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From This Day Onward
While The War Between the States consumed our nation in flames of bitter opposition...a single, fateful moment brought two strangers, two enemies, together on a northbound train...
Jillian Walsh, a beautiful Yankee widow, never expected to find herself at the mercy of a Confederate soldier - an escaped prisoner of war. But now, she dared to risk her life for his freedom.
Ryder Bingham was as handsome as he was dangerous. Though he captured Jillian's heart, his need to avenge his brother's death swept both their lives into a reckless turmoil.
Bestselling author Elizabeth Kary presents her most stunning achievement - a vast American tapestry of love and war, filled with the colorful events and courageous men and women who changed the course of history. Rich and compelling, it is the unforgettable story of two unique destinies, eternally bound...
Jillian Walsh, a beautiful Yankee widow, never expected to find herself at the mercy of a Confederate soldier - an escaped prisoner of war. But now, she dared to risk her life for his freedom.
Ryder Bingham was as handsome as he was dangerous. Though he captured Jillian's heart, his need to avenge his brother's death swept both their lives into a reckless turmoil.
Bestselling author Elizabeth Kary presents her most stunning achievement - a vast American tapestry of love and war, filled with the colorful events and courageous men and women who changed the course of history. Rich and compelling, it is the unforgettable story of two unique destinies, eternally bound...
388 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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Elizabeth Kary
6 books8 followersElizabeth Kary (aka Elizabeth Grayson) has had a lifelong love affair with writing. She published her first poem in fourth grade, and finished an historical novel at fifteen. She wrote through college and graduate school, wrote through twelve years of teaching art in New York State, and nine years of supervising children's classes at the St. Louis Art Museum.
In 1986 Berkley Books released her first historical novel, LOVE, HONOR AND BETRAY, which went on to win the Waldenbook Award for "Best-selling Romance by a New Author".
Kary delights in telling rich, romantic stories set on the American frontier, for which she garnered a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her most recently published book, MOON IN THE WATER, was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2005 Rita Award and was named to the honors list for the prestigious Willa Literary Award.
Her first contemporary novel, A SIMPLE GIFT, written under the name Karyn Witmer, is a Literary Guild Featured Alternate and will be in bookstores in September 2006.
When deadlines permit, Kary teaches writing classes at her local Community College. She divides her time between homes in St. Louis, Missouri and Monterey, California.
In 1986 Berkley Books released her first historical novel, LOVE, HONOR AND BETRAY, which went on to win the Waldenbook Award for "Best-selling Romance by a New Author".
Kary delights in telling rich, romantic stories set on the American frontier, for which she garnered a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her most recently published book, MOON IN THE WATER, was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2005 Rita Award and was named to the honors list for the prestigious Willa Literary Award.
Her first contemporary novel, A SIMPLE GIFT, written under the name Karyn Witmer, is a Literary Guild Featured Alternate and will be in bookstores in September 2006.
When deadlines permit, Kary teaches writing classes at her local Community College. She divides her time between homes in St. Louis, Missouri and Monterey, California.
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May 3, 2021
Looking back, Ryder could see the stunning difference Jillian had made in his life. At a time when there was nothing inside him but hatred and vengeance, she had shown him tenderness and compassion. She had reminded him that gentility and selflessness still existed in the world when his own experiences had robbed him of that belief. She had shown him how to give and love again, even when he was sure there was no room in his heart for.
I was glad to be able to read this for free online, where I could see the whole book.
This book reminded me why I love historical romances, why I am willing/tolerant to read a few few bodice rippers, and reminded me why I love to read.
Jillian and Ryder are two broken characters you want to root for as they begin to fall in love. From the beginning, their attraction is already made clear and only gets better as the book moves on.
I didn’t read the whole book, but I know that’s it’s good. This book could be one to rival Gone With The Wind.
The way the war is described is so tragic and full of pain:
It was the war, its futility, its senselessness that had brought them all to this, and she mourned for all the men who had died in the meaningless struggle for Southern independence. There was no valid excuse for this useless loss of life, no excuse that could be given to the women who would pass ‘the rest of their lives alone, no excuse that could be offered to children who would /never know their fathers. The war was a sin against humanity that could never be absolved. What good were bravery, patriotism, ‘and devotion to duty when they led to such as this? It would have been better if the Confederacy had been allowed to go its way, better for the Union to have been divided forever than for all these lives to have been expended needlessly.
We get a happy ending when Jillian and Ryder escape from a Yankee prison to a ship. Ryder tells Jillian how he will always love her, and they plan to get married then run off to England. I don’t know, but the ending tore at me, even if it was cheesy, it felt right.
Content warning: intimate scenes (mild), death, loss, grief, violence
I was glad to be able to read this for free online, where I could see the whole book.
This book reminded me why I love historical romances, why I am willing/tolerant to read a few few bodice rippers, and reminded me why I love to read.
Jillian and Ryder are two broken characters you want to root for as they begin to fall in love. From the beginning, their attraction is already made clear and only gets better as the book moves on.
I didn’t read the whole book, but I know that’s it’s good. This book could be one to rival Gone With The Wind.
The way the war is described is so tragic and full of pain:
It was the war, its futility, its senselessness that had brought them all to this, and she mourned for all the men who had died in the meaningless struggle for Southern independence. There was no valid excuse for this useless loss of life, no excuse that could be given to the women who would pass ‘the rest of their lives alone, no excuse that could be offered to children who would /never know their fathers. The war was a sin against humanity that could never be absolved. What good were bravery, patriotism, ‘and devotion to duty when they led to such as this? It would have been better if the Confederacy had been allowed to go its way, better for the Union to have been divided forever than for all these lives to have been expended needlessly.
We get a happy ending when Jillian and Ryder escape from a Yankee prison to a ship. Ryder tells Jillian how he will always love her, and they plan to get married then run off to England. I don’t know, but the ending tore at me, even if it was cheesy, it felt right.
Content warning: intimate scenes (mild), death, loss, grief, violence
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