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Mary

Mary

Series: Daughters of the Lost Colony, Book 2
Genre: Historical

Immerse yourself in the "what if" questions related to the Lost Colony of Roanoke. What if an English boy and a native girl met in the wilderness? The push-and-pull between two very different worlds begins as one seeks simple friendship and the other struggles to trust. And can it--dare they--allow it to be more?

Sparks fly between Mushaniq, free-spirited daughter of Manteo, and Georgie Howe, whose father was brutally murdered by undiscovered native warriors before they'd been on Roanoac Island a full week. As Georgie struggles to make sense of his life and to accept that not all they call "savage" are guilty of his father's death, Mushaniq grapples with her own questions about who Manteo has become. As tentative friendship becomes more, forged in the fire of calamity and attack upon their community, both must decide whether the One True God is indeed who He claims to be and whether He is worthy of their trust.

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The Highwayman

The Highwayman

Series: Frontiers of Liberty, Book 1
Genre: Historical

1775—the Shenandoah Valley, Staunton, Virginia

Samuel Wheeler is an ordinary wagonmaster by day, a masked vigilante by night, but what started as a lark has gotten out of hand. He hardly sleeps, his secret identity has taken over his life, and the girl he loves barely notices him while his alter ego sets her aflutter.

Sally Brewster works hard at her parents’ inn, nestled in the lower Shenandoah Valley, along the Great Wagon Road that runs from Philadelphia down through the Carolinas. She pays little mind to the gossip about the mysterious highwayman who lately makes life difficult for the redcoats—until the night when the heroic figure saves her from brigands.

The Highwayman first released May 2015 in Barbour's The Most Eligible Bachelor Collection, now out of print (used books remain for sale at Amazon and various places), and then in 2018 under the Forget Me Not imprint. Now updated and restyled as #1 of my Frontiers of Liberty collection!

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Elinor

Elinor

Series: Daughters of the Lost Colony, Book 1
Genre: Historical

Released December 2021, from Barbour Publishing

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Love’s Pure Light

Love’s Pure Light

Genre: Historical
Tag: SELAH winner

Follow an heirloom nativity set through four generations of family history in Love's Pure Light, a Christmas Novella Collection

 

(Shannon's story, The Wise Guy and the Star, was a 2021 SELAH award winner)

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The Blue Cloak

The Blue Cloak

Series: True Colors, Book 5
Genre: Historical

The Blue Cloak, #5 in the True Colors series (March 2020) ... historical romantic suspense meets true crime!

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The Rebel Bride

The Rebel Bride

Series: Daughters of the Mayflower, Book 10
Genre: Historical

The Rebel Bride, #10 in the Daughters of the Mayflower series (December 2019). My first Civil War novel!

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The Cumberland Bride

The Cumberland Bride

Series: Daughters of the Mayflower, Book 5
Genre: Historical

The Cumberland Bride, #5 in the Daughters of the Mayflower series (October 2018). My first full-length novel in print!

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Defending Truth

Defending Truth

Genre: Historical
Tag: RITA® finalist

My first novella, Defending Truth, one of the nine in A Pioneer Christmas Collection, released September 2013 by Barbour Publishing, was a 2014 RITA® nominee, and re-released September 2015! (Also now out of print and available only in used copies, although I plan to re-release as a single title sometime this year. Look for it as #2 of my Frontiers of Liberty collection!)

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Rebecca

Rebecca

Series: Daughters of the Lost Colony, Book 3
Genre: Historical

Immerse yourself in the “what if” questions related to the Lost Colony of Roanoke when a native princess meets an English widower.

Born the daughter of a Powhatan chieftain and a woman of unknown origins, Matoaka enjoys a carefree life. When strange men from across the eastern waters appear near her home, she regards them at first as a mere curiosity. Soon, though, she finds herself torn between friendship with one of their leaders and the opinions and politics of her elders. Drawn to a young Englishman, John Rolfe, who has lost a wife and baby daughter, she shares his griefs. . .and perhaps something more. Could she have a future among the English of Jamestown, accepting their ways and even changing her name? Could her fate be a part of the lasting legacy of the Lost Colony of Roanoke?

The colony at Roanoke disappeared into the shadows of history. But, what if at least one survived to leave a lasting legacy?

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Defending Truth

Defending Truth

Series: Frontiers of Liberty, Book 2
Genre: Historical
Tag: RITA® finalist

Left to care for her siblings at their mountain farm while her father is away fighting the British, Truth Bledsoe stumbles across a starving Tory hiding in a cave. When simple charity leads to friendship and the possibility of more, can she believe him when he says his political leanings have changed? Can she trust him? Can she trust her family to keep him secret?

(This title was formerly published as part of A Pioneer Christmas Collection by Barbour Publishing. It has been revised and updated.)

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