The Civil War has ended and Laura wants peace in Corpus Christi, Texas. Brandon comes upon a scene where Laura is arguing with his troops, urging them not to pursue the men who had approached her so they won't get hurt. She believes there has been enough blood shed. Brandon misinterprets the situation as a Southern girl railing against his troops and thinks to put her in her place. He soon finds out he was wrong.
Brandon and Laura are attracted to one another, but he is on a mission to find out more about the man engaged to Laura's sister. The man is suspected of trying to start the war back up and murdering defenseless troops. Brandon wants to court Laura, but he fears she will think he's only interested in her for her connection to her brother in law. So he holds on to his secret and tries to figure out what the man is up to.
I felt like this book started out pretty slow. I didn't understand how the relationship between Laura and Brandon grew since they had little interaction in the early parts of the book. Laura's sister also has to deal with domestic abuse. If you don't like reading about that, you might want to skip this one. Once I got about 40% in, it started to pick up the pace and became a real page-turner.
All in all, I feel like it was a good read, just a little slow. I didn't see any connections to the first book, so it can easily be read by itself. I just wish there had been less of her teaching people to read and more interaction between Brandon and Laura. Good Book!
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