The War Between the States is over, but the war between Dr. Buck Thomson and Rufus Snead has just begun …… historical fiction at its best … Susan Wiggs, NYT bestselling author… a gritty and well-researched depiction of the devastated South after the end of the Civil War … Mary Jo Putney, NYT bestselling author… Casper and Darby have a winner in their pitch-perfect tale of love and loss in the post Civil War South Vicki Lewis Thompson, NYT bestselling author