Morning Sky
April 8th, 2009 . by LisaMorning Sky by Judith Miller is the second book in the Freedom’s Path series. In this book we meet Lilly Verdue, Aunt to the Harban girls, who has come to Nicodemus to hide out. She brings with her a secret that Ezekiel Harban doesn’t want told, and causes trouble wherever she goes. She gets involved in messing up the lives of others in order to change the outcome to what she wants it to be. Ezekiel’s daughter Truth, who is engaged to Moses, is determined by Lilly to be a bad match for the man and she schemes and plots to end the engagement and match Moses to Truth’s sister Jarena. Meanwhile, Jarena waits to hear word from Thomas, the man she loves who is off fighting in the Army against the Indians. Samuel’s daughter Macia is sent away to Finishing School in New York City but soon finds herself extremely ill and unable to get out of bed. After some sporadic communication between Dr. Boyle and the school, Truth decides to go to New York City to accompany Macia home but discovers a plot of the owners to get life insurance for the girls in the school. With the help of Silas, who works at the school, she gets Macia away from the school and back home to Hill City. Will Macia be able to recover from the devasting illness she has suffered? Will Lilly learn her lesson about manipulating and interfering in the lives of others?
Morning Sky did not disappoint and I was again drawn into the lives and the plight of these brave pioneers, both in Nicodemus and Hill City. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the books so far.
