A Heart That Dares by Jill Limber

From the publisher's website..."Amanda Giles honors a deathbed promise to her brother and gets swept up into adventure and daring during the War Between the States.
Amanda Giles, an unconventional and free-spirited young artist, has to fulfill a deathbed promise to her brother before she can take up her life as a Bohemian in New York. She finds herself swept up in the perilous life of an undercover espionage agent for the Army of the North with handsome young Army Captain. Daniel McGrath. Daniel knows his preoccupation with the woman posing as his wife puts them both in grave danger, but he finds Amanda has no intention of abandoning their mission. As the danger increases, Daniel's most vital objective is to secure a future for himself and the woman he loves."

As big as The Civil War was for our country, I truly believe that it is best told in "little" stories. By that, I mean... the stories of the people who lived through it... not the history lessons that we all learn in school.

A Heart That Dares is a great novel that takes a piece of the "big" and tells the "little" so fluidly. It is adventure story filled with characters, settings and plot points that morphs into a love story while keeping its integrity as a historical novel.

That said... there really is something for everyone in A Heart That Dares. I think, though, my favorite part was the relationship between Amanda and Daniel. It grew naturally... and I was excited to watch it grow through the story.

This novel, A Heart That Dares, is my first by Jill Limber. It is, definitely, a wonderful introduction to an author who has not only written a beautiful "little" love story but a historical novel that tells the "big" story of a terrible time for our nation.

~~Thanks to Dorothy at http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/ for a PDF copy of A Heart That Dares by Jill Limber in exchange for my review.~~