Charbonneau, Eileen

A forbidding and possibly haunted old estate affects the fortunes of two young people for whom life is difficult in their upstate New York small town.

The harmony of Lily's life in the hill settlement of Stony Clove in 1851 is shattered when she learns her family has been working as conductors on the Underground Railroad and their services are needed to rescue a neighbor who has been captured by slave catchers.

The harmony of Lily's life in the hill settlement of Stony Clove in 1851 is shattered when she learns her family has been working as conductors on the Underground Railroad and their services are needed to rescue a neighbor who has been captured by bounty hunters.

Joshua is torn between loyalty to his French-Indian father and his desire to fit into the white man's world.

A forbidding and possibly haunted old estate affects the fortunes of two young people for whom life is difficult in their upstate New York small town.