The Fiction of Jennifer Lynn Cary

	This is what is left of Ballylawn, the tower house where Sarah Stuart grew up. She is the heroine of the second book of the series, The Sojourners.

The Crockett Chronicles

Sometimes a hero is born, and sometimes he rises to the occassion.
But sometimes, being a hero runs in the family.

So, this is your first time hearing about The Crockett Chronicles and you want to know…What's that?

Well, The Crockett Chronicles is a five book series that looks at the ancestry of Davy Crockett. The Patriarch: is book one of The Crockett Chronicles and introduces you to Antoine, the first Crockett of the lineage. How do I know he is the first Crockett? He didn't start out as one! Hopefully, one day you will get to read all about it I will keep you posted. Promise!

Until then, I'll give you a little more info.

THE PATRIARCH (click here to read the first chapter)
Palace guard, dashing Antoine Crocketagné—the first Crockett in the lineage of Davy Crockett, the famous frontiersman—is requested by King Louis XIV of France to escort the king’s cousin, Louise de Saix. The king has an ulterior motive to his matchmaking when he assigns Antoine to discover if Louise is a Huguenot spy. Although the details of the story are fiction, it is based on factual information involving the first Crockett in the lineage of the famous frontiersman, Davy Crockett.

SOJOURNERS (click here to read the first chapter)
Joseph Louis Crockett buried one wife and vows never to be hurt again. In his pain, he's unsure how to be a father to his tiny motherless child. Longtime friend, Sarah Stewart, has been laden with a promise she never thought she'd have to keep -- to care for Joseph and his newborn son. Amidst the backdrop of turbulent Ireland at the close of the seventeenth century, The Sojourners documents, in fictional form, the step-by-step journey that brought the Crockett family from Ireland to the American Colonies. But it also is a story of families and friends who, journeying together, lift up and minister to one another, one generation to the next, in the ancestry of Davy Crockett. And, finally, The Sojourners is the story of a journey of growing in personal faith and trust in God. Will Sarah be able to keep her word? Can love overcome duty and fear? Will Joseph learn to trust God to receive what his heart desires most? Come along on this expedition to the very heart of God.

THE WILD ONE
Born at sea in the middle of a storm, William Crockett has always been wild at heart. But when he discovers Mabel Johnson being mistreated by her stepfather, he helps her disguise herself as a boy, and they sign on to help aboard ship. When they fall in love, they marry and return home. William tries to be a good husband and father, but soon the call of sailing pulls at him. Returning to sea, he thinks his greatest challenge is being conscripted to a slave ship. But when he comes home to find his wife betrothed to another man, his greatest adventure has just begun.

THE ELDER
David Crockett (the grandfather of Davy Crockett) inherited his mother’s short stature and father’s fiery temper. He also inherited a distrust of people after having spent so many of his formative years without a father present. He has learned to make his own rules and has harsh judgment for those who don’t live up to them. In the wilds of Western Virginia and backwoods of Tennessee, he learns to think in terms of black and white leaving no room for grace in his dogmatic beliefs until only mercy can save all that he loves.

THE FATHER
John Crockett returned from a trip to the First Continental Congress to find his parents and most of his siblings massacred during an Indian uprising. A few short years later he takes part in one of the bloodiest battles the southern states experienced during the American Revolution—the Battle of King’s Mountain. Not even the love of his sweet wife, Rebecca, can keep the nightmares at bay. But the handy ale from the near-by tavern seems to do the trick. And then it owns him, pushing him to do the most regrettable things, including selling his own son, David—named for his murdered father—to pay off debts. The dysfunctional and strained relationship between John and his legendary son can only be healed with God’s intervention.

Abundant blessings!

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