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Cameron Saga: Civil War Trilogy #1
One Wore Blue
HER REBEL SPIRIT DEFIED HIS YANKEE SOUL
She was velvet and silk, emerald eyes and sunstruck hair, Kiernan Miller had married one man to protect her from another. She hated Jesse Cameron with a fierce passion. But she was a widow now, and he was the enemy at her door, come with weapons of fire to melt her icy heart ...
HIS TRAITOR'S TOUCH IGNITED RAGING PASSIONS
He wore a Yankee uniform with inimitable Southern style, as true to the Union cause as he was treasonous to his rebel roots. Even as war engulfed them all, he would find his greatest adversary in the beauty who'd branded him a traitor, the woman he was born to possess.
She was velvet and silk, emerald eyes and sunstruck hair, Kiernan Miller had married one man to protect her from another. She hated Jesse Cameron with a fierce passion. But she was a widow now, and he was the enemy at her door, come with weapons of fire to melt her icy heart ...
HIS TRAITOR'S TOUCH IGNITED RAGING PASSIONS
He wore a Yankee uniform with inimitable Southern style, as true to the Union cause as he was treasonous to his rebel roots. Even as war engulfed them all, he would find his greatest adversary in the beauty who'd branded him a traitor, the woman he was born to possess.
411 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1991
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Heather Graham
583 books6,877 followersAlso 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.
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.
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August 27, 2018
Segundo libro que leo de esta autora, tras el contemporáneo “La reina del baile”, para el #RetoRita2 #RitaGraham. En ambos casos me ha pasado lo mismo, me ha faltado emoción. En el caso que nos ocupa es un libro maravillosamente ambientado, con el que he aprendido muchas cosas que no sabía sobre la Guerra de Secesión americana, pero que en la primera mitad se me ha hecho eterno y cuyo final he sentido precipitado. Entre medias, una historia de amor entre dos personajes excesivos y pelin bipolares (más ella que él, gran deudora de la peor Escarlata O’Hara), que no dudan en defender su bandos/posturas/ideas/ideales hasta la extenuación (suya y del lector, por lo menos en mi caso). No está mal pero podría haber sido mucho mejor, mimbres había.
August 9, 2013
Rating: 2.5 out of 5.
One Wore Blue
I finally got around to reading Kiernan and Jesse’s story.
Kiernan disappointed me so very much in this book. She is anti-slavery, but still deathly loyal to the Confederates. Her reasoning, what I gathered was that, Yankees have no right to take away their choice. Which sounds reasonable, except when the choice in question involves taking another person’s choice away. What I mean to say is that, she thinks the Southern states should be given a choice to stop slavery. But what about the rights of people who are enslaved? Where is their choice? She also argues that they will eventually stop it. Well eventually isn’t good enough. Injustice was happening then and there, it shouldn’t have been happening anyway. It should have been stopped the day it began. I really couldn’t relate to her character. There was a scene where a “master” beat his slave, and even after seeing the injustice of that, she still sides with the idea of giving them a choice.
Although nothing much of my knowledge on that war has changed since when I read the second book, I found it impossible to excuse such reasoning even though there were holes in my knowledge.
Another thing I didn’t like about Kiernan was how she strung along Anthony. She says that she doesn’t want to hurt him, that he didn’t get her subtle hints. But he waits for her for years. She is worried that she will hurt him, what about when he finds out that she loves someone else after the years he has waited. I just found that really selfish. It was as though she kept on putting off telling him because she wanted to have her options open, or she herself for her own reasons didn’t want to have an awkward conversation with him.
And what she does with those sick Yankees resting in her home was just despicable…
It wasn't good enough that she is against the idea of slavery but that she is allowing others the option to pursue slavery,
I wished that Callie in the second book had more of Kiernan’s anger and stubbornness.
ARC Courtesy of NetGalley and Random House Publishing.
One Wore Blue
I finally got around to reading Kiernan and Jesse’s story.
Kiernan disappointed me so very much in this book. She is anti-slavery, but still deathly loyal to the Confederates. Her reasoning, what I gathered was that, Yankees have no right to take away their choice. Which sounds reasonable, except when the choice in question involves taking another person’s choice away. What I mean to say is that, she thinks the Southern states should be given a choice to stop slavery. But what about the rights of people who are enslaved? Where is their choice? She also argues that they will eventually stop it. Well eventually isn’t good enough. Injustice was happening then and there, it shouldn’t have been happening anyway. It should have been stopped the day it began. I really couldn’t relate to her character. There was a scene where a “master” beat his slave, and even after seeing the injustice of that, she still sides with the idea of giving them a choice.
Although nothing much of my knowledge on that war has changed since when I read the second book, I found it impossible to excuse such reasoning even though there were holes in my knowledge.
Another thing I didn’t like about Kiernan was how she strung along Anthony. She says that she doesn’t want to hurt him, that he didn’t get her subtle hints. But he waits for her for years. She is worried that she will hurt him, what about when he finds out that she loves someone else after the years he has waited. I just found that really selfish. It was as though she kept on putting off telling him because she wanted to have her options open, or she herself for her own reasons didn’t want to have an awkward conversation with him.
And what she does with those sick Yankees resting in her home was just despicable…
It wasn't good enough that she is against the idea of slavery but that she is allowing others the option to pursue slavery,
I wished that Callie in the second book had more of Kiernan’s anger and stubbornness.
ARC Courtesy of NetGalley and Random House Publishing.
August 15, 2018
Le tenía ganas a este libro por el contexto histórico en el que se desarrolla (la Guerra de Secesión) porque me parece de lo más interesante y la verdad es que no me ha defraudado. La historia de los dos protagonistas me ha enganchado desde el comienzo porque la autora nos introduce el conflicto al principio para volver atrás en el tiempo y contarnos los motivos e introducirnos más profundamente en los personajes, ambos con carácter muy marcado y con profundas convicciones. Él, Jesse, me ha gustado más porque mantiene sus ideas y sus sentimientos sin dejarse influenciar, aunque el amor a los suyos sea lo primero, mientras que Kiernan es más débil y sus idas y venidas han terminado por cansarme un poco.
La autora introduce bastantes datos históricos, los suficientes para ponernos en contexto, lo que se agradece para no ralentizar el relato, y que a mi me han llevado a investigar un poquito más en esta parte de la historia americana.
Puedo decir que ha sido un buen estreno con la autora.
La autora introduce bastantes datos históricos, los suficientes para ponernos en contexto, lo que se agradece para no ralentizar el relato, y que a mi me han llevado a investigar un poquito más en esta parte de la historia americana.
Puedo decir que ha sido un buen estreno con la autora.
August 3, 2018
4.5 ☆
Primer título que leo de esta autora y me ha parecido maravilloso.
