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1) Ebb Tide
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Will Emily find the courage to make one final bid for love and freedom?When the Union navy fires on Charleston, Emily must flee to Ella Wood-and to a father who has never forgiven her for attending the Maryland Institute against his will. There, she grapples with Jack's secret plans for the plantation and his final admonition that she carry them to fruition. But as a woman under the authority of her father, evoking even the slightest change may prove...
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Includes all three books in the Ella Wood trilogy:ELLA WOODAs slavery pushes the nation toward civil war, Emily must battle her father in her own bid for freedom. She's prepared to pay any price to escape the plantation and attend a northern university newly opened to women. Meanwhile Thaddeus Black, her handsome and unwanted suitor, simply won't take no for an answer. While her mind is willing to strike out alone, her heart stubbornly refuses to...
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Slashings-n. Broken branches, splintered trunks, and other debris left on the ground after lumbering: The slashings lay strewn about like casualties of war, cold, gray and skeletal.) Grace Nickerson's life has been shattered by four years of war. She's desperate to return to a sense of normalcy, but soon after her father returns, he sells the farm and drags the family to a lumber camp in Michigan's northern wilderness. Living in the primitive camp...
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Will war provide the adventure Hannah longs for, or will she always be confined to the farm? Hannah Wallace craves excitement, but all local adventures dried up long ago, when her parents unpacked their wagon on the Michigan frontier. Then war breaks out and her father and older brother leave to fight the Confederacy. Hannah is left at home chafing under the boredom of never-ending chores, jealous of her brother's lucky opportunity, and haunted by...
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Runaways hidden in the barn, slave catchers lodged in the hotel, and Emily squeezed between two very different loyalties.
Danger is the last thing Emily Preston thought she'd encounter in her uncle's hotel. She'd been forced to travel to Detroit, sent by her parents from their plantation home. Now she's vowed to become the most disagreeable houseguest ever. She doesn't count on Uncle Isaac's iron will. And she has no idea what to do with Malachi,...
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