And One Rode West: A Novel

The war is over. Brothers, Jesse and Daniel have returned home to Cameron Hall to join their wives, children, and their only sister Christa who has kept the house standing while they fought in the war on opposite sides. She was to have wed during the war herself but her love didn't show up. She later learn he died on the battle field. Now the yankees are wanting to burn Cameron Hall down while Jesse, Daniel and their families are gone away, taking care of business, with Christa left. It is going to take a signature from a Cameron relative who is a Union supporter to save the home, and there is only 24 hrs to do it. Christa is a die-hard rebel and hates all yankees, excluding her brother Jesse. And there is only one solution as far as Christa is concerned- marry Union Colonel Jeremy McCautley, who just arrived to tell his sister Callie (Daniel's wife, Christa's sister-in-law) good-bye before he heads out west for duty. Marry and then get an annulment, that's Christa's solution. But Jeremy has other plans. Furious that Christa can make vows and then throw them away so easily, Jeremy decides to make her take them seriously. You should see the looks of everyone's faces when Jesse, Daniel, and wives come home to find Jeremy and Christa in bed together the day after their wedding (knowing how much they can't stand each other and NOT knowing nothing happened in bed). Christa is now married and finds herself packing to head out west to join her new husband, while leaving her beloved home behind. And she fights it all the way. HG does a great job of carrying all three books out from the beginning of the Civil War to the Restoration afterwards. I also appreciated her carrying the family members along so the reader really gets a sense of how their stories (Jesse, Kiernan, Daniel, and Callie) are going. The bond that the reader experiences with this family is great. I do highly recommend that the reader begin with ONE WORE BLUE and then AND ONE WORE GRAY to get the complete picture- but each book is good about bringing the reader up on what has taken place, without boring those that have read them in sequence. Well, I hated to see it end. But I have purchased them and plan on reading them again in the future, they are just that WONDERFUL!!!

I first found Graham's work in One Wore Blue and I loved it. This is the best of the series of three.

All of Ms. Graham's books regarding the Civil War are WONDERFUL and I would rate them 5 stars each. This includes ONE WORE BLUE, ONE WORE GRAY, AND ONE RODE WEST and the series of books about the McKenzie's. I have lost so much sleep reading her books but they are well worth it. Wish someone would make a mini-series for TV based on her books. Being a Civil War "nut" I particularly commend her on her facts about the battles and authenticity of historical facts. Please write some more so I can lose some more sleep!!

Heather managed to pick up where 'One Wore Gray' left off and moved the Camerons' sister out West with a marriage of convenience between Christa and Jeremy. Jeremy is strong, determined but considerate and unusually caring, while Christa's defiant 'die hard' confederate attitude constantly clashes with Jeremy's ability to 'forgive and live' attitude toward the aftermath of the Civil War. If you enjoy reading about the Civil War and the American West, then you'll enjoy reading 'One Rode West'

Read One wore Grey and then One Wore Blue had to read this one to find out what happened to their little sister and boy was I not disappointed. The caracters are firm and believable, the story great. You can lose tract of time and it dosn't frustrate you. Pick up all three of this series and you will not regret it.