Destiny's Shadow

February, 1861--The country is on the verge of war. Violence increases on settlements along the Kansas-Missouri border when Kansas is admitted to the Union as free state. Alexandra Stratford's family are victims of one such raid. But she knows it isn't the work of Missouri bushwhackers, and she sets out to find a mercenary to help her avenge them. She is led to Logan Drake. He isn't interested in helping her--until he learns who it is she is going after. She begins to think he has an...
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February, 1861--The country is on the verge of war. Violence increases on settlements along the Kansas-Missouri border when Kansas is admitted to the Union as free state. Alexandra Stratford's family are victims of one such raid. But she knows it isn't the work of Missouri bushwhackers, and she sets out to find a mercenary to help her avenge them. She is led to Logan Drake. He isn't interested in helping her--until he learns who it is she is going after. She begins to think he has an agenda of his own and is using her to achieve it. He thinks she isn't telling him everything. Both has their secrets, but hers may get him killed. War breaks out, and their harrowing journey takes them from the evils of a Missouri plantation to the a spy ring in the Nation's Capital. Over the course of events, secrets are revealed and a love develops between Alexandra and Logan, but will it withstand the trial of trust and the heartbreak of the Civil War?