Being sold to a strange couple is just the beginning ripping away the thin veneer of civilization and learning the adult secrets of the world around her means Heaven must abandon someone, too-the child she was, to become the woman her mother never had the chance to be. But when the children’s stepmother can’t take it anymore and abandons the family, Heaven’s father hatches a scheme that will alter her young life forever. For the sake of her brother Tom and the other little ones, Heaven clings to the hope that someday she can show the world that they are worthy of love and respect. Heaven - Heaven Leigh Casteel may be the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, but her cruel father and weary stepmother work her like a mule.Heaven is sent to live in the home of Luke’s deranged ex-lover, Kitty, who torments Heaven as Kitty’s husband, Cal lures Heaven into a forbidden relationship while she fights to reunite her siblings. However, her dreams become deferred the day her stepmother flees and her selfish father Luke sells her and her four siblings to different families. The Casteel series tells us the story of the Casteel family, the least regarded of all the families living in the poverty-stricken foothills of the mountains of West Virginia.ĭespite that, Heaven Leigh Casteel was still the smartest girl in the backwoods and determined to redeem her family name. The series was completed by Andrew Neiderman, the ghostwriter hired by her estate following her death to continue to write novels under her name. Andrews wrote the first two books and started the third, but didn’t finish it. Published between 19, The Casteel series was the second novel series written by V.C. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.

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