This book is about my favorite time period in American history: the Civil War. During the last days of the war, Jeremiah (Northern army) comes upon a dying soldier from the Southern side. Thomas Henry Garth begs Jeremiah to go to see his wife and tell her his dying words and give her the letters he had not been able to mail. Jeremiah doesn't know what to do but to comply with his wish. So he buries the dead man; the war soon ends and Jeremiah is free to leave.

However, Jeremiah stops off to see his former fiance' and ask her some hard questions about why she had not waited but married a rich man who had not gone to war. She begs Jeremiah to help her escape from a terrible marriage and when he refuses, she makes false claims against Jeremiah. Her husband puts Jeremiah in danger by hiring bounty hunters to find him and kill him. Jeremiah thinks this is a great time to go south, where no one will expect him to travel.

Jeremiah meets Sayer Garth and her two sisters-in-law. They are in danger from Thomas Henry's uncle. In spite of Jeremiah still combatting his own PSTD, he tries to help the three. He has an interesting ally, Rorie Conley. She adds much-needed humor to the novel. Cheryl Reavis is a fantastic author; I didn't think it was as good as some of her others, but still a good story.

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