Carolina is a sweeping, epic romance...it tells the story of Carolina Evans, a young woman from Maine who is cursed with a tortured past and an uncertain future. After becoming pregnant as a teenager and being abandoned by her boyfriend, Daniel, Carrie is sent to a relative in Tennessee...to have her child and give it up for adoption.Once in Memphis, Carrie rebels, deciding to keep her child and defy her religious family. Many struggles await the young woman as she tries to build a new life. Poverty, depression, and a terrible marriage are the price she must pay to keep her baby...in time, Carrie discovers she has a unique gift - a voice from God. As a child, she was too neglected to discover the beauty of her own singing voice...noone knew... Her new Memphis friends hear her sing and they are dumbstruck by the beautiful, dark-haired Carrie's perfect voice. They arrange for her to compete in a new Country Queen competition, sponsored by a huge record company in Memphis. Once Carrie agrees to compete, she is thrown into a glamorous whirlwind; at the center of the storm is the smoldering Jacob Goldman, CEO of Spur Records International. Once the two meet, sparks fly, and Carrie's world changes forever...but Carrie isn't sure she's ready to trust again...