First published 2002
After Union soldiers burn down her family's home, young Adair Colley flees into the treacherous Ozark mountains, only to be arrested for "enemy collaboration." Imprisoned in a squalid St. Louis jail, Adair finds an unlikely ally in the Union major interrogating her. As their bond deepens, he vows to free her once the war ends. But first, Adair must make a perilous journey alone, an escaped "enemy woman" surrounded by danger, seeking a family and home that may no longer exist.
Genres: romance, american-civil-war, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Missouri, Ozark Mountains, St. Louis
Period: Civil War, 1861-1865
321 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow