Book 1

Distant Dreams

by Judith Pella

Published 1 February 1997
Fifteen-year-old Carolina Adams puts her faith in God when her fascination with the new railroads of the early 1800s brings criticism from those who believe it is an unnatural interest for a woman.

Book 2

A Hope Beyond

by Judith Pella

Published 1 August 1997
Moving to Baltimore to escape the painful situation on her family's plantation, Carolina Adams becomes a nanny to a child whose father is mixed up in Carolina's destiny.

Book 3

When the B&O railroad sends James to a small town in the Allegheny Mountains to supervise tunnel construction, complications begin to increase as tension mounts among Irish workers and his daughter Victoria becomes infatuated with the handsome Kirnan.