Promises to Keep

by Karen Harper

Christmas--A time for Giving...and Love.

In the small town of Lockwood, Ohio, Amanda Wynne harbored special hopes for this first Christmas after the Civil War. Yet so much had changed. Her husband, Matt, had returned a broken man and would soon be lost forever. And while she took two war widows into her crumbling mansion, Amanda's heart felt as bleak as the dreary winter...until, at the newly declared holiday of Thanksgiving, three visitors appeared at her door. A former slave, whom Amanda had once helped on the Underground Railway, arrived with her daughter and with a desperate plea for help. Then Lincoln Garner came, a homeless Southern soldier running away from something, searching for something. Soon they were banding together like a family, giving and sharing, through harship and dangers. And when the miracle of love and desire broke through all barriers to unite Amanda and Lincoln, they knew they were home...and it was Christmas...and everything was posssible for those who dared to dream...

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1994

About the author

A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Karen Harper is a former college English instructor (The Ohio State University) and high school literature and writing teacher. A lifelong Ohioan, Karen and her husband Don divide their time between the midwest and the southeast, both locations she has used in her books. Besides her American settings, Karen loves the British Isles, where her Scottish and English roots run deep, and where she has set many of her historical Tudor-era mysteries and her historical novels about real and dynamic British women. Karen's books have been published in many foreign languages and she won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for 2005. Karen has given numerous talks to readers and writers across the county. Her most recent books include THE SOUTH SHORES TRILOGY (CHASING SHADOWS, DROWNING TIDES and FALLING DARKNESS.) Her latest historical is THE ROYAL NANNY. Please visit her website at www.KarenHarperAuthor and her fb page at www.facebook.com/KarenHarperAuthor

Reviews

[L Shirey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story. Very mild in the romance, but a huge tear jerker.

[Rhonda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good stuff.