Through the Wilderness
© 2018 by Janice Cole Hopkins
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ISBN: 978-1-62020-850-2
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I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
- Isaiah 43:19c -
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One
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FAITH ALLEN LUGGED THE HEAVY crate from the cabin and hoisted it into the back of the wagon. Uncle Jed had helped with the carrying through the morning, but, at lunch, he said his back had started to give him fits, and he hadn’t moved from the rocker since then. Faith put her hand on her back to brace it as she walked back to the cabin for another load. She knew how he felt. Pain shot through her back as if a logger had taken an ax to it, but she knew better than to slow or complain.
“You’re a young’un,” Aunt Mabel would say, “and you’re plenty able to tote and work. Not like us old folks who’re about plumb wore out.”
She glanced up at her uncle rocking on the porch. Since he’d slowed down, he hadn’t remained quite as skinny as he’d been at one time, but he still looked muscular and fit. His hair had turned white, and his skin had a wrinkled leathery look. His expression never changed ...
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About Through the WildernessFaith Allen went to live with her aunt and uncle in the Kentucky mountains after her parents died. They hadn't been cruel, but they hadn't been loving and kind either; and they expected her to work hard. When their son strikes it rich in the California gold rush, they pack up to head to California via the Oregon Trail. Astonished at the attention Lucille Staten, the most sought-after woman around and beautiful beyond description, is giving him at the ball, Jacob Parker agrees to retrieve her wrap from her bedroom, although he knew he shouldn't go there. When she follows and they're caught, he's forced to marry her. However, he still has hopes for a happy future together as he and her father make plans for the young couple to head west on the Oregon Trail. The trail holds many more dangers than either Faith or Jacob imagined, and tragic circumstances throw them together. Can Jacob accept his second chance for love and a family and can Faith move past her marriage of convenience that crushed childhood fantasies? Even more pressing, will they survive the mounting hardships to have a future? |
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