Sunday, March 11, 2018

LOVING THE ENEMY by Anne Conley



Title:  LOVING THE ENEMY
Series:  Book B!tches Companion Novella #1
Author:  Anne Conley
Publish Date:   01.10.2017
Publisher:  Anne Conley
Category /Genre:  Historical Romance (U.S. Civil War)
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from:  Anne Conley (as a gifted ARC)
Goodreads link: Loving the Enemy
Date completed: 01.06.2017

Description from the publisher:
The year is 1865 and The Civil War is officially over, but tensions are still high as everyone tries to get back to normal. Emily Evans and her mama, Rachel, are waiting for their men to come home. They’ve spent the last two years doing whatever it takes to hold on to their Texas farm, so when a passel of Union soldiers makes their way through on their way back to the North, the women find a possible solution to keeping their land out of the bank’s hands.

The last battle of the war, a fruitless skirmish at Palmito Ranch, was Isaack Ward’s last chance for a death of honor. When he survives the futile conflict the North lost, he and his men can only begin the long journey home. The last thing he expects is to fall ill and wake up to a loving gaze and halo of golden curls.

Recuperating on a farm somewhere in east Texas, Isaack realizes he has nothing to go home to and only love and comfort where he is. Emily’s sunshiny demeanor and caring outlook provide visions of a future he hadn’t thought he deserved.

When Emily receives word her future husband isn’t coming home, she allows herself to acknowledge the emotions evoked by the quiet soldier with the dangerous eyes. Can she learn to love the enemy?
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LOVING THE ENEMY is the first companion book in the Book B!tches series. This story is entwined with POWER OF LOVE, the first in the series.

Emily was an integral part in Linc and Vanessa’s story.  She was the ghost that helped Vanessa to follow her heart.  This is the story of Emily and her love, Isaak, a Yankee soldier!

I loved this story and the tug of loyalty versus heart.  Is it being disloyal to love a Yankee? 

I do like historical fiction, especially when there is a kernel of true history woven into the fabric of the tale so that I just might learn something without being bored to tears… or is that frustrated to tears by trying to remember those dates?  Either way, I loved it!

I thought it was great fun to get insight into who Emily was before she was a ghost.  I hope there will be more companion books with some of the other ghosts and their life stories.

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

The Pierce Securities series:
1.         Craze
2.         Wire
3.         Click
4.         Grab
4.5  Redemption for Misty
5.         Murmur
6.         Bond
7.         Seek
8.         Hitch
Also from Anne Conley:
·            Best Laid Plans of Boys and Men
·            Fated to Mate (Paranormal Dating Agency)
·            The Fixer Upper
·            Mae Day
The Book Bitches series:
1.      Power of Love
2.      Master of Love
The Book Bitches companions:
1.      Loving the Enemy
The Four Winds series:
1.         Falling for Heaven
2.         Falling for Grace
3.         Falling for Hope
4.         Falling for Faith
5.         Falling for Cyn
Stories of Serendipity Series:
1.         Neighborly Complications
2.         Dream On
3.         Chef's Delight
4.         Hot Mess
5.         Falling for Him
6.         Gambling on Love
7.         My Mistake
8.         Wrecked
9.         Saving Charlie
Moonrising Series (with KS Haigwood):
1.         Accepting the Moon
2.         Midnight Moonrising
3.         Andromeda’s Reign

 










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