The Settlement's Heart

In the rigid world of a 17th-century Puritan settlement vibrant Lizabeth Miller is a flame among shadows—beautiful spirited and dangerously captivating. When her eyes meet those of quiet craftsman Silas Thornwood across the austere Meeting House an forbidden spark ignites that threatens to upend their carefully ordered world. But Silas's father the stern Elder Ezekiel Thornwood will not tolerate his son's fascination with such an unconventional woman. As stolen glances become secret meetings by Whispering Willow Creek Lizabeth and Silas must choose between duty and desire tradition and true love. When their clandestine romance is exposed the settlement erupts in scandal. Will their love be strong enough to reshape the hearts of an unforgiving community or will the weight of tradition crush their dreams forever?