Jessie Compton accepts a job as a nanny for the child of a neighboring landowner never suspecting he has ulterior motives.

The end of the Civil War brings many changes in a country that is reeling from the crippling effect of broken trust and misunderstanding. Seventeen year old Jessica Compton is totally unaware of what is happening politically. She is too wrapped up in her own emotions to think about how the country might be faring. In a matter of days Jessie's daydream of happiness becomes a nightmare of murder with all fingers pointed toward a hangman's noose. When despair is at its peak, a stranger brings a liberating truth and Jessie learns faith is not an emotion but a decision.

The Juniper Tree is the sixth book published by Nancy Gooding and is book two in the Restoration Series. Nancy lives in rural Illinois where she first became interested in Civil War history. You are sure to find her a fine weaver of mystery and adventure as you follow the Compton Family in their post Civil War adventures.