Dearest Enemy — Stephanie Bartlett

Despite her hatred for the Confederates who had left her alone with a rundown Oregon farm and a young son to raise, widow Victoria Pruitt finds herself attracted to former Rebel Stephen Beaumont, a man with his own tragic past.

Victoria Pruitt was raised to be a Boston lady ... not to walk behind a plow. But the Civil War had left her with a young son to raise, a homestead claim to a ramshackle Oregon farm, and an abiding hatred of the Confederates who had left her husband critically wounded.

The rugged stranger coming up the lane was about to change all that. A handsome, decent man who could help her plant her crops, Stephen Beaumont was the answer to Victoria's prayers ... except for one thing: his tattered uniform was Rebel gray.

Finding a Yankee on his land wasn't the homecoming Stephen expected. Yet from the moment he and this proud, defiant woman clashed, he felt the irresistible stirring of desire. In spite of the tragic past, a bright future beckoned -- if only Stephen and Victoria dared to forgive ... and to listen to their hearts.