I am truly devastated~ So much so, that I am struggling even grasping my normal wit, when it comes to my reviews. all the books~ All the time invested and the WAITING for that certain IMPORTANT SOMETHING to finally happen~ For what? For that? My heart was constantly in my throat as I caught on to the early hints, for that long awaited moment~ Page after page, at warp speed~ Gitty with excitement for that EEEEEKKKKK~ FINALLY moment~ Only to have it come shattering down. WHY, Sara?~ Why would you do this to your fans? I dont see the sense in it at all, other than to shatter our hearts and kill all hopes we had. As the distant thunder of war threatens Paradise, Hannah may learn to live-and maybe love-again in one final act of courage, duty, and sacrifice.Ī gifted writer, a master storyteller, and a first-rate historian, Sara Donati has written a powerful, poignant, and movingly romantic novel that chronicles the lives and adventures of a family as compelling and unforgettable as any in American fiction.Īn absoloute, without a doubt 5 + star read for me~ Until it wasn't.

Far from home, Lily and Jennet will each learn the price of pursuing their dreams and the possibility of true love.īut it’s Hannah herself who must risk everything once more-this time to save Daniel, who’s been taken prisoner by the British. But on the eve of the War of 1812, an unexpected guest arrives from Scotland: It is the Bonners’ distant cousin, the newly widowed Jennet Scott of Carryckcastle.

Against their better judgment, Nathaniel and Elizabeth must let him go, just as they must let his twin sister Lily, a stubborn beauty, pursue her independence in Montreal. Little does she realize that she is about to be called away to face her greatest challenge ever.Īs autumn approaches, news of the latest conflict with Britain finds the young men of Paradise-including eighteen-year-old Daniel Bonner-eager to take up arms. Yet as Hannah resumes her duties as a gifted healer among the sick and needy, she finds that she is also slowly healing herself. For their daughter has come home without her husband and without her son…and with a story of loss and tragedy that she can’t bear to tell. But Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner can see that Hannah is not the same woman as when she left. The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her family’s mountain cabin in Paradise. With epic sweep and breathtaking adventure, Sara Donati’s bestselling saga of an Early American family’s struggle for survival in the Northeast wilderness continues with the story of an indomitable woman and an unforgettable journey of redemption across a young nation threatened by the flames of war.

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