About this item
A Three-time Christy Award?winning AuthorForsaking security and the marriage her stepfather forced upon her, Tamsen Littlejohn enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in North Carolina. As they face hardships that test the limits of Tamsen?s faith and endurance, her wealthy suitor and stepfather follow, convinced she?s been kidnapped. With trouble in pursuit, thrust into a conflict among settlers, Tamsen must adapt to a life for which she was never prepared.
About the Author
Lori Benton was born and raised east of the Appalachian Mountains, surrounded by early American and family history going back to the 1600s. Her novels transport readers to the 18th century, where she brings to life the Colonial and early Federal periods of American history, creating a melting pot of characters drawn from both sides of a turbulent and shifting frontier, brought together in the bonds of God's transforming grace. Lori's debut novel, Burning Sky, earned the 2014 Christy Award for First Novel, Historical, and Book of the Year.
