Though the war for American independence has come to an end, Nathanael "Fox" Carter still struggles to survive the tragic loss he has suffered. When greed and selfish ambition threaten to destroy the only home he has known, Fox and his mother flee over the Misty Mountains to start a new life. But with growing hostilities between the settlers and the Cherokee, Fox soon discovers frontier life is a daily battle for survival.

Pursued by a predatory stepfather after her mother dies, Joelle cuts her long hair and poses as a young man, but when she joins a spiritually frustrated treasure hunter on a wagon train to California, she has trouble concealing her identity.

In a Civil War-era romance and adventure, well-to-do Clay Tremayne learns more than fighting tactics while serving under Confederate commander Jeb Stuart, and he tries to change his reckless ways to convince a beautiful but wary Chantel Fortier of his sincere affection for her.

Hawk and Elizabeth Spencer struggle to raise a family in the Tennessee frontier in the midst of Indian troubles and the American Revolution.

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.

Quentin Larribee, a New York doctor who accidentally killed a surrendering Confederate officer during the Civil War, journeys South, plagued by guilt, to comfort the man's widow, finding love, danger, and a test of his faith.

Fleeing a bloody pogrom (or massacre) that threatens their tiny Russian village, Reisa Dimitri and her grandfather, Jacob, sail the ocean to a new life in America. They are swiftly embraced by New York's Jewish community. But God has other plans that will call them far from the familiar warmth and ways of their culture. Accompanied by their friend Dov, Reisa and Jacob set out to make their living as traveling merchants in the post-Civil War South....

As the year 1928 begins, fourteen-year-old Lanie Belle Freeman of Fairhope, Arkansas, has bright hopes for the future. Her father has launched a new business, and her mother is expecting her fifth baby. Lanie has dreams of going to college and being a writer. Then tragedy strikes. First Lanie's mother dies giving birth to the baby, and Lanie must assume the role of surrogate mother to her younger siblings. Then her father is falsely accused of murder...

In 1898, dreams of love and success captivate the hearts and minds of the Stuart family Lylah, Amos, and Owen Stuart long for adventure. Coming from a large family with eight children, the three eldest of the Stuart clan want to spread their wings, leave their poverty-stricken home in the hills of Arkansas, and go in search of the American dream.

"In the fourth book of the Singing River series, Lanie Freeman is at the brink of having her ambitions fulfilled, but she still longs for her ultimate dream--a home and children of her own"--from publisher's description.