num_pages: 258
description: As the Civil War rages between the states a courageous pair of spies plunge fearlessly into a maelstrom of ignorance deceit and danger combining their unique skills to alter the course of history and break the chains of the past . . . Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South--to spy for the Union Army. Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton's Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling but he's facing his deadliest mission yet--risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia.Two undercover agents who share a common cause--and an undeniable attraction--Malcolm and Elle join forces when they discover a plot that could turn the tide of the war in the Confederacy's favor. Caught in a tightening web of wartime intrigue and fighting a fiery and forbidden love Malcolm and Elle must make their boldest move to preserve the Union at any cost--even if it means losing each other...
language: English
title: An Extraordinary Union
publisher: Kensington