Daughter of the regiment - Stephanie Grace Whitson

As the mistress of her brother's Missouri plantation, Miss Elizabeth Blair has
learned to play her part as the perfect hostess-and to not ask questions about
her brother Walker's business affairs. When Walker's political aspirations lead
him to organize the Wildwood Guard in support of the Confederacy - and to offer
his plantation as the center of operations - Libbie must gracefully manage a house
with officers in residence and soldiers camped on the lawn. But she is truly put
to the test as the war draws ever closer to her doorstep, and she must find a
way to protect the people who depend on her.

Libbie's closest neighbor,
Irish immigrant Maggie Malone, wants no part of the war either. She's content to
let 'the Americans' settle their differences-until her brothers join Missouri's
Irish Brigade, and one of their names shows up on a list of injured soldiers.
Desperate for news, Maggie sets off for Boonville, where the Federal army is
camped. There she quickly captures the attention of Sergeant John Coulter, who
grows to admire her skill and dedication. When circumstances force Maggie to
remain with the brigade, she discovers that there's a lot a good woman can do to
help the men she has come to think of as 'her boys.' She doesn't see herself as
the kind of woman a man would court, but John Coulter is determined to convince
her otherwise.