The Blazing Dawn

The Civil War has ended, the South lies in ruins... Young Charlotte King had to take responsibility for the family and the home herself – her father was killed, her mother is mortally ill, and her brother returned from the war wounded in spirit and body. Worse still, the King family has gained a powerful enemy – a wealthy usurer intent on taking their farm and all the remaining harvest for a pittance.  Drowned in a sea of problems, the girl does not even consider marriage. But fate has its own plans – love finds her, and together the lovers are capable of overcoming any difficulties.