When Jessie Gibbs meets Lemuel Sanders, she thinks she has finally found her ideal man—until she discovers that he is the ghost of a Civil War soldier. For 144 years, Lem has been waiting at his unmarked battlefield grave, determined to find someone to complete a personal mission so he can go in peace to his final rest.

As love grows between them, Jessie is torn: If she succeeds in fulfilling Lem’s wish, she’ll lose him when he passes into the afterlife. But if she fails and he remains in the world, she’ll never be free to find intimacy with a living man.

A riveting story of devotion and resolve, Stones River shows the power of love to overcome all obstacles—even death itself.