Me decidí por éste porque en cuanto veo amor y guerra allá que voy, y además, he de decir que ya me habían hablado de esta trilogía hace muchísimo tiempo aunque nunca me decidía a leerlos. Ahora, gracias al Reto Rita, me alegro de haberle dado la oportunidad.
La ambientación histórica de la novela es fascinante, y por momentos me parecía estar viendo una película.
Creo que es un libro muy bien documentado y en el que las descripciones de las escenas sobre la guerra están correctamente integradas en la historia, a la vez que avanza el amor de los protas.
Jesse y Kiernan forman una pareja que me ha hecho disfrutar mucho la lectura.
Ella es una sureña niña mimada, coqueta, cabezota a más no poder, pero también es una mujer fiel a sus creencias, a su tierra y a su familia, y eso es algo que a mi me ha cautivado.
Y Jesse, bueno... él me ha encantado desde el primer momento. Es un hombre íntegro que no se doblega ante los caprichos de Kiernan y que se mantiene firme a sus convicciones incluso pasando por encima de su corazón.
Los momentos de la pareja me han parecido muy bonitos y apasionados, y también me han divertido sus peleas y discusiones.
Soy de esas que adora un epílogo y a lo mejor eso lo eché en falta, o quizás es que me ha gustado tanto que hubiera sido genial saborear más ese final. En cualquier caso, para mi ha sido una lectura estupenda y pienso continuar la serie.
Primer título que leo de esta autora y me ha parecido maravilloso.
Me decidí por éste porque en cuanto veo amor y guerra allá que voy, y además, he de decir que ya me habían hablado de esta trilogía hace muchísimo tiempo aunque nunca me decidía a leerlos. Ahora, gracias al Reto Rita, me alegro de haberle dado la oportunidad.
La ambientación histórica de la novela es fascinante, y por momentos me parecía estar viendo una película.
Creo que es un libro muy bien documentado y en el que las descripciones de las escenas sobre la guerra están correctamente integradas en la historia, a la vez que avanza el amor de los protas.
Jesse y Kiernan forman una pareja que me ha hecho disfrutar mucho la lectura.
Ella es una sureña niña mimada, coqueta, cabezota a más no poder, pero también es una mujer fiel a sus creencias, a su tierra y a su familia, y eso es algo que a mi me ha cautivado.
Y Jesse, bueno... él me ha encantado desde el primer momento. Es un hombre íntegro que no se doblega ante los caprichos de Kiernan y que se mantiene firme a sus convicciones incluso pasando por encima de su corazón.
Los momentos de la pareja me han parecido muy bonitos y apasionados, y también me han divertido sus peleas y discusiones.
Soy de esas que adora un epílogo y a lo mejor eso lo eché en falta, o quizás es que me ha gustado tanto que hubiera sido genial saborear más ese final. En cualquier caso, para mi ha sido una lectura estupenda y pienso continuar la serie.
August 26, 2018
Me gustaría poner más nota ha este libro por que la verdad que quitando dos cosillas, me gusta.
Esas dos cosillas son que la protagonista no la soporto y taaaaaaanta historia y descripción sobre la guerra!!
Ella no había por donde cogerla, era bipolar! jajajaja, pillaba unos rebotes y hacía unas cosas que me cabreaba.
No quito que el protagonista tuviera también sus momentos, y se volviera otro tanto bipolar, pero por lo menos sus razones sobre la guerra y en lo que creía me resultaba más lógico!!
Y otra cosa que me ha resultado un tanto cansina el tema de la guerra, a veces se me hacía cuesta arriba tantas explicaciones.
Los demás personajes que han ido saliendo como Daniel, me ha gustado mucho y quiero leer el siguiente libro de la serie que va de él.
En fin, que dentro de lo que cabe, me ha gustado y hasta he disfrutado de la lectura!!!
#Retorita2 #RitaGraham
Esas dos cosillas son que la protagonista no la soporto y taaaaaaanta historia y descripción sobre la guerra!!
Ella no había por donde cogerla, era bipolar! jajajaja, pillaba unos rebotes y hacía unas cosas que me cabreaba.
No quito que el protagonista tuviera también sus momentos, y se volviera otro tanto bipolar, pero por lo menos sus razones sobre la guerra y en lo que creía me resultaba más lógico!!
Y otra cosa que me ha resultado un tanto cansina el tema de la guerra, a veces se me hacía cuesta arriba tantas explicaciones.
Los demás personajes que han ido saliendo como Daniel, me ha gustado mucho y quiero leer el siguiente libro de la serie que va de él.
En fin, que dentro de lo que cabe, me ha gustado y hasta he disfrutado de la lectura!!!
#Retorita2 #RitaGraham
September 12, 2016
Me he sentido sumamente decepcionada con éste libro, es de esos cuyo puntaje engaña. Esperaba una historia que pudiera satisfacerme. Había leído con anterioridad a la escritora como Shannon Drake, de modo que su obra no era nueva para mí.
¿Qué me ha pasado con éste libro? Al principio ha sido denso y aburrido, no me metía en la trama, ha sido muy introductorio y con mucha historia. No soy experta en historia americana, y la verdad es que es un tema que no me llama especialmente la atención. A través de sus personajes y de lo que les ha tocado vivir, la autora nos mete en los prolegómenos de la Guerra de Secesión americana.
Lo que tuvo al principio de rollo y aburrido, le fui pillando el tranquillo, pero lo que no he sido capaz de pasar por alto ha sido el romance y la protagonista. Kiernan es una petarda, egoísta, caprichosa y bipolar, se tira mas de medio libro diciéndole a Jesse que le odia, pero en cuanto puede estar con él no duda en abrírsele de piernas. Kiernan y Jesse han sido amigos y vecinos de toda la vida, ella siempre estuvo "enamorada" de él, pero cuando estalla la guerra Jesse toma partido por el Norte, y Kiernan no puede perdonarlo porque es una señorita acomodaticia que se las da de inteligente e independiente sólo porque su padre fue indulgente con ella, pero en el libro está muy presente que en ella se encuentran las palabras Orgullo y Prejuicio, es en suma orgullosa y prejuiciosa, demasiado. No he conectado para nada con ella, lo que casi hizo al final me la remató por completo, me parece odiosa. Por parte de Jesse, poco puedo decir: se podía haber enamorado de otra. No entiendes en ningún momento cómo pueden estar enamorados, cómo pueden comenzar una relación sin pensar en las consecuencias, Jesse le pide matrimonio cientos de veces y ella siempre le rechaza llamándole "Maldito yankie", "Traidor" o "Te odio Jesse", en eso se describe el 90% de la relación cuando no están abiertos de piernas. Y en cuanto a Jesse, pues creo que tampoco luchó lo suficiente por ella, por tanto no puedo creerme que estuviera tan enamorado como decía.
