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About LAUREL:
Searching
for their toddler and her Cherokee aunt kidnapped by slavers, Lilyan and
Nicholas Xanthakos trek from their North Carolina vineyard, through South
Carolina backcountry to Charleston, a tinderbox of post-Revolutionary War
passions. There Lilyan, a former Patriot spy, faces a grand jury on charges of
murdering a British officer. Once free, they follow Laurel’s trail by sea and
are shipwrecked on Ocracoke Island. Will they be reunited with their dear child
or is Laurel lost to them forever?
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Desperate
to rescue their kidnapped daughter, Lilyan and Nicholas Xanthakos trek two
hundred miles through South Carolina mountains and backcountry wilderness,
fighting outlaws, hunger, sleeplessness, and despair. When the trail grows
cold, the couple battles guilt and personal shame; Lilyan for letting Laurel
out of her sight, and Nicholas for failing to keep his family safe.
They
track Laurel to the port of Charleston as post-Revolutionary War passions reach
fever pitch. There, Lilyan, a
former patriot spy, is charged for the murder of a British officer. She is
thrown into the Exchange Building dungeon and chained alongside prostitutes,
thieves, and murderers. Separated from her husband, she digs deep inside to
re-ignite the courage and faith that helped her survive the war. Determined to free his wife at any
cost, Nicholas finds himself forced back into a life of violence he thought he’d
left behind.
Following
a rumor that Laurel may be aboard a freighter bound for Baltimore, Lilyan and
Nicholas secure passage on a departing schooner, but two days into the voyage,
a storm blows their ship aground on Diamond Shoals. As the ship founders, both
are swept overboard.
Will
their love for each other and their faith sustain them as they await word of
their missing child? Or is Laurel lost to them forever?
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Author Bio:
Susan F. Craft writes inspirational historical
romantic suspense. Her Revolutionary War novel, The Chamomile, won the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
Okra Pick. Susan recently retired
after a 45-year career as a communications director, editor, and
proofreader. To assist authors to “get
it right about horses in their works,” Susan worked with the Long Riders’ Guild
Academic Foundation to compile A Writer's
Guide to Horses (also known as An
Equestrian Writer’s Guide) that can be found at www.lrgaf.org. Forty-five years ago, she
married her high school sweetheart, and they have two adult children, one
granddaughter, and a granddog. An admitted history nerd, she enjoys researching
for her novels, painting, singing, listening to music, and sitting on her porch
watching the rabbits and geese eat her daylilies. She has two post-Revolutionary War novels being released in
2015 by Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas—Laurel, was released January 15, and its sequel Cassia in September. She is represented
by Linda S. Glaz, Hartline Literary Agency.
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