J.D.R.
Hawkins is an award-winning author who has written for newspapers, magazines,
newsletters, e-zines, and blogs. She is one of a few female Civil War authors,
uniquely describing the front lines from a Confederate perspective. Her
"Renegade Series" includes "A Beautiful Glittering Lie,"
winner of the 2013 John Esten Cooke Fiction Award and the 2012 B.R.A.G.
Medallion. The sequel, "A Beckoning Hellfire," is also an award winner.
Both books tell the story of a family from north Alabama who experience
immeasurable pain when their lives are dramatically changed by the war. Ms.
Hawkins is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the
International Women's Writing Guild, the Mississippi Writers Guild, Rocky
Mountain Fiction Writers, and Pikes Peak Writers. She is also an artist and a
singer/songwriter. She recently completed a nonfiction book about the War
Between the States, as well as two more sequels for her "Renegade
Series." Learn more about her at http://jdrhawkins.com.
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After David Summers enlists with the
Confederate cavalry, his delusion of chivalry is soon crushed when he witnesses
the horrors of battle. Shot by a Union picket, he winds up at a stranger’s
farm. Four girls compassionately nurse him back to health. David learns his
comrades have deserted him in Pennsylvania following the Battle of Gettysburg,
but his dilemma becomes much worse. He falls in love with the older sister,
Anna, who entices him with a proposition. To his dismay, he must make a
decision. Should he stay and help Anna with her underhanded plan, or return to
the army and risk capture?
Snippet:
Anna
ascended the staircase to the bedroom at the top of the steps and cautiously
opened the door. The hinges squeaked to remind her she needed to oil them. She
walked toward the bed. The smell of death permeated the air. It was the same
odor that had lingered in that room only a few short months ago. Her heart
ached with the recollection of how she had tried so desperately to nurse her father
back to health, but all her efforts had failed. Hopefully, they wouldn’t be in
vain this time. Holding back tears, she prayed for the soldier’s survival, even
though his existence could very well endanger herself and everyone around her.
She didn’t want to have to bury him secretly out in the fields and have to live
with that memory haunting her for the rest of her life. Nor did she desire
writing home to his family to inform them of their son’s demise. Dread swept
over her as she gazed down upon the young man’s face. Shuddering, she drew a
heavy sigh and prepared herself for the worst.
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