What Love Defends: Book Two in the Clear River Trilogy

One year after the Declaration of Independence has been signed, Leah still finds herself locked and indentured in a poorhouse in rural Pennsylvania, enduring and witnessing all kids of cruelty, madness and despair.Desperate to escape, she unknowingly trades one form of bondage for another. Her determination and sheer will to survive lead her through the toughest trials of the heart and soul.Will she ever be able to trust anyone? Particularly the newcomer, Ben, who pledges to rescue, protect, and love her always. Or is he just using her like all the rest? To find out, Leah must face her biggest fears, open her heart, and dare to dream again.