In a small village on the outskirts of a war-torn country, there lived a young girl named Aisha. She was just twelve years old, but she had already seen more tragedy and despair than most people experience in a lifetime. The war had torn apart her village, destroying homes and families and leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. Aisha had lost both her parents and her two younger sisters in a bombing raid, and she had been forced to flee her home with nothing but the clothes on her back. Aisha had no one left in the world except her grandmother, who had taken her in and cared for her as best she could. But life was hard, and every day was a struggle for survival. One day, Aisha heard a rumor that a group of armed men had come to the village, taking young girls and women away to sell them as slaves. Aisha was terrified - she knew that she and her grandmother were in danger. But she was also brave. She knew that she had to act fast to save herself and her grandmother. She ...
It was the summer of 1863, and the Civil War was raging across the United States. For Emma, a young woman living in a small town in Virginia, the war had brought nothing but heartache. Her father and brothers had all gone off to fight for the Confederacy, leaving her alone with her mother to worry and wait. Emma spent her days nursing wounded soldiers and praying for the war to end. It was during one of these days that she met him - a Union soldier, badly wounded and barely clinging to life. Emma knew that helping him could put her own safety at risk, but she couldn't leave him to die. She nursed him back to health in secret, tending to his wounds and listening to his stories of the war. As the days passed, Emma found herself falling for the soldier, despite everything that separated them. She knew that their love was forbidden, that it could lead to disaster if anyone found out. But as the war raged on, Emma and the soldier found themselves drawn together by a bond that was strong...