The Loyal Heart

Shelley Shepard Gray

Jul 2016 · A Lone Star Hero’s Love Story Book 1 · Sold by Zondervan

About this ebook

Robert came to Galveston to fulfill his promise to a dying confederate soldier and look after his widow. He didn’t expect to find love in the unlikeliest of places.

Robert Truax, former Second Lieutenant and Confederate officer in the Civil War, made a promise to his comrade Phillip Markham. If anything happened to Phillip, Robert would look after his beloved wife, Miranda. She was his life, his world, his everything.

After the war, Robert is left to pick up the pieces and fulfill his pact. When he arrives at Miranda’s home in Galveston, Texas, things are worse than he imagined. Phillip’s name has been dragged through the mud, everyone in town believes him to be a traitor, and his widow is treated as an outcast. Even more disturbing is her emotional well-being. Miranda seems hopeless, lost, and so very alone.

Robert had thought his duty would be simple. He would help Miranda as quickly as possible in order to honor his promise. But the moment Robert laid eyes on her, his plans changed. He’s mesmerized by her beauty and yearns to help her in any way he can.

He makes it his duty to protect Miranda, turn her reputation around, and to find some way to help her smile again. But it doesn’t prove to be an easy task—Robert knows something about Phillip that could shake Miranda to the core and alter her view of the man she thought she knew so well.

• Christian historical romance set just after the Civil War
• Part of the Lone Star Hero’s Love Story Series, but can be read in any order
  • Book 1: A Loyal Heart
  • Book 2: An Uncommon Protector
  • Book 3: Love Held Captive
• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Ratings and reviews

Towards the end of the Civil War, while held in a POW camp, a unit of Confederate soldiers watched their numbers dwindle. Sickness led to death. Capt. Devin and his men made a pact to aid one another and their families. Lt. Markham, who spoke of his wife, Miranda, didn't make it home. Robert was later dispatched to find how she fared. Lies and gossip had Miranda at her wits end. But Robert was the units problem solver; surely he could sort this out... 3 1/2 stars. Book free for honest review.

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About the author

Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail. Find Shelley on her website: ShelleyShepardGray.com; on Facebook: ShelleyShepardGray; Twitter: @ShelleySGray.