Donna Nitz Muller

A Vow of Silence Donna Nitz Muller

Anna is sixteen, pregnant, and alone. In 1953 rural South Dakota pregnancy means marriage so Anna must find a man she can name as the father, someone not the real father who is gone. Anna carries another secret that has been like an evil seed keeping her separate from everyone she knows. Anna has visions. Her cursed vision caused the loneliness that resulted in her baby. Now her vision helps her see the only possible man and know him. Desperate to find a home for her unborn child, she seduces Charles Tovar. Charles Tovar is forced to marry Anna, and Anna must survive her marriage. Charles is the only son of the wealthy and dysfunctional Tovar family. When ruin threatens the Tovar family, Anna saves Charles. When his sister disappears, Anna uses her gift to find her. However, when the real father discovers the baby and threatens to return, then Anna must look into her heart and decide what she will do. Can she stay with Charles despite her lie? Does she dare to tell him that he is not the father of her baby? Anna has too many secrets and only one friend, her sister Constance. At last Anna is forced to be honest about her gift and her child.