Etch of a Promise : Book One of the Carpenter's Legacy Series

Nicklaus, an apprentice carpenter, shuns involvement until he earns his Master certification.

But his world turns upside down when he meets Maria and feels a strange urge to protect the grieving young woman.

When they're seen alone together, Nicklaus's career is threatened by a Komitee investigation that questions his honor.

Must he choose art over a future that might include lasting love?After an abusive past Maria rebelled.

Now she's not sure she can ever trust again. But everything changes when she becomes interested in a fun-loving journeyman who helps her accept herself.

Can she conquer her fears and grow as a woman or risk everything for Nicklaus and his dreams?Etch of a Promise, inspired by the courage of European immigrants and Holder's family stories, weaves 1880s German history and culture into a romantic tale of a wandering artist, a woman's conflict with social injustice and the price of love.