A vivid and revelatory novel based on actual events of the 1847 Oregon migration, A Sudden Country follows two characters of remarkable complexity and strength in a journey of survival and redemption.
James MacLaren, once a resourceful and ambitious Hudson’s Bay Company trader, has renounced his aspirations for a quiet family life in the Bitterroot wilderness. Yet his life is overturned in the winter of 1846, when his Nez Perce wife...

In the space of minutes, a gunman opens fire at Rory Abernathy's wedding to Liam Bastian. Rory flees, and five years later still has no idea what happened... why... or who was behind it. In remote Point Roberts, Washington, Rory lives with her young daughter Charlotte. When they are tracked down by Liam, he is stunned to discover they had a child. As ugly secrets begin to surface, so does the killer's need for vengeance... and this time there is nowhere...

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with Christopher at her side. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher...