Fallow

by Laura Camby McCaskill

As she helplessly rides in a carriage steered by her kidnappers, the only thing Adine can do is wait. The marketplace is ahead of her and her future is growing dimmer with every mile. A short time later, she is sold into slavery with three other women, leaving her with nothing—not even hope. But everything changes when a band of Freedom Fighters storm their wagon and snatch Adine and her fellow captives from their new owners. Now as Adine is left to wonder whether the men are really freedom fighters or slave traders in disguise, she struggles with her decision to trust them. As the caravan travels through a desert rampant with murderous slave traders, poisonous vipers, and an ex-slave with an evil mission, one Freedom Fighter appoints himself as Adine’s bodyguard. Drake must not only protect the naïve girl from the dangers in the desert, but also from himself. As he tackles threats and attempts to keep Adine alive, his loyalty to the caravan is tested, leaving him with an agonizing choice and the power to transform Adine’s future. Fallow shares an exciting tale of adventure after a young girl is kidnapped, sold into slavery, and rescued by Freedom Fighters who lead her down a dangerous path where a new destiny awaits.

298 pages, Paperback

Published September 23, 2016

About the author

Best known for her ghostly thriller Her Keepers, Laura McCaskill has taken her love for writing and harnessed it to help others. In 2012, Laura published her first work Her Keepers, which won outstanding reviews. In 2016, she published her second work Fallow, a romance thriller which received equally stunning reviews.

In 2017, she became a foster parent for a local rescue in Asheville, NC. After working with-and-fostering several sick and injured small animals, Laura found a way to mix her love of writing and her love for animals. In 2018, her first article entitled Belk’s Silent Cry, was published in The House Rabbit Society’s magazine, The House Rabbit Journal. The article focused on the struggles of one of her foster rabbits, who had been diagnosed with a severe abscess in his lower jaw. Belk’s story was also published in, Discarded Rabbits by Lucile Moore and Debby Widolf.

Laura began writing for the SC United Methodist Advocate Newspaper in July 2018. Her articles consisted of ministry’s which helped people locally and some that stretched to places as far as the Navajo Reservation in Baca, New Mexico. One of Laura's articles was featured in a 40 day devotional, Feed My Sheep, by Jessica Brodie.

From My Pen, was published in 2019. A blog on the hilariously true and random events that Laura has encountered over the years. The comical blog has been a source of escape for those who come back each week to read about a new encounter.

In 2019 Laura started, All Writers, a Facebook group that helps writers connect to not only each other but publishers, illustrators, photographers, and editors; to name a few. The group is intended to help writers learn and grow in their writing endeavors.

Laura has been a guest on several podcasts, such as The Writer’s Way podcast by Laurie Wright, The House Rabbit Society podcast by Bill Velasquez, The Honest Uproar by The Uprising Spark, A Little Bit of Everything With Me by Angelica Vallecillo-Goncalves, Brehrens House of Chaos a podcast by Chris and Katt, and Fun, Feisty, and Fabulous.

Laura is currently working on her third novel.