Böcker av Lisa Gay

Robert Teal painfully discovers that Judge Daniel Hall has deployed an assassin to bring in three people, preferably dead. Told to stay out of the way by the men of Fletcher Creek, Robert enlists the help of Edwin Snow and attempts to rectify his mistake. Living beyond the western frontier in Indian Territory and blissfully unaware that an approaching killer is drawing nearer, Noah Swift Hawk, Ann Williams, and their family prepare to cross the country to the western sea. The assassin, the men of Fletcher Creek, and Robert and Edwin travel separate paths as they race to their objectives; kill the targets and warn their friends before they meet their demise.

Robert Teal painfully discovers that Judge Daniel Hall has deployed an assassin to bring in three people, preferably dead. Told to stay out of the way by the men of Fletcher Creek, Robert enlists the help of Edwin Snow and attempts to rectify his mistake. Living beyond the western frontier in Indian Territory and blissfully unaware that an approaching killer is drawing nearer, Noah Swift Hawk, Ann Williams, and their family prepare to cross the country to the western sea. The assassin, the men of Fletcher Creek, and Robert and Edwin travel separate paths as they race to their objectives; kill the targets and warn their friends before they meet their demise.

In the year 1840, folks don't cotton to people disregarding the prohibition against interracial marriage. Judge Daniel Hall knows Ann Williams and Noah Swift Hawk are violating the law put into place to keep the white race pure. He has a bullet waiting for them or, at the very least, a whip. To escape capture, the lovers run for their lives and attempt a risky avenue of escape from Little Rock. They encounter dangerous terrain as well as desperate and vicious animals and people. Some attack mercilessly. Others desperately need their help. Their exodus does not go well, and they cannot travel far. For months, they attempt to avoid those bent on their capture as they hide in the forest beside Fletcher Creek in the new slave state of Arkansas. Who escapes? Who does death claim?

In the year 1840, folks don't cotton to people disregarding the prohibition against interracial marriage. Judge Daniel Hall knows Ann Williams and Noah Swift Hawk are violating the law put into place to keep the white race pure. He has a bullet waiting for them or, at the very least, a whip. To escape capture, the lovers run for their lives and attempt a risky avenue of escape from Little Rock. They encounter dangerous terrain as well as desperate and vicious animals and people. Some attack mercilessly. Others desperately need their help. Their exodus does not go well, and they cannot travel far. For months, they attempt to avoid those bent on their capture as they hide in the forest beside Fletcher Creek in the new slave state of Arkansas. Who escapes? Who does death claim?

Noah Swift Hawk and Ann Williams break the law that prohibits interracial marriage. Judge Daniel Hall of Arkansas uncovers what he believes is their disgusting sin and condemns the transgressors to months of hard labor. The two lovers willingly struggle through and serve their sentence. What they can't endure is the forced separation that the judge has also ordered.Under the threat of lashings and more hard labor, Ann, her sisters, Stephanie and Sally, and her brother-in-law, Eli, purposefully disobey and reunite with Noah close to the western frontier at Pine Bluff. In the winter of 1840, even though they fear discovery, Noah and Ann refuse to part. They hide with their family at Roscoe Bacon's Trading Post and try to survive a very snowy winter beside the Arkansas River.Emotional wounds, left by the death of Ann's parents two years before, surface and plague her. Noah tries to help the woman he loves and leads the group in a Native American mourning ceremony.Does bringing a ritual from Noah's past into the present create a rift, or do the bonds of family love grow stronger? Are the lovers discovered, is their romance doomed, or do they get away with sharing a forbidden love?

Noah Swift Hawk and Ann Williams break the law that prohibits interracial marriage. Judge Daniel Hall of Arkansas uncovers what he believes is their disgusting sin and condemns the transgressors to months of hard labor. The two lovers willingly struggle through and serve their sentence. What they can't endure is the forced separation that the judge has also ordered.Under the threat of lashings and more hard labor, Ann, her sisters, Stephanie and Sally, and her brother-in-law, Eli, purposefully disobey and reunite with Noah close to the western frontier at Pine Bluff. In the winter of 1840, even though they fear discovery, Noah and Ann refuse to part. They hide with their family at Roscoe Bacon's Trading Post and try to survive a very snowy winter beside the Arkansas River.Emotional wounds, left by the death of Ann's parents two years before, surface and plague her. Noah tries to help the woman he loves and leads the group in a Native American mourning ceremony.Does bringing a ritual from Noah's past into the present create a rift, or do the bonds of family love grow stronger? Are the lovers discovered, is their romance doomed, or do they get away with sharing a forbidden love?

Filled with the prejudices that existed in the early 1800s, outlaws burn down the Williams' farm as they attempt to burn alive the Williams sisters and the men working at their farm. The sisters, their two farm hands, and other friends from the nearby town of Harmony, Arkansas, seek justice. Justice, they hope to find a hundred miles away in Little Rock. Together with the last three living members of the outlaw Butterfield Gang, they trek across the open countryside and swollen rivers on the newly built military road. Choices of faith, allegiance to family and friends, and obedience to the law fall upon the good, the bad, and the evil. Their choices could end their friendships, loves, families, or lives and will undoubtedly seal their eternal futures. With perseverance, friendship, love, and shreds of faith, the travelers fight to make their own choices and choose their consequences.

Filled with the prejudices that existed in the early 1800s, outlaws burn down the Williams' farm as they attempt to burn alive the Williams sisters and the men working at their farm. The sisters, their two farmhands, and other friends from the nearby town of Harmony, Arkansas, seek justice. Justice, they hope to find a hundred miles away in Little Rock. Together with the last three living members of the outlaw Butterfield Gang, they trek across the open countryside and cross swollen rivers on the newly built military road.With perseverance and shreds of faith, the travelers fight to make their choices. Their choices could bring the end of their friendships, their loves, their families, or their lives, and will certainly seal their eternal futures. Choices of faith, allegiance to family and friends, and obedience to the law fall upon the good, the bad, and the evil.

On a fateful spring day of 1839, at the western edge of civilized America, a gang of outlaws attempts to remove a Native American who dares to sit in a white man's saloon. Townsfolk become embroiled, bullets fly, and men fall. Forced from the saloon under the threat of further bullet trading, the outlaws gallop out of town but don't cotton to their treatment. Unaware that fate lurks, three sisters step into the blood, spreading across the saloon floor. Fate and the outlaws plan further trouble.

On a fateful spring day of 1839, at the western edge of civilized America, a gang of outlaws attempts to remove a Native American who dares to sit in a white man's saloon. Townsfolk become embroiled, bullets fly, and men fall. Forced from the saloon under the threat of further bullet trading, the outlaws gallop out of town but don't cotton to their treatment.Unaware that fate lurks, three sisters step into the blood, spreading across the saloon floor. Fate and the outlaws plan further trouble.

Every second close to the western frontier meant possible capture and execution. Noah Swift Hawk and Ann Williams fled into the perilous American prairie filled with dangerous terrain, wild animals, hazardous rivers, and threatening native people. Does the prairie hold new love, or will the risky adventure lead to grievous losses?