George Pettigrew and his papa must leave the California rancho they'd lived on since his birth. They end up in New York City, where Papa marries and George gets a new beloved mama. George also meets Frank and Bart who become fast friends, and in Bart's case, even more.<br><br>The start of the Civil War leaves George the man of the family, but although he’s found a job, it’s difficult to pay the ever-increasing rent. Then Papa dies at Appomattox and Mama falls ill.<br><br>After Mama dies, her father takes George’s siblings. When George learns his younger sister is being abused, he rescues the three children. But will dressing his sisters as boys and himself as a woman be enough of a disguise to keep them safe until they can reach the valley he’s dreamed of? Will Bart leave behind his own family and go with the man he loves?

Home Before Sundown

The angle of the bullet concerned him, though. Tom had been shot from behind—from the Union lines. Friendly fire had killed him. It happened, more than either side liked to admit. Hadn’t the Rebel general, Stonewall Jackson, been shot by one of his own men?


No one had stepped forward to admit to firing the shot. Tom was a well-liked officer, and the shooter probably realized the men would tear him to pieces.


But no matter which way you looked at it, Tom was dead, and Steve had to deliver that news—and Tom’s body—to his family.


Once Steve arrived in Manhattan, he rented a wagon, had the plain wooden coffin loaded onto it, and asked for directions to Chelsea—he’d lived in Brooklyn after he’d graduated from West Point and was more familiar with that city.


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