"Great post Civil War Romance"

By 1864 Confederate Captain Cade Wheeler is tired of the war and the successful raids he has led. Perhaps his wariness is born of the treachery suffered by Cade and his men when one of their alleged most loyal followers diViere betrayed them, leaving many dead from the Northern ambush. The war is over so Cade leads the survivors back to their Texas home to start anew in a radically different world. However, foremost in most of their minds is vengeance on diViere.

Cade takes over his family ranch from his feisty grandfather. Already staying at the spread is diViere's sister Pilar and their grandmother because squatters have forced them out of the family home. Cade plans to use Pilar to get to diViere, but as Cade and Pilar argue they fall in love. However, she is the sibling of the person he detests so much that he wants to personally kill the man.

Leigh Greenwood raises the heat and tension with his latest tale, TEXAS HOMECOMING. The story line is loaded with action and two strong lead characters. Cade struggles between his obsessive thirst for vengeance and his need to nurture his beloved. Pilar is a fiery individual who loves her captain, but when she learns why he courts her, all hell breaks out. Few authors provide a vivid descriptive Americana romance filled with realistic angst-laden protagonists as this author can.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 7, 2002

The Night Riders were an elite Confederate mounted troop that specialized in night raids. One of their members betrayed them to the Union, and twenty-four of the thirty- six men were killed. Only eight survived the war. Seven have taken a vow to bring the eighth man, the traitor, to justice.

Summary

They were a crack team of Confederate raiders, operating with one mind, one heart. Until one of their number betrays them all. In the aftermath of tragedy, they swear they will live to hunt down the traitor.

Captain of the Night Riders, Cade leads the survivors home to Texas to make a fresh start. His ranch still stands, and waiting there is a dark-eyed temptress who makes him all too glad to be alive. When he takes Pilar in his arms, his blood surges hotly and he feels like the wild young man who once abducted her for a lark. But the war has changed them all and now he will allow nothing to come between them-not her family, not his heritage, not even her turncoat of a brother.