The American Civil War, when brothers fought against brothers; in The Lady and the Officer 
That is the situation wherein our heroine Madeline Howard was in. A Northerner by birth and also philosophy, she was forced to take refuge with her Southerner family during the Civil War.
And though she saw and experienced the devastation north of the Mason-Dixie line, she was surprised to see that the South did not fare much better, making her question what the war was all about.
Then add the fact that she had two suitors – one is a Union soldier and the other is a Confederate soldier, Madeline Howard was confused both in her heart and in her mind.
The Lady and the Officer
The book is Rated PG 13 due to war violence. There are no sex scenes in this book.
Bestselling author Mary Ellis (A Widow’s Hope) presents The Lady and the Officer, Book 2 of her new Civil War historical romance series, which tells the stories of brave women and the men who love them.
Serving for a brief time as a nurse after the devastating battle of Gettysburg, Madeline Howard saves the life of Elliot Haywood, a colonel in the Confederate Home Guard. But even though Maddy makes her home in the South, her heart and political sympathies belong to General James Downing, a soldier from the North.
However, Colonel Haywood has never forgotten the beautiful nurse, and when he unexpectedly meets her again in Richmond, he is determined to win her. But while rubbing elbows with army officers and cavalry generals and war department officials in her aunt and uncle’s palatial home, Maddy overhears plans for a Confederate attack in northern Virginia. She knows passing along this information may save the life of her beloved James, but at what cost? Can she really betray the trust of her family and friends?
Maddy’s heart is pulled between wanting to be loyal to those who care for her and wanting to help the man she believes is on the right side of the conflict. Two men love her. Will her faith in God show her the way to a bright future, or will her choices bring a devastation of their own?
