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THIS TIME FOREVER
Genre: Historical Romance, America, Civil War
This well-written book is for those who love historical romances with elements of North and South with a bit of Gone With the Wind. More along the lines of an epic, this is also the story of two families dealing with the horrors of war. It’s a lovely read full of honor, loss and spirit. Philip Burke, a medical student in his last semester at Harvard, and Clarissa Wakefield, a new bride and expectant mother in Tennessee, meet under circumstances that are beyond their control. After volunteering for the Union, Philip is captured and taken to work as a doctor for the South, a deal he strikes to stay out of a cell. Clarissa works as his medical assistant, as the makeshift hospital is in her mansion in Chattanooga. Philip has a fiancée waiting in New York and Clarissa’s husband is a courier for the Rebels, but the attraction between them simmers. As the fighting rages on and death appears in the lives of all the families, Philip and Clarissa continue to fall deeply in love despite their political differences, their families and the sense that life in the South will never be the same. (CHAMPAGNE, 2011, 290 pp., $14.99) Reviewed By: Amy Lignor Publisher: CHAMPAGNE Published: August 2011 |
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