The First Law of Love (43 page)

Coming in Fall 2014...

The Civil War has ended, leaving the country with a gaping wound. Southern orphan, Lorie Blake, has worked as a prostitute since she was fifteen, carefully guarding her aching heart from the disgrace forced upon her every evening. Sawyer Davis, who fought bravely as a Confederate soldier for three bitter years, is now ravaged by haunting memories and the loss of his entire family. When their paths intertwine in a river town whorehouse, neither is prepared for the passionate intensity of their attraction to each other.

Forced to flee, Lorie joins Sawyer and his traveling companions—his two best friends and an incorrigible young boy with a heart of gold—on their journey north to Minnesota, where they long to build new lives. But danger pursues them in the form of a vindictive whorehouse madam and two ex-Union soldiers: one insane, the other bent on revenge. Lorie, soiled and shamed, must come to grips with her past and a secret that she cannot yet bear to reveal: her pregnancy by another man.

Through it all, Sawyer and Lorie know only one truth: they must be together. Even if it means challenging Death itself.

About The Author

Abbie Williams has been addicted to love stories ever since first sneaking her mother's copy of
The Flame and the Flower
; and since then, she's been jotting down her own in a notebook. A school teacher who spends her days with her own true love, their three daughters, and a very busy schedule, she is most happy when she gets a few hours to indulge in visiting the characters in her stories. When she's not writing, teaching or spending time with her family, you'll find her either camping, making a grand mess in her kitchen at various cooking attempts, or listening to a good bluegrass banjo.

Check out all of her books:
Forbidden; Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe; Second Chances; A Notion of Love; Winter at the White Oaks Lodge; Wild Flower