Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

 

 

 

I hope you’re all enjoying food, family and fun today.

 

Hi, everyone! Catherine Castle here, with a Thanksgiving treat in the form of a new book for you to enjoy. If you like Civil War romance, you won’t want to miss Sandra Merville Hart’s most recent book, A Musket in My Hands.

 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in a man’s army during a time when women weren’t allowed to go to war? How would you hide your gender? How could you live side by side men in rough conditions? How long could you keep up the charade? Author Sandra Merville Hart pursues the answers to this question in her newest Civil War Romance book, A Musket in My Hands.

A Musket in My Hand is the third book in Sandra’s Civil War Romance Series. I’ve read them all, and this book, like the others, doesn’t disappoint. Sandra has a gentle style that is easy to read. I got caught up in the story and finished the book in two sittings. The book is filled interesting historical information seamlessly woven into the story. The frontline battle scenes are exciting but not graphic. There was also an unexpected twist at the end of the story that I did not see coming. As a writer, I look for red herrings, foreshadowing and other plot devices, so it’s not easy to surprise me. When that happens it’s great fun for me.

 

 

A Musket in My Hands

By Sandra Merville Hart

Callie Jennings reels from her pa's demand that she marry his friend, a man older than him. Her heart belongs to her soldier hero, Zach. Pa won't change his mind, and Callie has nowhere else to go. Then her sister, Louisa, proposes a shocking alternative.

Zach Pearson still hears his pa's scornful word — quitter. He's determined to make something of himself as a soldier. He'll serve the Confederacy until they win the war. If they win the war.

Callie and Louisa disguise themselves as soldiers and muster into the Confederate army in the fall of 1864. Times are tough and getting tougher for their Confederacy. For Callie, shooting anyone, especially former countrymen, is out of the question — until truth and love and honor come together on the battlefield.

 

If you love Civil War history and sweet romance with an inspirational element, don’t miss A Musket in My Hands. It’s a quick, yet engrossing, read suitable for adults and young adults.

 

If you haven’t read them, be sure to check out the other stand-alone books in this series:

A Stranger on My Land and

                                          A Rebel in My House

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Week's Giveaway: 

Christmas Charity (ebook) by Susan G. Mathis

Susan Hawkins and Patrick O’Neill find that an arranged marriage is much harder than they think, especially when they emigrate from Wolfe Island, Canada, to Cape Vincent, New York, in 1864, just a week after they marry—with Patrick’s nine-year-old daughter, Lizzy, in tow. Can twenty-three-year-old Susan Hawkins learn to love her forty-nine-year-old husband and find charity for her angry stepdaughter?
Check it out on Amazon

Be sure to leave comments throughout the week to get your name in the drawing. Giveaway ends December 2nd. Winner will be announced in the December 3rd edition of the Weekly Windup.

Multi-award-winning author Catherine Castle loves writing, reading, traveling, singing, theatre, and quilting. She’s a passionate gardener whose garden won a “Best Hillside Garden” award from the local gardening club. She writes sweet and inspirational romances and both of her books have won awards. You can find her award-winning books The Nun and the Narc and  A Groom for Mama on Amazon