The Three Black Pennys

At dusk, Howat Penny watches wild geese pass beyond his gun’s reach—and turns away from the comfortable supper waiting at home. He would rather risk an awkward welcome at the founderman’s door.

In the wooded country around Shadrach Furnace, ironmaking has built the Penny family’s standing, but its rituals leave young Howat cold. Restless and fiercely resistant to being managed, he slips from the formal company at Myrtle Forge toward Fanny Gilkan, whose ease in the woods draws him more than he cares to admit. Yet Fanny has another admirer, and Howat’s choice has begun to stir resentment among the furnace workers. For a man who distrusts every bond, even the freedom he seeks may come with a price. What will happen when his attraction draws him into a conflict he cannot simply walk away from?

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