Love Me Forever: A Civil War Time Travel Romance

She wore gray. He wore blue. But their love defied the boundaries of war. And time. When Liberty Jordan travels back to Antietam in 1862 during a Civil War re-enactment, one stolen kiss with Union officer Major Flynt Stephens makes her wonder if she wasn't sent here for a reason. But Flynt is engaged to Pauletta Sue Buckingham, Liberty's mirror image and a Confederate spy who lost her husband. The war heats up when Pauletta Sue saves Liberty from rotting in a Yankee prison. Her price? Pretend to be her so she can fight for the cause. Can Liberty pull off the charade and find love with Flynt? But even if she does, would their love be able to stand the test of time?

I discovered early on I inherited the gift of the gab from my large Irish family when I penned a story about a princess who ran away to Paris with her pet turtle Lulu. I was twelve. I grew up listening to their wild, outlandish tales and it was those early years of storytelling that led to my love of history and traveling. I enjoy writing to classical music with a hot cup of java by my side. I adore dark chocolate truffles, vintage anything, the smell of bread baking, and rainy days in museums. Q. Where did the idea for this book come from? A. We hear so much about how the Civil War was a conflict about brother against brother. What about the women of the North and South? Sister against sister? My story is about two women with very different beliefs who learn to accept each other for who they are. Q. What draws you to this genre? A. I’ve always loved walking through history-from Pompeii to Verdun to Old Paris. The voices of the past speak to me through carriages with cracked leather seats, stiff ivory-colored crinolines, and worn satin slippers. I’ve always wondered what it was like to walk in those slippers when they were new.