Glory Over Everything

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House comes a heart-pounding journey through the Underground Railroad—a story of secrets, courage, and the lengths we’ll go to protect the ones we love.

It’s 1830, and Jamie Pyke has built a glittering life in Philadelphia society as a celebrated silversmith and charming gentleman. But beneath the surface lies a dangerous secret: Jamie is passing as white, hiding his true identity as the son of a southern enslaved woman and her master. When his lover Caroline reveals she’s pregnant and his beloved servant Pan—the son of the man who secured Jamie’s own freedom—is captured and sold into slavery, Jamie’s carefully constructed world begins to crumble.

What follows is a breathless race against time through the Virginia backwoods and the treacherous Great Dismal Swamp. With the help of Sukey, a fearless enslaved woman protecting young Pan, Jamie must confront the brutal world he barely escaped and the devastating consequences of his deceptions.

Glory Over Everything is “gripping…breathless until the end” (Kirkus Reviews), an emotionally powerful tale “filled with romance, villains, violence, courage, compassion…and suspense” (Florida Courier). Grissom proves once again why she’s “a first-rate storyteller” (Richmond Times Dispatch), delivering a novel that reminds us hope can triumph even in the darkest circumstances.

Perfect for book clubs and fans of historical fiction that doesn’t shy away from difficult truths while celebrating the resilience of the human spirit.

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