A Christmas Promise — Aileen Fish

Can a single kiss change the course of her heart?

Caught in the path of an impending battle between approaching Confederate and Union troops, strong-willed Poppy Greenleaf clashes with handsome Lieutenant Lupient over keeping her family safe. A simple experimental kiss distracts her from what she needs to do.

When her brother joins up with the northern troops fighting to keep Missouri in the Union, Poppy's left with the responsibility of keeping her family safe. Discovering a band of rebels camping nearby, she must get word to her brother and Lieutenant Lupient.

One kiss is not enough

Batt Lupient is torn between defending his nation and protecting Poppy from her foolish notions of invulnerability. Her stubbornness is bound to get her in trouble, and he can't be there to rescue her when he's in battle hundreds of miles away. If he survives whatever campaigns lay ahead, will she be there to welcome him home?