At Home in Persimmon Hollow

<p><em>Running from her past a devout teacher finds her future.</em></p><p> </p><p>At Home in Persimmon Hollow is the first book in a series chronicling love and life in a small fictional town in frontier Florida.</p><p> </p><p>In 1886 the pious Agnes is forced to leave - for her own safety - the Catholic convent-orphanage where she grew up. With nothing but her faith to sustain her she begins her new life as a teacher in Persimmon Hollow. She discovers a wild and beautiful new landscape and a town filled with upright people. They include the difficult but handsome Seth a man whose heart has been hardened to God after a terrible loss.</p><p> </p><p>As Agnes starts to put down roots and establishes a fragile bond with Seth danger strikes. Destructive men from both their pasts arrive in town. Can Agnes finally escape her past and find a bright new future?</p>