Ashes of Roses & War

Ashes of Roses and War is a companion novel and considered a prequel to The Legend of Mammy Jane and tells the story of hardship, romance, and determination to make a home on the frontier. It is the story of a strong woman, and life as our hearty ancestors who settled the wilderness experienced it. Readers will surely enjoy following Jane Jarvis (Mammy Jane s future sister-in-law), a gusty eight-year old who follows her grandfather on his country doctor rounds. Told many times that women could never be doctors, Jane goes as far as threatening to marry the village idiot in order to follow her grandfather to a field hospital during the Civil War. Now a beautiful woman, Jane falls madly in love with a Confederate Major under the most unimaginable hardships of life in a makeshift war hospital. There is laughter, tears, and many the surprise in Ashes of Roses and War, making this a rollicking page-turner to be remembered by all.