Bound by duty and honor to wear the Union blue, a Southern-born West Point officer fights his own desires and the need to protect the woman he abandoned, he disobeys his orders to find her, as the Army of the Potomac marches toward her family’s home near Richmond. She has the guts and willpower to protect her home from the hated Yankee aggressors, but when that traitor to the South appears at her door, she’s torn between wanting to shoot him and to be held in his arms again. Can she forgive him for their past indiscretion or does she turn him in to be executed, a traitor to both sides? In the summer of 1862, her family’s plantation becomes the personal battle ground between them as deceit, betrayal and passion ignite the flames of love and hate that burn brighter than the roar of the guns and rivers of blood surrounding them.

Confederate Major Charles Silvers has had enough war. After two years of fighting, his view of a glorious Southern victory over the North has lost its luster and been replaced by a burning desire to return home to Virginia and life as it used to be, before the war. When he meets Sarah Lawrence during the siege on Vicksburg, Mississippi, he is convinced the blond-haired beauty could fill the void in his life—but what he does not know is that this Southern belle isn’t what she appears to be… Tortured by memories of the night in 1860 when masked bushwackers torched her Mississippi home and killed her father, Sarah escaped the South. Now, however, she’s back and seeking revenge. As one of the best spies in the Union Army, she’s in a unique position to get her wish. For her, a Confederate Major, even a devastatingly handsome one, is just the tool to obtain the information the Union needs—even at the cost of her heart.

There was one thing about the War of Rebellion they could both understand: At least on the battlefield, the enemy is clear. Thanks to his father's political machinations, grieving widower Colonel Pierce Duval wants nothing more than to leave his family home in New York and return to his Union command in Tennessee. A chance and harrowing encounter with a true-blue Southern belle stirs emotions in him he thought long buried. When her safety is at stake, how can he not help her? Cerisa Fontaine ran away from her wealthy Louisiana home, hoping to form a new life where no one would know her family's awful secret. But her controversial marriage and southern drawl make her a pariah in New York. Her situation becomes downright perilous when her husband is killed in battle and Cerisa is left alone and penniless, forced to seek employment at the only establishment that will accept her: a brothel. When the handsome colonel offers her a way out, she's compelled to accept despite his Yankee roots. Each for self-serving reasons of their own, Pierce and Cerisa embark on a journey south to Tennessee, posing as a married couple. But even as their secrets stand between them, their passion wages its own war against their better judgment. All too soon, they must make a life altering choice: remain loyal to their cause, or give in to their heart's desire.

Louisiana, 1863. Francois Fontaine hasn’t thought much about the combat raging in the East. Excused from the conflict to run the family plantation, he’s comfortable and content. But when the woman he loves marries his brother, he runs from his pain into the Confederate Army… and winds up seriously injured at the Battle of Mine Run. Virginia. Dr. Ada Lorrance is furious the Union forces don’t allow female physicians. Driven to enlist as a nurse if she wants to join the fight to liberate the slaves, she finds opportunities to treat soldiers when the surgeons are overwhelmed. And that brings her straight into contact with a loathsome rebel whose foot she saves from amputation. Falling for the mysterious caregiver who preserved his leg, Francois attempts to woo her despite her abolitionist notions. And while Ada finds herself strangely attracted to the charming slaver, she’s determined to teach him the error of his ways. While bloodshed rages around them, can these two opposites negotiate a peace that could lead to forever? The Better Angels is the fourth standalone novel in the absorbing Hearts Touched by Fire historical romance series. If you like complex stories, vivid characters, and love against all odds, then you’ll adore Gina Danna’s compelling tale.

1856: A free Black lady from Louisiana, a New York abolitionist running for the Senate. Their love is forbidden, yet it could change the country.During the unrest of pre-civil war America, a wealthy plantation owner sends his beloved, educated, biracial daughter to New York in an effort to keep her safe from the growing intolerance of his wife. But Jaquita Fontaine soon discovers that a woman of color, free or not, is not exactly welcome up north. All alone, feeling abandoned, Jaquita struggles to live as a “free” woman while facing prejudices that prevent her from doing something as simple as buying food. When a handsome abolitionist comes to her aid, Jaquita is grateful, but as she begins to lose her heart to her charming knight-in-shining-armor, she realizes their affair could put her in even more danger.New York attorney Thomas McHenry III comes from a staunch abolitionist family, but plans to do more than attend meetings and send donations. He’s campaigning for a Senate seat so he can push the end of slavery through Congress. All is going well until he falls for the lovely Mulatto he meets by chance. Jaquita’s intelligence and beauty rivals that of any of the ‘acceptable’ young ladies of his acquaintance, but the color of her skin could destroy his chances at the ballot box.As the country heads towards Civil War, Jaquita and Thomas must determine if their growing love and desire for each other can withstand the social bias of others, or will it ultimately crumble beneath the injustices of the time? Authentic Storm is the 5th standalone novella in the enticing Hearts Touched by Fire historical romance series. If you like complex stories, vivid characters and love against all odds, then you’ll adore Gina Danna’s compelling tale! Buy Authentic Storm to enjoy the journey today!