Annie, Between the States

Annie Sinclair’s Virginia home is in the battle path of the Civil War. Nestled in the rolling foothills of Fauquier County, Hickory Heights is soon overrun as armies clash across family fields. Her brothers, Laurence and Jamie, fight to defend the South, while Annie and her mother tend to wounded soldiers.

When she develops a romantic connection with a Union Army lieutenant, Annie’s view of the war broadens. Nursing the injured officer, she is startled to discover a sensitive Massachusetts soldier who treasures Keats.

Then an accusation calls her loyalty into question. A nation and a heart divided force Annie to choose her own course.

Caught between the family she cherishes and the conscience she cannot quiet, where will Annie Sinclair stand when the battle lines shift right to her front door?

• Civil War Setting: From the thunderous guns of First Manassas to cavalry skirmishes across Fauquier County.
• Divided Loyalties: While her beloved brother Laurence rides with the Confederate cavalry and headstrong young Jamie runs with Mosby’s rangers, Annie confronts the deep contradictions of the Southern cause.
• Enemy Romance: An unexpected bond with Lieutenant Thomas Walker, a wounded Union cavalry officer, challenges everything Annie was taught to believe.
• Coming of Age Courage: Refusing to remain a helpless spectator, Annie risks arrest and Federal prison to defend those she loves and chart her own moral compass.
• Also by This Author: Hamilton and Peggy!, Da Vinci’s Tiger and A Troubled Peace.