Maureen was a only a girl. Why would anybody want her to help them? Her father grumbled at her when she insisted she would volunteer in a battlefield hospital. Nothing could make Father change his mind. She begged and pleaded. What would it take to convince him she could make a difference helping soldiers wounded in the Battle of Antietam?

TODAY is the day. DIVIDED LOYALTIES is now available online at Black Rose Writing, Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Greetings and Readings in Hunt Valley, Md., and the Washington County Visitor Center, 6 N. Potomac Street, in downtown Hagerstown also plan to carry my book on their shelves.