complete at 5000 words

When a young servant girl, Tassie, escapes the robbery of her master's wagon, she flees to the woods. Alone and vulnerable, Tassie is helped by a white dove and a magical tree that takes her into its trunk - and into its heart.

CIVIL WAR SISTERS series

A SLAVE NAMED JACKSON complete at 7000 words

Ten-year-old Susanna Stackhouse returns from delivering goods to a sick neighbor when she hears a moan from under a bridge. She finds a black boy, collar around his neck, dying by the river. Hiding him from her young sister Maysie and her slave-owning grandfather, Susanna nurses the boy back to health - but will she be able to help him escape before the slave hunters find him?

THE AUTUMN QUILT complete at 8000 words

When Father leaves to look for their older brother, who went missing in the war, Susanna, four-year-old Maysie, and their mother set off on an adventure to their remote cabin in the woods. An early blizzard catches them off guard, and they must stay for days - and Mother is growing sicker by the minute. Finally, the snow stops and Mother sends the girls home... without her.

OH MAYSIE! work in progress

Susanna and Maysie's favorite place in the world is inside Grandfather's Mercantile where the men tell stories - and it's the one place the girls aren't allowed. When Maysie sneaks inside and dumps the contents of the spittoon on her head, Susanna takes all the blame. Grounded to housework, Susanna finds a wooden box full of mysterious letters - are they from her father's childhood?