title: Cut to the Heart: Clara Barton and the Darkness of Love and War
author: Ava Dianne Day
description: In this atmospheric thriller set in 1863 amid the Gullah communities off the South Carolina coast, the author of the delightful Fremont Jones mysteries (The Strange Files of Fremont Jones; Fire and Fog; etc.) has real-life Union nurse Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, playing detective as well as ministering to the sick and wounded. Day has a wonderful ability to evoke the past, here the world of Hilton Head Island with its eerie swamps and Gullah people with their distinctive folk medicine and customs. As the fight for Charleston heats up, Clara is working with the local poor until she again receives the call to go to the battlefield. As ever, she is beset by male, military and doctoral prejudice. In addition, her brother, David, a Union officer, is on hand trying to make a wife and mother of her, totally unable to understand the life of dedication to others that she's chosen to lead. And, unbeknownst to Clara, a sinister surgeon, the demented Dr. Chamberlain, is tracking her every move and awaiting his chance to avenge himself on her for reasons that even he's unclear about. Day tastefully and effectively handles Clara's romantic interest in another real-life figure, Colonel John Elwell, who joins the suicidal assault on the rebel redoubt, Battery Wagner. Although this obvious labor of love doesn't contain much mystery or suspense, Day's fans should relish it, along with readers who appreciate well-researched historical novels. <br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: To the Edge
  By Anna del Mar
  To learn about kink, she had to learn the ropes. Yet she never expected to be so compromised
  she’d need rescuing. And by him. The first man she’d ever loved. The former navy SEAL who’d
  broken her heart.
  Clara’s gone wild.
  Naked. Cuffed. Caged. Is this the sweet senator’s daughter I left behind?
  I didn’t know it was her when I rushed into that room filled with flames, but I’ll never let her go
  again.
  She’s proposed a unique way to thank me. It could bring us both to the edge of ecstasy—or to the
  point of no return.
  Clara wants to submit. To me. Totally. Damn any limits. The very thought of it has brought me back
  from the dead.
  But a stranger is watching from the shadows. He’s made us his fantasy. And he plays rougher than I
  do. Where he’s taking us now is somewhere so dark, and so dangerous, that this time it could be
  inescapable.
  This book is approximately 104,000 words
  Edited by Kerri Buckley
  One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press