And One Wore Gray

Cameron Saga: Civil War Trilogy #2

by Heather Graham

In this sensual Civil War romance from Heather Graham, the scars of battle are healed by a searing desire that crosses enemy lines.   Callie Michaelson knows all too well the costs of war. Her husband gave his life on the battlefield, fighting for the North. Now Callie’s only defense is to hunker down and hope the war blazes right on past her Maryland farm. But when a dashing Confederate soldier falls on her land, Callie is inexplicably roused to help this desperate, surprisingly vulnerable, and heartbreakingly desirable man.   After suffering the sting of defeat, Colonel Daniel Cameron wants nothing more than to heal his wounds and rejoin his retreating cavalry unit. But the look in the silver-gray eyes of the stunningly beautiful Yankee widow tells him to stay—at least for one night of passion. In Callie’s bed, Daniel forgets all about the horrors he has seen. He also forgets that he is too deep in Union territory to trust any woman. And soon enough Daniel discovers that wounds of the flesh are nothing compared to wounds of the heart.   Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept Flirting with Disaster, Taking Shots, and Long Simmering Spring.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Civil War, Historical, Historical Fiction, American Civil War, Fiction

560 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 2, 1992

About the author

Also published as Heather Graham Pozzessere and Shannon Drake.

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write, working on short horror stories and romances. After some trial and error, she sold her first book, WHEN NEXT WE LOVE, in 1982 and since then, she has written over one hundred novels and novellas including category, romantic suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult, and Christmas holiday fare. She wrote the launch books for the Dell's Ecstasy Supreme line, Silhouette's Shadows, and for Harlequin's mainstream fiction imprint, Mira Books.

Heather was a founding member of the Florida Romance Writers chapter of RWA and, since 1999, has hosted the Romantic Times Vampire Ball, with all revenues going directly to children's charity.

She is pleased to have been published in approximately twenty languages, and to have been honored with awards frorn Waldenbooks. B. Dalton, Georgia Romance Writers, Affaire de Coeur, Romantic Times, and more. She has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, People, and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including local television and Entertainment Tonight.

Heather loves travel and anything have to do with the water, and is a certitified scuba diver. Married since high school graduation and the mother of five, her greatest love in life remains her family, but she also believes her career has been an incredible gift, and she is grateful every day to be doing something that she loves so very much for a living.

Reviews

[Jane Harding · Rating 4 out of 5]

4-4,5 estrellas

A pesar de que a autora repite el esquema del primer libro (misma estructura narrativa y personajes similares), la historia me ha vuelto gustar. Será que soy muy facilona pero me ha entretenido muchísimo y es básicamente lo que pido a estos libros. Ni este libro ni el primero de la serie van a pasar a los anales de la romántica ni seguramente gustarán a gente más exigente pero a mí me han dado lo que buscaba.
Quizá hay menos trasfondo histórico en la narración, sólo datos aquí y allá, pero la relación de los personajes y el conflicto que mantienen me ha parecido más lógico. Dejando aparte su pertenencia a distintos bandos, surge otro conflicto más importante que se alimenta del primero y que marca su relación hasta el final. Ambos personajes, Callie y Daniel, son personajes fuertes y decididos, marcados y curtidos por la guerra, que saben darse réplica el uno al otro.
Excepto alguna cosilla del final que incumbe a los personajes del tercer libro y que solo se menciona de pasada, la historia me ha parecido más redonda que la del primer libro.

[Alejandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ☆

Como en el anterior, la documentación que hace la autora es fabulosa. Los detalles de las batallas, de los heridos y, en general, todo lo que abarca la parte histórica está muy bien descrito.
En cuanto a la historia de amor, a mi me ha gustado muchísimo, tanto como la de Jesse. Es cierto que, hasta ahora, de esta autora me quedo sin duda con sus personajes masculinos, aunque también he de decir que a pesar de lo cabezotas y tercas que pueden llegar a ser sus personajes femeninos, Callie no me ha impedido ni una pizca disfrutar el libro.
Hubo detallitos que me chirriaron un poco, al igual que pensé con el primero, pero ya digo que no me han molestado para nada.

[Feminista · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Before I write this review, I want to advise readers that I am not well-versed in American history. I simply know the gist of what happened in the war between the North and South. I however know that slavery is WRONG.

So I was understandably appalled when the hero, Daniel Cameron, a Southerner, tries justifying slavery, by saying that so many former slaves would be unemployed, that because the southerners can't afford to pay workers, slavery is an answer to that? He also says that he wishes that it was left to the states to weed out slavery state by state, that it would have happened gradually. Umm, gradually isn't good enough. Even then, when generations of lifestyle involves using slaves, how easily will people be willing to give up that lifestyle? It was just really appalling and shocking.

