The Civil Bride — Mallory Hall

Kane, Billy, and Lily stretch the boundaries of marriage in a post-Civil War love story.

Kane and Billy, two soldiers desperately searching for peace after the War of Northern Aggression, become lovers, taking comfort in each other after a particularly brutal and bloody battle. Kane upsets their relationship when he decides to purchase a mail-order bride. The bride arrives -- refusing to wed, refusing sex, refusing to be civil -- and restores Billy and Kane's previous relationship. But the young woman, running from an abusive home, is fascinated when she stumbles across the two men making love. Why, they seem to be enjoying themselves, without hurting each other. Maybe she doesn't know all there is to know about sex.