A Historical Civil War Romance Inspired by The Life of My Husband's Grandfather

 

Torn Between Two Lovers:

A Civil War Romance

by 

Louise Hathaway

My historical romance novel entitled “Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance” is loosely inspired by the story of my husband’s great-grandfather who fought in the Civil War and barely survived after the steamboat he was on exploded from a boiler accident on board. The accident was the worst maritime accident in US History. Thousands died in the accident. The steamboat was called The Sultana. My husband’s great-grandfather was thrown off the steamboat into the Mississippi River. As luck would have it, he landed on a coil of rope that was floating on the river. After he came home from the war, he became a doctor and had several descendants, including my husband’s grandmother.

In my novel, “Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance,” my husband’s grandmother inspired my main female character. I took some artistic liberties with her story in my novel.

My novel is about a young woman who lives near Memphis and has just lost her husband in the war.  When the story opens, she is so distraught that she tries to drown herself in the Mississippi River. She almost succeeds but is stopped in her tracks when she sees a man lying on a coil of rope that is floating in the river.

He is barely conscious, and she takes him home and tries to help him survive and ultimately ends up saving his life.

His condition worsens and she takes him to the hospital. While he’s recovering, he almost dies in the hospital, and she ends up falling in love with his good-looking and wealthy young doctor.

She loves both men equally. Which man will she choose to marry?

Find out in “Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance” by Louise Hathaway.

Are you interested in reading it? If so, it’s available as an eBook and also as a paperback on Amazon.

To purchase the eBook for $2.99, here is the link:

https://amzn.to/3HcpzIm

To purchase the Paperback for $4.54, here is the link:

https://amzn.to/3Qbl8ln

For those of you who don’t know, I write under the pen name “Louise Hathaway”.

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