El contexto está cuidado, pero el romance me ha parecido muy malo, inverosímil, parece que la escritora pensó una historia de amor y odio en un momento y quiso meterla en ése momento histórico, pero sinceramente: es un churro. Se podía haber imaginado una historia mucho mejor.
Tras ésta decepción no tengo ninguna gana de continuar con la serie.
¿Qué me ha pasado con éste libro? Al principio ha sido denso y aburrido, no me metía en la trama, ha sido muy introductorio y con mucha historia. No soy experta en historia americana, y la verdad es que es un tema que no me llama especialmente la atención. A través de sus personajes y de lo que les ha tocado vivir, la autora nos mete en los prolegómenos de la Guerra de Secesión americana.
Lo que tuvo al principio de rollo y aburrido, le fui pillando el tranquillo, pero lo que no he sido capaz de pasar por alto ha sido el romance y la protagonista. Kiernan es una petarda, egoísta, caprichosa y bipolar, se tira mas de medio libro diciéndole a Jesse que le odia, pero en cuanto puede estar con él no duda en abrírsele de piernas. Kiernan y Jesse han sido amigos y vecinos de toda la vida, ella siempre estuvo "enamorada" de él, pero cuando estalla la guerra Jesse toma partido por el Norte, y Kiernan no puede perdonarlo porque es una señorita acomodaticia que se las da de inteligente e independiente sólo porque su padre fue indulgente con ella, pero en el libro está muy presente que en ella se encuentran las palabras Orgullo y Prejuicio, es en suma orgullosa y prejuiciosa, demasiado. No he conectado para nada con ella, lo que casi hizo al final me la remató por completo, me parece odiosa. Por parte de Jesse, poco puedo decir: se podía haber enamorado de otra. No entiendes en ningún momento cómo pueden estar enamorados, cómo pueden comenzar una relación sin pensar en las consecuencias, Jesse le pide matrimonio cientos de veces y ella siempre le rechaza llamándole "Maldito yankie", "Traidor" o "Te odio Jesse", en eso se describe el 90% de la relación cuando no están abiertos de piernas. Y en cuanto a Jesse, pues creo que tampoco luchó lo suficiente por ella, por tanto no puedo creerme que estuviera tan enamorado como decía.
El contexto está cuidado, pero el romance me ha parecido muy malo, inverosímil, parece que la escritora pensó una historia de amor y odio en un momento y quiso meterla en ése momento histórico, pero sinceramente: es un churro. Se podía haber imaginado una historia mucho mejor.
Tras ésta decepción no tengo ninguna gana de continuar con la serie.
August 20, 2018
Leído para el #RetoRita2
Autora del mes #HeatherGraham.
No me ha gustado. Me encuentro con que no sé qué decir sobre esta novela y me cuesta expresar las razones por las que me ha parecido una narración lenta, fría y en ocasiones, tediosa.
Se trata de una mera lección de historia, donde se exponen los datos de los acontecimientos con fecha, en orden minucioso, mientras los protagonistas pasan por delante de los hechos sin entrar nunca en ellos y sin formar parte de la historia que se cuenta.
Se supone que estamos ante una historia de amor en la que las circunstancias hacen imposible que puedan estar juntos. La protagonista, que además es de carácter cambiante (ahora te quiero, ahora te odio, ahora me voy, ahora cambio de opinión...) no tiene realmente una ideología que defender, más que pertenece al Sur porque nació y se crió allí y por ello ya se siente capaz de juzgar una guerra que no entiende y encararse con todo el mundo. Luego tenemos a un protagonista masculino cuya ideología es contraria a la de la protagonista. Y por estas razones, no pueden estar juntos.
Pero, ¿por qué no pueden estar juntos? Sigo sin entenderlo, no he entendido sus razonamientos, solo he visto una protagonista de carácter voluble, caprichosa y malcriada, y un protagonista que intenta ser un canalla pero que resulta más bien soso.
Autora del mes #HeatherGraham.
No me ha gustado. Me encuentro con que no sé qué decir sobre esta novela y me cuesta expresar las razones por las que me ha parecido una narración lenta, fría y en ocasiones, tediosa.
Se trata de una mera lección de historia, donde se exponen los datos de los acontecimientos con fecha, en orden minucioso, mientras los protagonistas pasan por delante de los hechos sin entrar nunca en ellos y sin formar parte de la historia que se cuenta.
Se supone que estamos ante una historia de amor en la que las circunstancias hacen imposible que puedan estar juntos. La protagonista, que además es de carácter cambiante (ahora te quiero, ahora te odio, ahora me voy, ahora cambio de opinión...) no tiene realmente una ideología que defender, más que pertenece al Sur porque nació y se crió allí y por ello ya se siente capaz de juzgar una guerra que no entiende y encararse con todo el mundo. Luego tenemos a un protagonista masculino cuya ideología es contraria a la de la protagonista. Y por estas razones, no pueden estar juntos.
Pero, ¿por qué no pueden estar juntos? Sigo sin entenderlo, no he entendido sus razonamientos, solo he visto una protagonista de carácter voluble, caprichosa y malcriada, y un protagonista que intenta ser un canalla pero que resulta más bien soso.
August 22, 2018
3'5 estrellitas
abandonados
March 22, 2017Definitivamente este libro no es para mí ahora mismo. No puedo con la protagonista y con el poco tiempo que tengo, no estoy por la labor de aborrecer un libro que en ambientación es una maravilla.
Lo dejaré para más adelante a ver si le miro con otros ojos....
Lo dejaré para más adelante a ver si le miro con otros ojos....
April 9, 2016
Me ha gustado, pero quizás sobre todo en la última parte esperaba algo mas. Creo que el final es demasiado precipitado, no les he visto mas que discutir y pocas veces hablar en serio, pero aun asi es un libro que merece la pena leer.
July 24, 2017
Bastante interesante... lo que he leído sobre la guerra de Secesión me ha parecido interesante y este fue muy entretenido y me gustó
December 2, 2022
Me ha gustado mucho. La parte histórica y la ficticia y cómo la va enlazando . Me ha gustado cómo empieza, en qué situación los pone y volver de repente al pasado, antes del estallido de la guerra y de su pasión y amor.
No le doy las 5 estrellas que me dejan ponerle aquí por ella. Cuando alguien no te entra del todo por los ojos, pues éso 😂
Con ganas de saber de Daniel.
Jesse me ha encantado.
No le doy las 5 estrellas que me dejan ponerle aquí por ella. Cuando alguien no te entra del todo por los ojos, pues éso 😂
Con ganas de saber de Daniel.
Jesse me ha encantado.
