Search - You Belong to My Heart (Harper Monogram)

she was a blue blood his ran dirt poor and red that didnt matter to them but it did to those whose devious trap destroyed their young love as the civil war raged a different kind of war exploded in mary ellen prebles mansion on the mississippi captain knight had returned seizing her home as union headquarters captivating her body with a fire unquenched by time

This is both a great lovers-reunion story and a tender childhood romance. Also a rich girl loves poor boy story. The main part of the action takes place in Civil War Memphis, TN, with a long flashback to the protagonists' teenage romance. Mary Ellen Preble and Clayton Knight are childhood friends that fall in love as teenagers; her family separates them - each thinks the other has betrayed their love. Thus when they reunite years later, they're determined not to love each other again. Steamy, intense love scenes; gets a little corny toward the end, but sweet.

I thought this was one of Nan Ryan's best. Could not put it down!

A smoldering new Civil War-era romance!