Half the Battle — Lynn Christopher

They were at war. Braving the war-ravaged countryside to return to her Missouri home, Lila found her house occupied by Confederate soldiers under the command of Captain Sander McCormack. The brooding officer was not the murderous savage she'd expected, but he was a Revel who would take everything she owned, including her heart. The war had claimed too much from Sander, including the life of the only girl he had ever loved. Lila was a haunting mirror of her beauty, but Sander quickly discovered the spirited young woman was much more. And as the world they knew crumbled around them, Sander and Lila surrendered to a passion that crossed all battle lines.