Civil War Brides - Sweet Edition

Is love timeless? Does only one true love exist for each person? Can the course of history be changed in order to save a future generation? Hannah Nelson, a native New Zealander, has been accepted to DePaul University in Chicago. She had been living in Portland, Oregon for several years, and is relieved to be away from the questions surrounding the sudden disappearance of her close friend, Emma. While at her dance studio, housed in an historic building in downtown Chicago, she is drawn to a painting of a handsome man from 1865, and as she looks into his emerald green eyes, her world goes black. Christopher Butler is in Lincoln's War Cabinet and working with his close friend, Clayton Madden to keep the President safe. Upon returning from Lincoln's historic Gettysburg Address, he hears a strange noise in his barn, and enters to find a beautiful woman unconscious on the straw strewn floor. He realizes quickly she is the key to his sanity and he will never let her go. As Hannah navigates her new world and comes to terms with the fact she has been transported back in time, will she allow Christopher to love her? Will she find answers about what happened to Emma in her own circumstances, and will she find out if her presence in the past will help the state of the future?

***This is the SWEET version of the Rebel Bride, edited to be suitable for a younger audience*** Victoria Carrington is a small town southern debutante who is accepted into college in Chicago. Her roommate goes missing, and Victoria's family is convinced she is in danger. Alone and somewhat irritated by the FBI's forced protection, she throws herself into her passion, photography. Her photography studio is housed in an historic building. While she is there one afternoon, she is led to a room that does not appear to have been touched in 100 years. She finds an old hand tinted Ambrotype of a soldier buried in a stack of paintings. As she is staring at his face, her world begins to spin. Quincy Butler is trapped in a hell he could never have imagined. Fighting yet another battle in The War Between the States, he is shocked to encounter a woman on the field. When she begins to speak to him, he realizes she is southern, and assumes she is the enemy. His intention to apprehend and take her to his superiors is cut short however, when he is shot and wounded. As Victoria tends to Quincy's injuries, will she be able to convince him to trust her? When she is kidnapped by a mad man, will Quincy save her before she is lost to him forever?

Rayne Green, is a major recording star and on tour to promote her latest album. Sharp-tongued and unapologetic, Rayne doesn't make friends easily and trusts only one person...her best friend, Shaye. After a concert in Chicago, an old friend from high school lures her to an abandoned building under false pretenses. She's not prepared for what he does next, and in her attempt to escape, her world goes black. Samuel Powell is the head of an exclusive prison, housing the worst of the worst in the country's treasonous realm. A night with friends is cut short when the sheriff summons him to the local jail. Sam finds a woman, drugged and scantily-clad, causing a general ruckus. His heart is lost the moment he meets her, but her refusal to tell him who she is and where she's from raise questions Sam cannot fully comprehend the answers to. Once the truth is revealed, will he be able to convince her to stay? Will she be willing to give up the old life she knows for the new love she has found?

***This is the SWEET version of the Bride Pursued, edited to be suitable for a younger audience*** Shaye Montgomery is the tour manager for her childhood friend and major recording artist, Rayne Green. Rayne disappears on the night of a sold-out concert in Chicago, leaving Shaye to pick up the pieces while trying to figure out what happened to her friend. Shaye flies from Seattle to Chicago in an effort to investigate Rayne's disappearance, and finds herself transported back in time and trapped in a tiny cabin with a badly beaten man. Laughing Crow is a talented tracker who, while on the way to join his friends in Harrisburg for Thanksgiving, is attacked by a group of men and left for dead. He finds himself being tended to by a beautiful and mysterious woman who captures his heart and turns his life upside down. Despite his love for Shaye, Laughing Crow must keep her at a distance, in a misguided effort to protect her from society. Heartbroken, Shaye chooses to leave, changing the course of their lives forever. Will the man known for finding the unfindable be successful in his pursuit of the woman he loves?

Jessica Battaglia, an RN at Harrisburg Hospital, is drugged and framed for her grandfather's murder. While in the interrogation room at the police station, she finds herself transported to a remote area where she meets a mysterious stranger. Inexplicably drawn to the gorgeous young man, she's pulled into an adventure she could have never imagined. Travis Wade is a deserter, but presumed dead in the Union Army. He's being hunted by unknown assailants and in his journey to get to safety, he comes upon a beautiful woman who turns his world upside down. Falling in love with her was not the plan and she is not what he expected, but he cannot resist her, even though she refuses his offer of marriage. When she disappears, will he be able to find her? Will she finally trust him enough to give him her heart?