Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Perilous Proposal | 2005 | Michael Phillips | Buy |
| 2 | The Soldier’s Lady | 2006 | Michael Phillips | Buy |
| 3 | Never Too Late | 2007 | Michael Phillips | Buy |
| 4 | Miss Katie’s Rosewood | 2007 | Michael Phillips | Buy |
The Carolina Cousins series continues Michael Phillips’s exploration of the American South during Reconstruction. The four novels follow two cousins — one Black, one white — as they forge a relationship across racial lines in a society still defined by the legacy of slavery. The books are set in the same world as Phillips’s Shenandoah Sisters series, carrying forward characters and themes from those earlier novels.
Published between 2005 and 2007, the series uses its historical setting to address questions about race, family, and faith that Phillips treats as both historical and ongoing. A Perilous Proposal, The Soldier’s Lady, Never Too Late, and Miss Katie’s Rosewood trace the cousins’ parallel stories as they build lives in a changed but still divided South.