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When eighteen year old Lucy Davenport's father gives her to Holman Carpenter in exchange for a mysterious favor, her life is changed forever. Lucy's initial challenge is to adjust to a family of thirteen children while finding a way to get to her mother's people in Cherokee. Jake, the peddler, offers her escape, but Lucy soon learns for every thing there is a price. Is she willing to pay it or will she do as her father wished and become Holman's bride.
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Plot & Themes

Tone of book?    -   upbeat Time/era of story    -   1600-1899 Romance/Romance Problems    -   Yes Poverty, surviving    -   Yes Kind of living:    -   general poverty story Family, struggle with    -   Yes Family, caring for ill    -   Yes Family, loving relations    -   Yes Is this an adult or child's book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Unmarried Love Triangle?    -   Yes

Main Character

Gender    -   Female Profession/status:    -   unemployed Age:    -   a teen Unusual characteristics:    -   Super sensitive soggy jelly muffin

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   4 () United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Southeast Mountains/Cliffs    -   Yes Mountains:    -   climbing on trails Forest?    -   Yes Farm/Ranch?    -   Yes

Writing Style

Sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   vague references only    -   descript of kissing Amount of dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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