From the award-winning author of the instant New York Times and USA
Today bestseller, When No One Is Watching... The Civil War has turned
neighbor against neighbor--but for one scientist spy and her philosopher
soldier, the battle could bind them together as love war, and racial
justice collide in Alyssa Cole's buzzworthy, sensual, and revelatory
Civil War novel.Named a Best of the Year by Entertainment Weekly *
Bookpage * Kirkus * Vulture * Publishers Weekly * Booklist
For all of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause
in peace: with coded letters about anti-Rebel uprisings in her Carolina
woods, tisanes and poultices for Union prisoners, and silent aid to
fleeing slave and Freeman alike. Her formerly enslaved mother's
traditions and the name of a white father she never knew have protected
her--until the vicious Confederate Home Guard claims Marlie's home for
their new base of operations in the guerilla war against Southern
resistors of the Rebel cause. Unbeknowst to those under her roof,
escaped prisoner Ewan McCall is sheltering in her laboratory. Seemingly
a quiet philosopher, Ewan has his own history with the cruel captain of
the Home Guard, and a thoughtful but unbending strength Marlie finds
irresistible. When the revelation of a stunning family secret places
Marlie's freedom on the line, she and Ewan have to run for their lives
into the hostile Carolina night. Following the path of the Underground
Railroad, they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle that could
dash their hopes of love--and freedom--before they ever cross state
lines.When the revelation of a stunning family secret places Marlie's
freedom on the line, she and Ewan have to run for their lives into the
hostile Carolina night. Following the path of the Underground Railroad,
they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle that could dash their
hopes of love--and freedom--before they ever cross state lines.
