Before the Rising Sun

When ghostly wanderings in a colonial manor cause the enkindled romance between Gertrude—an expert seamstress—and Nicholas—an aspiring architect—to be snuffed out, wounded, Gertrude withdraws. Amid the cold winter, old acquaintances, fallacious laws, and superstitions vie for opportunities to bend love’s direction—until the

Christmas spirit shepherds the two lovers toward hope in the marriage of true minds, promise in unions with new friends, and faith in the dawning of novel resolutions.