A Reprise for Christmas
(2024)(A book in the Confederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides series)
A Novella by Lynn Donovan
A woman desperate to escape the chaos imposed upon her by a crazed second cousin. A man longing for a woman who can appreciate his special talents.
Tainted by what she endured during the Civil War, Cèdez Kalstone never wants to repeat that part of her life. A talented pianist, she is determined to tour the country and play for audiences as a spinster and avoid men altogether. But her Confederate cousin-turned-Union solider, has other plans to force her into marriage with him at the end of the reconstruction era. A proxy marriage seems to be her only escape. Imagine her surprise when she learns her husband is a Union sympathizer. Is there a chance for the reprise she is desperate to find? Or will this proxy marriage be worse than the chaos she escaped?
Genre: Inspirational
Tainted by what she endured during the Civil War, Cèdez Kalstone never wants to repeat that part of her life. A talented pianist, she is determined to tour the country and play for audiences as a spinster and avoid men altogether. But her Confederate cousin-turned-Union solider, has other plans to force her into marriage with him at the end of the reconstruction era. A proxy marriage seems to be her only escape. Imagine her surprise when she learns her husband is a Union sympathizer. Is there a chance for the reprise she is desperate to find? Or will this proxy marriage be worse than the chaos she escaped?
Genre: Inspirational