Two years of Civil War, and Loudoun County, Virginia has become a thoroughfare for both armies.  With life in little Hillsborough growing more dangerous by the day, headstrong Annabelle MacBain determines to leave town and bring much needed medical supplies to her father, a Confederate Doctor. If only she knew where he could be found!

When a stranger comes to town to pay respects at the grave of a Quaker man, Annabelle later finds the grave open and realizes the stranger is to blame. When she confronts him, he confesses to being a Confederate spy. Soon she realizes he can help her: she'll keep quiet about the gravesite, if he'll tell her how she can find her father. When she learns her father is with the  17-mile line of wounded soldiers returning from a terrible battle in Pennsylvania, she's determined to bring her father much needed medical supplies.

Traveling alone and armed with nothing more than youthful pride, Annabelle must learn to to avoid skirmishes and bushwackers before she can reach her father. The harsh work of an army field hospital will test her to her limits, but the greatest challenge is yet to come: when fate brings her together with the spy she's come to care for, she finds he's not at all who he claimed to be. To be together, she'll have to be persuaded to re-think slavery and The Confederate Cause. Will her pride keep her from the honest truth? What will it take for Annabelle to choose love over pride?


This 130,000 word novel contains

nineteenth century illustrations and a bibliography

 

Recommended Reader

Young adult to adult (contains some language and an accurate depiction of an army field hospital).

 

Reviews

"... one of the most well written fiction novels I have ever read. McMath uses historical battles and information to weave a fictional masterpiece."— Kaci Marie Lahpor, FL, Amazon.com (Reviewed under original title of "Annabelle")

“A well-handled mystery — and what a shocker conclusion!”— Eileen Charbonneau, award-winning Historic Fiction Author and Newbery Nominee

“Few historical fiction novels present an accurate, interesting story for so many readers, and at the same time, serve as a thought-provoking, life-enriching, relevant tool for modern life.” — Literary Notices, Citizens’ Companion Magazine

 

History of Publication

First published as Annabelle, no. 2 in Vine Books' "Celebrating the American Woman" series, Pella's Angel was revised by McMath and retitled when it was published again by Goose Greek Productions in 2001.