Ashes and Awakenings

By: Kathryn Kramer

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The end of the Civil War. A time of bitterness and hardship in war-ravished Virginia. The “Old South” has died and the Reconstruction has begun. Amid the embers of the past new loves will be awakened and the future of a nation will be restored. Fighting the elements, carpetbaggers, over zealous bankers, and corrupt politicians, Derek Cameron struggles for the survival of Winding Oaks Plantation. Hoping to put the past transgressions of his family behind him he discovers a shattering secret that will threaten the lives of those he loves. Amanda Seton, a pretty school teacher, will change Derek’s life and give him a lesson in true love. Risking her life to teach a young black child to read, she will battle fierce hatred and betrayal for the sake of her own soul. Forest Faulkner, a young woman of mixed blood, remembers the day she was saved from the slave catchers by the efforts of a stranger. Her search for the truth of her heritage will change her life forever and touch the heart of her one true love. Moses Douglass, a freed slave now a candidate for congress, reawakens an old love when his paths cross with a young woman who once showed him kindness on their journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Facing the menace of the Ku Klux Klan they will prove that courage and honesty are much stronger than hatred and fear.