When the Splendor Falls

by Laurie McBain

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The epic New York Times bestselling Civil War era romance by Laurie McBain IN A WORLD BENT ON KEEPING THEM APART, CAN TWO LOST SOULS FIND LOVE? Virginia, 1860. For Leigh Alexandra Travers, life at her family's Virginia plantation is a paradise of summer picnics and sweet tea. The daughter of a wealthy Southern horse breeder, Leigh has no interest in the outside world. Until she meets Neil Braedon... Young and beautiful, Leigh catches the sharp eye of Neil Braedon, raised to manhood by show more Comanches, not by the Braedons of Royal Bay Manor. Their stolen kiss inflames a life-altering passion. As war storms across the divided land, Leigh's family fights to preserve their fading Southern heritage, even as Neil joins the Union army. Against all odds, in tumultuous times, can Leigh and Neil forge a new future in the untamed West? show less

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Canonical title
When the Splendor Falls
Original publication date
1985
People/Characters
Neil Braedon; Leigh Alexandra Travers
Important places
Virginia, USA; New Mexico, USA
Important events
1860s

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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