Ivy is a dark-haired beauty gifted with strength and kindness.
Raised in the hills of Virginia, she's ushered farther south to the mountains of North Carolina to escape the ravages of war-leaving behind Seth, her fianc who is willing to give his life's blood for the Union cause.
This sets up a series of life-impacting decisions when she meets Joseph, a strong-spirited farm boy, who joins the Southern cause, earning the name Blue-Eyed Demon for his courage in the Confederate Cavalry.
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