The Witness Tree

To gain his wife, he must break her heart. Past betrayal has turned John Kliestís passion to his work as a builder and surveyor in the Moravian town of Salem, North Carolina. Now, to satisfy the eldersí edict and fulfill his mission in Cherokee Territory, he needs a bride. But the one woman qualified to record the Cherokee language longs for a future with his younger brother. Clarissa Voglerís dream of a life with Daniel Kliest is shattered when she is chosen by lot to marry his older broth...