2017 Literary Titan Five Star Award Winner

Fleeing the Shadows, Book Two in the Dangerous Loyalties Series inspired by Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Mary Shirley McGuire.

Kentucky Territory, 1775: Pitted against the dangers of the wilderness and things lurking in the shadows, thirteen-year-old Mary Shirley and her family must flee Indian Creek ahead of those seeking to hang her papa as a spy. The perilous trip to the Boonesborough settlement is further complicated by her momma expecting a baby. Mary is determined to be strong and not complain as she and her seven younger siblings endure steep rocky paths, thick, dark forests, and vile frontier men. After a disastrous attack leaves them stranded and Papa wounded, Mary once again must risk her life, push through pain and fear, seeking fort scouts before the shadows of death overtake her family.