Promise Me — Laura DeVries

When Southerner Miranda Cauly Dare finds herself without a family or home at the end of the Civil War, her life of wealth and privilege comes abruptly to a halt. She knows she must travel from Georgia to Colorado to live with her only remaining relative. Armed with nothing more than fierce Southern pride and a deep, abiding hatred for the Union that destroyed her future and her past, Miranda embarks on a westward journey, an adventure from which she will emerge forever changed.


Captain Clayton Sloane began counting his Civil War losses from the day he informed his family that he had accepted a commission to serve in Mr. Lincoln's army. His belief in the Union cause was a philosophy that defied everything he'd been taught as a child growing up on a vast plantation in Virginia.


These two intense personalities come together on the journey westward, along with a collection of children from whom Clayton is responsible. Clayton and Miranda couldn't be any more at odds, from basic life philosophy to which route to take West. Sparks and passion ignite and each is changed--body and soul.