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The Dixie Widow (The House of Winslow #9)

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This story is an exciting book to read, one that I believe both men and women will enjoy.
The story is not predictable and has two very interesting story lines that ultimately join together.
The book also shows how hate can destroy ones life and that forgiveness can set all involved free. The story also shows the importance of faith in God.

This was one of my favorite House of Winslow books. I've loved all 23 of them, but this one I found very exciting and interesting. You get a chance to look into the mind of a female spy during the Civil War and the insides of a prison and hospital. Davis and Belle take you on many an adventure as they search out God and each other. You'll see how bitterness can affect you and how God's love can change all that for good! Enjoy your reading!

A spy novel about a confederate widow who was very bitter because her husband was slain and felt guilty being a spy. Morris is a master at describing the girl's feelings. If you want a good historical civil war, this is it!

I have read a handful of Gibert Morris' books and I am not impressed with his writing. He may "meticulously" research for historical facts and dates, but apparently not facts for everyday life and vernacular within an era. Would a 19th century person say "look at that sucker go !" really ?? In the midst of the civil war, food became scarce in some parts, yet the characters always stop at a restaurant for a "delicious" meal. In another book set in the pre-revolutionary war days , a young lady arrives at her destination, discovers she is invited to a fancy dinner party. She has nothing suitable so she goes to a shop and BUYS a dress for the party ! Really !? off the rack clothes in colonial times ?? Another howler, Mr Little is in prison--next page he is Mr Small, but becomes Mr Little again on another page. Mr Morris is not a talented writer---he churns these books out like an assembly line. These are not books I would want to read over and over again. If you want something to while away time while recuperating from surgery or illness or are stuck somewhere in a blizzard---this may keep you occupied. If you want a well written book with characters you really care about and are interesting, this is not it.

Belle Wickham, Sky and Rebekah Winslow's oldest daughter, is widowed during the Civil War. She becomes known as the Dixie Widow because she says she is not going to get remarried while the country is still at war.

She is soon confronted by someone and is asked to become a spy for the Confederacy. They want her to go north and spend some time living with her distant relative, Captain Whitfield Winslow in Washington D.C. She is able to relay secrets back to the South but at what risk to herself?

When tragedy strikes his family Davis Winslow decides to join the Civil War on the Union side, even though his family doesn't want him too. What will the upcoming battles hold for Davis? Will he make it through the war?

This book is better than the previous book, The Last Confederate. It was an interesting take on a female in the Winslow line. Gilbert Morris tends to focus on women that the Winslow men are going to marry but this book actually focuses on one of the women in the actually line. I liked it till the end.