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After the Shenandoah Sisters saga ends, Katie and Mayme headline a hopeful future at the plantation‑run community of Rosewood, guided by their uncles and close friends Emma, Josepha, Jeremiah, and Henry. When Jeremiah proposes, Mayme's hesitation places her torn between love and her life at Rosewood. Meanwhile, the town faces mounting hostility: local whites protest the Daniels brothers for sheltering Black residents and treating them as equals, and the newly rising KKK kidnaps Jeremiah, intending to hang him. The brothers must act quickly to rescue him, while Mayme questions whether regret will haunt her if she chooses not to marry Jeremiah. The story explores friendship, faith, and the fragile politics of Reconstruction‑era North Carolina.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Michael R. Phillips
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