A Cabin in the Woods
Adam and Lily fall in love and marry in 1951 and move into a cozy cabin atop a hill overlooking a peaceful, secluded Deer Lake in the mountains near Sunrise, South Carolina. The young couple is separated when Adam is called to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Lily gives birth to their daughter, Rose, and is devastated when she receives news that Adam has been killed in action. She leaves the cabin with her toddler daughter, never to speak of her beloved home or of her true love. Although she remarries, her heart belongs to Adam.
Upon Lily's death four decades later, Rose discovers the cabin and learns of the father she never knew. Through her mother's diary and her father's love letters sent during the war, Rose finds her true identity and discovers the timeless love of her parents, and Rose comes to terms with her grief of having lost them both as well as having lost her own son, killed in action during the Persian Gulf War.
Rose falls in love with Robert, who had grown up spending summers at this lakeside cabin with his parents and a childhood friend, and who has returned from New York to this idyllic place from his youth to finally deal with the death of his friend, who had been killed in action during the Vietnam War.
(Cover photography by M. Karen Brewer)
saddlers creek
In 1875's Colorado, 14-year-old Billy Colt must choose whether to follow in the footsteps of his outlaw father or to accept the love of a family wanting to make him a part of their family.
Billy is haunted by the memories of his mother and young sister, who perished in a fire, and he cherishes the Bible that belonged to his mother.
His only companions are his dog and horse when he enters the town of Saddlers Creek and is befriended by a family who offers him work on their horse ranch and takes him in.
But Billy's father is a wanted outlaw who schemes to force Billy into his gang.
(Cover photography by M. Karen Brewer)
Runaways
In 1935's Mississippi, a 13-year-old orphan, Peuter, and his 10-year-old tomboy friend, Boo, run away by hopping a freight train after Peuter's father dies.
They are befriended by a hobo, whom they come to respect as a father figure and who teaches them about riding the rails and about life.
Their adventures take a tragic turn when they meet up with dangerous thieves.
(Cover photography by M. Karen Brewer)