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Shadows of the Ancient Wood is the first book of the American Dream Historical Fiction/Romace series by Kimberly Jo Smith.
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The 18th century is meandering into its elder age when Richard Carlisle and his family, after years of exile, are called back home; back to Heatherfield. Sitting high on a plateau that overlooks the plush boroughs and ravines of Oldham, England, Heatherfield Hall has been home for nearly three centuries to the Carlisle family. Each generation has provided their full measure of dark secrets, still lingering throughout the gloomy, empty hallways. For Richard’s daughter, Grace, walking back through those doors would open a memory of evil and death she had sought long to forget. Though she emerges from the carriage to face the looming estate with uncertainty, Grace had not anticipated a future friendship with the gardener’s son, Jonathan McCarter, a native of Scotland who would win her heart and drive away her demons. Though the slaying of demons has its price, Jonathan would have Grace Carlisle at any cost. Their forbidden love will change everything, exposing all secrets and altering the lives of many, placing the McCarter family at odds with their own lineage. With a Revolutionary War looming across the sea in the colonies, directions once thought solid and sure are about to take divergent paths at the whim of fate.
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A war, forbidden love, and hidden agendas; the McCarter family has known their share of turmoil and heartbreak since leaving Scotland. When they cross paths with the Carlise family the effect will be far-reaching, taking them to places they had never dreamed, and fighting battles they had sought to avoid.
(Kimberly Jo Smith, July 2016)
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