Florida Trilogy Books in Order

The Florida Trilogy carries Price's storytelling south into the shifting world of Spanish and American Florida. Across Maria, Don Juan McQueen, and Margaret's Story, she follows a loose network of families as they navigate frontier politics, war, and the making of a new state along the St. Johns River.

Maria introduces Mary Evans, an independent midwife from colonial Charles Town, South Carolina. She follows her first husband, British officer David Fenwick, to war in Cuba and then to St. Augustine when Florida changes hands. There Mary becomes Maria, adapting to a new language, climate, and circle of powerful neighbors while quietly building a respected place for herself.

Don Juan McQueen shifts the spotlight to John McQueen, an American who becomes a Spanish subject after bankruptcy forces him to flee Georgia for Spanish East Florida. Taking the name Don Juan, he serves as adviser to the governor even as his wife Anne remains in Savannah with their children and a tangle of unpaid debts. The novel tracks the strain of distance, differing faith commitments, and divided allegiance on a marriage that still holds real affection.

In Margaret's Story the trilogy reaches its emotional peak. Young Margaret Seton, headstrong and hopeful, is determined to win the love of widower Lewis Fleming. Their life together at Hibernia plantation on the St. Johns River stretches across Seminole uprisings, Florida's move toward statehood, the Civil War, and the hard years of Reconstruction. Fire, war, and family disagreements threaten everything they have built, yet Margaret's tenacity and trust in God keep drawing scattered relatives back together.

The Florida novels are rich in river scenes, military posts, and small settlements where Spanish, British, and American cultures collide. Price uses real places and many real people, but she keeps the camera close to kitchens, porches, and church pews, where decisions about loyalty and love are actually made.

Readers who come to this trilogy can expect a slower paced, historically dense journey that rewards patience. Over time it becomes clear how one woman's choices shape the next generation, and how faith and courage can survive in a landscape that changes flags more than once.