From a New York Timesβbestselling author: After the Civil War, a young Confederate bride finds herself living in the shadow of her husbandβs first love.
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Having lost her fiancΓ© in battle, Lora Blair knew it was the heartache of war, not true love, that drew her to Union soldier Wade Tyler, a grieving widower who still mourned his late wife, Virginia. Married quickly in the ravished little Southern border town where Lora was born, they headed back North to Wadeβs Staten Island mansion, where he lives with his motherless son and bitterly unwelcoming family.
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Itβs not just Loraβs Southern roots among wealthy Yankees that are met with severe disapproval. Lora knows that sheβll forever be in the shadow of Wadeβs adored, devotedly maternal, and peerlessly beautiful first wife. Though her most dangerous opposition is yet to come, Lora must face the secrets hidden in the Tylersβ pastβincluding those Virginia took with her to an early grave.
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The recipient of the Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement, Phyllis A. Whitney is βa superb and gifted storytellerβ (Mary Higgins Clark).
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This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the authorβs estate.
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