Aaron McCarver

A young lawyer must decide if his career or his faith is more important when a family friend is wrongly accused.

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.

A New Historical Fiction Series From an Exciting New Team! "The Spirit of Appalachia" chronicles the story of the settlers of America's first frontier--the lands over the Appalachian mountains--and of faith that carried them through the harshest of times. Over the Misty Mountains is the story of Hawk Spencer, a man whose bitterness over the loss of his wife drives him from his home in Virginia and causes him to seek the frontier to escape his pain. Becoming a skilled trapper, Hawk is persuaded to lead a wagon train over the mountains before the snows come, but the trail is marked by sabotage from an old enemy of Hawk's. When renegade Indians attack the wagon train and leave Elizabeth MacNeal and her children without a husband, how will Hawk respond to Elizabeth's resilient faith in God? And how will the MacNeals survive the frontier settlement.

Hawk and Elizabeth Spencer struggle to survive and raise their family on the Tennessee frontier. Hawk also brings his son Jacob to live with them at the Watauga Settlement, but Jacob resents the strong bond between Hawk and his stepbrother Andrew. Things are complicated between the stepbrothers when they are both drawn to the same girl. As a part of a villain's vengeful plot against Hawk and his family, men disguised as Cherokees attack the settlement, injuring some settlers and taking Hawk's daughter captive. The settlers want to attack the Cherokees, but Hawk discovers the plot and must race to keep a war from raging across the frontier.

Amelia Montgomery never would have planned to become a notorious agent on the Underground Railroad; it just happened. Someone needed help, and she helped. Before she knew it, she had acquired the code name Mockingbird, and the whole Confederate army was looking for her--including her brand new fiancé, Captain Luke Talbot. Jared Stuart finds himself torn between his convictions and his duty as a Tennesseean. While he can no longer support slavery, he will not fight against his friends and neighbors. Instead, Jared chooses to use his talents as a writer to prove the pen is mightier than the sword. When Luke arrests Jared, accusing him of being the Mockingbird, Amelia must face herself and make difficult decisions. Will she admit to her actions, freeing Jared and destroying her own engagement, or will she play it safe and stay silent?

Lily McDade lives in the small Texas town of McDade with her father and younger siblings: Dane, Nathan, and Dellie. After her mother died giving birth to Dellie, Lily had to step up into the role of care giver. The novel takes place seven years later, when Lily is fifteen. She comes across Marion Beatty, the youngest of the "Beatty Gang". After the encounter, she can't seem to stop thinking about him. Though her father- not to mention, the entire town- frown upon the Beatty family, Lily can't seem to see the "evils" they speak of in her Marion. After many secret meetings and warnings, Lily finds she can not live without him. She is forced to choose between her life (and potential 'proper' suitor) or Marion and his outlaw ways. When she witnesses the cold blooded murder of his two eldest brothers, and the injury of the third, she finds it is a no brainer choice. She and Marion run off together. The first night off, she accidently loses her virginity to him. He decides they should get married, exactly what she's been dreaming of. But after their impromptu wedding in Austin, Lily realizes she doesn't know her husband at all. His lies begin to unfold. Yet, she can't not love him. The audience realizes his flaws, but is still captivated by his pure love and adoration towards his wife. They hide in his uncle's home, where Lily finds she is with child. However, a reward is out for anyone who can find Marion. He ultimately ends up turning himself in when he discovers he is being followed by the two men who killed his brothers. Lily is escorted 'home', where her father burns the marriage license. But, she leaves the house, buys a gun, and sets out to free her husband.

"The four orphaned Bradford sisters find employment and romance at the Biltmore estate at Christmastime"--P. of cover.

Rebekah eagerly anticipates the return of her childhood sweetheart from college. . .and his long-awaited proposal. But when Asher instead tells her that their wedding must wait while he fights for his country, Rebekah's dreams seem to shatter around her. Asher longs to provide a life of wealth and position for his true love, Rebekah. But when she balks at some of his plans for their future, he begins to question the dreams he believed they shared. Will Rebekah and Asher lose their dreams of love or follow God's leading to the life He has for them together?

Bored with life in Nashville and feeling unfulfilled, Iris yearns to do something meaningful. When the opportunity comes to travel to the Chattanooga area and become a nanny for two Cherokee orphans, Iris steps into her future. Attorney Adam Stuart knows better than to trust women or the government to do him right. But when the lovely Iris joins forces with him to protect the legal rights of the Indians he loves, he finds his heart in peril once again.

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?

"Camellia Anderson misses her life of wealth and privilege. She misses the balls, she misses the suitors-- and she's bored with hearing about politics despite the undeniable wave of unrest raging across the South. Then an opportunity to attend finishing school in New Orleans brings Thad Watkins - staunch Southern supporter and dashing soldier - into her world, and they begin a whirlwind courtship. Jonah Thronton is disappointed when he sees Camellia growing closer to Thad. He has admired Camellia from afar even though he knows he is no more than a friend to her. Having questioned the practice of slavery in the past, and without much hope of finding love with Camellia, Jonah heads north to join the Union Army. When an injury brings Jonah back into Camellia's life, she is both challenged and drawn to this man of strong convictions. Suddenly Camellia is torn between two loves - just as the nation is torn between north and south. But is she willing to risk everything - her reputation, her life, and her heart - to save a Union soldier?"--Page 4 of cover.

The Mississippi River holds the three Anderson sisters' past, present, and future. In 1858, Lily is determined to avoid a marriage of convenience as she tries her hand at a riverboat enterprise. In 1861, Camellia is torn better two loves as Vicksburg comes under siege. In 1870, Jasmine's pursuit of fame on a showboat puts her in grave danger. Readers will enjoy the historically rich detail in the three stories of each sister as written by Mississippi based author team of Diane T. Ashley and Aaron McCarver and packaged together in one value-priced anthology.