03145cam a2200673 i 4500 363032440 TxAuBib 20181106120000.0 170920s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017296868 9781496707444 1496707443 (OCoLC)953222900 TxAuBib rda Cole, Alyssa,. An extraordinary union / Alyssa Cole. New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2017] ©2017. 258 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel of the Civil War"--Cover. Includes discussion questions. Includes bibliographical references. "As the Civil War rages between the states, a courageous pair of spies plunge fearlessly into a maelstrom of ignorance, deceit, and danger, combining their unique skills to alter the course of history and break the chains of the past ... Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts, she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South--to spy for the Union Army. Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton's Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling, but he's facing his deadliest mission yet--risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia. Two undercover agents who share a common cause--and an undeniable attraction--Malcolm and Elle join forces when they discover a plot that could turn the tide of the war in the Confederacy's favor. Caught in a tightening web of wartime intrigue, and fighting a fiery and forbidden love, Malcolm and Elle must make their boldest move to preserve the Union at any cost--even if it means losing each other ..."--Page 4 of cover. 20181106. American Civil War (1861-1865.) 1861-1865. African American women Fiction. Women spies Fiction. Secret service Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Interracial friendship Fiction. Photographic memory Fiction. Fiction African American Historical. Fiction Historical. Fiction Romance Multicultural & Interracial. African American women. Interracial friendship. Man-woman relationships. Military participation Female. Photographic memory. Secret service. Women spies. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, Female Fiction. United States. Spy fiction. Romance fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Romance fiction. Spy stories. Romances. Historical fiction. Spy stories. MRLJG