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A nation torn in two. Brother against brother. Nowhere does the reality of America's Civil War hit home more than at the plantation called Bel Chance. Set in the western lands of Virginia, the estate is home to a dying patriarch, who leaves behind a family beset by conflicting loyalties and dangerous secrets.
Young Lucinda Chance has seen her brothers go off to fight for both the Union and Confederate armies. But they're all home now to mourn their father's passing and hear the reading of his will. Her inheritance is half of the plantation, shared with her first-born brother Jeff and his wife, when Lucy turns eighteen or is married. Until then, she is under their guardianship—a position that puts Lucy at the center of battle between greed and family honor. To take control over her father's estate and his slaves, she marries the injured Confederate soldier she's sheltering, a distant Chance relative. Her impulsive act leads to unimaginable consequences, as each family member shows their true colors in a storm of deception, desire, and even murder . . .
"Romantic suspense set in the Old South." — Savannah News-Press
"A skillful web of danger." — The News-Sentinel
"Enthralling . . . It will not disappoint you." — The Post and Courier
"Swift-paced and sure to delight." — Library Journal
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About the author
Before Agatha Christie ever published a Miss Marple novel, Eberhart wrote romantic crime fiction with female leads. Eight of her books, including While the Patient Slept and Hasty Wedding (1938), were adapted for film. Elected a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 1971, Eberhart continued publishing roughly a book a year until the 1980s. Her final novel, Three Days for Emeralds, was published in 1988.
