Enemy Women
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For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family’s avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women’s prison. But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a Union major, falls in love with her and vows to return for her when the fighting is over. Before he leaves for battle, he bestows upon her a precious gift: freedom. Now an escaped "enemy woman," Adair must make her harrowing way south buoyed by a promise . . . seeking a home and a family that may be nothing more than a memory.
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I really loved Jiles' [b:News of the World 25817493 News of the World Paulette Jiles https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1440342988l/25817493.SX50.jpg 45674421] so i came to this, hoping for a similar adventurous story, but this just fell flat. The main character never fully took form for me, the love interest was built up too fast and really didn't deserve his own POV. Also, there were way too many historical text snippets included. Even though I enjoyed the writing of certain passages, I resorted to only skimming the second half of the book, to at least somewhat finish it. I should stop reading American civil war / frontier stories with daring heroines. They always disappoint me (see [b:Neverhome 33977608 Neverhome Laird Hunt https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1485250940l/33977608.SY75.jpg 32074256], [b:Whiskey When We're Dry 45358821 Whiskey When We're Dry John Larison https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557478221l/45358821.SX50.jpg 58185404]).
