READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD WINNER Honorable Mention Winner-Romance/Christian. Romance and suspense come alive in this uplifting Christian novel set in the South in the 1870's. Shadowed by majestic oaks on the banks of the Mississippi River, Oak Grove, the ancestral home of the Malcolm family, symbolizes their courage, resilience, and strength. The reader will fall in love with the intriguing story of Laura who overcomes personal tragedy, and is forced to hide a secret that, if revealed, will cause her great heartache. Amidst the revitalized social scene of a recovering South, Laura has to sacrifice one of her most precious desires in order to protect someone she loves above all else. Can Laura make her enemies become allies as she confronts her secret and finds the strength to forgive as well as to love again?