Today it’s my privilege to feature author Shannon McNear. She’s a member of Brave Authors, a Facebook collaboration of Christian fiction writers.
After more than two decades in the South, Shannon McNear now makes her home on the windy northern plains with her
husband, two of their eight children, two German Shepherds, a bunny, two cats, several chickens, and a noisy flock of guinea fowl. She serves in worship and youth ministry, and has been writing novel-length fiction since age 15. Her first novella, Defending Truth, from A Pioneer Christmas Collection, was a 2014 RITA® nominee, and her most recent novella, The Wise Guy and the Star in Love’s Pure Light is a 2021 SELAH winner.
When not cooking, researching, or leaking story from her fingertips, she enjoys being outdoors, basking in the beauty of the Dakota prairie.
Virginia, part four of Shannon’s Daughters of the Lost Colony series, will be published in September 2024.
The Series
The colony at Roanoke disappeared into the shadows of history. But what if at least one survived to leave a lasting legacy?
Elinor: In 1587, Elinor White Dare sailed from England heavy with her first child but full of hopes. Her father, a renowned artist and experienced traveler, has convinced her and her bricklayer husband Ananias to make the journey to the New World.
Mary: When an English boy and a native girl met in the wilderness, the push-and-pull between two very
different worlds begins as one seeks simple friendship and the other struggles to trust. And can it become—dare they allow it to be—more?
Rebecca: Born the daughter of a Powhatan chieftain and a woman of unknown origins, Mato’aka becomes a pawn in a delicate and dangerous game of politics between the English and her own people. Could her destiny have been a part of the lasting legacy of the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
Virginia (coming in September 2024): Return to the “what if” questions surrounding the Lost Colony and explore the possible fate of Virginia Dare–the first English
child born in the New World. What happened to her after her grandfather John White returned to England and the colony he established disappeared into the mists of time?
Legends abound, but she was indeed a real girl who, if she survived to adulthood, must have also become part of the legacy that is the people of the Outer Banks. In the spring of 1602 by English reckoning, “Ginny,” as she is called by family and friends, is fourteen and firmly considered a grown woman by the standards of the People. For her entire life she has watched the beautiful give-and-take of the Kurawoten and other native peoples with the English who came from across the ocean. She’s enjoyed being the darling of both English and Kurawoten alike–but a stirring deep inside her will not be put to rest.
One careless decision lands her and fellow “first baby” Henry Harvie, along with their Kurawoten friend Redbud, in enemy hands. Carried away into Mangoac territory, out of the reach of Manteo and the others, she must learn who she truly is—not only the daughter of Elinor and Ananias Dare but also a child of the One True God, who gives her courage to go wherever the path of her life might lead.
To find out more visit https://shannonmcnear.com/
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