Daughter of Twin Oaks (A Secret Refuge Book #1)
Will the Wounded Soldier She Rescues From Certain Death be Able
to Break Down the Walls of Bitterness That Surround Her
Heart?
Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father,
eighteen-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little
brother and the family's remaining Thoroughbreds from Twin Oaks
plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they
will be safe for the remainder of the Civil War.
Jesselynn is also fleeing a cruel man in Confederate uniform who
has pledged to take revenge against her for refusing his hand in
marriage. No longer safe at Twin Oaks, she embarks on a perilous
journey, taking on the momentous responsibility for the lives and
welfare of all who go with her.
They ride at night and hide during the day, dodging both
Confederate and Union troops along the way. Encountering hunger,
sickness, and the devastation of war, they finally arrive in
Missouri only to discover that the situation there puts them in
even greater danger. Discouraged, disillusioned, and facing a
severe testing of her faith, Jesselynn will stop at nothing to save
her family, the horses, and whatever remains of Twin Oaks.
Product Details
- Title : Daughter of Twin Oaks (A Secret Refuge Book #1)
- Author: Snelling, Lauraine
- Publisher: Bethany House
- Publication Date: 2000
- ISBN: 9781585589937
Lauraine Snelling is an award winning author of over 30 books,
both fiction and non fiction for adults and young adults. She has
two horse series for young teen girls, the GOLDEN FILLY SERIES
which is completed and HIGH HURDLES. Lauraine is also the author of
the popular RED RIVER OF THE NORTH series set in North Dakota in
the past part of the 19th century. The Bjorklund brothers bring
their families from Norway to begin a new life on the land they
will turn from prairie to fertile farms.
Besides writing both books and articles, Lauraine teaches at
writer's conferences across the country and has an active speaking
career. She and husband Wayne have two grown sons, four grand dogs
and live in the country where Lauraine can garden, sew, do crafts,
cross stitch, enjoy her birds and eventually have a horse
again.