You will laugh and you will cry in this epic Civil War romance that won the coveted John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction, among numerous other national literary awards.
Gallantry and chivalry are put to the test when Confederate Colonel Alexander Hunter discovers the woman he promised his dying brother he would protect is the Union spy he has vowed to his men he would destroy.
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