Can Love Form Amidst Tensions of War?During the clash between Union and Confederacy, quiet Tennessean Pearl MacFarlane is compelled to nurse both Rebel and Yankee wounded who seek refuge at her family’s farm. She is determined to remain unmoved by the Yankee cause—until she faces the silent struggle of Union soldier Joshua Wheeler, a recent amputee. The MacFarlane family fits no stereotype Joshua believed in; still he is desperate to regain his footing—as a soldier, as a man, as a Christian—in the aftermath of his debilitating injury. He will use his time behind enemy lines to gather useful intelligence for the Union—if the courageous Rebel woman will stay out of the line of danger.
Join the adventure as the Daughters of the Mayflower series continues with The Rebel Bride by Shannon McNear.
More in the Daughters of the Mayflower series:
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1620 Atlantic Ocean (February 2018)
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo – set 1725 New Orleans (April 2018)
The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep – set 1760 during the French and Indian War (June 2018)
The Patriot Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1774 Philadelphia (August 2018)
The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear – set 1794 on the Wilderness Road (October 2018)
The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall – set 1814 Baltimore (December 2018)
The Alamo Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo – set 1836 Texas (February 2019)
The Golden Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1849 San Francisco (April 2019)
The Express Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1860 Utah (July 2019)
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Rebel Bride
Book Author: Shannon McNear
What do you like about this book:
"Seems all we can do sometimes is just keep choosing the right thing to do, right in front of us, and trust He'll bring good of it."
Sometimes the strength of a story is in its perspective, especially when the subject matter is as tremulous as that of the Civil War. Caught between the battlelines along the Chickamauga River bordering Tennessee and Georgia, Pearl MacFarlane's home is conscripted as temporary housing for Federal prisoners whose injuries appear dire. One of those entrusted into her care is Sergeant Josh Wheeler, whose amputation and ensuing infection will result in his death if not properly treated. Spending time with the handsome Yankee, Pearl's heart begins to beat with words better left unsaid, and questions better left unanswered. It could never work between them.
What lovely treatment of a jagged piece of American history. References to actual people, places, and events are carefully tucked into a story whose characters come alive on the page, impressing upon their readers' hearts a remarkable amount of believability.
"If thine enemy hunger - feed him; if he thirst, give him drink."
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