As Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee lead their opposing armies into battle, the War Between the States divides a nation and its people forever. And a man and a woman - enemies and lovers who can neither trust nor resist each other - seek their destiny in the shadow of passion, treachery and betrayal. The proprietress of a gentlemen's social club in Richmond, Laura Adams lives a dangerous double life as a Union spy. Code-named Vixen, she can use her feminine wiles to charm her way through a rebel blockade, deliver a ciphered message to General Grant, or dance away an evening with coded missives stashed in her curls. Her courage is ably matched by her she can ride, shoot and fight. And she will not rest until she has played her part in bringing an end to the bloody conflict that has cost so much heartache and sorrow. Yet her greatest threat will come not from the violence of war, but from Lieutenant Jayce Storm, an heroic Confederate soldier whose tender caress proves his most powerful and irresistible weapon.
Author
The legendary Janelle Taylor was born on June 28, 1944 in Athens, GA. In 1965, she married Michael Taylor with whom she had two children, Angela Taylor-MacIntyre and Alisha Taylor Thurmond. Ms. Taylor attended the Medical College of Georgia from 1977 to 1979 and Augusta State University from 1980-1981. She withdrew from the latter after she sold her first two novels. Today, she is the author of thirty-nine novels, three novellas, and many contributions to other collections. There are thirty-nine million copies of her works in print worldwide and she has made The New York Times Bestseller List eight times. Ms. Taylor's works have also been featured ten times on the "1 million +" bestseller's list at Publisher's Weekly. Some of Ms. Taylor's most recent books include By Candlelight, Someday Soon, Lakota Dawn, and Lakota Winds (due out in paperback in May 1999). She has also made contributions to other books including The Leukemia Society Cookbook, Christmas Rendezvous, and Summer Love. In addition, readers can see her as co-host of the QVC/TV Romance Book Club Show. Ms. Taylor's interests include collecting spoons, coins from around the world, ship models, dolls, and old books. She loves to fish, ride horses, play chess, target-shoot, travel (especially in her motorhome and out West), hunt for Indian relics, and take long walks with her husband. Reading, in particular books set before 1900 and current Biographies, Thrillers, Horror, or Fantasy novels, is also one of Ms. Taylor's favorite activities. She is also extremely active with charity work and was even featured on the cover of Diabetes Forecast in February of 1998. She lives in the country on seventy-nine acres of woods and pasture with a lake and a catfish pond. She writes her novels in a Spanish cottage which overlooks a five-acre lake, a working water mill, gazebo, and covered bridge.
