Beloved Enemy

HOW COULD SHE FALL IN LOVE WITH A YANKEE?

Julia Chandler was a true daughter of the Confederacy, believing any man who wore Union blue was no man at all. But the magic of a costume ball transformed her, and she looked beyond his mask and saw in the eyes of Major Robert Montgomery the mirror of her very soul!

Major Rob Montgomery had good reason to hate Southerners. Hadn't Rebel gunfire shattered his dreams along with his hand? And yet he yearned for even a moonlit glimpse of Miss Julia, a sheltered Virginia belle, forbidden him by war and politics, but destined for him by heart's true love!

About the author

Mary Schaller earned her bachelor's degree from the University of San Diego. She is the prize-winning author of four plays for Dramatic Publishing Company as well as eight Tudor-era historical romances for Harlequin. Mary is a fifth-generation descendant of William Johnson, who fought with the 6th Kentucky Regiment, a part of the famous Orphan Brigade. Between 1994-1996, Mary collected over one-hundred-and-thirty oral interviews of women whose veteran fathers actually fought in the Confederate Army. Inspired by their stories, Mary wrote PAPA WAS A BOY IN GRAY that was published by Thomas Publications in 2001. The United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded Mary their highest honour, the Jefferson Davis Gold Medal, for her research and historical writing. In 2002, the Library of Virginia nominated PAPA as one of the year's best non-fiction books. Mary lives with her husband, Marty, in northern Virginia–literally on top of the site of a Federal army encampment that was the scene of General J. E. B. Stuart's Burke Station Raid in December 1862. She occasionally digs up old bullets in her garden. Mary would love to hear from her readers. Please write her at: P. O. Box 10703, Burke, VA 22009-0703.