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A Family United, a Family Divided - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Beneath the Dark Oceans"
BOOK EXCERPT: A WINTER STORM CANADA Winter 1906 If they’d thought the weather had been bad so far, this was nothing compared to the dark days of January. Now the snow took on a wilder, meaner character and no-one wanted to play in it any more. The house was very cold, and heating supplies were running low. In desperation one day, Ellen sent the two oldest boys out to find firewood wherever they could. Coal had run out in the neighbourhood and wood was scarce. Another storm ha
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14 hours ago3 min read
A Story of Hardship and Redemption - an Editorial Review of "Through Our Own Wrong Eyes"
Book Blurb: If only we could see... *** Dustbowl Colorado 1930s. At 26, Paul had ridden the rails in search of work for years and now has returned to his hometown in Lamar. There he meets Ruby,14, whose innocence bolsters his confidence. Because she sees him as more than the alcohol abuser man of many get rich dreams, she marries him and begins writing a journal that spans over 40 years. This is the fictionalized story of that remarkable journal. From Depression Era Colorado
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2 days ago4 min read
Breaking Conventions and Making Sacrifices - A Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Sarah's Destiny"
BOOK EXCERPT 1862 Even though she was expecting it, and – she thought – prepared herself for the inevitable, she hadn’t expected the intensity of the sorrow that surged through her. Neither could she hold back the wail that escaped as she tried to push air into her lungs to release the pain. “Daaaa! Oh, Da. Nooooo!” Mary held her sister close while Sarah’s shoulders shook, and her hands covered her face hoping to block out the image of her ashen-faced father lying on his bed,
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3 days ago4 min read
Sisters, Survival, and the Making of a Dynasty - A Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon"
Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon By Nicola Harris A sweeping, intimate portrait of sisterhood, survival, and the making of a dynasty, Infidel reveals the hidden lives of a woman whose courage shaped the Tudor world. We warmly invite book bloggers and #Bookstagrammers to join us on tour from April 27th to May 8th for the ten-day blog tour of Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon by Nicola Harris — a sweeping historical novel of ambition, devotion, and the formidable women behind on
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7 days ago3 min read
A Ladies of the Revolution Novel - an Editorial Review of "Patriot of the Lowcountry"
Book Blurb: “Amid the desolation, the woman of Carolina exhibited an example of more than masculine fortitude…Far from being offended at the name of rebel ladies, they esteemed it as a title for distinction and glory.” —Eliza Yonge Wilkinson Eliza is no stranger to both privilege and heartbreak. Widowed at eighteen, she gained self-sufficiency while managing one of her father’s plantations. Now, at age twenty-two, marauding Redcoats destroy her home and hard-won independence.
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May 55 min read
History Tried to Forget Her - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Lady of Lincoln"
BOOK EXCERPT CHAPTER ONE The Barracks, Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, England, April 1168 Nicola coaxed a fragile flame from the hearth’s dying embers, the taper trembling in her grip. The air inside the barracks clung to her throat—thick with sweat, spilled ale, and damp straw. She raised the light. Its glow barely pierced the gloom stretching over the pallets sprawled out in uneven rows. Her gaze locked on a solitary shape in the corner. It had to be Suardinc, his bed set apart f
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May 42 min read
Return to Salem, Not as History, But as a Mirror - an Editorial Review of "A Name Unbroken"
Book Blurb: In 1692, Susannah North Martin was hanged during the Salem witch trials. Three centuries later, one of her descendants faces a different kind of trial—growing up under the weight of religious condemnation and queer erasure. A Name Unbroken braids these stories across time to reveal how fear misjudges difference across generations, and how the refusal to be false to oneself can become an act of survival. Blending lyrical first-person narrative, documentary fragment
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May 34 min read
My Kind Refuses to Die Out - an Editorial Review of "M"
Book Blurb: Coming soon! Book Buy Link: Coming soon! Editorial Review: Title: M Author: Judi Lamble Rating: 4.4 "M" by Judi Lamble is a riveting historical adventure novel that follows a Jewish girl named Miryam (later called “M”) who is born at sea while her family flees the Inquisition in Portugal. She grows up in Madeira and Brazil, survives wars, famine, and betrayal, becomes a pirate and privateer in the Caribbean, loses her husband to murder, has her young daughter kidn
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May 23 min read
The Choices We Make in the Shadow of War - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "My Enemy's Wife"
BOOK EXCERPT Shanghai, December 1941 Theodore Carter’s footsteps thudded up the stairs. ‘Dad!’ shouted Jimmy, charging out into the hall to grab him by the waist. Daisy followed, with Zofia waiting politely in the doorway. Theodore Carter was a stringy-limbed man with the neutral good looks of a clean-cut diplomat. Zofia liked him; he always paid on time without fuss. But today his face had a ravaged expression, his eyes restless. He clung to his son a moment before asking Da
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May 14 min read