Stolen Roots

The Maple Hollow Series, Book 1

"What if everything you knew… wasn’t the whole truth?"

Ellie Merritt’s life in coastal Mississippi has always been quiet—until the dreams begin. Haunting dreams in a language she doesn’t speak, on a gravel road she’s never seen. But when a chance encounter unearths long-buried secrets, Ellie sets off on a journey that leads her to the Amish farmlands of Tennessee… and to a past that was never truly lost.

What Ellie finds will challenge everything she’s believed about love, family, and identity. Will the dreams ever make sense? Can she build a bridge between the life she’s lived and the one she never knew was hers?

Stolen Roots is a heartfelt tale of discovery, forgiveness, and the unshakable bonds of family—even the ones that were stolen.

©2025 Brittany McLaurin (P)2025 Brittany McLaurin