Looking Back
The Small-Town Embers Historical Series
Before the families of Small-Town Sparks built their lives, another generation laid the foundation.
Jonathan Gallagher knows the Pennsylvania anthracite coal mines can take everything from a man. After tragedy changes the course of his life, he leaves his hometown behind and travels to the coast of Maine, hoping honest work in a shipyard will help him begin again.
Jacqueline Anderson has returned home from one of New England’s finest finishing schools, but the future her wealthy parents have planned for her is not the one she wants. Drawn to Jonathan’s honesty and determination, she soon discovers that choosing love may cost her the approval of everyone she has ever known.
As their relationship deepens, Jonathan becomes convinced he must transform himself into the kind of gentleman worthy of Jacqueline’s world. But some of life’s greatest obstacles cannot be overcome by hard work alone.
Set against the backdrop of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region and the shipyards of coastal Maine, this historical Christian romance follows two people learning that a person’s true worth is measured not by wealth or social standing, but by faith, character, and the choices that echo through generations.
