Love, Loyalty, and Betrayal in War-Torn Missouri.On a hot August day in 1864, a vicious gang of bushwhackers arrives at the farm of Will and Jake Tanner. Their Ma is abused, their brothers are threatened, their home is burned to the ground. Will and Jake are dragged off in ropes, forced to fight for the South. Rescued by Yankee Cavalry, they escape with their lives and return home.Will wants nothing more than to live again the peaceful life he once had and pursue the girl he has come to love. Jake, headstrong and impulsive, lusts for revenge and sneaks away to join the Yankee Army. Will comes to realize that the only way to protect all that he holds dear is to follow Jake and help put an end to bushwhacking in Missouri.When their regiment clashes with the same band of marauders that burned their farm, the war becomes personal. Will's family and his new sweetheart are singled out for vengeance, and their very lives are in danger. Will now faces an impossible choice: duty to his regiment or duty to his family. Whatever his choice, death could come from a bushwhacker's bullet or a Yankee firing squad.Can Will and Jake save the family and survive the coming fight? Can the family survive the revelation of long-held, deep-dark family secrets? Can their world ever be the same?
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