Into the Evermore: Prequel Novella: The Gentrys of Paradise, Book 1 (Unabridged‪)‬

1842. Eleanor McManus, upright daughter of a minister, is rescued from kidnappers by a rough-and-tumble fur trader Beauregard Gentry in the wilderness of northern Virginia.

With Beauregard’s help, Eleanor makes her way back to her intended groom, who declares her soiled, and she finds herself alone, pressured to make life decisions without benefit of family or others she can trust.

Beauregard and Eleanor agree to begin a life together, build their legacy, and their growing devotion to each other is witnessed one cold, crisp Christmas morning.

This novella was originally included in the anthology Christmas in America. This is a prequel to The Gentrys of Paradise series.