Saving Marietta: Journey to Freedom (Book 1)

Molly Hilliard’s passion is medicine, but the patriarchy in 1796 Baltimore will have nothing of it and cast her out of medical school. Determined to be more than an herbal healer or midwife, she strikes out for the Northwest Territory for the freedom to practice medicine in Marietta, but she needs a guide and a guard to get her down the Ohio River.

Release Date February 3, 2026

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Molly Hilliard’s passion is medicine, but the patriarchy in 1796 Baltimore will have nothing of it and cast her out of medical school. Determined to be more than an herbal healer or midwife, she strikes out for the Northwest Territory for the freedom to practice medicine in Marietta, but she needs a guide and a guard to get her down the Ohio River.

The Greeneville Treaty of 1795 liberated Romney Applewood and his younger sister after ten years as captives of native tribes in the wilderness of the Northwest Territory. He is dedicated to taking his sister to a specialist in Boston, who he hopes can help her learn to speak again. But when the lady doctor literally falls into his arms, he admires her selfless determination to save people from disease and can’t resist the feelings she stirs within him. Then his sister is taken hostage again, and the direction of his life journey changes forever.

 

Author

Joy E. Held
ISBN

9781958914922
Pages

320
Size

6 x 9
Year Published

2026

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About the Author

JOY E. HELD is a wife, mom, nana, published author, and yogi. She graduated from Seton Hill University with an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction, as well as Glenville State College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. Additionally, she is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher-500+ (E-RYT-500) with Yoga Alliance, and a certified journal facilitator for Journal to the Self/Center for Journal Therapy. Joy is published widely in newspapers, literary magazines, and a variety of arts trade journals including Yoga Journal, Dancer Magazine, Dance Teacher Now, Juggler’s World, Gambit Journal, and Dance Teacher of London. She is a regular contributor of book reviews for BlueInk.com. She resides in West Virginia and enjoys journal writing, walking, herb gardening, and reading.