She did everything right and lost it all. She made one mistake and got the life she dreamed of.

Raised in Cincinnati's German Protestant Orphan Asylum after her father's death, Lizzie Hesch learns early that safety comes from following the rules — the institution's, society's, her older sister Motty's. She is curious, quick-witted, and hungry for more than the life that's been mapped out for her. But wanting more and knowing how to claim it are very different things.

When the life she built by the rules collapses around her, Lizzie must choose between the woman she was raised to be and the woman she might yet become — and reckon with what she owes herself against what she owes the sisters who shaped her.

Set in the richly detailed world of 1870s Cincinnati, Lizzie's Oath is a story of sisterhood, loss, and the stubborn work of becoming your own person.

From the author of Motty's Vow.

Lizzie's Oath is Book Two in the Roots of Resilience trilogy. Begin the series with Motty's Vow.