What I respected, however, was how Heather Graham tries to show the less popular side of this war. There was another author, who shall not be named, who wrote a historical romance during this war, and the novel was based in the southern states. Anyway, there was no mention of slaves or slavery. I think part of the reason is because this is such a sensitive topic. But while I respected Heather Graham's story-telling, I wished she had made the heroine more assertive. Hell even a little bit aggressive? I think this situation calls for a bit of aggression. I am not saying I wanted the heroine to be violent, but that I wished she was more passionate about HER Yankee views. That is not to say that she was completely passive, she was not, I just wanted a bit more action/words on her part.

But other than that, everything else was lovely. I loved how the author nurtured a beautiful love story between two enemies. The distrust, suspicion and so many other emotions standing between these two people.

ARC Courtesy of NetGalley and Random House Publishing.

[Emiliya Bozhilova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Класическа баба Хедър - от добрите и попадения. Явно гражданската война в САЩ и е любимият период - успява да напреде хем романтика и страсти, хем нееднозначността на всеки характер или известно събитие. Не си пада по черно-белите краски и хипер отчетливите и натъртени “добри-лоши”, спазвайки обаче генерална и здравословна морална рамка. Точно този и подход я прави старомодна на фона на днешните вулгарни модерни мафиоти/ социопати/психопати (“той я бие, тя въздиша от любов”- за бога, кой плаща за такъв боклук, но явно има отврстително голям пазар) или захаросани херцози (за 100 Англии), или - майчице мила - идиотските, чистофайнически и смехотворни розовини за втората световна война (ако може и с книжарка/ книжарничка - най-добре, тогава явно е бъкало от книжарки, бранещи с телата си скъпоценни квартални книжлета срещу бомбите)… Малко повече харесва каузата на южняците за моя вкус, но не прекалява много. Идеална сапунка с бебе.

3,5⭐️

[Natalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si la primera parte de esta saga me gustó este segundo libro también me gustó muchísimo, no sé, pero he cogido cariño a esos Cameron, sobretodo a Jesse del cual me habría gustado leer un poco más de acción en su libro, pero Daniel tiene un punto macarrilla que lo hace irresistible.

En Septiembre toca reseña completa sobre esta saga :-)

[ByMamis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cómo me han gustado Daniel y Callie. Qué pareja y qué historia. Qué camino de vuelta a casa. Me ha encantado este segundo libro.

El tercero se viene movidito.

[Bec · Rating 5 out of 5]

“One Wore Blue”, “One Wore Gray” and “One Road West” is the first of 3 historical romances that span from the time John Brown took Harpers Ferry hostage through the civil war and into the beginning of the westward expansion. This was the first historical romance I read as a teen in the early 1990’s and I decided to revisit the trilogy to see if I still enjoyed the story and I did. I feel this story that spans all 3 books was well put together and researched. For me this story while fictional does have close correlations with my own family’s history and I feel Heather Graham really brings the time period to vivid life and maybe gives me a feel for how my own ancestors made it through the horrors of Civil War torn northern Virginia and the reconstruction afterward.

[Kristi Hudecek-Ashwill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! What a ride that was.

Daniel Cameron is a Confederate officer who was wounded in the Battle of Sharpsburg and ends up in the house and under the care of a widow, Callie Michaelson, who is a Union sympathizer. You can imagine what happens when a wounded soldier ends up in the house with a lone woman. It isn't rocket science, but to watch these two fall in love and deal with the war from opposing sides, especially after she betrays him and he ends up in a Yankee prison, really was something to behold.

He knows he loves Callie, but he can never trust her again. Even with a baby between them, he still can't trust her. When he returns to her farm during a march, he wants his revenge. He wants to punish her for selling him out and getting him captured. No excuses. No mercy. No understanding. No forgiveness.

Cassie is a mother before all else and does everything she can to protect her child, including going through enemy lines with Daniel, who is the father of this infant. Daniel is determined to get them from Maryland to his home in Virginia. There was a lot of adventure in that excursion and even afterward.

This is a love/hate/love story. Daniel and Callie fell in love quickly and after he was captured by the Yankees, he hated her. After he returned, she hated him. They hated each other for a long time until they didn't anymore. They journey to admit their love was a roller coaster ride.

I loved seeing historical people come to life. The author did a fantastic job of putting lives and voices to people like Jeb "Beauty" Stuart, Jefferson Davis and his wife, Varina. There was a lot of talk about Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee, and even George Custer. I had no idea that the South had such brilliant strategists until I read this book. The author also stated numerous times that the Civil War was about states' rights and not necessarily about slavery, although the latter issue became a prominent issue as the war progressed and history has made it the primary issue.

