Winds of Freedom Series by Laurie Sanford

One woman’s unexpected friendship with a plantation slave awakens a journey of discovery into the heart of love, justice, and God’s design for all mankind. Eighteen-year-old Eliza Drake longs for a freedom beyond her grasp. With pressures from her wealthy cotton planter father and a proposal on the horizon, her future is already determined... moreOne woman’s unexpected friendship with a plantation slave awakens a journey of discovery into the heart of love, justice, and God’s design for all mankind. Eighteen-year-old Eliza Drake longs for a freedom beyond her grasp. With pressures from her wealthy cotton planter father and a proposal on the horizon, her future is already determined. But when friendship blooms with a candid field slave, she unearths the dark side of her sophisticated upbringing and braves the danger of educating blacks in the antebellum South. Caught between two worlds, Eliza wrestles between loyalty to her family and her conscience, leading to her ultimate quandary—can love exist beyond the accepted bounds of race and class? And what peril might lay in wait if she follows the prodding of her heart? less

Pregnant and alone, Eliza must chance all to fight for her child’s life and the cause she so strongly believes. With her husband on the run and enemies vowing to reveal her secret, Eliza Drake faces a daunting task alone... morePregnant and alone, Eliza must chance all to fight for her child’s life and the cause she so strongly believes. With her husband on the run and enemies vowing to reveal her secret, Eliza Drake faces a daunting task alone. How can she bring a mulatto baby into her prejudiced community without endangering everyone she holds dear? Between her childhood friend’s wicked schemes, a mysterious widow with eyes for her father, a marshal out for blood and a shocking murder, it quickly becomes apparent that no one is safe. Her increasing abolitionist ventures only drag her deeper into the fray. And when the last man she expects rides back into town, Eliza must make an impossible choice—a secure future for her child or a past she so desperately wants to cling to. less

The truth will light the road to freedom, if she’s willing to fight for it. What began as a rivalry has budded into romance. But as Eliza Drake plans her wedding to a wealthy abolitionist, she has no idea that a dark secret from her past could throw her plans into disarray. The husband she believes died years before still sits on a Boston street corner, waiting for their reunion... moreThe truth will light the road to freedom, if she’s willing to fight for it. What began as a rivalry has budded into romance. But as Eliza Drake plans her wedding to a wealthy abolitionist, she has no idea that a dark secret from her past could throw her plans into disarray. The husband she believes died years before still sits on a Boston street corner, waiting for their reunion. Will she discover the truth in time to change her fate? Or will the wicked marshal Jackson Reed thwart whatever hope still lives on? When Eliza swipes a runaway slave from beneath him, his need for vengeance begins a perilous game of cat and mouse that can only end in destruction. less