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Will Rees is adjusting to life on his Maine farm in 1797, but hes already hungering for the freedom of the road, and his chance to travel comes sooner than he expects. Lydia has just received a letter from her old friend Mouse, a soft-spoken and gentle woman who now lives in the Shaker community in Mount Unity, New York. To Lydia and Reess astonishment, shes in trouble with the law. Shes kidnapped five children, claiming that their mother, Maggie Whitney, is unfit to care for them.Despite the wintry weather and icy roads, Rees and Lydia set out for New York, where they sadly conclude that Mouse is probably right and the children would be better off with her. Theres nothing they can do for Mouse legally, though, and they reluctantly set out for home. But before theyve travelled very far, they receive more startling news Maggie Whitney has been found murdered, and Mouse is the prime suspect.
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Eleanor is a lifelong librarian. She wrote her first story at the age of ten and hasn't stopped since. She lives with her husband and dog in New York State.