One thing really stood out for me. Jesse, from One Wore Blue , is Daniel's older brother and and is a Union doctor. Daniel is a Confederate officer. They meet several times throughout both books and I can't imagine having to face your brother in war on opposite sides of the line. They were brothers before they were anything else. I loved seeing them interact and loved to see them with their families. It was heartwarming, especially the ending.

I love Civil War time romances and this one lacked nothing. Everything in this story worked on every level.

[SheLove2Read · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's hard to write a review of a book based on events that actually occurred, especially events that divided a nation so thoroughly and decisively and separated families, sometimes forever. And One Wore Gray is the second in a trilogy surrounding one such family.

Daniel Cameron fights for the Confederacy, for Virginia, for his home. Not because he believes in slavery but because he agrees that the North has become too powerful, too determined to force federal laws upon the State his family has been a part of since the 1600s. His brother Jesse fights for the Union, believing that a country whole is better able to settle their differences. While Daniel loves his brother no matter which army he fights for, he still believes that the sovereignty of Virginia must take precedence.

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Callie Michaelson is a Union war widow. She is weary of death literally being at her front door. One evening she finds Daniel Cameron passed out on her front porch, gravely wounded. Seeing his face, talking to him....removes the anonymity of cold, insufferable war. Although he is a traitor to everything she holds dear, she cannot turn him away. She nurses him back to a state of "acceptable health" (in Daniel's words) but not before allowing her heart to see what her head refuses to: Daniel is not the enemy, just a man fighting for what he believes. Their one night of passion sets the course of fate in ways neither one could have predicted.

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This is a true enemies-to-lovers story and it's rich in American history and emotion. At times you feel yourself sympathizing with both "sides" in this ill fated war which ravaged our nation. No one was completely right and no one was completely wrong. Slavery became the ugly institution blamed for starting the war, but it was so much more than that, as this book delves deeply into. I heartily recommend reading the first book, One Wore Blue, before this one due to the back-story of several important characters.

My only complaint with the story is the length. At 547 pages this is definitely an undertaking and portions of the book felt unnecessary to advance the story. Overall, however, a highly emotional read.

A-

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

And One Wore Gray is book two in the Civil War trilogy by Heather Graham. Throughout the novel, we see just how much people can't help who they fall in love with. Callie is a Yankee widow living in Maryland, when the battle comes to her doorstep. Not a woman to turn a way a person in need, she ends up nursing Confederate Colonel Daniel Cameron back to health. Over the course of a few days, both end up falling in love with one another. In a desperate bid to save Daniel's life from Yankee fire, she ends up betraying Daniel. Daniel only sees her betrayal and not that she was trying to save his life. Even as much as he hates her, Daniel can't stop thinking of her while he's in prison. Nor can Callie stop thinking of Daniel even when all of her neighbors are shunning her for what she has done. Daniel is used to loving the enemy, after all his own brother is a Yankee colonel. But can these two see beyond their differences, the war and their own pride? This a great romance by Graham with plenty of historical events woven into the storyline.

[Teresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heather Graham’s Civil War saga about the Cameron siblings continues with the Confederate brother, Daniel’s book. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the first. Daniel, a Confederate officer, ends up injured on the porch of a Yankee widow, Callie Michaelson, who is none too happy to have to nurse him back to health. Of course, as these stories usually go, they become attracted to each other despite their strong political differences and fall in love while he is there.

They are separated when Callie is forced to betray him when Yankee soldiers appear and threaten to kill him if she doesn’t turn him in. Daniel ends up in a Yankee prison and vows to return to her to get his revenge not knowing that she saved his life.

More happens from here that I won’t go into due to spoilers, and of course, they eventually meet up again. I did enjoy very much all the Civil War history and look forward to the next and last book. I gave this one three stars. Thanks toNetgalley for the opportunity to read this book.

[Marie S HR Reader ❤ · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars.

I loved this book. .5 removed because some of the time with the partners apart got a tad tedious for me, though I understand the purpose for it in the overall scheme of the book. In terms of the Civil War Era - it was skillfully done. It was a brutal time and I feel the author painted the downtrodden tone of that time very well while also illuminating the conflicting sides' views with delicacy. The love story, just fantastic. Plenty of angst, heat, passion, frustration and heart felt love. There were enough twists and turns to make the story full of interest. I rather liked this one even better than the first. All the feels. Highly recommend.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Just Wow! Didn’t think I could like Daniel Cameron more that Jesse but holy moly what a story! I loved Daniel and I loved Callie! What a poignant tale of two sides of the Civil War! These books would make one hell of a mini series or TV if done properly!

