Creighton's Crossroads

About the Book

Why would wealthy Philip Creighton leave his bride of only seven months to join the Union army at the outset of the Civil War--with the hope of being killed?

That is the question at the heart of Creighton’s Crossroads, Betty Larosa’s novel of love, war, betrayal and retribution. Creighton‘s Crossroads is the first book in a four-part family saga.

Philip Creighton, jarred from the privileged existence he’s always known, is forced to re-assess his view of life after sharing war-time experiences with a cross-section of soldiers from different states. These experiences take him from fashionable Washington soirees to the bloody trenches of Petersburg, Virginia, but his emotional journey is even longer and more difficult.

Larosa, who lives in Bridgeport, West Virginia, near the heart of Civil War country, with her husband Gene, felt inspired to write about the human wreckage left in the wake of that war. During her research, she visited many of the battlefields and all the locations mentioned in the four books.

About the Author

Betty Larosa has always loved history and has always loved to read. When she was in high school, she concealed Gone with the Wind inside her textbooks so she could read it during class “No wonder I had trouble passing geometry,” Larosa says. Being married, working, and raising two sons filled the greater part of her life before West Virginia’s statehood centennial celebration sparked an interest in the Civil War. It was then she became intrigued by that era. Living in the state that was born out of that conflict made travel pleasant and convenient to do research at the battle sites mentioned in her four-part saga.

Larosa and her husband live in Bridgeport, West Virginia, where they pursue their interests.