Yankee Girl Soldier

A landscape torn by war. A family shattered by violence. Two sisters fight for survival in the shadow of the War Between the States. Florida Panhandle, 1863. The Civil War rages all around, but for fifteen-year-old Rachel and her older sister, Nolie, the true terror strikes right at home. After bushwhackers murder their parents, the girls are left isolated and vulnerable on their family farm. But the nightmare is just beginning. When a flamboyant mercenary and his deadly band of faux-Zouave raiders arrive at their doorstep, Rachel attempts to defend her beloved stallion, Blackie—only to be shot, kidnapped, and swept away into the lawless hill country of Alabama. Desperate to save her sister, Nolie remains at home to nurse a critically wounded, amnesiac soldier hidden beneath her floorboards, all while navigating the dangerous, tightening noose of suspicious neighbors and local Confederate forces. Meanwhile, Robert, the brave young half-Cherokee neighbor who has long held a piece of Rachel's heart, sets out on a perilous, single-handed tracking mission through enemy territory to bring her home. Forced to disguise herself as a boy soldier to survive, Rachel is thrust directly into the brutal reality of the Union's First Alabama Cavalry.As lines blur between friend and foe, both sisters must find ultimate strength in their faith, their loyalty, and the enduring power of love.Yankee Girl Soldier is a gripping, historically rich epic of the American Civil War—a heart-pounding tale of survival, rescue, and the unexpected families we forge in the ashes of ruin.