March 16, 2016
I wasn't sure when I began this book how I felt about it. I like reading late at night and don't like images of Civil War battles in the forefront of my thoughts as I go to sleep. But I stuck with it and it turned out to be a really good love story. Kiernan is a Southern Belle who has grown up with Jesse Cameron and his family in a neighboring Virginia plantation. As war breaks out, Jesse sides with the Union and against the rest of his family and Kiernan. But she never stops loving him and the war doesn't destroy that. It's a bit complicated but it has a very nice (but unfinished) HEA.
January 21, 2021
3.5 stars
March 4, 2023
One Wore Blue by Heather Graham (1991) is the first book in the Cameron Saga Civil War Trilogy, and one of the finest HR books written around this national tragedy. It was an emotional journey again thru this book … a longtime favorite plus I spent most of my life in northern Virginia surrounded by reminders of the Civil War … battlefields, names, monuments and places.
Heather Graham’s engrossing story cuts to the heart of this time that divided not just a nation but families. Jesse Cameron and Kiernan Miller grew up on their families Tidewater plantations … along with siblings, all childhood friends. Jesse, ten years older than Keirnan, is a West Point graduate and military doctor who sympathizes with the North while she is devoted to the South. Then war breaks out.
The story takes them from Harper’s Ferry where she is staying with family friends … he rescues her from the mobs… thru their bitter and passionate struggles across Virginia … Manassas, Richmond, battles, wounded, field hospitals, family and friends tragedies.
This is one of those really good books that sweep you away with three dimensional main characters .. both fierce, loyal, independent and passionate about their beliefs. They burned for each while Keirnan hates all Northerners and considers Jesse a traitor to the cause. It’s a highly sensual read… first of four steamy luscious sex scenes is on page 100 and lasts for seven pages… I truly felt like a blushing fly on the wall watching them!
In another recent post someone mentioned Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss as another great Civil War book … so I’m taking a detour and reading that now before moving onto the next book in this series, One Who Wore Grey.
Love love the brilliant stepback by Sharon Spiak … a dashing sexy man in a uniform … much better than the sweet cover.
Heather Graham’s engrossing story cuts to the heart of this time that divided not just a nation but families. Jesse Cameron and Kiernan Miller grew up on their families Tidewater plantations … along with siblings, all childhood friends. Jesse, ten years older than Keirnan, is a West Point graduate and military doctor who sympathizes with the North while she is devoted to the South. Then war breaks out.
The story takes them from Harper’s Ferry where she is staying with family friends … he rescues her from the mobs… thru their bitter and passionate struggles across Virginia … Manassas, Richmond, battles, wounded, field hospitals, family and friends tragedies.
This is one of those really good books that sweep you away with three dimensional main characters .. both fierce, loyal, independent and passionate about their beliefs. They burned for each while Keirnan hates all Northerners and considers Jesse a traitor to the cause. It’s a highly sensual read… first of four steamy luscious sex scenes is on page 100 and lasts for seven pages… I truly felt like a blushing fly on the wall watching them!
In another recent post someone mentioned Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss as another great Civil War book … so I’m taking a detour and reading that now before moving onto the next book in this series, One Who Wore Grey.
Love love the brilliant stepback by Sharon Spiak … a dashing sexy man in a uniform … much better than the sweet cover.
September 20, 2010
This novel of the Civil War is the first in a trilogy about the Camerons, a wealthy Virginia plantation family who find their loyalties divided when the Civil War breaks out. Most of this novel is told from the point of view of Kiernan Mackay, the spirited and beautiful neighbor of the Camerons who has loved the oldest Cameron brother, Jesse, for most of her life. Time and circumstances finally collaborate to get this couple together, but their bliss is short-lived when their beloved Virginia secedes from the Union and the lovers find themselves on opposite sides of the divide and neither is willing to compromise on their convictions. Jesse, an army surgeon, rides off to the North, leaving Kiernan behind in the little town of Harper's Ferry, which is about to find itself in the middle of a tug-of-war between the Union and the Confederacy. But war has a way of tearing people apart and throwing them back together in dramatic fashion, and as the bloody conflict rages on, Kiernan and Jesse begin to question their ideals, their loyalities, and their feelings for each other. This novel borderlines on being a bodice-ripper and it is a bit on the melodramatic side, but it's delicious and well-researched and I couldn't put it down. I've already put the next book in the trilogy on my wishlist.
On a side note, another reason I enjoyed this novel so much is that I've visited Harper's Ferry in my travels and really liked the little town and I thought the author did a great job of recreating it in her novel. If you're interested, check out the post I wrote on Harper's Ferry as part of my Time Travelers feature.
On a side note, another reason I enjoyed this novel so much is that I've visited Harper's Ferry in my travels and really liked the little town and I thought the author did a great job of recreating it in her novel. If you're interested, check out the post I wrote on Harper's Ferry as part of my Time Travelers feature.
June 12, 2018
I should not read this stuff.
First, the author abuses the word "tempestuous" which is both on the cover and then in descriptions of Kiernan about every 20 pages. The reader is advised to replace "tempestuous" with "spoiled" because it makes more sense.
Second, I am on page 200 and Kiernan, who has by now turned 18, is so against giving up slavery- or State's rights, it's hard to tell- that she has decided to never forgive the 28-year old Army doctor who believes that the Union must prevail. He's a Southerner! Born in Virginia! He isn't allowed any other point of view. She wants tobacco and cotton and slavery to go on and on, although maybe someday slavery could end if they could figure out how to get cheap enough labor....
By page 200, there have been two black people identified. One is a freedman who chose to remain on her daddy's plantation. Another is Jesse's butler, a man named Jigger. I kid you not.
These people are so one-dimensional. She has her pride and she likes sex in empty cabins. Anthony likes her. Christa likes somebody in Book Three. Kiernan's daddy likes Virginia and drinking and understands that his daughter kinda sleeps around. She likes telling people what they should believe.
This story is so flat. It makes me tempestuous.
First, the author abuses the word "tempestuous" which is both on the cover and then in descriptions of Kiernan about every 20 pages. The reader is advised to replace "tempestuous" with "spoiled" because it makes more sense.
Second, I am on page 200 and Kiernan, who has by now turned 18, is so against giving up slavery- or State's rights, it's hard to tell- that she has decided to never forgive the 28-year old Army doctor who believes that the Union must prevail. He's a Southerner! Born in Virginia! He isn't allowed any other point of view. She wants tobacco and cotton and slavery to go on and on, although maybe someday slavery could end if they could figure out how to get cheap enough labor....
By page 200, there have been two black people identified. One is a freedman who chose to remain on her daddy's plantation. Another is Jesse's butler, a man named Jigger. I kid you not.
These people are so one-dimensional. She has her pride and she likes sex in empty cabins. Anthony likes her. Christa likes somebody in Book Three. Kiernan's daddy likes Virginia and drinking and understands that his daughter kinda sleeps around. She likes telling people what they should believe.
