Whisper Hollow Author:Carol Warburton Talitha Spencer enjoys a happy life with her parents in the tiny mountain hamlet of Whisper Hollow, but the onset of the Civil War brings the simplicity of her girlhood to an end. When rebel soldiers wreck havoc on her family, unraveling her mother's already fragile state of mind, Tally must take charge of the family farm alone. The burdens of... more » providing for the household prompt her to consider a marriage proposal from Ollie, her childhood friend, but Tally determines to hold out for love. Coe spring, the arrival of Cole Blakely, a former Yankee soldier, draws the ire of local Rebs . Tally summons her grit to save Cole from the murderous hands of his enemies. But when the soldiers who nearly destroyed her happy home return, Tally finally meets a challenge she cannot face alone and must trust the love of the outsider who has won her heart.« less