Amanda Lauer, A World Such as Heaven Intended, and A Life Such as Heaven Intended

The Civil War tore the United States apart and many friendships and families as well. In this story, Amara McKirnan and Nathan Simmons share a devotion to their Catholic faith but their loyalties lie on opposite sides of the conflict. Dedicated to the Confederate cause, Amara offers to help at their uncle's makeshift hospital in Atlanta. Fate brought Nathan to their doorstep and into Amara's life. Little does Amara know that the wounded soldier she cares for harbors a secret that will not only jeopardize his life but hers as well. Paperback. 240 pages.

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Though the Civil War rages around her, Brigid McGinnis has her life planned out. That was, until she stumbles across an unconscious Confederate soldier on her father's property. A blow to the head stole Dominic Warner's memory. The beautiful fraulein who nurses him back to health steals something even more important - his heart. Follow Brigid and Dominic from the battlefields around Atlanta, along slave escape routes, to Little Rock, and eventually to the plains of Eastern Texas, as they learn to trust, forgive, love and surrender to a plan greater than their own. Paperback. 262 pages.

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