Romancing America: New Hampshire
Imagine being captured by hostile enemies, taken deep into the wilderness, and enslaved for five years. Then imagine being ransomed and returned to your village only to have to struggle to find your place again. In 1694, three women return to Cochecho, New Hampshire, forever changed by their experience. Sarah longs to renew the love she had with Richard. Jane needs to find a home, and Charles, a confirmed bachelor, may be her only hope. Christine’s quiet life is disrupted again when she inadvertently brings danger to Samuel’s children. Can these women ever find peace again?
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Includes the following stories:
Return to Love – Book 1 – A village plundered; lives torn apart.
Richard Dudley will never forget the night Indians raided the small village of Cochecho, New Hampshire. In the five years since the raid, rarely a day has gone by that he has not missed his brother and mourned the fate of his missing sweetheart. But when a redemption party returns from Canada with Sarah in tow, he finds more changes than he ever imagined.
Sarah Minton, weary and heartsore, enters the village with trepidation. Years of not knowing the fate of family and friends only intensifies her grief as she learns the truth. But surely, if Richard is still alive, life will be bearable. After all, the memory of his affection made captivity bearable.
Will Sarah’s fear and the deep changes within her keep her from learning to love? Can Richard overcome bitterness and prejudice to claim his bride?
A New Joy – Book 2 – Orphaned at a young age, Jane Miller was indentured as a housemaid. During an Indian raid, she was captured, carried off to Canada, and sold by the Indians to the French. She was married against her will at age 16 to a French farmer in Quebec. Her abusive husband died four years later. When Captain Baldwin and Charles Gardner arrive and purchase her ransom, Jane returns to the village of Cochecho with little hope left. Rev. and Mrs. Jewett try to find a husband for her, but Jane is not sure she can enter another arranged marriage. Charles Gardner has no intention of finding a wife. He, too, endured Indian captivity and is only beginning to rebuild his life. But he cannot keep himself from thinking of Jane. A stilted courtship, a distant marriage, hostile Indians. Jane is determined she will not be captured again. Will life repeat itself for her, or does God have joy in store for those who remain faithful to him?
This book made the top-10 list of Heartsong readers’ favorite historical of the year for 2008.
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Abiding Peace – Book 3 – Since her redemption from Canada, Christine Hardin has led a quiet, unassuming life. She cares tirelessly for Pastor Samuel Jewett’s motherless children and is content. But one night Christine discovers a man snooping about outside the cottage she shares with a widow. At knifepoint, he swears her to secrecy and demands that she supply him with food. To save the pastor’s children from harm, Christine complies with his demands, even finding herself stealing from her friends. When murder finds its way to Cochecho, however, she can no longer be silent. Her confession put a strain on the tentative but growing relationship between her and the preacher. Who can know the ways of the Lord? They are far beyond man’s ways, and Christine and Samuel learn this lesson well.
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