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Lydia Hall leaves the hills of Rockcastle County, Kentucky to find a new life in Louisville. The year is 1876. Her family is concerned that 19-year-old Lydia needs protection. They send Will Hart, the young man who is secretly in love with her. Both Lydia and Will get caught up in the excitement of the first Kentucky Derby and the beginning of Churchill Downs Horse Park. Will's abilities as a horse trainer get the attention of Merriwether Lewis Clark, who then sends him to England to write a training manual. Only then does Lydia realize what she has lost.

Laura James and her two beautiful young daughters, Caledonia and Mary, live in Madison County, Kentucky. The year is 1800. Laura was widowed at Fort Boonesborough years before when her husband Andrew was killed. Mary, the youngest, was still in the womb during the starving time at the fort. Her mind had not developed quite right and she is too innocent for her years. Callie feels a fierce protectiveness for her, but also struggles with guilt because she yearns to pull away and claim her own life. Then the handsome and kind Michael O'Neal enters their lives, changing forever the course their hearts must take.

Leah Ashley comes from a wealthy family in Surry County, Virginia. Enticed by her Uncle John's stories of life in the wilderness of Kentucky, she goes to live with him and his wife Rachel. The year is 1883. She at first believes she has found her true path, living among poor mountain people. Her best friend, Ruth, becomes a midwife, drawing both of them into life at Transylvania University. Leah's old life of refinement and high society begin to pull her in other directions. She begins to despair that her two natures will pull her a part. But then she meets Billy Combs, the man who will help her claim the one life that she was meant for.

After her parents are killed in a boating accident, Emily Cray decides to move to Bourbon County, Kentucky, to restore her mother's ancestral home, Clarewood. The plantation has fallen into ruin since the close of the Civil War thirty years before. Emily's heart has been carefully guarded since a betrayal as a very young woman. Then, Daniel Moore moves to a neighboring farm with his adorable red-headed children. He sets up a law practice in the town of Paris. Emily immediately falls in love with the Moore children who lost their mother to childbirth. As she works to restore Clarewood, her heart also becomes restored, and she finds the true love she has been longing for.

It is 1884. Bess Dunn lives in Casey County, Kentucky. Her three siblings are moving forward with their lives, while she seems unable to do anything but get herself into one mess after another. The more she reaches out to claim her own life, the more she gets entangled in human problems that leave her doubting her own sanity. She meets a handsome young painter one day at the river, changing her life forever. She is swept into a life of high society where all the rules are suddenly different. As she struggles to find her way back to her true self, another man emerges from her past to help her find her way.

The year is 1823. Rebecca Moore lives deep in the woods of Morgan County, Kentucky with her baby, and her father, Zachariah. Her baby's father has died in a mining accident before they could be married. Zachariah is coming in and out of being demented. A young man named John Stacey comes into their lives. He has lost his family farm and tries to gain it back by an agonizing engagement to the beautiful Englishwoman who now lives there. His heart leads him to go to Ireland to fight the cause of the poor displaced tenant farmers. Rebecca struggles to hold her world together, not even realizing that a big part of her heart is now far across the sea. Her heart has a plan of its own, refusing to accept fate, reaching out to claim the one hope that will save her.

This book contains scripts for 15 family-friendly comedy skits starring brother/sister characters, Otis & Daisy. Book format features a list of characters, wardrobe suggestions, props, and a summary with each script help you quickly choose the right skit for your show. Let the laughter begin! Skits included in this book: Christmas Tree, Workout, Garden, Commencement Speaker, Glory Days, High School Reunion, Wedding Party, Packing For Camp, Roller Coaster, Swimming Hole, Password, Home Perm, Celebrities, Chili Cook-Off, Fortune Cookies

African American History in Kentucky

This book is a chronicle of my uncovering and healing (such as it is) the abandonment trauma and neglect I suffered as an infant due to my father's extreme World War II trauma.