Tom Whitmore's only love was raising and racing horses-until Abby came along. Losing his heart to this filly, as wild and willful as either of his studs, he must tame her or lose himself. Yankee by birth and southern gentleman by residence and trade, Tom understands better than most the political chasm between the north and south long before the War Between the States becomes reality. Following his heart, he enlists in the Northern Cause with the 8th Ohio Volunteers and spends the next three years in a living Hell.Will his love survive? Will he?