Noble Cause
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Last published Thu, Nov 21, 2013
Gallantry and chivalry are put to the test when Colonel Alexander Hunter discovers the woman he promised his dying brother he would protect is the Union spy he has vowed to his men he would destroy. A novel of the American Civil War.
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