This story is so flat. It makes me tempestuous.
February 3, 2017
Bueno, por fin y haciendo un esfuerzo logré terminar esta historia. Madre mía que me costó y no porque fuera aburrida o le faltara acción sino porque la protagonista es una de las mujeres más insoportables que me ha tocado leer. Ella sola arruina toda la historia ! El resto de los personajes están muy bien creados y no cuesta trabajo conectar con ellos, los hermanos Cameron son los mejores. Los detalles que aporta la trama sobre la guerra de secesión norteamericana son muy interesantes y le dan realismo a la historia de Jesse y Kiernan. Pero ella, ella es insoportablemente inmadura, obtusa y caprichosa hasta el final del libro. Una pena...
January 21, 2021
3.5 stars
I have a lot of feelings about this book...
First things first, Graham's writing really was beautiful and eloquent. The sexy scenes within this book are BREATHTAKING!!! The amount of tabbing and highlighting that happened was amazing. If the writing hadn't been so superb, there is a good chance this read would have been a DNF, not a finished book.
My main complaint: Our heroine, Kiernan, made herself unnecessarily happy for the sake of drama in this book. This is a childhood friends, to enemies, to lovers story. Kiernan refuses to marry or be with the love of her life, Jesse, because he sides with the north, and not the south during the Civil War. Outside of that, they both love each other deeply. She chooses to marry another man, Anthony. (Poor Anthony got the raw end of this deal.) They marry, and he immediately goes off to war, and then DIES!!! (She is named a widow on the back cover, so this shouldn't be a surprise.)
Jesse on the other hand, is frustrated that him siding with the north is the only thing keeping them apart. He does everything he can to protect her and her family from his place in the war. When the north invades the area which she lives, he makes sure they use the home she is in as a field hospital instead of burning it down. He does everything he can to protect her, and stay away from her, because he is so in love with her, he has a problem keeping his hands to himself.
Their love story had epic moments, yes. Do I think that they could have worked through their differences in an easier to digest way, yes. Do I understand why the author chose this way instead? To an extent, yes.
She dedicated this book to the people who lived in this area, and it seems these stories were passed down through generations, and she decided to write them out. Do I think the real life things happened this dramatically? NO! Do I wish that Kiernan weren't so frustratingly stubborn? YES! Will I read another Heather Graham book? HECK YES I WILL! I just don't think Kiernan was the heroine for me. Jesse was great, and young Daniel started to steal the show for a little while! Love him!
I have a lot of feelings about this book...
First things first, Graham's writing really was beautiful and eloquent. The sexy scenes within this book are BREATHTAKING!!! The amount of tabbing and highlighting that happened was amazing. If the writing hadn't been so superb, there is a good chance this read would have been a DNF, not a finished book.
My main complaint: Our heroine, Kiernan, made herself unnecessarily happy for the sake of drama in this book. This is a childhood friends, to enemies, to lovers story. Kiernan refuses to marry or be with the love of her life, Jesse, because he sides with the north, and not the south during the Civil War. Outside of that, they both love each other deeply. She chooses to marry another man, Anthony. (Poor Anthony got the raw end of this deal.) They marry, and he immediately goes off to war, and then DIES!!! (She is named a widow on the back cover, so this shouldn't be a surprise.)
Jesse on the other hand, is frustrated that him siding with the north is the only thing keeping them apart. He does everything he can to protect her and her family from his place in the war. When the north invades the area which she lives, he makes sure they use the home she is in as a field hospital instead of burning it down. He does everything he can to protect her, and stay away from her, because he is so in love with her, he has a problem keeping his hands to himself.
Their love story had epic moments, yes. Do I think that they could have worked through their differences in an easier to digest way, yes. Do I understand why the author chose this way instead? To an extent, yes.
She dedicated this book to the people who lived in this area, and it seems these stories were passed down through generations, and she decided to write them out. Do I think the real life things happened this dramatically? NO! Do I wish that Kiernan weren't so frustratingly stubborn? YES! Will I read another Heather Graham book? HECK YES I WILL! I just don't think Kiernan was the heroine for me. Jesse was great, and young Daniel started to steal the show for a little while! Love him!
October 15, 2023
Винаги ми е било интересно как “сериозните” въпроси намират отражение в несериозните развлекателни жанрове. Това отражение не е за пренебрегване, тъй като утвърждава и оправдава стереотипи, които - когато читателят е много млад, невеж, мързелив за други жанрове, неуверен, проблемен и т.н. - са убийствено вредни и опасни. Списъкът варира, но робството със сигурност ще е в топ 3, заедно с токсичните отношения и домашното насилие.
Робството даже ми се струва много по-опасно - то автоматически оправдава една част от човечеството да е парче месо на щанда, без право на глас и без право да се числи към същото това “човечество”. Канибализъм от по-префинен сорт, който южняците в САЩ в църквите си оправдават с интерпретация на неясна случка от Стария Завет и от потопа, свързана с един от синовете на Ной. Страшно здрав фундамент, няма що…
В развлекателния жанр има и немалко “смляна” образователна стойност, за който го мързи постоянно или изобщо да търси в дълбокото, но не и тук. Тук си имаме героиня, настояваща за робството като фундаментално щатско право и толкоз. Туй любов, дискусия, мислене - не са за нея. Момичето е тъпо и упорито, и доста зло. От такъв материал любовен роман не става. Някой друг жанр - може би… Дори любовните романи имат обща (и доста широка и мътна, защото такава е и човешката природа) рамка. И когато се премине в измама, фалш, лъжа, заблуда, и забавлението се изпарява. Баба Хедър пак е била в някоя от лошите си фази.
Робството даже ми се струва много по-опасно - то автоматически оправдава една част от човечеството да е парче месо на щанда, без право на глас и без право да се числи към същото това “човечество”. Канибализъм от по-префинен сорт, който южняците в САЩ в църквите си оправдават с интерпретация на неясна случка от Стария Завет и от потопа, свързана с един от синовете на Ной. Страшно здрав фундамент, няма що…
В развлекателния жанр има и немалко “смляна” образователна стойност, за който го мързи постоянно или изобщо да търси в дълбокото, но не и тук. Тук си имаме героиня, настояваща за робството като фундаментално щатско право и толкоз. Туй любов, дискусия, мислене - не са за нея. Момичето е тъпо и упорито, и доста зло. От такъв материал любовен роман не става. Някой друг жанр - може би… Дори любовните романи имат обща (и доста широка и мътна, защото такава е и човешката природа) рамка. И когато се премине в измама, фалш, лъжа, заблуда, и забавлението се изпарява. Баба Хедър пак е била в някоя от лошите си фази.
