Pretty Boy and the Bugler (Paperback)

"Pretty Boy and the Bugler" places the reader in the hearts and minds of two Victorian women, when America's most sorrowful event destroys their lives. As both are thrust into the cauldron of civil war, one must pursue her destiny, while the other must follow the man she loves.

Samantha (Pretty Boy) is the beautiful, headstrong daughter of a wealthy plantation owner. She was blessed to have matured among the tranquil trappings of Southern gentility. She has her choice of men, but focuses on a life with Matthew, a budding lawyer with promise. In contrast, Georgiana (the Bugler) is self-reliant and hardworking, hailing from a middle-class Pennsylvania farming family. She has acquiesced to her fate as an aging spinster, until she is caught unawares by the advances of the handsome, successful Clay.

Under circumstances unexplored by novelists to this day, Samantha and Georgiana are thrust together under the most stressful of situations--war Like as many as forty thousand of their contemporaries, each must leave the comforts of home to follow their destinies. They defy the law and assume the persona of men to join the army and fight. With little warning and less concern, Fate intervenes to bring these women together in the climactic struggle of their lives