Torn between the man she loves, and the man who loves her....

Cordia has always been strong-willed, but she knows her family expects her to accept the hand of her childhood friend, Jaris, in marriage. As the conflict continues to escalate, Cordia hopes it will last long enough for her to find a way to free herself without breaking her friend’s heart.

On the eve of war, Cordia meets a mysterious newcomer. There’s just something about Will that she finds both intriguing and dangerous. She makes a plan to write to him. Perhaps by the time the war is over, Will’s feelings for Cordia will have blossomed into love.

But by the time war begins to wind its way through Missouri, one of these men will be dead, and Cordia will find herself betrothed to a man she loathes. Will she have the courage to follow her heart, or will she do as she is told and acquiesce to a loveless marriage to a heartless traitor?

Bonus story Cordia's Hope!

Forbidden love on the frontier....
Hope is content staying in her hometown of Lamar, Missouri, focusing on her life as a schoolteacher instead of finding love. But when she hears the truth about her parents' romance during the Civil War, how her mother Cordia set out to find her father Will after a deadly battle, Hope is determined to have that sort of adventure as well.

Accepting a teaching position in a frontier town in Texas isn't quite what she was expecting--there are no marauders or gunslingers--but there is one man with a shady past, and when the entire town tells her to stay away from Judah Lawless, Hope finds herself drawn to him.

Is Judah dangerous, or will Hope finally find the romance she's been looking for?


Cordia's Will: A Civil War Story of Love and Loss

Happily Ever After

May 16, 1861
Dear Jaris,
I hope this letter finds you well. I decided to wait a few days before writing to you because I wasn’t sure how long it would take for you to meet up with your unit and get settled. And, until today, I really couldn’t bear to think that you were gone. The town has changed in...

Letters

Cordia

War is Coming

Jaris's Proposition

Not Saying No

A Sound in the Night

Fleeing Home

A Celebration

Unexpected Guests

Haunted

Announcements

Remembering

Rain

Introductions

Glimpse

Soaked

Plea

Send Off

Beckoned

Kiss

Drawing

Camp

Drill

Carthage

Waiting

Raids

Wilson's Creek

Sweltering

Night

Nothing

Dream

Going

Dark

Horror

Body

Alive

Conversation

Declaration

Message

Correspondence

Mistake

Funeral

Ghost

Interloper

Dinner

Nurse

Friends

Cellar

Rendezvous

Suspicion

Accusations

Carey

Better

Shiloh

Discussion

Intentions

Vicksburg

Engaged

Whirlwind

Obedience 

Devistation

Guidance

Slip

Shock

Quarrel

Confrontation

Truth

Forgiveness

Intruder

Flee

Revenge

Explanations

Official

Evidence

Married

New Life

Quantrill

Hurry

Evil Plans

Jules

Family

Goodbye

Trouble

Defense

Fire

Over

School Teacher

Ride Home

Discovering the Truth

Lola

Will

Adams Farm

Jaris and Julia

More of the Past

Wanting the Wild West

Marriage of Convenience

Grandma Jane's Recollections

Opportunity Arises