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Letters from War #2
Love Remembreth Not: A Novel of the Civil War
The War Between the States has ended. Henry Heimsoath, a veteran Confederate soldier, has seen his share of death and bloodshed. Everything he once held dear back in Charleston is lost. Alone, sick, and malnourished, he crosses paths one stormy night with a kindly doctor who offers to nurse him back to health. Despite the doctor’s kindness and generosity, though, Henry is reluctant to trust anyone with little more than his name—until he meets Geneva, a young woman determined to help him put to rest the ghosts of his past.
From the streets of Charleston to the plantations of rural Maryland with the bloody battlefields of the Civil War in between, Love Remembreth Not tells the story of friendship and lost faith, and the power of a woman’s love to heal a wounded heart.
From the streets of Charleston to the plantations of rural Maryland with the bloody battlefields of the Civil War in between, Love Remembreth Not tells the story of friendship and lost faith, and the power of a woman’s love to heal a wounded heart.
309 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 13, 2017
About the author
Scott R. Rezer
15 books56 followersScott R. Rezer lives in the Desert Southwest and is a multi-genre indie published author. He describes his books as character-driven stories that bring history to life. Recently, he has ventured into the Contemporary/Historical Romance genre and is having a blast creating dual timeline stories with unexpected twists and turns that keep the reader guessing, wondering how the stories will end.
Two of his books have garnered Editor's Choice selections by the Historical Novel Society, and were long-listed for the HNS Indie Award (The Leper King and Shadow of the Mountain).
Retired now after a career in federal service, he spends his days writing and reading and enjoying the great outdoors with his wife or taking a nap. He loves naps. It’s when he does his best writing!
Two of his books have garnered Editor's Choice selections by the Historical Novel Society, and were long-listed for the HNS Indie Award (The Leper King and Shadow of the Mountain).
Retired now after a career in federal service, he spends his days writing and reading and enjoying the great outdoors with his wife or taking a nap. He loves naps. It’s when he does his best writing!
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October 26, 2017
YOU ARE A LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE
I will be the first to admit; this isn’t an easy story to read with all the emotions between the pages. The story is riddled with pain, sorrow, loss, loneliness, anger, bitterness, and war. Reading the story, you are immersed on the battlefield along with the sights, smells, and horrors that encompass war, along with the death of friends and the responsibility of taking lives.
The story begins in Charleston, SC and witnessing the beginning of the Civil War in April 1861with the firing on Fort Sumter, and takes the journey of several key characters during the war and after. The author, Scott Rezer, takes the reader on a realistic journey of what this young soldier encountered during the various campaigns, the sacrifices, and especially all the loss. How two friends, Henry and Pringle, did their best to stay in touch by letters, each helping support the other during the war. How the bitter winters, lack of rations, eating uncooked meat, brackish water, all contributed to major health conditions, especially for Henry.
Even after the war is over, men like our main character, Henry Heimsoath, suffers from diarrhea and severe PTSD. It will take the care of a good man, Dr. William Duval, and his wife, along with house servants like Geneva to help towards not only healing Henry’s broken and battered body but eventually ease the suffering of his mind from all the atrocities he has witnessed. It is a second chance romance, while the story is not a romance, it shows that with a promise and the right person, love can eventually happen again.
“You cling to the memories of your past as if they were the only thing that matters to you.” “He had little else to treasure, even if those memories anchored him to a past he could never regain or enjoy. He had tried too long to forget them, or at least keep them buried; he feared they were fading with each passing day.”
While the author has given the story artistic liberties, it is heavily based on real people and embellished in a way to bring these characters to life. The letters that crossed the miles that helped lift up the spirits normally, at times brought heartbreaking news too.
“For all the blame he assigned to the North for destroying his life, Henry knew the South shared equally in bringing that ruin. They had defied the government and brought war upon its people.”
“The ghost of his past still held so much power over him in the land of the living; then she had no hope of ever claiming his heart for herself.” “Love didn’t remember the terrible things that happened. It remembered only the good.”
I will be the first to admit; this isn’t an easy story to read with all the emotions between the pages. The story is riddled with pain, sorrow, loss, loneliness, anger, bitterness, and war. Reading the story, you are immersed on the battlefield along with the sights, smells, and horrors that encompass war, along with the death of friends and the responsibility of taking lives.
The story begins in Charleston, SC and witnessing the beginning of the Civil War in April 1861with the firing on Fort Sumter, and takes the journey of several key characters during the war and after. The author, Scott Rezer, takes the reader on a realistic journey of what this young soldier encountered during the various campaigns, the sacrifices, and especially all the loss. How two friends, Henry and Pringle, did their best to stay in touch by letters, each helping support the other during the war. How the bitter winters, lack of rations, eating uncooked meat, brackish water, all contributed to major health conditions, especially for Henry.
Even after the war is over, men like our main character, Henry Heimsoath, suffers from diarrhea and severe PTSD. It will take the care of a good man, Dr. William Duval, and his wife, along with house servants like Geneva to help towards not only healing Henry’s broken and battered body but eventually ease the suffering of his mind from all the atrocities he has witnessed. It is a second chance romance, while the story is not a romance, it shows that with a promise and the right person, love can eventually happen again.
“You cling to the memories of your past as if they were the only thing that matters to you.” “He had little else to treasure, even if those memories anchored him to a past he could never regain or enjoy. He had tried too long to forget them, or at least keep them buried; he feared they were fading with each passing day.”
While the author has given the story artistic liberties, it is heavily based on real people and embellished in a way to bring these characters to life. The letters that crossed the miles that helped lift up the spirits normally, at times brought heartbreaking news too.
“For all the blame he assigned to the North for destroying his life, Henry knew the South shared equally in bringing that ruin. They had defied the government and brought war upon its people.”
“The ghost of his past still held so much power over him in the land of the living; then she had no hope of ever claiming his heart for herself.” “Love didn’t remember the terrible things that happened. It remembered only the good.”
June 8, 2022
The War between the states in vivid detail.
Scott’s writing about the Civil War made the history come alive! The thoughts and feelings of a Confederate soldier, and the conditions they endured, made it hard for me to put the book down. Can’t wait to read the next novel!
Scott’s writing about the Civil War made the history come alive! The thoughts and feelings of a Confederate soldier, and the conditions they endured, made it hard for me to put the book down. Can’t wait to read the next novel!
November 8, 2017
This is another great book by Scott Rezer. This is the second in this series. It tells the story of a Confederate soldier in contrast to the first book which is about a Union soldier, both based on members of the author's family.
One sentence following an outburst toward Geneva, who helped nurse Henry back to health, described his voice as a "brittle, ruined victim of his anger." And this describes Henry. He was orphaned as a boy and subsequently grew up in an orphange. He ended up fighting in a war he didn't believe in and lost much. He was left friendless and in poor health, even suffering what is now known as PTSD. He was the victim of difficult circumstances and his own bitterness.
The story has a very satisfying ending, however. I love that the author describes his research and how the story is based on that of his ancestors. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Civil War historical fiction.
One sentence following an outburst toward Geneva, who helped nurse Henry back to health, described his voice as a "brittle, ruined victim of his anger." And this describes Henry. He was orphaned as a boy and subsequently grew up in an orphange. He ended up fighting in a war he didn't believe in and lost much. He was left friendless and in poor health, even suffering what is now known as PTSD. He was the victim of difficult circumstances and his own bitterness.
The story has a very satisfying ending, however. I love that the author describes his research and how the story is based on that of his ancestors. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Civil War historical fiction.
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