The Toby Press: Andrew Beahrs

Andrew Beahrs
The Sin Eaters by Andrew Beahrs An old woman escaping a murderer. A girl, gambled away to a clockmaker. A man paid to take the sins of the dead upon himself. All criminals. All fleeing. All together. The journey begins when Sarah, a strong, aging, haunted woman, defies Sam Ridley, lord of her small English village. After a cruel punishment prompts Sarah's swift, unforgettable revenge, Ridley takes his own brutal oath of vengeance. Forced to flee the village, Sarah meets Bill, a sin eater, who believes himself infected by the crimes of the unforgiven dead... Publication date: November 2008 More Info...
*Strange Saint* Melode is sensuous, spiritual, fierce--and sixteen. Held as a servant by the Puritan congregation of "Saints" responsible for the death of her parents, Mel finds comfort only in the calm of her herb garden and the revelry of communal harvest. Until she meets Adam--kind, rebellious, and of prominent birth. But soon the Saints--Separatist Congregationalists who refuse allegiance to the official church of 17th century England--learn that King James will no longer tolerate their defiance. Under the threat of arrest, they resolve to leave for the New World... More Info...