This great read, WIDOW, SPY, & LOVER written by Eden Carson starts off in the deep south. The year is 1864 and the Civil War is coming to an end. Morgan Edgeworth is a young woman who learned to make black powder from her now deceased husband. This black powder is in high demand for mixing into high explosives. Both thugs and soldiers who want nothing more then to win this war and go home to their families or to travel to the West to start a new life are all looking to find Morgan and learn more about this black powder.
Liam Griffin leaves his home country of Ireland and comes to America to watch his brothers back in the Civil War, they both are fighting for the North. Griffin is searching for a woman, not just any woman, but one who holds information he needs as soon as possible. He finds this beautiful woman, Morgan serving whiskey to thugs and deserters from the war in the deep South. His eyes never leave this beauty of a women and he wonders if she has anything to do with the black powder making it's way up Mississippi to target the North. Griffin saves this beauty from a deadly situation in exchange for information. Morgan surprises many with her learned skills on the uses of the black powder, but most of all surprises Liam when she saves many Northern Soldiers from a terrible train wreck. As Liam and Morgan work together, they fall in love and are both swept up by love, lust and adventure!
As the war comes to an end, both Liam and Morgan travel out West to start a new life together. Liam is given an excellent job in a new town, so before things get out of hand, Liam either lives or dies trying to make this town grow into a safe place for many to settle, especially for himelf and Morgan. These are very tough times, building on the American dream and many succeed, many fail and some perish, but most of all Morgan continues to shock all the men with her great skills and knowledge in the usage of black powder!
I loved WIDOW, SPY, & LOVER it's a page turner, and I could not put it down! Great characters, romance, laughs, surprises and lust! A recommend read! Enjoy!
The year is 1864. The place β the Deep South. Thereβs
typhoid in the town, soldiers at the door, and a dead
husband in the springhouse. When gun smugglers come
calling, Morgan Edgeworth has only one thing to barter β a
deadly knowledge of bomb-making no woman should have.
To escape a violent past and protect his brother, Liam
Griffin crosses an ocean to America -- only to step off the
boat into the middle of a deadly war. The Irishman is
forced to join the North - as scout, tactician, and the gun
guarding his brotherβs back.
When Griffin steps into the Bleu Pig Tavern, heβs looking
for information. What he finds is a woman β An elegant
southern lady serving whiskey to thieves and deserters.
Sheβs beautiful, well-spoken, and entirely out-of-place in a
rowdy tavern. As she circles the room, pausing only for
hurried conversations with men in Confederate uniforms,
Griffin is forced to look beyond his interest in Morgan as a
woman. Could she know something about the black powder
making its way up the Mississippi?
When Griffin rescues Morgan from a dangerous situation, he
offers his protection in exchange for information. Can she
survive on her own, or should she trust the charming
Irishman to keep his word?
Widow, Spy, & Lover is an action-packed romance that begins
during the Civil War in Union-occupied Louisiana, and ends
on the Texas frontier.
Itβs about fresh starts. Love and Redemption. And the
meaning of family. Thereβs adventure, humor, romance, and
passion.
Widow, Spy, & Lover placed second in the Laurie Award
contest sponsored by the Smoky Mountain Chapter of RWA.
Eden Carson also won second place in the Silken Sands
Readers' Choice contest sponsored by the Gulf Coast Chapter
of RWA and was a Quarterfinalist in the ABNA Romance
Category for 2012 for her first novel, Untamed Journey.
EXCERPT
βYou shouldnβt do that,β she said, short of breath.
βKiss you?β he asked. βI thought weβd settled my rights back on the train.
Should we negotiate more explicitly?β
βNo, thatβs not necessary. I didnβt mean all kissing. Just not in full view of
everyone. People were watching and cheering.β
βIt was a chaste enough kiss, as far as kisses go. But if youβd prefer closed
doors, here we are. Letβs have a proper tour.β
He opened the door for her and ushered her inside, before she could change her
mind.
βIt has a bit of charm,β Griffin offered, picking up a broken chair off the
floor.
βThereβs a hole in the roof.β
βThereβs a view of the moon.β
βItβs cold and thereβs no stove.β
βYou have me now,β he reminded her, hugging her from behind. βIβll keep you
warm.β
βYouβre right,β she said, stepping away and tossing a wicked smile over her
shoulder at him. She bent down, giving him a most distracting view. When she
stood upright, she turned and handed him a hammer, its handle broken off.
βWatch you donβt fall off the roof and kill yourself,β she said.
He smiled into her sparkling green eyes, certain he could make her fall in love
with the place. And him. βYouβd surely miss me,β he warned.
βWith a gaping hole in my roof, and no one to warm me, I surely would.β
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