Dog Ear Publishing releases “Second Chance” by Ed LeCrone.
A former soldier follows his heart in pursuing his true love in Texas in this new book released by Dog Ear Publishing. Set after the Civil War, the compelling story sheds light on an important time in U.S. and Mexican history.
Tensions between the Imperial French government and the United States are running high at the end of the Civil War, adding fuel to the fire for Texas’ reluctance to reunite with the North. That’s the setting for this new novel, starring former Union infantryman Chance Neunan, who wants to re-connect with a woman he discovered during wartime. Their relationship is complicated because Andrea Edwards, a former slave, believes they can’t overcome society’s wrath.
“Second Chance” features a story of love against the backdrop of war, a sequel to “Fire on the Prairie: A Civil War Novel.” In this new work, Chance joins the cavalry in Texas to continue his search for his true love, but it won’t be easy. Texas residents distrust the Rangers, who fought with the Confederate cavalry, and new lawmen are in short supply. Andrea works as an executive for the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas, but that is all Chance knows. He volunteers for a dangerous mission so he can continue his search for Andrea. The U.S. president and secretary of state hope to avoid French colonization of Mexico and work back up the Monroe Doctrine by sending arms and equipment to Mexico to fight Maximillian.
Now Chance is tasked with gathering information about Napoleon II and his appointee to the Mexican throne, his brother-in-law Arch Duke Maximillian. The timing for the two lovers couldn’t be much worse: Chance and Andrea find each other just as tensions explode into conflict on the Rio Grande. The story reads like a Western laced with romance and political intrigue. Author Ed LeCrone seamlessly blends fictional characters with actual historic figures, including the farrier, Homer Nichols, the author’s wife’s great-grandfather, who served with the Fourth Illinois Cavalry.
This is the fourth book for Ed LeCrone, a former educator. LeCrone, born and raised in central Illinois, worked as a farmhand as a teenager and earned a certificate in education. He earned degrees from Eastern and Northern Illinois universities, as well as receiving a grant to study for a summer at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He enjoyed searching for Indian artifacts in the Kaskaskia and Okaw rivers’ watersheds. Now a retiree, LeCrone writes, paints and researches the Civil War. He and his wife, Darlene, live in northern Illinois. LeCrone’s previous books are “The Grave on the Point” and “Beyond the Point,” both collections of short stories, and “Fire on the Prairie: A Civil War Novel.”
———-
For additional information, please visit www.intrigueontherio.com
Second Chance
Ed LeCrone
ISBN: 978-1-4575-2643-5 180 pages $15 US
Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and fine bookstores everywhere.
About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.
Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense.
