He Is Just Away - Paperback

by Leslie Wardwell (Author)

1892 - Nova Scotia.

At twenty-four, Mary Jane Nutting's life seems to be unraveling when she discovers she is pregnant with her younger neighbor's out-of-wedlock child. The only way to escape her family's transgression is to abandon her rural hometown and set sail for Boston, where she can secretly give birth to the baby and put it up for adoption. On her perilous journey, she encounters Frank Hosman, a middle-aged grifter who offers to help. Despite her distress and gratitude, Mary reluctantly follows Frank upon their arrival, where he introduces her to his elderly childhood guardian in the quaint town of Lincoln, Massachusetts.

However, after giving birth and falling in love with her infant son, Mary is desperate to keep him. Hoping she can persuade her family to join her in Lincoln, she risks traveling home to Canada, leaving her son in the temporary care of her newfound friends until she can return. Little does she know that the people she has come to trust each have hidden motives for helping her, and her child is not safe in their care.

Will Mary find the help she needs to reunite with her family, her one true love, and reclaim her son? Or will the consequences of past actions ultimately thwart her roundtrip destiny?

HE IS JUST AWAY is a debut historical suspense novel that chronicles a Victorian-era family saga filled with romance, lifelong friendships, twists, and dark turns, culminating in a fast-paced finale race against time.