Stay up to date on Jayna Baas’s works in progress and find out what faith-filled adventures and new favorite characters are headed your way—and how long it will be until they get there.

Latest update: January 2026

Early stages: Outlining and initial drafting of book #3 of the For Liberty & Conscience trilogy.

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Jayna Baas’s works in progress:

Prodigal’s Road: For Liberty & Conscience #3

Preacher on the Run was the first book in the For Liberty & Conscience trilogy, followed by Promise of Refuge, a prequel short story. The second book, Patriot at the River, was released in September 2024. Work has begun on Prodigal’s Road, the third and final book of the trilogy.

Setting:
West of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 1788. Seven years after Patriot at the River. The western edge of North Carolina has split off in an attempt to form an independent state, the State of Franklin, and the political situation is a royal mess.

Characters:
Mitchell Boothe, Robert’s circuit-riding brother from Preacher on the Run, stars alongside his impetuous nephew, Ayen. Keep an eye out for returning favorites from Preacher on the Run and Patriot at the River.

Plot:
Ayen Boothe has always wanted to be a circuit rider. When he disappears in the powder keg that is the newly formed State of Franklin, Mitchell strikes out after him. How hard can it be to track his nephew down before he gets himself in trouble?

Prisoner’s Rest, coming 2026 in short story anthology The Design of Providence: A short story featuring Rane Armistead from Patriot at the River and his escape from forced service in the British Royal Navy.

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