Path to Freedom

A promise made. A sister lost. A journey that will test everything he believes.Mark Allen Teed is finally free. After five years of indentured servitude, he has one goal-find Gwen Morgan and fulfill the promise he made three years ago. Armed with nothing but a broken-down horse, ten dollars, and unwavering determination, he sets out from North Carolina to track down the girl who captured his heart.But Gwen isn't where he left her.Faye Morgan wants nothing to do with her past. Raised from poverty to gentility as the ward of a wealthy Pittsburgh physician, she has her sights set on a secure future as the wife of a prosperous man. When two letters arrive from the sister she thought lost forever, Faye faces an impossible choice.Two souls must learn that true freedom comes not from circumstances, but from surrendering to God's plan.

An indentured servant since the age of fourteen, Gwen Morgan longs for freedom. Her greatest wish is to find the sister who was sold to another master when they arrived in North Carolina from Wales.Then Master Whiteford offers Gwen her freedom at a price-she must agree to live a lie and join a settlement of Quakers relocating to the Northwest Territory of Ohio.Thomas and Betsy Baldwin have buried their three children and face their elderly years alone until they open their home and hearts to Gwen. Their quiet and steadfast faith touches Gwen and causes her to question her deception.Torn between her freedom and the truth, Gwen struggles to find her place among the Quakers she's grown to love.