Part of The Backcountry Brides Collection – Eight 18th Century Women Seek Love on Colonial America’s Frontier
This novella is set at Sapling Grove on the Holston River in 1771.
Lucinda Cowden is finally free of her abusive husband’s fists. She can’t mourn as she stares down at his grave. Yet her relief is short-lived. Her father-in-law forces her to marry in order to get her land.
Marcus Cowden wrestles with the violence that he and his siblings were raised in. Can he break the cycle? His cousin’s widow needs a husband.
A heart-wrenching story that touches on the far-reaching effects of an abusive father.
Recommend.
-Sandra Merville Hart
Sandra Merville Hart 