Camerons Saga: Civil War Trilogy by Heather Graham
One Wore Blue by Heather Graham
In One Wore Blue by Heather Graham, Kiernan Miller is the privileged daughter of a Virginia plantation owner. She was always in love with her neighbor Jesse Cameron, but since he is ten years her senior she has had to wait to grow up to catch his eye. Unfortunately, after she catches his eye and shares passionate kisses with him, Jesse abandons his roots, his family and her in order to join the Union army and become a Rebel.
Jesse, an army surgeon, has never forgotten his love Kiernan. He had to leave her behind when he had to ride North, but not only did that separate them, their convictions and being loyal to opposite sides of the war does not help them at all.
Jesse has vowed to return to her and regain Kiernan’s love. But soon after while on the rebound Kiernan married another man only to be widowed shortly after and has vowed to hate Jesse forever. A vow that will be threatened when the Union soldiers, along with Jesse, come marching up to her door.
Jesse and Kiernan’s loyalties, beliefs and love will be put to the test during such a difficult time in war. The things they realize during such a difficult time will make them doubt the decisions they made in the past, and try to make better choices for the future.
This is the first book in this trilogy and it’s has a great way to describe the beginning to the war and how it tore families and friends apart with some difficult decision and choices, but how some could also found the way to be together again. Full of great historical facts and information, this book will give you a good look into the Civil War.
Book Info:
September 8th 2010 by Loveswept
Heather Graham’s seductive Civil War trilogy begins with an unlikely Yankee forced to choose between loyalty to the cause and the love of a Southern belle.
The privileged daughter of a Virginia plantation owner, Kiernan Miller can’t imagine that her idyllic life will ever change—nor her days in the company of her devastatingly handsome neighbor, Jesse Cameron, a boy who returns her desire, kiss by tempestuous kiss. Then Jesse commits the one sin that Kiernan can never forgive: He abandons his roots for the Union army. Though Kiernan marries another, a part of her will always love the rebel in blue.
To follow his conscience, Jesse Cameron must sacrifice his heart. He deserts his hometown, turns against his own brother, and rides away from the woman he loves. But he vows that it will not be forever. Now, bringing the war to Kiernan’s front door, Jesse has returned as the enemy, intent on winning back the widow with emerald eyes and sun-kissed hair—the beauty who has branded him a traitor.
And One Wore Gray by Heather Graham
In And One Wore Gray by Heather Graham, Callie Michaelson personally knows the costs of war. She has lost her husband and her father and her brothers are still fighting, while she is living alone on the farm in Maryland. Unfortunately, since Maryland in right in the middle of the fight between the North and the South, she will soon find herself in the middle of the war when a battle comes to her door.
When she finds a wounded confederate soldier at her door she is afraid that he may attack her, but when he collapses she knows that she must help him. But while taking care of him, Callie falls in love with Colonel Daniel Cameron. But their love will face a big challenge when a Rebel soldier finds out Daniel is with her and blackmails her into the helping the capture of Daniel.
Daniel cannot forget the beauty or the treachery done to him by Callie and vows to get his revenge against her since he believes she is the reason he was in a Yankee prison until he was able to escape thanks to his brother’s help. Soon after his escape, Daniel returns to fight in the battle at Gettysburg, PA. But when he travels back to Sharpsburg he is in for a surprise for Callie has given birth to a son he knows is his. Which then Daniel decides to take back home to Virginia at Cameron Hall. Callie will have no choice but to follow him if she wants to remain close to her son and find a way to make Daniel understand what really happened when he was captured.
With a lot of history dates, facts and figures, this romance will give you a different look to romances during a time of war. The challenges and problems that arise are more difficult than a person expects but also more rewarding when you are willing to fight for true love.
Book Info:
February 10th 2010 by Loveswept
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.
And One Rode West by Heather Graham
In And One Rode West by Heather Graham, Christa Cameron a Rebel is suffering the indignities of defeat in the aftermath of Civil War. But that does not mean that she has lost her spirit or her hatred of the Yankees. Especially when the only way to save her plantation from being confiscated was to marry a Yankee officer. She coaxed Colonel Jeremy McCauley into marrying her, but she had promised herself that she would keep her pride and purity intact.
Jeremy is a determined man, but somehow he finds himself doing things he had no intention of doing. For one marrying Christa starts the list, then trying to convince her to consummate their marriage and ending up pretty much forcing himself on her the day after their wedding. But he knows that he must protect her because as his wife she must ride with them and the dangers abound.
As stubborn and willful as Christa is, she will soon find out the true meaning of devotion and freedom when in defiance of Jeremy’s request to not wonder off she takes off and end’s up as a hostage of the savages. Christa will have an entire new outlook about everything she believed after that.
Life after the battle does not necessarily means an easy life, and we will see that in this story, as Christa has to ride west with the Yankees while they are on the way to Fort Jacobson in the Texas/Oklahoma territory where Jeremy has been assigned. The will face a lot of challenges and hardships against the Indians and some Rebels.
Be warned that Christa may get on your nerves with her stubborn ways, and I mean stubborn just for being contrary and not exactly because she feels that way. But Jeremy falling for her and trying to keep her safe is so hero worthy that he makes up for it.
This is the last book in this trilogy, and the ending is a perfect ending for the entire trilogy, so if you have read the other two make sure you don’t miss And One Rode West by Heather Graham.
Book Info:
Published January 4th 2012 by Loveswept
Love conquers all in Heather Graham’s Civil War series, as a delicate love—born from the bitter aftermath of war—is destined to bloom on the untamed frontier.
As the dust settles in the South, Christa Cameron emerges from the Confederacy’s bitter defeat bent but not broken, her spirit unvanquished, and her sense of outrage inflamed. To save her family’s plantation, Christa hopes to marry a Yankee officer . . . so she coaxes one into a legal union. But Christa vows not to compromise her pride or her purity—no matter how far her virile new husband carries her from home.
Though she might not think much of him, Colonel Jeremy McCauley has fallen hard for the stunning, stubborn Christa. As the cavalry heads west with the stampeding buffalo, Jeremy insists that she play the part of loyal army wife and join him, intending to build a new world on the ashes of the old. But when Christa is taken hostage by a dangerous Indian tribe, Jeremy must prove the startling depths of his devotion—and fulfill the promise of a love as fierce as the American wilderness.
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Meridith C.
I read these books when they were first released. I loved how Heather Graham involved you in the lives of this family and their life and death struggles keeping their family and home together during the Civil War and after during the carpetbagger time. Now I need to find my paperback copies so I can re-read them.