The Second Mrs. Hockaday. By Susan Rivers. "A debuty epistolary novel about seventeen-year-old Placida, who meets the much older Gryffth Hockaday, a Major in the Confederate Army, while he's on leave. They marry quickly and he takes her back to his farm. When he is called back to duty, he leaves Placida in charge of his young son, slaves and the farm. He returns two years later to find out that Placida stands accused of a terrible crime. What happened in his absence? You'll turn the pages to find the answer."
