Tamsen Littlejohn knows that she cannot accept an arraigned marriage when she longs to choose her own path.

'The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn' is a thrilling and compelling historical romance in which a young woman of privilege leaves behind all she has known in order to escape the cruelty of an obsessive and ambitious stepfather. Author Lori Benton's beautifully descriptive writing and love of subject allow her readers to walk in the footprints of the past. The American Frontier of the eighteenth century is a rich source of amazing factual events and fascinating folk history. Falling in love was never part of the plan. Gaining the freedom she longs for will mean running yet again, to the most unlikely refuge imaginable-the Cherokees, a people balanced on the knife edge of war.īut the biggest complication may prove to be Tamsen’s growing bond with her knight in greasy buckskins, Jesse Bird. With her pursuers ever nearing, the region in turmoil, neighbors grown suspicious of her presence, Tamsen’s safety is soon put in greater jeopardy. Chaos reigns, thwarting Tamsen and Jesse’s hastily cobbled plan to keep her safe. Across the mountains the State of Franklin has been declared, yet many settlers remain loyal to North Carolina. Trouble awaits in the form of a divided frontier community. Trouble pursues, as the two men intent on seeing her recovered prove relentless in their hunt. With one life left behind and chaos on the horizon, Tamsen struggles to adapt to a life for which she was never prepared.Western North Carolina, 1787 To escape a threatening stepfather and an unwanted marriage, Tamsen Littlejohn enlists the aid of Jesse Bird, a frontiersman she barely knows, to spirit her away from Morganton, North Carolina, west beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The State of Franklin has been declared, but many remain loyal to North Carolina. With trouble in pursuit, Tamsen and Jesse find themselves thrust into the conflict of a divided community of Overmountain settlers. As the two cross a vast mountain wilderness, Tamsen faces hardships that test the limits of her faith and endurance.Ĭonvinced that Tamsen has been kidnapped, wealthy suitor Ambrose Kincaid follows after her, in company with her equally determined stepfather. But shedding her old life doesn’t come without cost. Forsaking security and an arranged marriage, she enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in western North Carolina. In an act of brave defiance, Tamsen Littlejohn escapes the life her harsh stepfather has forced upon her. Frontier dangers cannot hold a candle to the risks one woman takes by falling in love

The pursuit of tamsen littlejohn