[Mummy Cat Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the best books I have read in a long time. Graham clearly knows what she is doing.

I'd like to point out that this edition is dated. There is a new cover that is sooo much better.

I'm not a civil war history buff, but I was able to recognize some historical facts in this book. From there, I surmised that Graham created her characters to surround them with actual people and events. This made the book even more enjoyable to me because it was educational, interesting and added to the real effect of the book.

Callie and Daniel, are living during the war. A lot of the time, directly in it's path. This book is exciting, high on the romantic scale and very enjoyable.

I really liked Daniel. He was such a great character. At first, I wasn't quite convinced about his reasons to fight for the confederacy but by the end of the book I was able to see his reasons and was also able to see growth in his character.
I was impressed how Graham was able to combine each side of the war into one family. As I always saw it, there were many family torn apart by the war and the beliefs of the time. It might seem a little convenient or clean to have the family get along so well, but I liked the way Graham wrote the characters and explained to the reader their motivations.

Callie as a strong woman. I'm not sure brave is a good way to put it but she was a survivor and that takes guts. I took to her and her voice. In the beginning of the book there was a naivety to her and I was able to see a little growth within her character but not as much as Daniel.

There were a few things that were strange for me. The book had some grammatical and typo errors. I marked most of them. They really weren't as annoying as some other books I've read but every once in awhile I came across a sentence with no period or a misspelled word.

Second, I wasn't a huge fan of some of the situations in the book. While there are women out there who love coercion and think this is sexy, there are others, nowadays, who believe this is not acceptable. To me this is a gray area. Yes, and no. The other section with the sword was a little ruff. I just felt those scenes were not appealing and could have been left out. It just was over the top and made the characters look juvenile.

There was much more that I liked about the book. The book is actually quite long, which is to say, it is all worth the time and money.
The book starts out in the present, then skips to the past. I actually liked this style. I felt the book had a good layout and it was easy to follow. It kept my interest and made me wonder, a little bit.

Overall, this book is going to be on my read again book shelf. Really worth the time and educational too.

I received this book from netgalley for an honest review.

[Tzippy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Despite my not really liking the first book in this series, I thought this one would be better, because A) the heroine is a Yankee who is anti-slavery and B) Daniel seemed like a nice, friendly, easygoing guy in the first book.

The heroine was fine, although I'm still annoyed at how shallow this series's portrayal of slavery is. Yes (as I admitted in my review for the first book), some slaveowners were benevolent. Does that make it any better for the slaves whose owners weren't? Yes, some abolitionists were racist. Is that worse than raping a woman and selling away her baby with the full support of the law?

I get that it's a romance and thus slavery is not exactly the main subject of the book, but it could still be handled better.

Anyway, I was saying... Daniel seemed like a good guy in Book One. A little bit of a laid-back joker.

Yeah, not here. Here, he flips the psychopath switch and I was terrified for most of the book that he was seriously going to hurt Callie. The things he did do were bad enough. And in my book, when one character spends the entire novel being horrible to the other character, and the second character just takes it, and then at the end of the book the first character apologizes and then they live happily ever after--well, I just don't see that as much of a romance, that's all.

True, he thought she betrayed him. But first of all, he didn't even ask for an explanation before he starts threatening her and assaulting her, and second of all, even if she had betrayed him, that doesn't excuse his actions.

Daniel, you had so much potential. Oh, well!

Disclaimer: I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.

[Misfit · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second book in a trilogy based upon the Cameron family of Virginia. In book one, oldest son Jesse Cameron defied his family and chose to stay with the Union army, despite his love for southern belle Kiernan Miller. And One Wore Gray is the story of younger brother Daniel Cameron, whose wears the gray uniform of the Confederate army. After loosing a bitter battle in Maryland, the Confederate soldiers flees for their lives and a grievously wounded Daniel finds himself at the doorstep of widow Callie Michaelson. This being a romance novel and all, you know our pair fall into twu wuv and bed, but there's this bad Yankee fellow who lusts after Callie and he's tricks her into betraying Daniel and he's whisked off to a Yankee jail. Believing Callie is the one who sent him there, Daniel loathes Callie with a passion and dreams for the day he can escape, return to Maryland and get his revenge.

