of Jane Austen’s novel, Sense and Sensibility, is gifted to Cassandra Atwood, as her life is tossed onto a bumpy path that hints of parallels to the Dashwood family story. This treasured tale of human follies, challenges and triumphs, becomes her lifeline, as facets of the…
Frontier Ruby
From the back of the book: Ruby Steed will not be repressed! The cruel overseer of the orphanage cannot crush Ruby’s spirits, neither can bullies nor the machinating woman who forces Ruby into the position of unpaid lowly servant. Throughout all Ruby’s trials and troubles, she stands all the taller over time when others attempt…
Bonnets and Aprons: Mrs. Rutherford
From the back of the book: Fionna’s story continues as she marries her beloved Mr. Rutherford, and joining him in the westward expansion onto the American frontier is soon thrown into an untamed desert wilderness where she promptly must face an abundance of unexpected challenges. Surmising that she may never see her family and friends…
Bonnets and Aprons: Fionna
From the back of the book: Upon the sudden death of her mother, nineteenth century Fionna ardently endeavors to fill that honored role for her younger siblings. When their father remarries, tentative hopes that their father’s new wife will come to benefit their family with added happiness, are trampled by the harsh reality of their…
Kerri Bennett Williamson 