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Learning to Love the Other Side

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1861 adventure civilwar confederate conflict fiction hardship historical james josie kidlit learning love nurse perspective rebs romance slavery slowburn soldier teenfiction thesouth union war yankees

James Goldby is on the wrong side of the Civil War. Born into a long line of Georgia farmers, he's never lived without slaves. He enlists in the Confederate militia because everyone else tells him it's the right thing to do. But is it?

Josephine "Josie" Sherman is daughter to a well off, honest, and kind merchant. Unable to join the war as a soldier, she signs up as a volunteer Union nurse to serve her country as best she can. With a deep-seated hatred for "rebs," she wonders how God could ever be merciful to such men.

James and Josie meet when James is left hurt, hungry, and helpless in enemy territory. When the lines between grey and blue are stripped away, will they be able to find common ground? Or will a battlefield forever stretch between them?


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Sometimes you observe persons of all different walks of life settle down ultimately in the form of marriage. There would be good times and bad no matter what you do, but sometimes there are persons that get married and are just not happy for whatever reasons. Some individuals rather play the field before actually deciding if to leave their spouse or not, others just stop caring and play the field nevertheless. Then there's James. James falls in the first category of playing the field before making a decision. It's not like he doesn't love his wife, but upon speculation-James doesn't have the patience to deal with the mediocrity of his wife's arguments. Without actually being serious about flirting-since it's part of his personality, James finds interest in his boss Josie. Josie's marriage is somewhat a mystery to the firm and she does her best to keep it that way, but with the persistence of James-who knows a thing or two about women, breaks the wall Josie founded to keep herself a mystery and a hard to get type of individual. Would James decide to leave his wife-given the opportunity with Josie? Would Josie finally riveal her marital issues to James? Would they even make it to dating-given the fact that James and Josie are both married? Some things are better found out for yourselves and the only way to do so is by reading! Hope you enjoy! XOXOXO Grimreaper-vj 2020 Vision Warning: Contains some adult situations and detailed experiences. Some adult language inappropriate for children. [#2 in heating Jan 2020] [#1 in heating Feb 2020]

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