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by Betty Larosa, local author from
Bridgeport WV. Why would wealthy Philip Creighton leave his bride of only seven months to join the Union
Army at the outset of the Civil War– with the hope of being killed? This is the unsettling question at the
heart of the new historical novel in which love, war, betrayal and retribution collide as a tragic romance fights
for survival. Phillip has fallen in love with Samantha Ryder. But his manipulative mother, Ursula,
disapproves because Samantha is too sophisticated, too smart– and of the wrong religion. In her place,
Ursula chooses Elizabeth Stockton, a ruthless beauty who married Philip solely for his money. Philip is
devastated, and when he later discovers the truth about why Samantha left him, he watches and waits. Philip
is wounded during a series of battles around Richmond. With his men worn down from endless fighting and
meager rations, Philip decides to rest the company at a plantation outside Petersburg called Howard Hill.
But he has no idea of the calamity that awaits him there. Hardback, 185 pages. (7950CCBL).  Softback,
185 pgs.(7950CCBL)