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In Where the River Settles, the spellbinding second book in the best-selling Hymns of Blue Hollow series, Kemma MarShall crafts a hauntingly beautiful tale of love, resilience, and self-discovery—filling in the lost pages of Esther and Ian’s story, where longing and uncertainty still linger.
Returning readers find themselves once more at the Old Reed Estate, where the currents of love and longing churn just beneath a deceptively serene surface.
Ian Huggler is a man who knows what he wants—and what he wants is Esther Primm. But claiming her heart is no simple feat. She is still unraveling the foreign language of love, wary of its warmth yet aching for it all the same. As Ian fights for her, Esther wages a war within herself, caught between the comfort of his love and the fear of surrendering to it.
Theirs is a story carved from hesitation and yearning, where longing is laced with fear. Devotion is both a promise and a burden—not a love that comes softly, but one that must fracture before it can make itself whole.
Set against the lush yet treacherous backdrop of Blue Hollow Hills in Appalachia, old ghosts stir, and whispers thread secrets through the trees. Shadows of the past creep closer, unraveling the fragile peace she thought she had found. But danger is not just memory—it is flesh and blood, coming to their doorstep, waiting for its moment.
As long-buried secrets claw their way to the surface, unexpected threats close in, threatening to unravel what was never meant to survive.
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Where the River Settles is a story of love tested, trust earned, and two souls colliding in a world that has given them every reason to break apart. A man who risks everything, desperate to protect the woman who doesn’t yet know how to be his—and a woman who must decide if she is brave enough to stay.
In this mesmerizing continuation, readers return to a building passion, a forbidden desire forged amid tragedy and the World War II American homefront.
A historical romance set in the 1940s, Where the River Settles is a captivating piece of 20th-century American literature that unfolds in the evocative landscape of the Southern United States. Weaving a tale of survival and determination, it follows Esther Primm, a young woman born into poverty and forged by hardship.
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Indie author, artist, and researcher Kemma MarShall calls North Carolina home.
Her inspiration is drawn from her ancestors’ stories, weaving the rich heritage of the Appalachian hills into her work. Blessed with a 26-year marriage and children, she pulls from her life experiences to bring depth and realism to her storytelling.
