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Michael Phillips, one of the premier Christian novelists of this generation, has written four dozen novels (including THE SECRETS OF HEATHERSLEIGH HALL) with sales over five million copies. He also is the man responsible for introducing Victorian novelist George MacDonald to new readers around the world. Michael and his wife, Judy, live in Eureka, California.

Shenandoah Sisters Book 4, the sequel to The Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart. For over a year, Mayme--a former slave--and Katie have lived together on Katie's plantation, hiding the fact that they are orphans of war to avoid being separated. Together they have sheltered others and battled threats of foreclosure, theft, and deadly danger. But now the girls face what seems like the certain end of their scheme. A hard-nosed relative of Katie's father discovers--and exposes--their secret. He claims Rosewood as his own and forces Mayme and the other blacks to leave. Katie decides she must leave as well. Is this the end of their way of life? Will the girls ever be together again?

Library Journal

In this sequel to The Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart, Phillips returns to 1860s North Carolina. Katie Clairborne and former slave Mary Ann "Mayme" Jukes have been living on their own at Rosewood plantation for over a year now, ever since renegade soldiers killed Katie's family. Determined to stay together, the girls had concealed the deaths from the townspeople through grit, determination, and faith. But now Katie's Uncle Burchard arrives in town. He suspects that his brother has died and is determined to claim the plantation as his own. This work will appeal to both historical fiction lovers and regular CBA readers who would enjoy the post-Civil War setting. Phillips, a CBA bookseller and the author of almost 50 novels, resides in Eureka, CA. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.