Colors of Truth: 2 (Carnton)

In a town battered and bruised by war one woman embarks upon an impossible search-and one man must face the past in the very place that almost destroyed him.Tennessee 1866. According to the last letter Irish immigrant Catriona OToole received from her twin brother Ryan he was being dispatched to Franklin Tennessee where-as a conscripted Confederate soldier-he likely endured the bloody Battle of Franklin that claimed the lives of thousands. Catriona leaves behind the lush green of their Irish homeland in search of him with nothing to her name except the sum of cash Ryan sent to the family. Now the sole provider for her seven-year-old spitfire sister Nora Catriona hopes to reunite the siblings-the only surviving members of their devastated family. Wade Cunningham is a former Federal soldier who now works for the newly formed United States Secret Service and is trying to uncover counterfeiting rings in the postwar South. In order to infiltrate their sophisticated enterprise he must pose as a former Confederate in Franklin-a town where counterfeit greenbacks run rampant. When Wade meets Catriona he is immediately intrigued by her and the little redheaded scamp in her care-but what he doesnt anticipate is that the cash in Catrionas possession is some of the most convincing counterfeit money hes ever seen. Soon the object of Wades affection is also the suspect in a major crime-one hes expected to prosecute.With rich historical detail and multifaceted prose USA TODAY bestselling author Tamera Alexander tells a riveting tale of truth betrayal and unlikely romance that unveils the many shades of Gods perfect redemption.