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.