The Lieutenant's Promise
by Aileen Fish
Caught in the path of an impending battle between approaching Confederate and Union troops, strong-willed Em Gilmore clashes with handsome Lt. Lucas over keeping her family safe. When her brother joins up with the northern troops fighting to keep Missouri in the Union, Em Gilmore's left with the responsibility of keeping her family safe. Discovering a band of rebels camping nearby, she must get word to her brother and his handsome friend Lieutenant Lucas. Levi Lucas is torn between defending his nation and protecting Em from her foolish notions of invulnerability. Her stubbornness is bound to get her in trouble, and he can't be there to rescue her when he's in battle hundreds of miles away. If he survives whatever campaigns lay ahead, will she be there to welcome him home?