title: A Promise Once Made
author: Bartholomew, Barbara
description: PROMISES TO KEEP
  
  Erin Palmer returned to the land of her birth to gather research information on folktales of the Ozarks. Yet soon after her arrival in Pine Creek, a long-kept secret seemed close to emerging: Who were her natural parents?
  
  Gareth Lindsey could end her search. He shared her strong faith, her love of the mountain people, her respect for their culture. Yet even as he held her in his arms and whispered legends of the Ozarks, his lips were sealed with the secret of Erin's past.
  
  How could he let a promise of the past threaten a future of love?