The way the characters and storyline were woven together was brilliant! Lisa Wingate paints a vivid picture in the reader's mind with her descriptions-I could actually visualize the characters and the setting. I loved the way this story went back and forth between historical times and modern day. I took it for the mystery is was and loved it! Fortunately, a friend told me that before I started it, so I was disappointed. I saw this was labeled as a Christian Romance, yet the Christian elements were very minimal and the romance was hardly there. The way the characters and storyline were woven together I didn't realize this was book 4 in a series, but that didn't seem to matter. I took it for the mystery is was and loved it! I loved the way this story went back and forth between historical times and modern day. I didn't realize this was book 4 in a series, but that didn't seem to matter. If she can’t find the answers in time, history may repeat itself. When strange connections surface between Allie and the teacher who disappeared over a century ago, everyone in Wildwood, including Allie’s handsome neighbor on the film set, Blake Fulton, seems to be hiding secrets, and Allie doesn’t know who she can trust. Eventually, the entire site was found abandoned. Mysterious disappearances led to myths and legends still retold in the folk songs of Chinquapin Peaks. Town founder Harland Delevan held helpless residents, including young Irish schoolteacher Bonnie Rose, in an iron grip. The family expectations will have to wait.īut in 1861, the real Wildwood held dangerous realities. She’s always dreamed of following in her director-father’s footsteps, and the reenactment of the legendary frontier settlement of Wildwood is a first step. But when she’s offered a costuming assistant’s job on a docudrama in the hills near Moses Lake, she jumps at the chance. Bu Allie Kirkland has never been one to take wild risks. The family expectations will have to wait. Allie Kirkland has never been one to take wild risks.