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Hannah Bonner and her half‑brother Luke have spent over a year searching the Caribbean for Luke’s wife Jennet and the man who abducted her. After Jennet’s rescue, they learn the infant, their newborn son Nathaniel, has been taken by a wealthy Creole family in Pensacola. The Poiterins claim the child and the family’s matriarch departs for New Orleans, carrying Nathaniel with her. New Orleans, on the brink of war, offers both danger and opportunity for the Bonners. Paired with Dr. Paul de Guise Savard and his lineage—descended from French settlers, slaves, Choctaw, and Seminole Indians—the Bonners seek the help of Ben Savard, a knowledgeable local who can navigate the city’s factions and the approaching forces of Andrew Jackson’s army. Together they attempt to reunite and secure a safe return to the Lake in the Clouds.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Sara Donati
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