Cobalt Skies

Samuel Hickman volunteered to fight for his country and talked his younger brother into joining him. He'd ridden off for honor and glory. The realities of war, however, forever changed Hick and convinced him that there was no returning home.Susannah Piper lost everyone she loved in the war, her Confederate father and brothers, and even her Yankee husband. Left with only her thick Georgia drawl and a contrary mule, her sights are set on the state of Oregon-as far from the battlefields...
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Samuel Hickman volunteered to fight for his country and talked his younger brother into joining him. He'd ridden off for honor and glory. The realities of war, however, forever changed Hick and convinced him that there was no returning home.Susannah Piper lost everyone she loved in the war, her Confederate father and brothers, and even her Yankee husband. Left with only her thick Georgia drawl and a contrary mule, her sights are set on the state of Oregon-as far from the battlefields and prejudices as she can get.Drifting from job to job, keeping to himself, and avoiding people as much as possible, Hick is startled when his camp is invaded one night by a woman on a mule. A very handsome woman in trouble. Sometimes a man can't turn away.The tall man was an enigma, and not one Susannah had the time nor desire to puzzle out. She needed to make it to St. Joseph if she was to join a wagon train heading west. But she couldn't make it alone, and she couldn't afford the cost of the railroad? so Mr. Hickman was her ticket.