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It is 1864, and the War Between the States has brought combat to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Seventeen-year-old farmer’s daughter Luciana Lanton must try to find her father—or what is left of him—after the Battle of Mansfield. Instead of her father, she discovers a young Confederate soldier, Henry Asher, lost and forgotten after having been severely wounded in battle. Determined to not see another man die, she does her best to nurse the soldier back to health. It isn’t long before she finds herself enamored by his winsome heart and controversial thinking, spiting society’s definition of an ideal match. To complicate matters further, her mother insists that she instead be receptive to the attention of Beauregard Dozier, an unexpected but wealthy suitor with a questionable past, so as to ensure there is food on the family table. With her family’s wellbeing at stake, will Lucy abide by sensibility or recklessly succumb to her heart’s wishes, and will Beau’s history intertwine with her future? Inspired by civilian accounts of the Red River Campaign, Tattered Gray is a story of the devastating ramifications of war, life in a society both prejudiced and volatile, and the chance at an extraordinary love in spite of it all.