Description: The year is 1835 and Carolina Adams finds herself enchanted by an unlikely suitor ... the railroad. Frustrated by society's expectations upon her gender, she longs to study more masculine subjects and is thrilled when her father grants her a tutor.
James Baldwin arrives to serve as Carolina's teacher, but of more importance, he is to court Carolina's beautiful older sister, Virginia. Will expectations--and Virginia's southern charm--elicit the hoped-for proposal? Or will James and Carolina dare to acknowledge the mutual interests and feelings growing between them?Brief description: Judith Pella is the bestselling author/coauthor of seven major fiction series, including the Lone Star Legacy and The Russians, as well as the novels Blind Faith and Beloved Stranger. She and her family make their home in California.