__When well-laid plans go awry, can she still make her dreams come true?__  
  
Charlotte Vance is a young woman who knows what she wants. But when the man she planned to marry joins the Shakers--a religious group that does not allow marriage--she is left dumbfounded. And when her father brings home a new wife who is young enough to be Charlotte's sister, it is more than she can bear. With the country--and her own household--on the brink of civil war, this pampered gentlewoman hatches a plan to avoid her new stepmother and win back her man by joining the Shaker community at Harmony Hill. Little does she know that this decision will lead her down a road of unforeseen consequences.  
  
Ann H. Gabhart brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war in 1860s Kentucky to weave a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness.  
  
"In The Seeker, Ann H. Gabhart has penned a captivating story of love that blooms despite the desperate circumstances of the Civil War and a delicious heroine who chooses safety and seclusion among the Shakers. Gabhart's vivid descriptions and well-drawn characters will leave you wanting more. A wonderful read!"--Judith Miller, author, Daughters of Amana series  
  
"Ann H. Gabhart has a gift for skillfully blending research with fiction to create stories that entertain. The Seeker is a well-woven tale about a strong and determined woman who is willing to risk everything to follow her convictions. A definite can't-put-it-down book."--Suzanne Woods Fisher, author, Amish Proverbs, Amish Peace, and The Choice  
  
"To read The Seeker is to step inside a peaceful Shaker village and experience a new world of faith, love, freedom, and forgiveness. Ann H. Gabhart brings to life a spirited southern belle in war-torn Kentucky with authenticity and grace. A page-turner to the very end!"--Laura Frantz, author, The Frontiersman's Daughter and Courting Morrow Little  
  
Living just thirty miles from a restored Shaker village in Kentucky, Ann H. Gabhart has walked the same paths that her characters might have walked in generations past. Gabhart is the author of several books, including the bestselling The Outsider and The Believer.

__Ann H. Gabhart__ is the bestselling author of several Shaker novels--The Refuge, The Outsider, The Believer, The Seeker, The Blessed, and The Gifted--as well as other historical novels, including Angel Sister, These Healing Hills, River to Redemption, and An Appalachian Summer. She and her husband live on a farm a mile from where she was born in rural Kentucky. Ann enjoys discovering the everyday wonders of nature while hiking in her farm's fields and woods with her grandchildren and her dogs, Frankie and Marley. Learn more at www.annhgabhart.com.

Charlotte Vance is a young woman who knows what she wants. But when the man she planned to marry joins the Shakers--a religious group that does not marry--she is left dumbfounded. And when her father brings home a new wife who is young enough to be Charlotte's sister, it is more than she can bear. With the country--and her own household--on the brink of civil war, this pampered gentlewoman hatches a plan to avoid her new stepmother and win back her man by joining the Shaker community at Harmony Hill. Little does she know that this decision will lead her down a road toward unforeseen peace--and a very unexpected love.  
  
Ann H. Gabhart brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war to weave a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness that sticks with readers long after they have turned the last page.

Popular author brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war to weave a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness.

Gabhart, Ann H.

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A NOTE ABOUT THE SHAKERS

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Charlotte Vance is a young woman who knows what she wants. But when the man she planned to marry joins the Shakers--a religious group that does not marry--she is left dumbfounded. And when her father brings home a new wife who is young enough to be Charlotte's sister, it is more than she can bear. With the country--and her own household--on the brink of civil war, this pampered gentlewoman hatches a plan to avoid her new stepmother and win back her man by joining the Shaker community at Harmony Hill. Little does she know that this decision will lead her down a road toward unforeseen peace--and a very unexpected love. Ann H. Gabhart brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war to weave a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness that sticks with readers long after they have turned the last page.

Living just thirty miles from a restored Shaker village in Kentucky, Ann H. Gabhart has walked the same paths that her characters might have walked in generations past. Her thorough research provides a convincing and colourful backdrop for her Shaker novels. Gabhart is the author of several novels, including The Outsider and The Believer, and lives in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.

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Set in the 1860's, The Seeker tells a story of disappointment, love and war. Charlotte Vance is engaged to Edwin who has decided to join the shakers. The problem being that the Shakers don't believe in marriage. Her father has also returned home with a young bride who does not hesitate to make changes to her home at Grayson. However when she hears of her stepmother?s plans to sell her slave, who was more a sister to her than a slave, she sets a plan in action - to free her slave Mellie and to win back Edwin from the Shakers. On joining the shakers however she learns a lot more than she bargained for and while she had hoped to win Edwin's heart someone was hoping to win her heart too. This is the first book I have read from Ann H Gabhart and can say that I was not disappointed. Not knowing much about the civil war, the book was an interesting read which captured what the war was about without it being tedious. It portrayed the characters well and kept me turning pages

This is the first book I have read from Ann H Gabhart and can say that I was not

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Set in the 1860's, The Seeker tells a story of disappointment, love and war. Charlotte Vance is engaged to Edwin who has decided to join the Shakers. The problem being that the Shakers don't believe in marriage.   
Her father has also returned home with a young bride who does not hesitate to make changes to her home at Grayson. However when she hears of her stepmother’s plans to sell her slave, who was more a sister to her than a slave, she sets a plan in action - to free her slave Mellie and to win back Edwin from the Shakers.   
On joining the Shakers however she learns a lot more than she bargained for and while she had hoped to win Edwin's heart someone was hoping to win her heart too.   
This is the first book I have read from Ann H Gabhart and can say that I was not disappointed. Not knowing much about the civil war, the book was an interesting read which captured what the war was about without it being tedious. It portrayed the characters well and kept me turning pages.

The Seeker

When Charlotte?s father suddenly marries Selena, everything changes. Charlotte, accompanied by Mellie, a slave, decamp from their luxurious Kentucky plantation and head for a nearby Shaker community, where Charlotte hopes to persuade new-convert Edwin to reconsider and marry her, uniting their properties. Correspondence with illustrator Adam Wade of Harper?s Weekly, currently assigned to cover developments in the War Between the States, becomes her only link to her past and the outside world, but Adam faces his own trials. Gabhart?s absorbing coming-of-age Christian historical novel deftly juxtaposes Adam?s and Charlotte?s internal faith journeys against a backdrop of unusual settings. Charlotte is an overly responsible woman of action, who now must learn unquestioning obedience and rigid discipline, while Adam struggles to reconcile his natural inclination to remain a detached observer with his need to alleviate some of the suffering he encounters on the various battlefields. Also recommended for Civil War buffs and Shaker aficionados. Lynne Welch

An Absorbing Coming-of-Age Novel

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