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America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone... 1873, already challenging, becomes even more so. Abby's predictions come true - creating tragedy and hardships for millions of Americans. Frances and Felicia encounter challenges and adventures in Boston. Hobbs discovers an invention that will change his life - if he can avoid discovery from the KKK. Minnie is being horribly bullied at school. The solution is one no one anticipated. While everyone might long for things to simply stay the same, life forces and provides new beginnings for everyone. Volume # 21 of the Bregdan ...

Carrie joins hands with Janie and Elizabeth as threats against their medical clinic become reality. Anthony fights to support his wife, while facing threats of his own. In the midst of danger, a new love is born. Jeremy and Marietta embrace the historic beginning of blacks right to vote - only to lose someone who has become very precious to them. Abby is in New York City for a Bregdan Woman meeting, but she, Thomas, and Matthew are caught up in unexpected violence and the takedown of a corrupt politician.

Dark clouds and chaos descend lower upon America as the war rages around them; threatening all they hold dear. Carrie and Robert are once more pulled apart, and Carrie finds herself the target of a hostile group of men determined to stop her from providing medical care for black residents of Richmond. How long can she continue to save other people's lives at the risk of her own? Aunt Abby is sucked into a violent riot in the North, while Matthew faces the greatest challenge of his life.

Carrie and Janie are living their dream in Philadelphia, but what price will they pay when cholera sweeps through America once again?

America struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination. Promises will be broken, and everyone you have grown to love will be asked to pay a high price to make freedom for the slaves more than just a mockery.

Carrie and her housemates battle cholera in Philadelphia. Her world is turned upside down when she discovers the truth of her heritage. Will it completely change her path? Robert watches his dreams fade before his eyes when he refuses to align himself with Southern beliefs after the war. Rose has to face down a new threat, and Moses is forced to step into the role he has avoided. Janie has agreed to marry Matthew, but can she actually move beyond her fears and become his wife?

As her beloved city of Richmond is transformed into a deadly Civil War battlefield, spirited Carrie Cromwell puts her medical skills to work in a Confederate hospital. While she fights to save unknown soldiers, the one she cares about the most is lost to her when Robert disappears in battle. She must also deal with a family secret that has finally come to light. Meanwhile, Rose and Moses have found freedom at last - only to be separated by war.

Where will Americans find the courage to walk into the unknown? Carrie is rebuilding her life, but an unexpected twist sends her, Janie and Matthew onto an adventure she could never have envisioned -- but not before she has to say good-bye to someone very special. Moses and Rose are finally free to pursue their dream of college. Will it be everything they hoped for? And will they push through their fears to actually do it?

My story of being a writer begins the day I vowed I would never write.

Is reconstruction healing America, or are dark clouds sending a warning? America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone. Volume number 15 of the Bregdan Chronicles continues the sweeping historical saga that now encompasses the last months of 1870 through March 1871.

As the country changes and shifts, everyone is challenged to do what it takes to walk toward freedom. Carrie and Janie battle fear and worry as Anthony and Matthew deal with the horror of a brutal massacre in Colfax, Louisiana. Moses takes Felicia and Frances to San Francisco, where Felicia makes a decision that will dictate the direction of her life. The plantation is invaded.

Burdened with the responsibility of running an entire plantation, Carrie Cromwell fights to understand the forces tearing her beloved country apart. As battles rage around her, she watches as her life slowly unravels and she discovers truths she would never have imagined. Will her actions and decisions push her even further from those she loves? When the danger she dreads becomes reality, will she find the courage and strength to escape? Robert is pulled into battle, facing things he would never have imagined.

Carrie travels to Philadelphia to fulfill a promise, but is stunned by what she discovers and is thrown into a world she knows nothing about. Moses and Rose are moving forward in college, but will Moses make a different decision? How will Felicia handle the challenges? Jeremy and Marietta receive the surprise of their life, forcing them to make a decision they hoped they would not have to make. Matthew and Janie welcome a new child at the same time Matthew deals with great turmoil.

As the country continues to change and shift, everyone finds themselves on a journey to joy. America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone...The discovery of a thief leads Anthony and Carrie down a road they never envisioned. Annie creates a miracle for children with no hope. Felicia goes on a journey that will challenge her beyond anything she could have imagined. Rose and Moses are stretched to the limit as they come to a new awareness of just how far their country still has to go. Elizabeth and Peter marry in Boston - welcoming everyone North during the springtime.

America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone.... Carrie and Abby, hoping for a peaceful visit to the plantation find themselves pulled into a violent conflict in Richmond as struggle for control of the city boils over. Rose and Moses are happy on the plantation, enjoying a respite from all the violence, while Susan travels north to expand the plantation breeding operation. Matthew finds himself embroiled in another type of southern war as KKK violence spills into North Carolina. What he discovers will change things for Janie.

Carrie steps into a new season of love in her life but has to leave the plantation to fulfill her dream. Her heart is both happy and torn. Rose and Moses are thrilled to be home but are swept up once again in the new war raging in America. Susan takes a huge step into happiness, while Thomas and Abby create a miracle for Marcus. Jeremy and Marietta are forging through challenges to create a new life in Philadelphia. When everyone really just wants a simple, clear future, each person finds they have to make the best choices possible as they watch their Horizons Unfolding.

Can America survive the struggle to rebuild? Carrie and Robert’s dream comes true, but is Carrie strong enough to survive what comes next? Rose’s school comes under attack by vigilantes. No one could have predicted what will happen next.

Carrie Cromwellcomes of age as the dark clouds of the Civil War swallow the country. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South and the truth she has discovered.

The power of the Union army brings the South to its knees in surrender, but not until a year of intense pain and violence creates a chasm that may be impossible for the country to bridge. Carrie struggles to hold on to hope as the world caves in around her, hanging on to the promise she's been given. She also finally gets to reveal the secret she has held so close.

As the country changes and shifts, everyone is challenged to find courage to stand. Carrie and Janie face the challenge of a horse plague that sweeps through America. Thomas, Anthony, and Matthew go on an extraordinary adventure that reveals truth to a stunned nation. Peter and Elizabeth are once again faced with their greatest fear. Felicia begins to find her way after graduation. Carrie is forced to decide if she will fight hate with hate, or do something different that will open the door to change.