By Judith Miller
Bethany House
Paperback

Aunt Lilly Verdue traveled from New Orleans to Nicodemus and was desperate. Her situation was mysterious.

She carries a rabbit’s foot and evil eye…items of voodoo magic. Yet she seems afraid of something…or someone.

Morning Sky Excerpt Jarena gasped in suprise as Bentley Cummings pushed her father aside and entered the room. "Come with me, Jarena," he said, pointing his riding crop at her. "I must speak with you." His command nearly shook the walls of the soddy. Why did he want her? She clutched the back of a chair as her father started toward Bentley. ©2006 Judith Miller Published with permission from Bethany House

The Harbans lives would change with Aunt Lilly there. Lilly’s brother-in-law, Ezekiel, was not at all happy to see her. He felt bitterness towards her and hoped she would go back to New Orleans or anywhere else far away. She has a way of creating trouble for people through her manipulating ways.

Truth continued to work at the Boyles taking care of Mrs. Boyle, along with the household duties. Moses wants to marry Truth soon but what does Truth want?

With Macia sick at the school her mother insisted she attend, Truth is sent to bring her home. This becomes a difficult, and dangerous, task. Evil lurks at the school and Truth discovers that things are not what they appear.

Jarena fills in for Truth at the Boyles while she is gone. She longs to see Thomas again. Will that be possible? She hasn’t received a letter from him for a long time. Then she receives news about him.

Bookworm's Briefing
Morning Sky is Book Two of the Freedom’s Path series by Judith Miller. First Dawn is Book One of the series.

Miller's detail of history and racial struggles in the late 1800's is accurate. She writes a suspenseful story that keeps the reader wondering what will happen next.