Book 1 in The Ballantyne Legacy series 4.6 stars on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads In this sweeping family saga set in western Pennsylvania, one man’s choices in love and work, in friends and enemies, set the stage for generations to come. “Love’s Reckoning” is the first entry in The Ballantyne Legacy, a rich, multi-layered historical quartet from talented writer Laura Frantz, beginning the late 1700s and following the Ballantyne family through the end of the Civil War