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At Home in Persimmon Hollow: Persimmon Hollow Legacy Series Book 1
Running from her past, she finds her future.
At Home in Persimmon Hollow is the first book in a series chronicling love and life in a small fictional town in frontier Florida.
In 1886, the devout Agnes is forced to leave - for her own safety - the Catholic convent-orphanage where she grew up. With nothing but her faith to sustain her, she begins her new life as a teacher in Persimmon Hollow. She discovers a wild and beautiful new landscape and a town filled with upright people. They include the difficult but handsome Seth, a man whose heart has been hardened to God after a terrible loss.
As Agnes starts to put down roots and establishes a fragile bond with Seth, danger strikes. Destructive men from both their pasts arrive in town.
Will Agnes finally escape her past and embrace a bright new future?
*This is reprint of the 2015 novel with a different cover and publisher.
At Home in Persimmon Hollow is the first book in a series chronicling love and life in a small fictional town in frontier Florida.
In 1886, the devout Agnes is forced to leave - for her own safety - the Catholic convent-orphanage where she grew up. With nothing but her faith to sustain her, she begins her new life as a teacher in Persimmon Hollow. She discovers a wild and beautiful new landscape and a town filled with upright people. They include the difficult but handsome Seth, a man whose heart has been hardened to God after a terrible loss.
As Agnes starts to put down roots and establishes a fragile bond with Seth, danger strikes. Destructive men from both their pasts arrive in town.
Will Agnes finally escape her past and embrace a bright new future?
*This is reprint of the 2015 novel with a different cover and publisher.
294 pages, Paperback
Published August 22, 2022
About the author
Gerri Bauer
10 books62 followersMy idea of a perfect day always includes a book, or three, including one with a happy ending. I write Catholic historical romance novels and novellas set in pioneer Florida, and non-romance short stories that explore the importance of community, connection and human dignity.
I was born and raised in New York City, but found a small-town haven in Florida many years ago. I was a homebody even before the pandemic. I love to spend time at home with my husband, spoil my cats, keep tabs on my far-flung extended family and get out into the garden. Although the plants question my dedication.
I share my space-geek husband’s enthusiasm for our final frontier. That helps me remember I don't live in the 19th century Florida setting of my novels or the diaries and biographies I love to read about people from past eras.
And I'm a needlework nerd. I quilt, crochet and sew clothing at a pace that qualifies me for the slow-life movement. Among my treasures is my grandmother's 1919 Singer treadle sewing machine. I'm working on my treadling skills but still have a long way to go.
I was born and raised in New York City, but found a small-town haven in Florida many years ago. I was a homebody even before the pandemic. I love to spend time at home with my husband, spoil my cats, keep tabs on my far-flung extended family and get out into the garden. Although the plants question my dedication.
I share my space-geek husband’s enthusiasm for our final frontier. That helps me remember I don't live in the 19th century Florida setting of my novels or the diaries and biographies I love to read about people from past eras.
And I'm a needlework nerd. I quilt, crochet and sew clothing at a pace that qualifies me for the slow-life movement. Among my treasures is my grandmother's 1919 Singer treadle sewing machine. I'm working on my treadling skills but still have a long way to go.
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