This is the first in the Cameron Saga’s
Civil War trilogy (and follows the Cameron stories told in Graham's North
American Women trilogy). These are stories rich in history, well told and with
amazing detail, seamless dialog and a family of wonderful characters you will
love.
One Wore Blue begins in 1859 with the
Harper's Ferry incident involving abolitionist John Brown. Jesse Cameron is
serving as a doctor for the federal troops under Jeb Stuart and his younger
brother, Daniel, is serving under Robert Lee. They have grown up with the
beautiful and independent Kiernan Miller in Tidewater, Virginia. Kiernan loves
Jesse and is good friends with Daniel and their sister Christa Cameron. As they
sense the approach of war, Jesse cannot abide a nation divided, but Kiernan is
a loyal Rebel, a Virginian, who like Daniel, supports the Confederacy. Jesse
will choose to wear the Yankee uniform to support the Union, and though Kiernan
loves him and has given herself to him, she will marry another, a loyal Reb she
does not love.
Right there, Graham had me. My heart was dying. Jesse was like all the Cameron
men before him: tall, dark and handsome and strongly committed to the cause of
liberty and truth--and capable of deeply loving his woman while brooking no
rebellion. Ah...a REAL man. I wondered what Kiernan was thinking when she
refused to marry Jesse. I wanted to slap her several times. But alas, she was a
blind Rebel.
You will laugh and you will cry with this one, as you become a part of the
lives of young people who were swept into the war that tore apart a nation and
tore apart families...a time that shaped America. The ending is exciting, too.
Graham has produced a series of keepers!
I highly recommend the entire 6-book Cameron Saga:
The North American Women trilogy:
Sweet Savage Eden
A Pirate's Pleasure
Love Not a Rebel (Revolutionary War)
The Cameron Civil War trilogy:
One Wore Blue
And One Wore Gray
And One Rode West
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