The Homecoming Author:Angela Santana Book One in the Mt. Hope Series. Christian, historical fiction, with element of romance. In the spring of 1888, newlyweds Rachel and Jared Sterling move to the west from North Carolina, planning to take the small seeds of their faith and love and start their marriage off in a fresh, new land. But the best laid plans do indeed often go as... more »tray, and Rachel soon finds that she's about to face one of the greatest challenges of her young life. Her faith in God tested, her courage in shambles, she must somehow find a way to overcome her dislike of the more primitive life she now lives in this rustic little town and discover where home really is... Wade had been strictly taught as a boy what faith in God was supposed to mean. But as a man, he has come to question his very rigid upbringing. Battling demons wrought by his self-important pride, he needs no one--especially not God. He is responsible to no one but himself, until the day his five-year-old daughter Sassy arrives, suddenly throwing his well-ordered existence into turmoil. With no desire to raise a child, Wade decides to take Sassy out to Oregon from Chicago, to hand her over to his brother and sister-in-law to raise. Now if only they are willing to take her as their own, he will be a free man once again...« less