Fallam's Secret

Returning home to West Virginia after her beloved Uncle John''s death Lydde finds that he has left her an odd legacy: a note with instructions that lead her to a remote mountain cave. When she falls into a crevasse she finds she has followed her uncle farther than she thought-to Norchester England in 1657. Times are dark: the ruling Puritans have beheaded the king and prohibited song dance and even Christmas. Though she passes as a boy with her short hair and pants local official Noah Fallam is still suspicious of her strange clothing and outspokenness. Luckily she soon finds her uncle and another man: the Raven a bandit who provides for the poor through smuggling and robbery. The unlikely couple fall in love and Lydde must decide where-and when-she belongs. This captivating story brings us close to Denise Giardina''s signature concerns of faith and the way we treat the earth.