Scarlet Leaves — Sonya Birmingham

Falling in love with a mysterious stranger despite her belief that he is a Yankee spy, Silky Shanahan takes the man prisoner and fears that her feelings for him will force her to betray her people.

From the moment Silky Shanahan spotted the buck-naked stranger in old man Johnson's pond, she was smitten. Yet despite her yearning the fiery rebel suspected the handsome devil was a Yankee who needed capturing. Since every able-bodied man in the Smoky Mountains was off fighting the glorious War For Southern Independence, the buckskin-clad beauty would have to take the good-looking rascal prisoner herself, and she'd be a ring-tailed polecat if she'd let him escape..But even with her trusty rifle aimed at the enemy soldier, Silky feared she was in danger of betraying her country-and losing her heart to the one man she should never love.