Judith Bixby Boling

Priscilla Alone Judith Bixby Boling

On a cold night in November 1865, Michel Llewellyn informs his only daughter, Priscilla, that she is betrothed to Josiah Pennyman, a man she has never met. Six months later, she boards the Emma, a merchant ship, to travel from Boston to the Pennyman ranch outside Corpus Christi, Texas. Denied the company of her lady's maid, Priscilla embarks on the journey alone. Faced with superstitious seamen, the treacherous coral reefs of the Florida Keys, and her own doubts, she resolves to honor her father's wishes. But, when Josiah Pennyman reveals his true nature, she hopes only to escape this man, and Texas, with her life.