Distant Dreams (Ribbons of Steel)

The year is 1835 and Carolina Adams finds herself enchanted by an unlikely suitor. . .the railroad. Frustrated by society's expectations upon her gender, she longs to study more masculine subjects and is thrilled when her father grants her a tutor. James Baldwin arrives to serve as Carolina's teacher, but of more importance, he is to court Carolina's beautiful older sister, Virginia. Will expectationsand Virginia's southern charmelicit the hopedfor proposal? Or will James and Carolina dare to acknowledge the mutual interests and feelings growing between them?