Love's New Beginning — Dorothy Wiley

LOSS TOOK EVERYTHING. LOVE GAVE HIM EVEN MORE. It's 1800 Philadelphia, and the city cowers before a mysterious killer-Yellow Fever. Daniel Armitage and his family are respected members of Philadelphia society. But their status cannot save Daniel's loved ones. His entire family succumbs to the horrifying disease. His mother's startling deathbed confession, shakes Daniel to his soul. Another man is really his father. She makes Daniel promise that he will find his father so he won't be alone. He has no interest in finding the man, but his love for his mother makes Daniel keep that promise. His search takes him all the way to Kentucky-the edge of the frontier-a land of incomparable beauty. Seeking a father with a different last name, he is now considered an illegitimate bastard and is scorned by everyone, even himself. Except for the people who matter the most-his true father Daniel "Bear" MacKay and Ann Byrd, a young woman who values her freedom and scorns society's expectations. Captivated by her beauty and fierce independence, Daniel seeks to court Ann, a colonel's daughter. But her father won't allow her near a man born out of wedlock. The humiliation of illegitimacy subjects Daniel to social and legal discrimination. And ruthless, back-stabbing Charles Snyder, is obsessed with having Ann for himself. Snyder terrorizes Daniel's new family and the entire town. Bear's act of unequivocal love grants Daniel a chance for happiness. But only Ann's courage can save it. Love's New Beginning, a gripping historical saga, set on the romantic American frontier, is Book One in Wiley's new Wilderness Hearts Series. A breathtaking tale of a young man's redemption, Wiley skillfully entwines the themes of recovery from loss and unconditional love within a thrilling and poignant love story in this stunning historical romance. Fans of Wiley's six American Wilderness Series Romances will be excited to learn that Love's New Beginning also stars one of the main characters from the first series, Bear MacKay, the lovable hero of Book Four-Frontier Highlander Vow of Love. And William, the brave sheriff from Book Three, Whispering Hills of Love, is also a character along with many of the other family members readers have grown to love. The six books in Wiley's first series are captivating family sagas of survival and love on the American frontier. Her extraordinary historical romances, inspired by history, teem with action and cliff-edge tension. "Dorothy Wiley's LOVE'S NEW BEGINNING takes you on an action-packed adventure on the Kentucky Frontier in this enthralling tale of self-discovery, finding true love, and the meaning of family." - Peggy L. Henderson, Bestselling Historical Romance Author