title: The Promise
author: Peart, Jane
description: She was of American blood, born in the islands. He was a native islander. Their love bridged two worlds that would one day threaten to tear them apart.
  
  As a child, Jana Rutherford played barefoot on the sparkling Hawaiian beaches with her friend, Akela, and Akela's handsome cousin, Kimo. But that carefreeness would change as Jana grew ... and the quality of her and Kimo's friendship grew as well into something deeper, stronger.
  
  It was then that Jana first heard the whispers, "He's not her kind."
  
  But Kimo stood for all she had known and loved.
  
  Beginning in the mountains of North Carolina, the American Quilt series takes readers through the Civil War, across the country by wagon train to California, and finally across the Pacific to the romance and wild beauty of Hawaii. At the end of each book, you'll find the pattern for its quilt. Follow it to create a beautiful quilt of your own.