*Yawn*

Sorry, as much fun as the first book was, this was a bit of a dud. I really didn't warm up much to either character - Daniel was too much on the alpha-super-hero side of things, and his ability to lick 20 Yankees with the flick of his wrist wore thin very very fast. Callie's solid Yankee cause to the death attitude wore thin after a while - seriously, if these two would have just talked things out the damned Big Misunderstanding would have been resolved lickety split. Not great, but not bad either. I do intend to finish off the series with And One Rode West, which I believe will be the story of the younger Cameron sister.

[Carisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was one of the books I wanted to read like, forever, but it was only an OK read for me. The hero fights in the Civil War and the story is linked to the last years of this war, therefore the recounting of many of such events were key to the story but made it for a long and not very exciting read. I didn't like the heroine, neither the anger-then-lust between the H/h.
HERO is a Warrior, fighting for the Confederates, who falls for a lonely Yankee woman. When she betrays him to save his life, he returns to her to make her pay.
SCENES/CONTENT: several/hot
GENRE/TONE: historical/drama
LENGHT: 547 pages

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story about torn families during the Civil War. And a really bittersweet love story between Callie and Daniel Cameron. They had to learn to trust each other being on opposite sides of the war. And, naturally, a emotional HEA. Loved it.

[Allure Van Sanz · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite out of this civil war series.

[Kaylea Cross · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of Graham's Civil War trilogy. Amazing depth of emotion, and a powerful love story between the characters. I've read this over and over and never get tired of it.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

*3 1/2 stars*

[Daneesha · Rating 3 out of 5]

a poignant love story set during the civil war...

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to Netgalley & Random House/Loveswept for providing a copy for an unbiased review.

Wow, it took me 5 years to get around to reading this after reading the first in the series - that wasn’t intentional, I enjoyed the first one, but somehow it just got buried in the big TBR pile. This trilogy was written in the early 90s, and it does read that way. I started reading HRs back in the 70s, burned out on them and and didn’t read them for a good many years. I started back with recent ones the past few years, and saw a lot of changes in the genre. This series falls in my personal in-between years, and it seems almost like a transition period for the genre. There’s a lot of coincidence, there’s a fair bit of flowery language. But underneath that there’s a good story. Most HRs are ultimately predictable - you know where things are headed, it’s just a question of what will happen on the journey. This is no exception, but it’s enjoyable. And being a trilogy, it’s nice to see where the characters from the first book are “now”, and to see the set up for the third book. It definitely won’t take me 5 more years to read that one.

[Copper78 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this passionate, angsty, tumultuous, steamy love story. I loved the historical aspect and learning a bit more about specific battles. It seemed too convenient that none of the Confederate characters were pro-slavery. It didn't seem very authentic but I do understand that it'd be near impossible to root for characters who were fighting to own other humans. However, I will try more books by this author for sure.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Death was all around her home. Soldiers wearing blue and gray lay all over her yard. He came to her door for help but he wore gray. Maryland was divided in her loyalties as well. Her husband and brothers fought for the north. Her husband had died for the north. She couldn't turn a bleeding man away. Another awesome romance set in a horrible time in history. Loved it! But at times the devastation and deaths made me cry. Great trilogy!

[EvilAntie Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extraordinary read

Callie and Daniel. I'm sitting here at 3am sad, why? Because this extraordinary adventure. Some of the most romantic scenes are contained in this book. I never re-read a book but this one goes on that very short list. Again, I'm beholden to Zoe Blake for her simple suggestion, " Heather Graham ". I think I have book withdrawal, which only real readers can understand.

[LHC Girl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Seriea

This has been a great series that I hate to see come to an end. This gives you a taste of what living thru the American Revolution and the Civil War was like for the people who fought the wars as well as what it was like for the citizens who also lived thru this time period.

[Gerd · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frankly spoken, I disliked the hero in this one even more than I did Tomorrow the Glory's hero.
Some of the preludes to sex scenes honestly made me feel quite uncomfortable with them bordering on sexualized violence, yeah the book even starts out with the hero threatening to rape the heroine.

Not really a recommendation in spite of being an otherwise well written war adventure.

[Adric Rangel · Rating 4 out of 5]

La leí en el 2013.

Es el segundo de la serie de la trilogía Guerra Civil. Allí conoceremos la historia del Daniel Cameron, quien a diferencia de su hermano, este ha decidido colocarse el uniforme de la confederación. Este libro me gusto un poquito menos que el anterior, sin embargo, Heather Graham atrapa a uno con su manera de narra que igual da gusto leerlo.

[Valerie Dix · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED IT!!! As much of a powerful story as book #1. This one had much more about the ravages of war, on both sides. This one is the story of Daniel and Callie, their hearts torn, for their loyalties are as divided as the states. Just like in book #1.