Promised Land by Rose Lerner is a historical romance novel set during the Revolutionary War, focusing on a female main character who fakes her death to join the army disguised as a man. Upon encountering her husband again, she accuses him of being a spy, leading to a tumultuous relationship between the two characters. The book delves into themes of Jewish identity, crossdressing, and second chances, with the author's writing style described as gorgeous and heart-touching.
From The Publisher:
***This novella originally appeared in the Hamilton's Battalion anthology with linked stories by Courtney Milan and Alyssa Cole.*** Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happily-ever-after… Donning men's clothing, Rachel left her life behind to fight the British as Corporal Ezra Jacobs-but life catches up with a vengeance at the siege of Yorktown, when she arrests an old love as a Loyalist spy.At first she thinks Nathan Mendelson hasn't changed one bit: he's annoying, he talks too much, he sticks his handsome nose where it doesn't belong, and he's self-righteously indignant just because Rachel might have faked her own death a little. She'll be lucky if he doesn't spill her secret to the entire Continental Army.Then Nathan shares a secret of his own, one that changes everything ...
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