White Dove And The Heirs Of Falcon Ridge [Hardcover]

White Dove is a story about a young lady by the name of Anne, who, at the age of ten, was living with her mother and grandfather. Annes mother is abused by her father and beaten continually. Her mothers dreams are of finding a better life for her daughter and herself.


In chapter 1, Anne and her mother leave and find such a dream. A wealthy woman by the name of Abigail Boyd hires her as her full-time seamstress, along with living accommodations and board.


Here too her mother meets William Boyd who is in the lumber business and is a lumber baron.


Chapter 2 begins as Anne and her mother become acquainted with their new employers. Annes mother becomes William Boyds wife in a short time, fulfilling a dream for Anne. But upon arriving after a months honeymoon, Anne sees a change in her mother.


Her father was now restless and always away for long periods of time. Her mother was always unhappy.


A wicked villain enters the story by the name of Zachary Taylor who preys on William Boyds money and life.


William Boyd loses his fortune to Zachary Taylor and loses his entire estate. He explains to Anne what had happened the day Zachary Taylor comes to the estate to claim his prize. Anne swears she will return to it and reclaim it.


Her father secretly hands her a secret leather-covered envelope and makes her promise to guard it with her life, for it is very valuable.


Anne, her mother, and father set out on a new life, enduring pain, even a near-death situation. Her mother has a miscarriage. Her father becomes very upset and refuses to deal with it.


After reaching their new surroundings, her mother is again pregnant within a month. During her arrival in California, her mother has a son but brings terrible heartbreak to his parents. He is killed in an accident. Annes father leaves again and returns too late to find his wife has had another baby, and this time, it is a girl.