Review: A Rebel Heart by Beth White

About The Book:

Five years after the final shot was fired in the War Between the States, Selah Daughtry can barely manage to keep herself, her two younger sisters, and their spinster cousin fed and clothed. With their family's Mississippi plantation swamped by debt and the Big House falling down around them, the only option seems to be giving up their ancestral land. Pinkerton agent and former Union cavalryman Levi Riggins is investigating a series of robberies and sabotage linked to the impoverished Daughtry plantation. Posing as a hotel management agent for the railroad, he tells Selah he'll help her save her home, but only if it is converted into a hotel. With Selah otherwise engaged with renovations, Levi moves onto the property to "supervise" while he actually attends to his real assignment right under her nose. Selah isn't sure she entirely trusts the handsome Yankee, but she'd do almost anything to save her home. What she never expected to encounter was his assault on her heart.

My Thoughts:

A Rebel Heart certainly starts out with a bang, hooking you from the prologue. You're instantly swept up in Selah and Levi's story. The plot line was really good, it was a different take on a Civil War story then I've seen before. The history and detail in the story showed a lot of research which was really nice. The mystery was good, though not very intense.

It was one of those slow stories where not a lot happened but just enough to keep you going. The spiritual content was frequent, it was nice to see them both grow spiritually. The romance was light.

It was a sweet story filled with new beginnings and second chances. I can't wait to see what the other books in this series will have in store.