Michael R Phillips

When Corrie and her siblings unexpectedly find their father on the streets of Miracle Springs, their shocking reunion is tentative at best. Pa Hollister must take on his role as father and make a home for his children. When he decides that the children need a mother's care, Corrie's world is shaken once again.

"As the election of 1860 draws near and political tensions between the North and South threaten to escalate into a full-scale war, Corrie Belle Hollister finds herself thrust into the political arena. Her reputation as California's Woman Reporter and her vain attempts to help Colonel John Fremont in the presidential election of 1856 have brought her to the attention of the leaders of California's new Republican Party. And the handsome young political...

Now that Corrie has a new mother to care for her brothers and sisters, Corrie longs to be a journalist, to serve God with her writing, and to become a woman of truth. But the truth can be elusive, especially as it leads her into what has always been a man's world.

As the War Between the States escalates into full-scale conflict threatening to tear the nation apart, Corrie Belle Hollister finds herself far from her home and thrust into the center of the battle. --- {Excerpt from back cover.}

Located in the north of Scotland near the small fishing village of Port Strathy, the grand estate called Stonewycke was a marquisate in 1860 of no small repute in Britain. But forces were at work that threatened the future of the estate as well as its aristocratic landowners, the Duncans. Seventeen-year-old Margaret Duncan feels that the distance between her parents is increasing, and she feels alienated from her father, whom she had adored unreservedly...

The lives of two families become inextricably entwined in the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, when Anna Yevnovna Burenin, a peasant girl from a tiny village, is sent to work as a servant for Princess Katrina in the St. Petersburg palace of the Fedorcenko family.