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The Quicksilver Pool
Phyllis A. Whitney
A Civil War bride uncovers dark secrets her new husband will do anything to keep buried.
Description
She fled the heartbreak of a war-torn South only to become caught up in a startling web of intrigue and mystery. When Lora marries Union soldier Wade Tyler she learns of his past, and as she moves closer to the heart of the mystery she finds herself on the edge of a shattering truth that someone will do anything to keep hidden forever.
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