An Extraordinary Union

Apparently I only read in 15-minute bursts on my phone these days. But our son is finally home from the NICU, so I'll take it!

This was a WONDERFUL historical romance/adventure story. Set during the Civil War, two Union detectives meet in Virginia, each undercover to undermine the Confederacy. Spoiler alert, they fall in love. :) I loved that these characters and others throughout the book were based on real people, the research that went into it. Not to mention the sharp banter and no-holds-barred conversations about race and slavery and the South between the two protags (he's white, she's Black, escandalo!) when they kinda sorta don't like each other for a while, ish.

I'm not normally huge on historicals, but I think it's just because one can only read about so many dukes and having one's reputation ruined and whatnot before you need a break for something else? Between this and the one from Beverly Jenkins I read a while back (about pirates in Gold Rush California ... I'm not remembering the title right now, forgive me! I'll update later when I remember) maybe I need to mix other time periods in with my regency reads, since that has made me a LOT happier about delving into history via the romance genre! Looking forward to checking out the next one in this series.

(DESTINY'S CAPTIVE! That's what it was called!)