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Rebel's Mistress
Abolitionist and Union spy Carrie Blackwell wins the trust of the Confederacy by selling them much-needed salt at a reduced rate, while continuing her work with the underground railroad, but her plans are endangered when she meets rebel soldier Rance Fletcher, whose rugged good looks set her soul on fire
395 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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May 17, 2021
This was a very highly emotional charged book.
Don’t ask me about the ending. It’s a happy one, but the way the book wrapped up, made me try not to tear up.
I have another book by the same author that I still love, and while this one doesn’t compare to it, it’s still brilliant and captivating.
I love Seneca, but Carrie is a funny and kind herione. She is smart and strong, and never stops loving the man she was meant to be with.
Her family is awesome and I loved how Carrie interacted with them. I loved her so much, she was so precious.
Rance isn’t that steamy like many other heroes I know of, but he’s a man with a broken past. He doesn’t want to investigate Carrie for being a Union spy, but he has no choice.
We see family, war, horses, spying, and love scenes tossed in between most of the plot. Carrie always runs into Rance while carrying out her own missions. He falls for her, and everything in between.
The book is set during the Civil War, and we see how the two sides fought. From the 13th amendment being passed to the secession of many states, we get to see the war torn South. And yes, this was another excellent book to add to the growing collection.
Don’t ask me about the ending. It’s a happy one, but the way the book wrapped up, made me try not to tear up.
I have another book by the same author that I still love, and while this one doesn’t compare to it, it’s still brilliant and captivating.
I love Seneca, but Carrie is a funny and kind herione. She is smart and strong, and never stops loving the man she was meant to be with.
Her family is awesome and I loved how Carrie interacted with them. I loved her so much, she was so precious.
Rance isn’t that steamy like many other heroes I know of, but he’s a man with a broken past. He doesn’t want to investigate Carrie for being a Union spy, but he has no choice.
We see family, war, horses, spying, and love scenes tossed in between most of the plot. Carrie always runs into Rance while carrying out her own missions. He falls for her, and everything in between.
The book is set during the Civil War, and we see how the two sides fought. From the 13th amendment being passed to the secession of many states, we get to see the war torn South. And yes, this was another excellent book to add to the growing collection.
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January 17, 2015Carolina Blackwell lived in Richmond, VA during the Civil War. She was a Southerner who supported the Northern efforts. She ran a salt mine owned by her father. She sold some of the salt in order to purchase slaves in order to free them. She was also a spy for the North. Her selling salt to the South kept her free to move about in the Southern areas and around their officers. She used her position to gather information to relay messages to the Northern officers and President Grant.
Rance Fletcher was a Southern officer who knew that Carrie was delivering messages to the North but couldn't decode her messages to prove it. He was also assigned by the South to locate the stockpiles of salt that Carrie's family had. There really was no stockpile because Carolina had sold the extra salt to purchase slaves in other to set them free.
They met often during Carrie's missions to deliver messages and fell in love. The didn't see each other often and they had different positions on the war efforts so they often opposed each other.
Towards the end of the war, Rance was caught by the North and ordered to be hanged. His friends freed him but Carrie didn't know if he was dead or alive. She didn't hear from him for months even after the war was over.
Rance did heal from his wounds and make his way back to Carrie and they remained together with the war over. They put aside their differences for the sake of their love for each other.
During the war years, Carrie's grandfather, Peach died. Rance also lost his brother when he turned 6. Rance told Chance that he was a real man once he turned 6 and he got his own horse. Chance wanted to be a soldier like Rance. When Chance received his horse, he rode out into the middle of a battle and was shot and killed. Rance blamed himself. Carrie helped him work through this.
Rance Fletcher was a Southern officer who knew that Carrie was delivering messages to the North but couldn't decode her messages to prove it. He was also assigned by the South to locate the stockpiles of salt that Carrie's family had. There really was no stockpile because Carolina had sold the extra salt to purchase slaves in other to set them free.
They met often during Carrie's missions to deliver messages and fell in love. The didn't see each other often and they had different positions on the war efforts so they often opposed each other.
Towards the end of the war, Rance was caught by the North and ordered to be hanged. His friends freed him but Carrie didn't know if he was dead or alive. She didn't hear from him for months even after the war was over.
Rance did heal from his wounds and make his way back to Carrie and they remained together with the war over. They put aside their differences for the sake of their love for each other.
During the war years, Carrie's grandfather, Peach died. Rance also lost his brother when he turned 6. Rance told Chance that he was a real man once he turned 6 and he got his own horse. Chance wanted to be a soldier like Rance. When Chance received his horse, he rode out into the middle of a battle and was shot and killed. Rance blamed himself. Carrie helped him work through this.
April 20, 2017
This one is a pure guilty pleasure of mine. It was my very first romance novel and the raciest thing my 7th grade eyes had read since Flowers in the Attic, made all the more delicious since I share a first name with the heroine and have family in the town where she's from. Even though the romance genre isn't generally my thing, this one has a special place in my heart and I've read my beat-up copy a few times since middle school.
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