When Hope Sank: April 27, 1865 (Day to Remember 3) by Denise Weimer

 

 

The Civil War has taken everything from Lily Livingston—her parents, her twin brother, her home. Now she works at her uncle’s inn and keeps her head down. Speaking up for her beliefs proved too costly in a part of Arkansas split by conflicting loyalties and overrun by spies and bushwhackers.
 
Emaciated in body but resilient in spirit, Lieutenant Cade Palmer is crowded onto the Sultana with other paroled Andersonville and Cahaba POWs for the journey north. But a fiery explosion on April 27, 1886, rends the steamer and empties two thousand men into the frigid Mississippi River.
 
Recovering from wounds that might end his career as a surgeon but clinging to his faith, Cade threatens both Lily’s defenses and her heart. How can she tell him she might’ve prevented the tragedy if only she’d reported a suspected saboteur’s claims? And when the man returns to town and encoded messages pass through the hotel, will Lily follow her convictions to prevent another tragedy?

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About The Author

North Georgia native Denise Weimer has authored a dozen traditionally published novels and a number of novellas—historical and contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and time slip. Former managing editor for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas’ two historical imprints, she serves as Acquisitions & Editing Liaison for Wild Heart Books and as a freelance editor, helping other authors reach their publishing dreams. A wife and mother of two daughters, Denise always pauses for coffee, chocolate, and old houses.

My Review

This story starts out with hope, yes, the War that divided our country is finally over, and the horrible Andersonville Prision is closed. The prisoners finally tasting freedom, going home, but? This is where we remember the voyage of the Steamboat Sultana, and the worst maritime disaster in United States history.

The author puts faces on some of the survivors, and those that help them. Is the war still going on? There are some survivors, and we are with the as some as they try to recover, but there is danger! There are spies, and whom can you trust?

This is also a Christian read, and I loved how it unfolded, yes a page turner!

Be sure to read the author's notes, a lot of research, and yet are there really answers?

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Barbour, and was not required to give a positive review.