July 1, 2022
3,5 estrellas. Ella me ha parecido muy cansina e intransigente. Jesse es un santo varón.
March 21, 2021
I borrowed this book from Open Library. The author's writing mechanics were good. It was much like Gone With the Wind with some very spicy sex scenes.
Thank you, Ms. Graham, for the read.
Thank you, Ms. Graham, for the read.
February 24, 2012
Enthralling Civil War Romance!
This is the first in the Cameron Saga Civil War trilogy (and follows the Cameron stories told in Graham's North American Women trilogy). I highly recommend the whole Cameron Saga--all 6 books. They are rich in history, well-told romances with amazing detail, seamless dialog and a family of wonderful men and women you will love.
This story begins in 1859 with the Harper's Ferry incident involving abolitionist John Brown. Jesse Cameron is serving as a doctor for the federal troops under Jeb Stuart and his younger brother, Daniel, is serving under Robert Lee. They have grown up with the beautiful and independent Kiernan Miller in Tidewater, Virginia. Kiernan loves Jesse and is good friends with Daniel and their sister Christa. As they sense the approach of war, Jesse cannot abide a nation divided, but Kiernan is a loyal rebel, a Virginian who, like Daniel, supports the Confederacy. Jesse will choose to wear the Yankee uniform to support the Union, and though Kiernan loves him and has given herself to him, she will marry another, a loyal reb she does not love.
Right there, Graham had me. My heart was dying. Jesse was like all the Cameron men before him (see North American Women trilogy): tall, dark and handsome, strong, committed to the cause of liberty and truth--and capable of deeply loving his woman while brooking no rebellion. Ah...a real man. I wondered what Kiernan was thinking when she refused to marry him. I wanted to slap her several times. But alas, she was a blind rebel.
You will laugh and you will cry with this one, as you become a part of the lives of young people who were swept into the war that tore apart a nation and tore apart families...a time that shaped America. The ending is exciting, too. Graham has produced a series of keepers!
Here's the whole Cameron Saga:
The North American Women trilogy:
-Sweet Savage Eden
-A Pirate's Pleasure
-Love Not a Rebel
The Cameron Civil War trilogy:
-One Wore Blue
-And One Wore Gray
-And One Rode West
This is the first in the Cameron Saga Civil War trilogy (and follows the Cameron stories told in Graham's North American Women trilogy). I highly recommend the whole Cameron Saga--all 6 books. They are rich in history, well-told romances with amazing detail, seamless dialog and a family of wonderful men and women you will love.
This story begins in 1859 with the Harper's Ferry incident involving abolitionist John Brown. Jesse Cameron is serving as a doctor for the federal troops under Jeb Stuart and his younger brother, Daniel, is serving under Robert Lee. They have grown up with the beautiful and independent Kiernan Miller in Tidewater, Virginia. Kiernan loves Jesse and is good friends with Daniel and their sister Christa. As they sense the approach of war, Jesse cannot abide a nation divided, but Kiernan is a loyal rebel, a Virginian who, like Daniel, supports the Confederacy. Jesse will choose to wear the Yankee uniform to support the Union, and though Kiernan loves him and has given herself to him, she will marry another, a loyal reb she does not love.
Right there, Graham had me. My heart was dying. Jesse was like all the Cameron men before him (see North American Women trilogy): tall, dark and handsome, strong, committed to the cause of liberty and truth--and capable of deeply loving his woman while brooking no rebellion. Ah...a real man. I wondered what Kiernan was thinking when she refused to marry him. I wanted to slap her several times. But alas, she was a blind rebel.
You will laugh and you will cry with this one, as you become a part of the lives of young people who were swept into the war that tore apart a nation and tore apart families...a time that shaped America. The ending is exciting, too. Graham has produced a series of keepers!
Here's the whole Cameron Saga:
The North American Women trilogy:
-Sweet Savage Eden
-A Pirate's Pleasure
-Love Not a Rebel
The Cameron Civil War trilogy:
-One Wore Blue
-And One Wore Gray
-And One Rode West
August 15, 2020
Aquí estamos de nuevo con esta autora que ya conozco por alguna que otra novela, y que no es santo de mi devoción, pero que bueno… esta obra está englobada en el reto RNR así que me toca leerla para terminarlo. No tengo muchas expectativas, así que quizá así consigo no darme una hostia de las buenas si el libro no me agrada; y hasta consigue sorprenderme para bien si el libro me termina gustando.
Pues no, definitvamente: no. Me ha parecido un libro insulso en sí mismo. Una sureña que tiene las ideas muy claras y un yankee que las tiene claras también, pero que se cruzan el uno con el otro y se enamoran antes de que la guerra estalle. Él la quiere, pese a sus ideas y su manera de ser, pero ella no está dispuesta a aguantarlo ni a perdonarle, quiere que deje sus ideas y su manera de pensar por vivir un vida junto a ella, y que renuncie a lo que cree. Sinceramente, eso no es amor. Nadie que ama realmente a otra persona le exige que deje su fe o sus principios por amor, sean cuales sean. Quizá sean diferencias abismales que cueste unir, quizá terminen rompiendo la pareja, pero si realmente lo amas… nunca le exiges que renuncie a ellas por ti.
Kiernan me ha parecido la típica sureña con mucha mala hostia, que tiene que salirse con la suya y que lo sabe todo. Ese tipo de personaje que por más que intentas, te cae fatal, y por mucho que Jesse saca lo mejor de ella, hay momentos en que lo único que merece son un par de hostias por ser tan imbécil. En cuanto a él, es un hombre con una idea de la vida muy personal y con unas creencias muy claras, no me ha encantado, ni creo que llegue al perfil de galán, pero es un personaje mucho más comprensible.
La sinopsis, de que es una gran historia de amor, pasiones y tal… pues no. Son una pareja de Virginia, que él se va con los yankees y ella no lo perdona. Años después, con la guerra a punto de terminar, él vuelve por su tierra y la encuentra, la ayuda, la cuida e intenta recuperarla y ella casi prefiere que la maten. Al final pasan un par de cosas, un par de hojas, y todo termina feliz y acaban juntos. Infumable.
Pues no, definitvamente: no. Me ha parecido un libro insulso en sí mismo. Una sureña que tiene las ideas muy claras y un yankee que las tiene claras también, pero que se cruzan el uno con el otro y se enamoran antes de que la guerra estalle. Él la quiere, pese a sus ideas y su manera de ser, pero ella no está dispuesta a aguantarlo ni a perdonarle, quiere que deje sus ideas y su manera de pensar por vivir un vida junto a ella, y que renuncie a lo que cree. Sinceramente, eso no es amor. Nadie que ama realmente a otra persona le exige que deje su fe o sus principios por amor, sean cuales sean. Quizá sean diferencias abismales que cueste unir, quizá terminen rompiendo la pareja, pero si realmente lo amas… nunca le exiges que renuncie a ellas por ti.
