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While traversing the frozen waters of Lake Champlain, Isabel "Bel" Lindsey and her cousin Laurence encounter a runaway slave, setting them on a path that drags them from sheltered youth into the heart of the Civil War. Over two years they grow from wealthy Vermont heirs into key participants: Laurence in battle, Bel as a nurse in Washington, D.C., and both as friends with Union soldiers. Their journey intertwines family revelations, a budding romance with a French‑Canadian tutor, and the national struggle with slavery, culminating in reunions after the Battle of the Wilderness.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Maria Hummel
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