Prelude to Magic

Ruby Elliott had the perfect life. Her husband, the rich and famous Illusionist, took her with him around the world. What woman of 1889 could ask for more? It was a woman�s place to stand beside her husband, right? Then a chance encounter with an old woman and a cursed relic gives her husband REAL magic and sends their life spinning out of control. Find out how the magic begins. Master of disguise, Adam Skelding, is a Pinkerton agent on assignment. His mission: Find the missing gold and stop the secretive Knights of the Golden Circle before they gain power. The future of the country depends upon it. All Marilla Logan wanted was a way to escape from her life as a tavern wench. A dark stranger who breaks into her room offers her only chance. Swept up into a life of intrigue, she becomes ensnared in a tangled web of clues, danger, and emotion to break the code. --Provided by publisher Civil War Romance

Charlie is a crack sharpshooter for the Twenty-Fifth Virginia infantry. But Charlie has secrets.big secrets that could lead to heartbreak or even death. The slowly starving South, lack of medical supplies, and desperate runaway slaves motivate her and surgeon, Captain Daniel Reid, to take risks beyond their wildest imaginations.

How could they possibly know that their paths would cross during the worst time in their lives and where that path would lead?

Charlie, a sharpshooter with the Twenty-Fifth Virginia infantry, has secrets that could lead to heartbreak, or even death. When her path crosses with that of surgeon Captain Daniel Reid, the slowly starving South, lack of medical supplies, and desperate runaway slaves lead them both to take risks beyond their wildest imaginations