Kiernan me ha parecido la típica sureña con mucha mala hostia, que tiene que salirse con la suya y que lo sabe todo. Ese tipo de personaje que por más que intentas, te cae fatal, y por mucho que Jesse saca lo mejor de ella, hay momentos en que lo único que merece son un par de hostias por ser tan imbécil. En cuanto a él, es un hombre con una idea de la vida muy personal y con unas creencias muy claras, no me ha encantado, ni creo que llegue al perfil de galán, pero es un personaje mucho más comprensible.
La sinopsis, de que es una gran historia de amor, pasiones y tal… pues no. Son una pareja de Virginia, que él se va con los yankees y ella no lo perdona. Años después, con la guerra a punto de terminar, él vuelve por su tierra y la encuentra, la ayuda, la cuida e intenta recuperarla y ella casi prefiere que la maten. Al final pasan un par de cosas, un par de hojas, y todo termina feliz y acaban juntos. Infumable.
May 18, 2018
I really enjoyed this one-- it's made it onto my favorites shelf and the hero made it into my Harem of Men :) hehe
There is something automatically sexy about a male doctor, then throw in the wealthy southern background amid the war and his rank as an officer and he is romantic and dreamy! That is Jesse Cameron! I loved him-- he made the book great. I loved how he stuck with his beliefs by staying in the Union army when the Civil War broke out. He didn't resign and join the Confederacy when Virginia seceded. Jesse believed that for their country to survive, the union needed to stay together- so he fought on the side of the Yankees and against his own brother.
Kiernan got on my nerves sometimes. She seemed so childish. She was clearly in love with Jesse and admitted it, but refused to marry him because he was a Yankee. Her hatred of Yankees ran deep with no clear explanation as to why she hated them so much. The only being that they invaded her land, took over her house, and killed her husband-- but this was after the war started and her hatred began before these events occurred. I suppose it was implied she hated Yankees for taking away the Southern Plantation life she was used to by the North's wish to end slavery. But then later on, she comes to realize that Blue or Gray-- a man was still a man underneath. It should've been with that realization that she knew she could marry Jesse, the man beneath the blue union. But!--- she still refuses to marry him because he's a Yankee! She got frustrating and I totally sympathized with the hero's frustration.
I loved the scene when he finally got Kiernan to confess that she loves him. He'd been shot and fell to the ground. She believed him dying and then finally admitted that she loved him and always had, always will. He teases her and then she notices that he's not mortally wounded and dying, but that the bullet had only grazed his arm.
Definitely recommend if you're into Civil War romances!
There is something automatically sexy about a male doctor, then throw in the wealthy southern background amid the war and his rank as an officer and he is romantic and dreamy! That is Jesse Cameron! I loved him-- he made the book great. I loved how he stuck with his beliefs by staying in the Union army when the Civil War broke out. He didn't resign and join the Confederacy when Virginia seceded. Jesse believed that for their country to survive, the union needed to stay together- so he fought on the side of the Yankees and against his own brother.
Kiernan got on my nerves sometimes. She seemed so childish. She was clearly in love with Jesse and admitted it, but refused to marry him because he was a Yankee. Her hatred of Yankees ran deep with no clear explanation as to why she hated them so much. The only being that they invaded her land, took over her house, and killed her husband-- but this was after the war started and her hatred began before these events occurred. I suppose it was implied she hated Yankees for taking away the Southern Plantation life she was used to by the North's wish to end slavery. But then later on, she comes to realize that Blue or Gray-- a man was still a man underneath. It should've been with that realization that she knew she could marry Jesse, the man beneath the blue union. But!--- she still refuses to marry him because he's a Yankee! She got frustrating and I totally sympathized with the hero's frustration.
I loved the scene when he finally got Kiernan to confess that she loves him. He'd been shot and fell to the ground. She believed him dying and then finally admitted that she loved him and always had, always will. He teases her and then she notices that he's not mortally wounded and dying, but that the bullet had only grazed his arm.
Definitely recommend if you're into Civil War romances!
July 3, 2013
So, uh... a pro-slavery heroine, eh? That's... bold.
It was hard for me to enjoy this book due to the heroine's willful ignorance and unchecked privilege. I've read books set in the South during the Civil War, but in almost every instance, the main characters are like, "Yeah, slavery is bad, but states' rights!" Not here, guys. She hates Uncle Tom's Cabin because it got Northerners riled up about slavery, and you guys, it's not even fair! It's not a balanced portrayal! Not all slaveowners are mean to their slaves! In fact, her dead husband freed his slaves in his will and the ex-slaves stayed on as paid servants because they loved them so much!
I just... Yes, some slaveowners were kind to their slaves; and yes, some slaves and masters had good, even loving, relationships with each other; and yes, after the slaves were freed, many of them chose to stay behind because due to lack of education, lack of money, rampant racism, etc., they knew that they wouldn't be able to do better elsewhere.
And yes, naive but well-intentioned rich kids did exist in the 1860s.
But...seriously? This is our heroine? This is our narrative?
Disclaimer: I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
It was hard for me to enjoy this book due to the heroine's willful ignorance and unchecked privilege. I've read books set in the South during the Civil War, but in almost every instance, the main characters are like, "Yeah, slavery is bad, but states' rights!" Not here, guys. She hates Uncle Tom's Cabin because it got Northerners riled up about slavery, and you guys, it's not even fair! It's not a balanced portrayal! Not all slaveowners are mean to their slaves! In fact, her dead husband freed his slaves in his will and the ex-slaves stayed on as paid servants because they loved them so much!
I just... Yes, some slaveowners were kind to their slaves; and yes, some slaves and masters had good, even loving, relationships with each other; and yes, after the slaves were freed, many of them chose to stay behind because due to lack of education, lack of money, rampant racism, etc., they knew that they wouldn't be able to do better elsewhere.
And yes, naive but well-intentioned rich kids did exist in the 1860s.
But...seriously? This is our heroine? This is our narrative?
Disclaimer: I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
September 4, 2013
An entertaining read.
I might have enjoyed the historical details a little bit more than the romance since that was a bit typical.
I have read a few Civil war fiction before, but I might have forgotten the details, because I think I learned a few new things about it.
The two main characters were very typical but well written, although that strong and independent and a little spoiled southern heroine has been done before, Kiernan comes off as a bit annoying to me at times, I found myself thinking at one point "sorry but your no Scarlett".
Unfortunately for the book I have read another one with a the main character as a doctor during the civil war, one that gave lots more details on the subject.
I feel like I'm being a bit harsh since I did enjoy reading it, and I actually want to read the other two in the series.
A bit of a warning though for those NOT interested in the history, there is lots of it.
