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Reader fitYou like historically rooted romances with espionage stakes and moral tension.
Set during the American Civil War, the novel focuses on a freedwoman who takes a dangerous undercover role within a Confederate household to gather intelligence, while a man posing as a Confederate soldier is secretly working the same network for Union purposes. Their overlapping deceptions create personal and political stakes as attraction grows amid surveillance, risk, and divided loyalties.
A restrained, intimate tone produces a constant low hum of danger: small domestic details (rooms, chores, coded conversations) are the workbench for the book's spycraft and emotional pressure. Dialogue and tight focal scenes keep attention close to the two leads, so the narrative rewards readers who prefer character interiority and slow-building trust over blowout action. The romance develops through constrained moments - glances, withheld facts, and the logistics of spying - which makes emotional payoff quiet but earned. Caveat: readers seeking high-octane battlefield action or broad historical panoramas may find the focus narrow and interior.
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Alyssa Cole is an American author of historical, science fiction, mystery, thriller and contemporary romance novels. Her stories include diverse casts of characters with a variety of professions, from Civil War spies to modern day epidemiologists. Her romance works to explore both straight and gay relationships.
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