At the Fall Line

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fast-paced and engrossing.... Once started this is a book that readers will not want to put down. Historical Novel Society</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In 1869 Virginia three women mourning a little girl turn for comfort to Louis a granite quarry foreman and Union veteran. Louis falls in love with the child's aunt but she is married virtuous - unattainable. Seeking means to wed elsewhere he brings a law suit against a cousin who ruined his father. The suit stirs up dead causes and deadly chicanery while his relations with the mother and sister of the girl child grow dangerously intimate.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rooted in the beloved homeland whose cause he fought against with all his heart Louis yearns for a woman who cannot be his and for a life that war and time have forever undone.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He survived the war to save the nation now he must survive its Reconstruction ... and his own inner war.... An intriguing historical romance set in Reconstruction Virginia. Flawless revelation of that time and place. < five stars > - Ron Andre A Matter of Fancy</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(72 72 72 1)>Tears and applause for a breathtaking work of literary fiction! < five stars ></span></p>