Our Sacred Honor — Cynthia Van Hazinga

THE BIRTH OF A NATION

During the turbulent beginnings of the Revolutionary war two prominent families -- one patriot, one loyalist -- fight on opposing sides for the causes in which they so strongly believe. The Logans of Boston and the Whitestones of New York, though intertwined by marriage and friendship, are divided by the bitter conflict that is destined to sever the colonies' ties with England and forge a bold new nation.

Bayard Logan, fiercely patriotic, takes arms against the British not only for the cause of freedom, but also to pursue a personal vendetta. Captured and made prisoner, he seems doomed to a slow, agonizing death -- unless his sister, Bonnie, in love with a dashing British cavalry officer, can save him. Abandoned by her family, Bonnie is forced to flee to New York, where she falls into the hands of William Whitestone, a man torn between loyalty to his Tory family and his duty as a patriot spy. Meanwhile, Josias Logan's marriage to Meg Whitestone protects him from the savagery of war, until New York falls to the forces led by his brother Bayard....