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Title of Book: True Colors
Author: Erin Rainwater
ISBN 13: 0741430746
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Publication Date: May 2006
Reviewer: April Gardner

BACK COVER:
Cassie Golden feels called to leave her safe but lonely Pennsylvania farm to tend the Union wounded in Alexandria, Virginia. Love and conspiratorial intrigue enter her life there, both arriving in the form of an intelligence officer, Major Michael Byron. When duty sends him away, Cassie becomes unwittingly enmeshed in a mosaic of espionage, kidnapping, imprisonment and murder. Their unanticipated reunion only creates a chasm between them as sweeping as the one dividing the nation. Only the truth can bridge such a chasm. And truth is in short supply.

REVIEWER'S COMMENTS:
If you’re ever in the mood for a novel set during the Civil War, let me recommend True Colors. There are no epic battle scenes, but through Cassie Golden, you’ll learn what life was like for the men after the conflict, when they put down their rifles and fight infection from their wounds instead of men.

An Army nurse during the Vietnam War, Ms. Rainwater peppers her novel with her experience treating wounds. It’s quite fascinating, and of course, she uses the terminology and limited science known in the 1860’s, the later of which was quite scary, by the way. She uses a good balance of detail, leaving just enough for the imagination to do its gory work.

Cassie and Major Byron’s relationship is rocky at best for most of the book. There were times, when I wondered why she didn’t dump him. Then, I would remember, oh yeah, she can’t. I pitied her for her dilemma. I mean, what kind of relationship possibilities are there when there’s no trust? It does have a happy ending, and Ms. Rainwater does an excellent job of redeeming the Major of his faults. The story develops well and the ending was not in the least predictable.

I love to learn as I read, and True Colors did not let me down. The plot was fast-paced and intriguing and held my attention.