The Confederates’ Physician
by Alison Blasdell

When she is captured by the Confederacy, she’s given a choice: treat the Confederate wounded and be branded a traitor by her own people, or refuse and be among the hundreds buried in a common grave on the battlefield.

The year is 1863, and the United States is entering the third year of the Civil War. Young Samantha Carter, recently educated as a physician in Paris, defies her father, disguises herself as a boy, and runs away to enlist in the Union Medical Corps. On her way there, she is captured by a Confederate patrol. When the commanding officer, Major Ethan Winters-Hunt, discovers that the Yankee “boy” is a capable surgeon, he forces her to serve as a surgeon for the Confederate Army.

Samantha is unprepared for the horrors of battle and finds she must draw upon the strength and native mysticism imbued in her as a child, running wild on the Western Frontier with the Lakota Indians. She must maintain her disguise under rigorous conditions. She is loyal to the Union, and yet she must save the lives of enemy soldiers.

As Ethan takes Samantha from her first battlefield experience in Virginia to the defense of Atlanta, a tenuous friendship develops between them. Eventually, Samantha’s identity as a young woman is discovered, and the friendship that Ethan and Samantha shared turns into a passionate love that is severely tested by deceit and betrayal as the nation rages in war.;

The Confederates’  Physician is an epic love story that takes the reader back to the bloodiest time in American History–when families were torn apart, loyalties were tested, and innocence was lost.

5 out of 5 fairies

This was an excellent historical fiction, set later in the civil war. If you love strong heroines, then Sam is about to steal your heart – she’s smart, stubborn, and determined to follow her heart no matter what. The story opens with a scene that grabs your attention and makes you want to read more, and moves along smoothly from there. I really liked Ethan, he and Sam make a great duo, and watching them get to know each other and fall in love was wonderful. There are some scenes that are absolutely not for the squeamish, (this is war after all), and Blasdell does an excellent job bringing the historic setting to life. It’s clear plenty of research went into this book. Cannot recommend enough!

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As a lifelong reader of fiction, Alison enjoys multiple genres: thriller, adventure, historic, romance, mystery, fantasy, & time travel. Because of this, she writes books for readers who also enjoy variety in their reading. She blends genres to produce multi-faceted stories, and always at the heart of the story is a strong and compassionate woman’s quest for empowerment.

As an equestrian with a background in music, martial arts, marksmanship, and a passion for history, Alison often weaves these areas of interest into her novels. She has placed her characters in Bronze Age Britain, Medieval England and Scotland, Genghis Khan’s Mongolian Empire, and the US Civil War. However, not wanting to always live in the past, she is also the author of two contemporary spy thriller novels in which her characters face overwhelming adversity and emerge victoriously.

Alison attained a Ph.D. in human physiology and biophysics from the University of Illinois and was the recipient of several research fellowships from the National Institutes for Health (NIH). As a professor of physiology, pathophysiology, and nursing, she taught medical, nursing, and science students for 30 years before retiring. She lives with her husband, two dogs, and three horses in the Midwest on a farm that has been in her family for 175 years.

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