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Katie, Mayme, Emma, and Aleta have forged a friendship and bond and are making their way alone at the Rosewood Plantation that had been Katie's home with her parents and brothers before the Shenandoah Valley massacres that killed her family and Mayme's family. Their friends Henry and his son Jeremiah have helped them to maintain their secret. Katie's Uncle Templeton Daniels makes an unexpected appearance and disrupts their close-knit group with revelations that cause temporary divisions between Katie and Mayme, but God works in the hearts of everyone to turn things around and cause the unexpected disclosure of kinship between Katie, Mayme, and Templeton to become a blessing rather than a curse. Discovery of the missing gold brings both blessing and problems. This third book in the Shenandoah Sisters series seems to bring resolution to many of the problems facing the girls, but the epilogue makes one realize that even more trouble is directly around the bend. ( )

Mayme and Katie continue to try to fool others in believing there are adults living with them, but Katie's uncle comes and Jeremiah's father Henry also finds out. They deal with a storm and would-be robbers after the gold they find. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one. ( )