Creighton's Crossroads

Why would wealthy Philip Creighton leave his bride of only seven months to join the Union army at the outset of the Civil War--with the hope of being killed?

That is the question at the heart of Creightons Crossroads, Betty Larosas novel of love, war, betrayal and retribution. Creightons Crossroads is the first book in a four-part family saga.

Philip Creighton, jarred from the privileged existence hes always known, is forced to re-assess his view of life after sharing war-time experiences with a cross-section of soldiers from different states. These experiences take him from fashionable soirees to the bloody trenches of , but his emotional journey is even longer and more difficult.

Larosa, who lives in , near the heart of Civil War country, with her husband Gene, felt inspired to write about the human wreckage left in the wake of that war. During her research, she visited many of the battlefields and all the locations mentioned in the four books.