Laura Roybal has a Bachelor's in English and history from New Mexico Highlands University and a Master's in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. Her three previous novels, Billy, Dear Bobby, and Blood Brothers, are young adult novels. She has three children, sixteen grandchildren, and two "honorary" grandchildren. She lives with her husband, Richard, on a small ranch in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
When he first arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, Devlin Lachlan's dream was to become like "quality folk". But that dream is shattered when his wife dies, his successful business is shut down, and he is thrown into a prison work camp.