This review is for a Free copy courtesy of Random House via NetGalley
I might have enjoyed the historical details a little bit more than the romance since that was a bit typical.
I have read a few Civil war fiction before, but I might have forgotten the details, because I think I learned a few new things about it.
The two main characters were very typical but well written, although that strong and independent and a little spoiled southern heroine has been done before, Kiernan comes off as a bit annoying to me at times, I found myself thinking at one point "sorry but your no Scarlett".
Unfortunately for the book I have read another one with a the main character as a doctor during the civil war, one that gave lots more details on the subject.
I feel like I'm being a bit harsh since I did enjoy reading it, and I actually want to read the other two in the series.
A bit of a warning though for those NOT interested in the history, there is lots of it.
This review is for a Free copy courtesy of Random House via NetGalley
August 28, 2022
Kiernan was silly, extremely immature, completely UNLIKEABLE!! Jesse should have rode out of her life and kept on going. Basically Kiernan chose to be overly prideful and ridiculous while Jesse had to swallow her hateful words and actions repeatedly while constantly helping and protecting her foolishness because he loved her so much. She could treat him like dirt under her shoe for the ENTIRE book but he’d still love her to death and take it and justify it. Kiernan was awful, couldn’t stand her, and she was a traitor to Jesse when all her ever did was protect her. Even Anthony’s brother and sister (he dead husband’s siblings) came around, but not Kiernan because she was a headstrong idiot. Jesse deserved someone better.
March 4, 2025
Pues al final me ha gustado más de lo que pensaba.
El principio es deeeenso denso, con toda esa explicación de la situación política de la preguerra que roza en el infodumping. Se nota que la autora ha puesto esfuerzo y mucho tiempo en la documentación tanto política como bélica y cotidiana de la época y, aunque a veces se me ha hecho pesado, lo prefiero a otras autoras que no tienen ni idea de lo que están hablando (ejem, Quinn, ejem).
Esto ha sido una prueba de resistencia, más concretamente de cuánto me he resistido a golpear algo cada vez que Kiernan abría la boca. Por favooooooor, hermana de mi corazón, ¿es necesario que seas SIEMPRE tan combativa con todo? Que sí, que sé que estás del lado confederado pero eso no es excusa para tomar todas tus decisiones vitales con el extremo final de tu aparato digestivo. De verdad, es que esta mujer tiene el instinto de supervivencia de una bengala. Aunque la verdad es que no me ha molestado tanto porque la autora ha tenido el buen tino de presentarte este orgullo absurdo y esta obstinación como algo negativo. Jesse me ha caído bastante mejor porque, aunque él es igual de orgulloso y testarudo, por lo menos piensa un poquito las cosas antes de hacerlas y no va dando tumbos por ahí como pollo sin cabeza.
La segunda mitad es mucho mejor que la primera con diferencia y viendo que ya estamos metidos de cabeza en la guerra, supongo que serán mucho más entretenidos.
A ver qué tal Daniel, my child.
El principio es deeeenso denso, con toda esa explicación de la situación política de la preguerra que roza en el infodumping. Se nota que la autora ha puesto esfuerzo y mucho tiempo en la documentación tanto política como bélica y cotidiana de la época y, aunque a veces se me ha hecho pesado, lo prefiero a otras autoras que no tienen ni idea de lo que están hablando (ejem, Quinn, ejem).
Esto ha sido una prueba de resistencia, más concretamente de cuánto me he resistido a golpear algo cada vez que Kiernan abría la boca. Por favooooooor, hermana de mi corazón, ¿es necesario que seas SIEMPRE tan combativa con todo? Que sí, que sé que estás del lado confederado pero eso no es excusa para tomar todas tus decisiones vitales con el extremo final de tu aparato digestivo. De verdad, es que esta mujer tiene el instinto de supervivencia de una bengala. Aunque la verdad es que no me ha molestado tanto porque la autora ha tenido el buen tino de presentarte este orgullo absurdo y esta obstinación como algo negativo. Jesse me ha caído bastante mejor porque, aunque él es igual de orgulloso y testarudo, por lo menos piensa un poquito las cosas antes de hacerlas y no va dando tumbos por ahí como pollo sin cabeza.
La segunda mitad es mucho mejor que la primera con diferencia y viendo que ya estamos metidos de cabeza en la guerra, supongo que serán mucho más entretenidos.
A ver qué tal Daniel, my child.
December 4, 2011
3.5 stars
Being ten years younger then Jesse Cameron, Kiernan had to wait to grow up until she caught his eye - but watch out when he returns on leave and gets one look at her - she is the woman for him for life. That said, things are heating up between the North and the South and Keirnan's southern sympathies are no big secret and she's none too happy when Jesse stays with the Union Army. She marries on the rebound, is promptly widowed (this is revealed in the first few pages) and vows to hate Jesse forever - but will that ole' treacherous body betray her when the Union soldiers (including Jesse)come marching up to her doorstep?
This is a quick, easy read and perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon when you're in the mood for something lighter. While Jesse and Kiernan have plenty of ups and downs in their relationships (and plenty of making up), I wouldn't classify it as a Big Misunderstanding. There is a fair amount of sex in the book (occasionally on the cheesy side), so definitely not recommended for the younger readers, and I'd also caution potential readers that while this is a romance, the author does include a lot of history in this, with some details of politics and discussion of major battles. I'm a history geek and love that stuff, but from reading some of the other reviews there are those who don't care for that, and if so perhaps this book might not suit your tastes - to each their own, as long as you're reading. This is the first in a trilogy, the other two being And One Wore Gray, And One Rode West.
Being ten years younger then Jesse Cameron, Kiernan had to wait to grow up until she caught his eye - but watch out when he returns on leave and gets one look at her - she is the woman for him for life. That said, things are heating up between the North and the South and Keirnan's southern sympathies are no big secret and she's none too happy when Jesse stays with the Union Army. She marries on the rebound, is promptly widowed (this is revealed in the first few pages) and vows to hate Jesse forever - but will that ole' treacherous body betray her when the Union soldiers (including Jesse)come marching up to her doorstep?
This is a quick, easy read and perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon when you're in the mood for something lighter. While Jesse and Kiernan have plenty of ups and downs in their relationships (and plenty of making up), I wouldn't classify it as a Big Misunderstanding. There is a fair amount of sex in the book (occasionally on the cheesy side), so definitely not recommended for the younger readers, and I'd also caution potential readers that while this is a romance, the author does include a lot of history in this, with some details of politics and discussion of major battles. I'm a history geek and love that stuff, but from reading some of the other reviews there are those who don't care for that, and if so perhaps this book might not suit your tastes - to each their own, as long as you're reading. This is the first in a trilogy, the other two being And One Wore Gray, And One Rode West.
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