"The teachers here in the county have volunteered to open the schools at night to anyone ready to learn."
Kallie Mae Bertram thought that the chance for an education had passed her by, even if she had prayed for years to have the opportunity at attend school. Another dream lost along the way was that of true love. Quinn Spencer had been her one and only as a young girl, but family feuds in her mountain community were something fierce, strong enough that Kallie's father had once stated in no uncertain terms that he would rather see her dead than marry a Spencer.
Years passed, tragedy struck the Bertram family, and Kallie's dreams of a future with Quinn faded into mere whispers of fond memories. Completely by accident, or providence, Kallie and her little sister Emmie happen upon Quinn and his young sisters in the woods between their properties, causing a spark once thought extinguished to roar back into flames.
Everything that readers love about stories in this setting populate the contents of this enchanting historical romance; siblings and pets, generational foolishness and wisdom, dreams lost and found, feuds won and lost, lives simple but complicated, answered prayers and second chances . . . well, you really must read on to fully appreciate those.
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BackCover Blurb:
She believes her dreams have been buried until one is rekindled--but the other threatens to cost her everything she loves.
Kallie
Mae Bertram has harbored two dreams since childhood: to learn to read
and to one day marry Quinn Spencer. But her first dream slipped away
after her little sister died of a fever and her mother passed in
childbirth. Kallie promised to care for the baby and her younger
brother, which meant putting aside her own desires in order to keep her
family together. But then a Moonlight School for adults offers Kallie
hope of finally fulfilling that goal.
After Kallie's father
forbids her from seeing Quinn, her second dream seems impossible. That
is, until her frantic search for her missing sister leads to an
unexpected encounter with Quinn in the woods--their first meeting in six
years. The love they shared as children burns stronger than ever,
awakening hopes Kallie thought were forever buried. But with their
families locked in a bitter feud, following her heart could cost Kallie
everything she's worked to protect.
Bestselling author Ann H.
Gabhart delivers a sweeping Southern historical romance where forbidden
love, family feuds, and second chances collide in the early twentieth
century Appalachian Mountains.
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