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The Quicksilver Pool

by Phyllis A. Whitney · 1955

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She fled the heartbreak of a war-torn South only to become caught up in a startling web of intrigue and mystery. When Lora marries Union soldier Wade Tyler she learns of his past, and as she moves closer to the heart of the mystery she finds herself on the edge of a shattering truth that someone will do anything to keep hidden forever.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of thisAmerican Civil WarAmerican Civil WarMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical romancehistorical romanceMore like thisLess of this
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gothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
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civil warcivil warMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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