In the shadows of 1944, loyalty is a luxury and survival is a song. Discover why some secrets in the hollow are better left buried.
A love that was fought for, a peace that was stolen, and a redemption found in the very wreckage of the past.

Forged by Wind and Song, The Lost Pages: An Epic 1940s Southern Historical Romance Saga • A Book Club Favorite (Hymns of Blue Hollow 4)
★★★★★ “Readers call the Hymns of Blue Hollow series unforgettable—rich, poetic, and impossible to put down.”
IIn Forged by Wind and Song, the fourth installment of the critically acclaimed Hymns of Blue Hollow series, author Kemma MarShall delivers a deeply emotional story of love, suspense, and forbidden longing.
Lost Beneath a Stone and Sky, the fifth installment of the best-selling Hymns of Blue Hollow saga, brings Esther and Ian Huggler into their darkest season yet—one that will test their marriage and the fragile peace they’ve fought so long to protect.
Returning from a Texas German internment camp, Ian Huggler longs for the peace of the Blue Hollow hills and the wife he’s fought to return to. But the home he left behind has changed. Esther carries both his child and the lingering consequences of her bootlegging cousin’s hidden deeds as she’s forced back into the world she tried to escape.
Freddie, Ian’s restless and reckless brother, hides a love that could destroy them all.
And somewhere in the valley, Zeb Boone still waits—alive, vengeful, and set on claiming what Clive once had.
As WW2 rages overseas, another war brews in the hollows, where moonshiners and rival clans blur the lines between loyalty and betrayal. Esther stands at the center of it all, torn between the two men who’ve risked everything for her and the one who refuses to die.
Gritty and heartfelt, with witty 1940s eastern Tennessee banter, Forged by Wind and Song pulls readers back into the world of Hymns of Blue Hollow—a sweeping Southern saga where love collides with legacy and no secret stays buried for long at the Old Reed Estate.
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Perfect for Readers of Southern Appalachian Historical Romance
- Slow-burn, deeply emotional romance
- Strong heroines and devoted heroes
- Appalachian historical fiction
- Family sagas filled with secrets and resilience
- Stories that linger long after “The End”
- Southern Historical Romance Fiction
Book 4 in the Hymns of Blue Hollow series. Best enjoyed in order.
Step back into the hills.
Return to the family you love.
And discover what lies beneath stone and sky.
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