How do we get beyond the valleys in our lives? Sara Carr's
answer is faith in God and clinging to hope that He will
see her though. In 18th century England, she is widowed,
kidnapped, shipped to America and sold into servitude in
Maryland. She also loses her unborn child on the voyage.
The Woodhouse family at River Run is good to Sara, but she
is still an indentured servant. When Dr. Alex Hutton comes
along, Sara's world gets a little brighter for awhile.
Alex's brother owns the next farm over. His brother has
been killed in the war, and Alex has come to care for his
dead brother's wife and children until their aunt arrives.
He finds his brother's wife at death's door and cannot save
her. Alex then enlists Sara's help to care for the twin
girls until Aunt Moria comes. During this few weeks
together, Sara and Alex realize they have very strong
feelings for each other. Sara tries to make Alex understand
that they could never be together because of the difference
in their social status. Alex will hear nothing of it. When
Sara returns to the Woodhouse farm, Simon Woodhouse sells
Sara to a fur trader and she is whisked away before Alex
learns about it. Will he ever be able to find her? Will
their love for each other be enough to carry them through
the remainder of the war until they can work their way back
to each other?
BEYOND THE VALLEY is a fast-paced adventure about life in
the colonies during the Revolutionary War and the trials
the colonists and their servants and slaves had to face.
Only a strong faith in God keeps them going through the
hardships they have to endure. This is Rita
Gerlach's final book in her Daughters of the Potomac
trilogy. I've read one of the other books, and this story
is just as fascinating. If you're a fan of historical
inspirational novels, put BEYOND THE VALLEY on your list to
read.
When Sarah Carr's husband Jamie drowns, her young life is shattered and takes a turn that she never expected. Pregnant and now widowed, she reaches out to Jamie's family for help but they are unwilling. Instead they devise a plan to have her kidnapped and taken to the Colonies to live a life of servitude. In the wilds of Maryland, Sarah endures the hardships of being indentured and the debasement of being a woman. In despair, she offers up faithful prayers that are answered. But Sarah's new life in the Colonies finds her surrounded by a family's whirlwind of secrets, while she hopes the young doctor she loves with will bring her freedom.
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