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Gettysburg, PA 1863 - Bliss Farm
Melody just wants the war to end. She is all alone on the farm. Her father is dead because of this blasted war, she barely has enough food to feed herself, she hides in the cellar during the day, comes out at night to forage for food, only to discover the enemy has taken almost everything edible. When she is attacked by an enemy solider, she surely feels this is the end for her. She is rescued by Captain Jonathan Peterson. She agrees to let him use the barn for the wounded and dying, he in turn will do his best to protect her.
Captain Jonathan Peterson also wants the war to end. He has seen way too much death. When he happens upon a solider attacking Melody, he does the only thing he can to save her, he kills the man. He is surprised to see someone living on this land. When Melody agrees to let him use her barn for his wounded and dying soldiers, he is grateful.
Melody and Jonathan fall in love. They pledge they will never leave one other. During a battle they are sadly separated forever.
Present Day
Harmony Shelton has always felt time was against her. She wanted her dreams to come true now; she didn’t want to wait until she was grown up.
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When Harmony was in her thirties, she moved to Harrisburg, PA. She meets Esther and Jedidah Bailer, an Amish couple. They become fast friends. She loves the area, she decides to stay. When she comes across a house for sale, she buys it, although it does need some tender loving care. She learns this is the old Bliss farm, where one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war took place. She also learns they have a reenactment of this battle every year. She meets Jon Peterson, a descendent of Melody and Johnny. When her clothes seem to have disappeared and in their place are clothes from the civil war time, she decides this must be part of the reenactment games.
When Harmony and Jon realize they have both gone back in time, they figure out if they can change the past, maybe Melody and Johnny can have a life together, but if they fail, they may be in the past forever themselves.
What a great book! The storylines are fabulous; the characters are charming, witty, and caring. The past does influence the present and the future, one just has to believe.
There are many layers in this book, no disappointments at all.
Reviewed by Patsy Glans
for The Road to Romance
July 15, 2006
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