Songs of the Night — Joni Green

Your husband has abandoned you. Will this stranger make you whole or destroy you?

A historical romance set in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia in the days leading up to the Civil War, Songs of the Night: A Novel is a romantic story of passion and surrender. Swept off her feet by Bachelor Hawes, Belle settles down to married life and a family, only to have her mother's love tested by tragedy. Love hurts when Bachelor heeds the call to war. Abandoned and struggling to keep her family alive, Belle is at her wits end, until a stranger arrives. Porcher Riley seems to be the answer to her prayers. But is he?

Songs of the Night: A Novel is a romantic love story full of twists and turns as two lost souls struggle to find true love and embark upon a romance of their own.

Passion, betrayal, and honor. But can Belle's heart survive the cruel blows of Life?

• Historical fiction.


• The Civil War.


• Forbidden love.


• Courage.

Q & A with the Author

Q - Why did you decide to write Songs of the Night?

A - I wanted to show a woman's strong character, how she bends under Life's troubles but never breaks. Though small in stature, Belle is as resistant to the fierce winds of Life's changes as the willow tree. I grew up in the South. Contrary to what so many believe, most people who lived here during the years leading up to the Civil War were not large plantation owners. Instead, the majority were poor dirt farmers scratching out a hand-to-mouth existence. Those farmers, if they owned any slaves at all, owned only one or two. Slavery was such an evil during this era of history. I wanted to put faces on some of the great costs in human lives and suffering that it caused so many, no matter the color of their skin.

Songs of the Night ebook categories

- Literature & Fiction

- Historical Fiction

- Genre Fiction

- Romance

From the Author