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Come the Morning

Orphaned at fifteen in 1883, Ezekiel Harrington is forced from his home in remote Nebraska into the hands of strangers in Philadelphia. They steal from him, and he flees their abuse. Only his drive and stubborn tenacity keep him from starving.

After desolate years, a collective of striving artists befriends him. A crude Bohemian woman of incredible talent is in the group, a woman Ezekiel despises.

He rents a failing storefront, sets himself up as an art gallery owner and naively sets out to make his fortune. Reality has another idea.

When business throws Ezekiel and the illicit Bohemian together, his life changes and catapults him on an intense and unexpected course.

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In COME THE MORNING Jeannie Burt spins a story of love and longing, betrayal, loneliness, and hard truth. Her story delivers a lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time that holds some resonance to Henry James.

Come the Morning published Oct 15, 2019

Ezekiel Harrington is a struggling Philadelphia gallery owner at the
turn of the Twentieth century. A chance encounter reconnects him with a childhood friend, Robert Henri, who is now studying art. Henri
introduces Ezekiel to a cadre of striving artists. Among them is a
crude Bohemian woman of tremendous talent. Immediately, Ezekiel despises her.

His business continues to languish until a request for portrait comes
in. The customer is a member of high Philadelphia society and insists the Bohemian woman will paint it. She is to use Ezekiel’s gallery for the sittings. He doesn’t want her in his store at all until he hears the terms of the deal.

It is on the shoulders of this illicit
woman that his fortunes begin to take a remarkable turn.

As he bumbles through turn-of-the century Philadelphia and
Paris, his changing feelings for the unacceptable woman put him on
an intense and unexpected course.

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SEASONS OF DOUBT: historical novel to release spring 2018

In 1873, Mary Harrington’s husband leaves her and their five-year-old son on a homestead in remote Nebraska. Three months later, he still has not returned. Mary does not know if he is dead or alive. Mary and her son have run out of food and fuel to heat their sod house.

Mary is a small, uncertain woman. She fears she does not have what it takes to take care of them. But their lives are at a mortal crossroad; if they wait, they will soon starve or freeze to death. They must leave. Their survival is up to her, but how?