Customer Reviews:
 An ok read from a new writer but not worth the $ or search.. September 27, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the 'story line' synopsis so unearthed this book with high expectations. The plot was creative and held real promise. The good guys, yankee and rebs, were brave, handsome, courageous and likeable hunks. The book begins with a yankee gal bemoaning the fact that her fiance hasn't had time to fit their wedding into his life, although as a yankee officer he's off fighting a war! (a tad shallow!)To boost morale, Robert's commanding officer, brings Amanda to the 'field' so the wedding can take place in front of the troops. No great love is shown between this bride and groom and as the ceremony commences, the little church is attacked...an obvious trap set by a spy known as the spider....and many die including Robert! Our reb col fredericks takes Amanda and robert's sister, rebecca prisoners.( we find out later that it is because one of them was also a primary target of the spider). And Col Fredericks mission is to catch the spider (so he is an undercover spy called the shadow). Amanda and Rebecca must stay with the soldiers and manage to get into war zones and difficult situations. Eventually they also begin to help Daniel find food and medicines for his men. Although amanda manages to cause more problems ,she eventually matures enough to be likeable. My problem with the book is that it seems to leaves things unanswered. It weaves a thought or thread and then that all disappears and reemerges later on as if its something the readers should already know. The publishers also omitted a page and there are grammatical errors which made me crazy...not ruining the story but a distraction. Gen. Ulysse Grant emerges in the books and amanda, who has married to get daniel released from prison, takes on a spy mission of her own.
However you never really know why the bad guy extorted her into the marriage. Threads were left hanging.....even the ending left threads hanging...and parts didn't make sense. Daniel says he knew who the 'spider' was much earlier in the story but if he did why didn't he tell someone?? It was his job to find the spy. duh...I hope that someday the author rewrites this story and is more thorough with it. It could be a keeper with a good re write.
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