"Never tell a two-star general what you really think of him ... that was the mistake Staff Sergeant Torrin Kerr had made with General Morris. But as a battle-hardened professional, she took pride in doing her job and getting her troops back alive."--Back cover

Two little girls - one white, one colored; one free, one a slave; one never afraid, the other ever looking over her shoulder - become unlikely friends in 1852, Bedford County, Virginia. Instinctively, they know they must keep their friendship a secret. Willa and Surry are both from loving families, but Surry's parents are slaves and can't protect their daughter from the plantation overseer's cruel hand. Overhearing her parents argue about "bein' free,"...