The Civil War was a long bitter period in U.S. history, where not only the nation, but families were split down the middle, and hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. Brothers fought against brothers while mothers lost husbands, fathers, and sons. There are hundreds of books written about life and love during this period.  The following books are those found on today'S lists of great romance novels.  

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Celeste DeBlasis

SWAN'S CHANCE 9/1986. It is their land, the foundation on which Alexandria and Rane Falconer have built their lives and fortunes. Now, civil war threatens all. As Alex defends Wild Swan and her Thoroughbred race horses, as Rane battles to preserve his shipbuilding empire, it falls to a new generation to keep the cherished family bonds and heal the wounds of a struggling nation. MORGAN, the eldest son, pursues adventure with the Union`s naval intelligence, but finds bitter reality in the infamous prison at Andersonville. NIGEL, shares his medical skills with the poor, but marries a woman who tears the family apart. BLAINE, fights for justice, though the world is in flames, and strives to keep his daughters safe from war, even as the raging conflict overturns not only young men`s lives but women`s as well. FLORA, the strong-willed daughter, leaves tragedy behind to launch a campaign for women`s suffrage. GINCIE, the fiery granddaughter, risks her life on the Underground Railway and emerges as fighter, healer, and peacemaker. Here is the unforgettable story of a family whose lives mirror their country`s turbulent growth...a vibrant and authentic panorama of its times.

Heather Graham

AND ONE WORE GRAY 4/1992. ISBN: 0440211476.  In the sequel to One Wore Blue, the other Cameron brother, Daniel, is bewitched by Callie Michaelson, a wild beauty who hates the South but who could make him forget the horrors of the war.  

Margaret Mitchell

GONE WITH THE WIND 1936.  Gone With the Wind is a sweeping, romantic story about the American Civil War from the point of view of the Confederacy. In particular it is the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a headstrong Southern belle who survives the hardships of the war and afterwards manages to establish a successful business by capitalizing on the struggle to rebuild the South. Throughout the book she is motivated by her unfulfilled love for Ashley Wilkes, an honorable man who is happily married. After a series of marriages and failed relationships with other men, notably the dashing Rhett Butler, she has a change of heart and determines to win Rhett back....(Merriam-Webster'S Encyclopedia of Literature)

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

JUST IMAGINE formerly titled RISEN GLORY 9/2001 ISBN: 0380808307 The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to New York City to kill Baron Cain, the man who stands between her and Risen Glory, the South Carolina home she loves. But unknown to Kit, the Yankee war hero is more than her most bitter enemy -- he's also her guardian. And he'll be a lot harder to kill than she's figured on.. Believing that Kit's a boy, Cain offers the grubby rapscallion a job in his stable. But he has no idea what he's in for, and it's not long before the hero of Missionary Ridge discovers the truth. His scamp of a stable boy is a strong-willed, violet-eyed beauty who's hell-bent on driving him crazy. Two hard-headed, passionate people....Two stubborn opponents with tender souls....Sometimes wars of the heart can only be won through the sweetest of surrenders.

RISEN GLORY 1984. ISBN: 0440172853. In the ashes of war, they were bitter enemies, bound by fate, fortune, and sweet desire. Spirited, schooled to trust no one, Kit Weston came to New York with a pistol in her pocket and murder in her heart, sworn to kill her mysterious guardian, her Yankee stepbrother, and reclaim the South Carolina plantation that was her heritage, her home. But Baron Cain inspired far more than vengeful fury. Darkly handsome, undaunted by danger, he awakened in the wild girl a woman's ardor. Kit would shed her boy's disguise to dazzle society with her bold beauty.she would tantalize Baron even as she schemed to destroy him. Torn between burning desire and an impassioned dream of the South reborn, she would be forced to choose to fulfill love's longing or risk everything.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

ASHES IN THE WIND 1979. ISBN: 0380769840. Dark-haired Alaina MacGaren, orphaned by the Civil War, is forced to flee her family'S plantation. Masking her beauty under the disguise of a ruffian youth, she stows away aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans, where she finds passion and love in the arms of a handsome Yankee surgeon.

 

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