An Appalachian Summer

by Ann H. Gabhart

Overview

In 1933 Louisville, Kentucky, even the ongoing economic depression cannot keep Piper Danson's parents from insisting on a debut party. After all, their fortune came through the market crash intact, and they've picked out the perfect suitor for their daughter. Braxton Crandall can give her the kind of life she's used to. The only problem? This is not the man—or the life—she really wants.

When Piper gets the opportunity to volunteer as a horseback Frontier Nursing courier in the Appalachian Mountains for the summer, she jumps at the chance to be something other than a dutiful daughter or a kept wife in a loveless marriage. The work is taxing, the scenery jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and the people she meets along the way open up a whole new world to her. The longer she stays, the more an advantageous marriage slips from her grasp. But something much more precious—true love—is drawing ever closer.

Bestselling author Ann H. Gabhart invites you into the storied hills of Eastern Kentucky to discover what happens when one intrepid young woman steps away from the restrictive past into a beautiful, wide-open future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800729288
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	474,098
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ann H. Gabhart is the bestselling author of several Shaker novels—The Refuge, The Outsider, The Believer, The Seeker, The Blessed, and The Gifted—as well as other historical novels, including Angel Sister, These Healing Hills, River to Redemption, and An Appalachian Summer. She and her husband live on a farm a mile from where she was born in rural Kentucky. Ann enjoys discovering the everyday wonders of nature while hiking in her farm's fields and woods with her grandchildren and her dogs, Frankie and Marley. Learn more at www.annhgabhart.com.

Editorial Reviews

04/27/2020

Gabhart (These Healing Hills) takes readers to the majestic Kentucky mountains during the Great Depression in this enjoyable inspirational romance. Piper Danson, 16 years old and independent-minded, suffers through her society debut in Louisville to please her mother. Handsome Braxton Crandall is the heir to a railroad fortune and has the blessing of Piper’s father to court her, but Piper’s heart belongs to childhood friend Jamie Russell. Jamie’s family, however, lost everything in the stock market crash, and he feels he can’t give Piper the life she deserves. To keep her mind off romance by doing something of social value, Piper decides to spend the summer working as a courier with the Frontier Nursing Service. There, she learns to pluck a chicken, helps deliver a baby, and grows closer to the Lord in the quiet rural atmosphere. But when Jamie and Braxton both follow Piper to the mountains, her plan to forget men is shot and she must make a decision for the future. This refreshing historical will be an appealing escape for readers who enjoy Tracie Peterson. (June)

Publishers Weekly