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On a spring day in 1865. Gawain Harper trudges toward his home in Camberland, Mississippi, after serving three years in the Mississippi Infantry. unmoved by the cause that motivated so many others, he had joined up only when the father of his beloved. Morgan Rhea, told him that he would never be allowed to wed Morgan unless he contributed to the war effort. upon his return, he discovers that postwar life is far from what he expected. Morgan has endeed waited for him, but before they can marry there are scores to be settled

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