Fortitude: A Southern Gothic Novel - Carrie Dalby

Fortitude will see you through the darkest times.In April 1898, sixteen-year-old Claire O'Farrell makes a decision that ultimately changes her life. She has never been one to follow society's rules. Her best friend is a Creole during a time when that isn't done, and she volunteers to serve as a nurse for the Buffalo Soldiers before the Spanish-American War-despite Jim Crow laws. After Claire gives her heart to one of the soldiers, she finds herself caught in the racial violence besieging the area...