Morrow is a heroine I could relate to on so many levels, particularly in her battle with fear. From the first pages where unfathomable tragedy visits Morrow’s young life, I was captivated by her story. With Courting Morrow Little, Frantz again vividly brings to life 18th century Kentucky in all of its danger and wild beauty. Only in releasing the past will Morrow be able to embrace her future and tap into the strength she never knew she possessed, to carve an abundant life from the wilderness.įrantz’s first novel, The Frontiersman’s Daughter, was a stunning debut, saturated with the author’s love of Kentucky history and eloquently bringing to life the special breed of men and women who first sought to tame the land. In order to follow her heart, Morrow must face the fears and prejudices that have held her captive for most of her life. But the attentions of a third – a forbidden, dangerous love – both terrify and intrigue her. Two men offer Morrow a life of safety and tradition, even privilege. Her father’s health is failing, and she finds herself the bewildered recipient of much unwanted male attention and romantic speculation among fellow settlers. After two years learning to be a lady under her Philadelphia aunt’s tutelage, Morrow returns to her beloved Kentucke home to discover much has changed.

Morrow and her preacher father live caught between the grief of loss and the hope that one day Jess would return home. Can she betray the memory of her lost loved ones – and garner suspicion from her friends – by pursuing a life with him? Or should she seal her own misery by marrying a man she doesn’t love?įor thirteen years, Morrow Little has been haunted by the day Shawnee raiders shattered her world, killing her mother and sister and kidnapping her brother Jess. Several men – ranging from the undesired to the unthinkable – vie for her attentions, but she finds herself inexplicably drawn to a forbidden love that both terrifies and intrigues her. Now that she is nearly a grown woman and her father is ailing, she must make difficult choices about the future. Morrow Little is haunted by the memory of the day her family was torn apart by raiding Shawnee warriors.

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