Spirit of Appalachia Series

America's first frontier had drawn them west, but would their dreams betray them? A tragic loss forces Josh Spencer to leave his home in Virginia and seek the frontier as an escape from his pain and bitterness of heart. Setting out in late fall with no knowledge of wilderness survival, he encounters a heavy snowstorm. And then a Cherokee chief finds him . . . Freedom and the hope of a homestead "over the misty mountains" entice Patrick and Elizabeth MacNeal and their two children to leave their secure life in Boston. Sailing to Virginia, they join a wagon train of pioneers headed west and find their journey sabotaged by broken wheels, violent storms, and flooding creeks. Then comes an attack by renegade Indians . . . The frontier has brought them together--but can it sustain their hope of a new life?

Stepbrothers. Strong, handsome, and falling in love with the same woman. The Tennessee frontier had brought together Hawk and Elizabeth Spencer in the harshest of times. As they struggle to survive and raise their family at the Watauga settlement, Hawk brings his son, Jacob, to live with them. But Jacob has only known the life of the city and resents his father for leaving him behind in the past. That bitter resentment only intensifies when Jacob discovers the strong bond that's already formed between his stepbrother Andrew and Hawk. Things are complicated when the stepbrothers both begin to fall in love with Abigail Stevens. While she enjoys the attention of both young men for a time, she knows she must ultimately choose between the two. Will her decision drive the family even further apart? And can Hawk stop a vengeful plot from turning the frontier into a war with the Cherokee?

He came to America fighting for the Crown . . . but longed for the freedom he saw in her. Sarah MacNeal is struggling with the death of Philip Baxter. Her stepbrother, Jacob Spencer, escorts her and her friend Amanda Taylor back across the mountains to Williamsburg to visit Jacob's grandparents. Here Jacob becomes embroiled in a struggle that finally forces him to decide his loyalty between the British and the patriots, and between the two women who have touched his heart. Meanwhile, Sarah has met a Scottish highlander, Seth Donovan, who is fighting for the British. She has closed her heart to love but finds it very difficult to not become drawn to him. And Seth is struggling with his loyalty to the British crown and a deep longing for the freedom he sees in her life. When they return to the frontier, they find that the war has reached there. In the Battle of King's Mountain, loyalties and love will finally be proven.

He is torn between his two ancestries. She is the only person who seemed to befriend him. The American Revolution may have ended, but life for the settlers of the land over the Appalachian Mountains was hardly settled. British attempts to drive the Americans out of the land and hostilities with the Cherokees put a tremendous strain upon the inhabitants. Nathaniel "Fox" Carter, part-Cherokee, finds himself caught in the region's increasing unrest. When he decides to explore his ancestry, he is befriended by Hannah Spencer, who tries to help him discover who he is and where he belongs. Little does he know that forces from both sides of his heritage are conspiring toward his destruction. Will Hannah be able to convince Carter that working for the cause of war is not the right path to follow?

Nothing in her pampered past has prepared her for the harsh conditions in this new land . . . Sabrina Fairfax was raised in an elegant house with servants catering to her every desire. With her father's unexpected death, she finds herself impoverished and alone in London. Among his papers, however, she discovers a deed to a piece of land in the Colonies and seizes it as her best--and perhaps only--hope. A mix-up lands Sion Kenyon, an out-of-work miner, in jail. Sabrina arranges his release on the condition that he accompany her to America as an indentured servant. They soon find that nothing is easy in this new land. And adding to the hardships of pioneer life is Sabrina's struggle with jealousy as she watches Sion's growing attraction for her friend and neighbor.