The Crowther and Westerman series by Imogen Robertson
I bought the first two books in this series after one of them turned up in my recommendations at amazon. I just finished the second (it made me cry!), and I just really enjoyed both of them.
I am having to restrain myself from hopping onto Better World Books and buying at least the next in the series, but I've added them to a wish list I gave my friend for Christmas and so I need to wait and see if she got them for me.
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