{"product_id":"the-rain-and-the-light-ebook-preorder","title":"The Rain and the Light (Ebook Preorder)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWisconsin Territory, 1842.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrudence Everleigh once believed she could change the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs headmistress of a school for Black girls, she devoted herself to the abolitionist cause—until violence, tragedy, and public scorn destroyed everything she had built. Now burdened by guilt, debilitating headaches and the ruin of her former purpose, she sees little future for herself beyond the walls of her father's home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOwen Lynde has spent his entire life under the weight of his family’s expectations. Determined to escape and build a life of his own, he secures a promising law partnership in booming Milwaukee. There’s only one obstacle: respectability demands a wife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Owen proposes a practical marriage to Prudence—the childhood friend he has admired since boyhood—it seems the answer to both their problems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBound by duty rather than romance, they marry and travel west to Wisconsin Territory, where opportunity and uncertainty stretch as wide as the unbroken horizon. As they build a new home on the frontier, their childhood friendship begins to deepen into something more… But as Prudence’s passion for justice pulls her back into the fight against slavery, they must decide what they are willing to risk—for their convictions, their future, and each other. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet against the backdrop of America's expanding frontier and the growing struggle over slavery, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rain and the Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sweeping historical romance about love, resilience, and the extraordinary power of beginning again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rain and the Light is the second book in the Love and Liberation Series, although all of the books in the series can be read as standalones. It contains themes which may be disturbing to some readers, and several spicy open-door scenes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ebook preorder will be delivered on or before October 21, 2026.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54927943696706,"sku":"RAINEBOOK","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/3699\/6930\/files\/ProductImagesJune26-13.jpg?v=1782844574","url":"https:\/\/louisemayberry.com\/products\/the-rain-and-the-light-ebook-preorder","provider":"Louise Mayberry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}