From the Bookshelf of Crones With Pens…

[close] Annie Campbell is barely surviving in war torn Richmond when a letter arrives informing her that the father who abandoned her has been hanged as a spy. His actions may have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Union soldiers, maybe even her missing brother. She vows to find him, no matter what, but when Matthew Cooper, a Union soldier escaped from Libby Prison and near death collapses at her door, her task becomes hiding him and saving his life, becoming what the newspapers call the “disloyal element” in and around Richmond.

Falling in love and having it ripped away was not part of the plan, but neither was embedding herself with the enemy until an old friend of her father appears, a man who can provide the key to finding her brother but with it the key to secrets long hidden that can destroy her. While sacrificing herself may be the only way to learn her brother’s fate and more, she must decide if doing what’s right is worth the personal cost.