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When captured rebel Scotsman Alex MacKinnon is granted the kings mercy exile to the colony of North Carolina hes indentured to Englishman Edmund Carey as a blacksmith. Against his will Alex is drawn into the struggles of Careys slaves and those of his stepdaughter, Joanna Carey. A mistress with a servants heart, Joanna is expected to wed her fathers overseer, Phineas Reeves, but finds herself drawn instead to the new blacksmith.As their unlikely relationship deepens, successive tragedies strike the Careys. When blame falls unfairly upon Alex, he flees to the distant mountains where he encounters Reverend Pauling, itinerate preacher and friend of the Careys, now a prisoner of the Cherokees. Haunted by his abandoning of Joanna, Alex tries to settle into life with the Cherokees, until circumstances thwart yet another attempt to forge his freedom and hes faced with the choice thats long hounded him: continue down his rebellious path or embrace the faith of a man like Pauling, whose freedom in Christ no man can steal.



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Lori Benton

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.



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