Duncan McBride, the local blacksmith, is seeking a wife, and he thinks he may have found her in Susannah Brian. But why is he hesitating to declare his intentions? And what is it that new resident of Wilkes county, Molly Wilson Ferguson, is hiding? Why has she become such a distraction? Molly is grateful to be reunited with her brother David, but her peace of mind will be threatened if her brother marries. Just how much longer can she hide her past? About the Author I was born and raised in Georgia. My parents instilled in me a love of reading. I was delighted to receive money on birthdays so that I could purchase the latest book in the Cherry Ames mystery series. One of my favorite childhood memories was bicycling with my mother to the bookmobile. My father and four uncles served in World War II. I developed an interest in history that led me to gather the personal accounts of medical corps personnel in that war. HEALERS IN WORLD WAR II was published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, edited by Patricia W. Sewell (Collier) in 2001. Excerpts from my book were used in the series THE COLOR OF WAR on the History Channel in the episode “The Price of War.” Georgia history as it related to the American Revolution inspired me to write the Hornet’s Nest series. Georgia was the last of the thirteen original colonies to be settled. It was assumed that there would be more loyalty to the Crown, but there were a large number of rebel or patriot supporters. The fighting was so vicious in Wilkes County that it was called the Hornet’s Nest. Although this book is fiction, I hope readers will gain insight into what those early Americans sacrificed for freedom. As I researched those years of turmoil, I came to understand that those veterans experienced the same trauma as our veterans are experiencing today. The American prisoners-of-war returned with nightmarish memories. Disease took the lives of many of the prisoners who were on prison ships and incarcerated in sugar houses in New York. This history has been forgotten.