It is 1892, and Savannah Baker and her four-year-old son, Little John, live in a cabin deep in the woods of Hart County, Kentucky. Left a widow when her husband was killed while she was carrying their baby, she is finally coming out of her grief and has decided to move into town. When a friend develops a tumor, Savannah goes to the next county in search of a woman healer named Nell. Nell, and then her son Adam Stone, move to Hart County and soon Savannah has secretly lost her heart to him. Her childhood friend, Aaron Snow, has returned home from the seminary to build a church. Savannah and...

Laura James and her two beautiful young daughters, Caledonia and Mary, live in Madison County, Kentucky. The year is 1800. Laura was widowed at Fort Boonesborough years before when her husband Andrew was killed. Mary, the youngest, was still in the womb during the starving time at the fort. Her mind had not developed quite right and she is too innocent for her years. Callie feels a fierce protectiveness for her, but also struggles with guilt because she yearns to pull away and claim her own life. Then the handsome and kind Michael O'Neal enters their lives, changing forever the course their...

Snow Owl Abby Johnson is a young aristocrat who has come of age in Hardin County, Kentucky. Her true nature is rebelling against belonging to the privileged class. As tensions move toward the outbreak of the Civil War, the Johnson family begins to clearly side with the cause to abolish slavery. They are personal friends with Abraham Lincoln who had grown up on a neighboring farm. When Abby discovers a young man, Samuel Johnson, camping on their property, she convinces her father to give him sanctuary. Her affection for the dark-haired Samuel is forbidden because he is comes from poor people...

After her parents are killed in a boating accident, Emily Cray decides to move to Bourbon County, Kentucky, to restore her mother's ancestral home, Clarewood. The plantation has fallen into ruin since the close of the Civil War thirty years before. Emily's heart has been carefully guarded since a betrayal as a very young woman. Then, Daniel Moore moves to a neighboring farm with his adorable red-headed children. He sets up a law practice in the town of Paris. Emily immediately falls in love with the Moore children who lost their mother to childbirth. As she works to restore Clarewood, her...

Lydia Hall leaves the hills of Rockcastle County, Kentucky to find a new life in Louisville. The year is 1876. Her family is concerned that 19-year-old Lydia needs protection. They send Will Hart, the young man who is secretly in love with her. Both Lydia and Will get caught up in the excitement of the first Kentucky Derby and the beginning of Churchill Downs Horse Park. Will's abilities as a horse trainer get the attention of Merriwether Lewis Clark, who then sends him to England to write a training manual. Only then does Lydia realize what she has lost.