Gathering Shadows

About the Book

In 1860, Jessie Buchanan, a fiery redhead, was living life to the fullest and enjoying the leisurely Southern lifestyle, but it took all of her strength to fulfill her duties after her father’s death. A breach between family members and the discovery of love caused her internal conflict as the Civil War began. When the war’s horrors and hardships came to a close, the Southern way of life had been crushed by the Union. A murder of a Yankee carpetbagger, a hasty trial, a violent hurricane, and a close brush with death brought Jessie’s turbulent struggles to an end.

About the Author

P. G. Simmons is a writer and longtime transplanted Southerner who makes her home with her husband on a small farm outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. She enjoys sculpture, photography, digital design, and writing. Happily married to the same man for over thirty-three years, they have one son. She received a BFA from the University of Central Florida and holds a second BFA and MA from Ohio University. Growing up in the heart of Dixie, she was inundated with anecdotes, stories, and Southern traditions. She has woven bits of her own Southern heritage into her first novel, Gathering Shadows.