Sweetbriar

The Beginnings of an Empire and the Story of a Remarkable Love.Louisa Boren journeys West to carve out a new way of life. Out of her rugged determination and deep faith comes an enduring love and the founding of one of America's greatest cities--Seattle, Washington.

Louisa Boren journeys West to carve out a new life. Out of her rugged determination and deep faith comes an enduring love and the founding of one of America's greatest cities.

Louisa, twenty-four and unmarried, is a unusual woman for the year 1851. And she knows what she wants—David Denny.

An empire-builder, David Denny is a born pioneer and destined to be the founder of one America's great cities. But he is only nineteen—and the younger brother of James, who's love for Louisa runs deep.