The Firebrand

by Laurel Collins

Caroline Harlowe is determined to have the two things men bare told her she cannot a voice, and the freedom to use it. Fervently committed to the abolition of slavery, she becomes one of the first women students at Oberlin College, fired with a dream to someday make a difference. Marriage has no place in the life of a crusader or so Caroline thinks until she meets Pierce Barnett, a man who stirs her heart crud threatens her cherished independence.

Caroline is astonished to find that Pierce applauds her courage and commitment until a misunderstanding convinces her that he will never truly share her passion for change. But Pierce has his own physical and emotional scars earned in the battle against slavery, and he wants to protect Caroline as best he can. Yet when he makes another brave stand for freedom, Caroline will fight by his side for their fiery cause and the love that will forever join their voices and their hearts in passionate victory

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance

384 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Laurel Collins has always wanted to write books and travel in time. Writing historical fiction allows her to do both.  She is the author of a dozen traditionally-published historical romance titles, including three under her "Catherine Wyatt" pen name, and altogether, over a quarter of a million copies sold. But now age and experience have led her, as they have so many women, from romance to murder (fictional, of course), and she is currently at work on her first historical mystery, set in Gilded Age Chicago.