Born of this Fire

Dauntless Series: Book 2

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War Fiction, Women's Fiction, Spiritual Fiction, Inspirational Fiction, American Fiction, Civil War, Westerns, Novels, and Historical

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Oct 16, 2025

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276 pages

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Born of this Fire

Dauntless Series: Book 2

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She followed love to the edge of the frontier—but the real journey is surviving the fire.

In 1860s Kansas, Annie Osborn Anthony longs to build a peaceful life with her husband, Daniel—a former war hero consumed by his antislavery convictions. As their marriage frays under the strain of vigilante justice, hidden traumas, and wartime scars, Annie finds herself tested in ways she never imagined.

Born of This Fire, the second book in the acclaimed Dauntless Series, continues the gripping story of love, conscience, and spiritual endurance set against the violent backdrop of Bleeding Kansas. Based on the real-life Anthony family—including suffragist Susan B. Anthony—this clean inspirational historical novel blends rich emotional depth with authentic 19th-century history.

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War Fiction, Women's Fiction, Spiritual Fiction, Inspirational Fiction, American Fiction, Civil War, Westerns, Novels, and Historical

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Dauntless Series — Book 2

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Oct 16, 2025

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276 pages

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I’ve been portraying Susan B. Anthony in costume and researching her family since I wrote her biography in 1994. I became hooked when I discovered her brother Daniel Read Anthony, the subject of my 2017 novel The Truth About Daniel. Although raised a Quaker, he was one of the original Kansas Jayhawkers, possessing a lightning speed trigger finger and an even quicker temper. Chronicling his courtship of an heiress from Martha’s Vineyard has led me to ten cities as well as many delightful side trips to study Victorian customs and the Civil War. I enjoy English Country Dancing every week and one of my favorite scenes happens at a ball.