Synopsis:
In 1919, young Cornelis de Boer
balanced on the unguarded edge of temptation and made a hauntingly bad
decision. His brother Bram's resulting wrath forced Cornelis to flee
his home and family, leaving a swath of fears, pain and unanswerable questions
behind him.
Then in 1929, Cornelis returns home and escorts his two
daughters to the threshold of the one-room schoolhouse where Lena Stryker is
teacher.
. . . Lena: the one Cornelis first saw from the darkness of
the closet where he had compromised Brigetta--Bram's wife and Lena's niece
. . . Lena: the person in whose hands Cornelis' and his
daughters' futures rest
. . . Lena: the woman whose ten-year silence places her on the
unguarded edge of her own frightening dilemma
. . . Lena: whose heart cries out to know When a wayward
son returns home, must all be forgotten--can all be forgiven?
Unguarded Edge parallels the second half of
Rough Terrain.
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