The Girl on the Mountain

Her husband vanished. Now survival means standing up to a town that scorns her and protecting a girl no one wants.In 1899, May Rose Long is left to fend for herself in a gritty mountain sawmill town. Alone and disgraced, she takes in a homeless girl—gutsy, wild, and unwanted by nearly everyone.To the townspeople, May Rose is shameful. To the men, she’s vulnerable. But as rumors spread and obstacles mount, she must fight for shelter, safety, and dignity—not just for herself, but for the stubborn child who may be her only ally.Set against the raw beauty and brutal hardship of a mountain community on the edge of law and civility, The Girl on the Mountain is a gripping story of a woman’s resilience and the unexpected bonds that save us.The story of May Rose and Wanda is the first book in the Mountain Women Series, bringing to life the struggles and triumphs, friendships, and families of women in a small West Virginia town in the early 1900s.An emotionally gripping and powerful novel you won’t be able to put down!_________________________________________________________________Readers are captivated by Carol Ervin’s The Girl on the Mountain:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Carol Ervin captures the triumphs, tribulations, and feel of the late 1800s perfectly in The Girl on the Mountain. Life at this time was real rough for women, and the same holds true as May Rose Long must contend with company hardliners and brothels while caring for herself and a young girl. This novel is heartfelt and powerful and I look forward to seeing where Ervin goes with it next!” – Goodreads Reviewer⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Captivating, compelling…and a whole lot of other “C” words come to mind, like: “Couldn’t” put it down. Carol Ervin’s writing is subtle and strong, the setting is powerfully portrayed without getting in the way, there’s an undercurrent of dread that creeps along…” – Goodreads Reviewer⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “…If you ever feel nostalgic for the good old days, if you long for ‘simpler’ times, the kind Ervin evokes with ‘sounds of leaf whisper and high cricket drone’ and hawks making lazy circles in the sky, and if you think this ‘was the clean time, when the earth did not tremble with far-off crash of trees, and passing trains did not smother the air,’ read on.” – Goodreads Reviewer