Hannah is living on a ranch in Texas that her father acquired by helping the Confederacy. The previous owners apparently left the ranch to travel north and fight for the Union. When word comes that Hannah's grandmother is very ill, Hannah's father travels to see to either her recovery or her burial. When times passes and he is missing, Hannah begins to wonder what she will do. Her father's business partner, who is almost as old as her father, insists that she needs to leave the ranch and bring her two young siblings to town and marry him.
Will never wanted to be in the war in the first place, and now that his father and his brother have been killed, Will is happy to return to the home he loves. Unfortunately, he finds Hannah and her family living there claiming that it's her land. He refuses to give up that easily but vows that he won't throw them out in the streets if he gets possession back. While he waits to hear what will happen, he'll stay on at the ranch and help out. He ends up being more of a help to Hannah and her siblings than she ever thought possible.
The main problem with these two is their opposite sides of the war. In the battle at Vicksburg, Hannah lost her grandfather and her brother. When the business partner reveals to her that Will was at Vicksburg, Hannah tries to pull away, but Will has proven himself over and over to be a good and honorable man. Eventually, they are both going to have to make peace with the demons of the past and move forward.
I really enjoyed this book and wanted to jump for joy when the story was resolved at the end of the book. Book 2 is called Touching the Sky. Book 3, which came out in September, is called Taming the Wind. I recognized one of the character names in book 3, but other than that, it seems that this might just be my kind of trilogy. I am tracking the rest of the series and hope to get the opportunity to read them. Good book!
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