The promise of justice

During wars eighty years apart, two young women living on the same Appalachian estate decide to aid soldiers dear to them, no matter the cost.

In 1944. When a violent storm rips through the Belvidere's attic in No Creek, North Carolina, secrets dating back to the Civil War are revealed. Celia Percy suspects the truth could transform the future for her friend Marshall, now fighting overseas, whose ancestors were once enslaved by the Belvidere family.

In 1861. After her mother’s death, Minnie Belvidere works desperately to keep her family together when North Carolina secedes. As the country and her own home are torn in two, Minnie risks her life and her future in a desperate fight to gain liberty and land for those her parents intended to free.

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