On a bitter December day in 1785, Silas Ballantyne arrives at the door of master blacksmith Liege Lee in York, Pennsylvania. Just months from becoming a master blacksmith himself, Silas is determined to finish his apprenticeship and move west. But Liege soon discovers that Silas is a prodigious worker and craftsman and endeavors to keep him in York. Silas becomes interested in both of Liege's daughters, the gentle and faith-filled Eden and the clever...

Sheltered since birth at her Kentucky home, Rowena Ballantyne has heard only whispered rumors of her grandfather Silas's vast fortune and grand manor in Pennsylvania. When her father receives a rare letter summoning him to New Hope, Rowena makes the journey with him and quickly finds herself in a whole new world--filled with family members she's never met, dances she's never learned, and a new side to the father she thought she knew. As she struggles...

En 1784, par un jour de décembre glacial, Silas Ballantyne se présente à la porte du forgeron de Liege Lee dans le comté de York en Pennsylvanie. Silas est résolu à terminer son apprentissage très vite pour partir vers l'Ouest. Mais comme il se révèle un ouvrier rapide en même temps qu'un artisan habile, Liege tente par tous les moyens de la garder à Lancaster, en faisant appel à une vieille tradition: l'apprenti doit épouser une des...