"The Heart of the Red Firs" draws on Ada Woodruff Anderson's experiences in China as a young schoolteacher. Alice and Louise are the two sisters mentioned in the story. Both the sisters face serious marital issues. Alice's husband leaves to serve a term in Congress opening a clear way for Stratton, the villain. Louise finds that her husband is involved in a major smuggling project...

The Heart of the Red FirsBy Ada Woodruff Anderson

Excerpt from The Heart of the Red Firs: A Story of the Pacific Northwest Before he could repeat it the teacher stepped between them. She had a bright, speaking face. Eyes that laughed or stormed on occasion, a mouth mobile, alluring, with charm of lurking merriment, and a chin delicately square, that lifted when she spoke, with an indescribable air of decision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Searching the world for the other half of his soul, the woman who can release him from his immortal prison, Ajax Petrakos finally finds her in Shay Angel, the youngest of a powerful demon-hunting clan who draws the deadly attention of Ajax's worst enemy. Original.