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Diane Wylie opens up her newest Civil War book with an intriguing and inspiring heroine. Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Garrett is determined to be as near to her Confederate husband she loved as humanly possible. Shearing off her hair, she disguised herself to join the army as a sharpshooter, but even that sacrifice would not be enough to keep the man she loved alive. Determined his death would be avenged she threw herself into the fight mournfully mindless of the dangers and the intolerable living conditions. She became a shadow of the once vibrant loving wife she’d once been. It wasn’t until the good doctor, Captain Daniel Reid saved her from a vicious assault that she allowed herself the luxury of beginning to feel once more, not only as a human, but more as a woman who had seemingly come alive in Daniel’s arms and was ready to love again. Since her stunning award winning debut novel MY ENEMY, MY LOVE, this author has impressed me with her richly detailed emotional storytelling talent. She has taken the Civil War, thoroughly researched her facts of battles, conditions and written powerfully complex characters interacting in a powerful tableau to engage the readers emotions. With Charlie you are introduced to a marvelous unforgettable heroine, where the author has the reader feeling her abject grief as she holds the lifeless body of her beloved husband, then details her struggle back to living and finding love once more with the wonderfully honorable and stalwart Dr. Reid and the sacrifices they would make to be together. Woven throughout Wylie describes it all including the blood, the gore, and the shameful inhuman treatment that was faced by all in one of the costliest wars of human suffering and death of one of the most horrific times in the history of America. This is a stunning and powerful read that I most highly recommend from an author who displays a rare talent and leaves you wanting more. Marilyn Rondeau – Reviewers International Organization (RIO)
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Secrets and Sacrifices
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Posted August 2006 |
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