The first installment in an epic historical trilogy by Helen Bryan,
the bestselling author of War Brides and The Sisterhood, The
Valley is a sweeping, unforgettable tale of hardship, tenacity, love,
and heartache.
Left suddenly penniless, the Honorable Sophia Grafton, a viscount's
orphaned daughter, sails to the New World to claim the only property
left to her name: a tobacco plantation in the remote wilds of colonial
Virginia. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of a handsome young French
spy--at gunpoint-- she gathers an unlikely group of escaped slaves and
indentured servants, each seeking their own safe haven in the untamed
New World.
What follows will test her courage and that of her companions as they
struggle to survive a journey deep into a hostile wilderness and
eventually forge a community of homesteads and deep bonds that will
unite them for generations.