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Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Poole of Honour"
BOOK EXCERPT London, February 1965. Daniel Poole, a young criminal barrister, and his wife Mary are running late for the Royal Film Performance at his family’s flagship cinema in Leicester Square. ‘See those searchlights?’ says the cabbie. ‘Royal premiere in Leicester Square.’ Shaftesbury Avenue has surrendered to a sluggish tide of headlights, the cab nudging forward only to be trapped again. The tiny white digits inside the metal meter box keep turning with their almost che
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Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Fraying Skeins"
BOOK EXCERPT: Fraying Skeins – A Stupefying Dilemma. Sitting down alongside him, Margaret forced his attention. “Johnny. There’s something bothering you. It’s been a problem brewing for ages but we have to talk about it.” His eyes when they slid towards her were guarded. “There’s nothing wrong.” She grabbed the fingers of one of his hands and squeezed to get some reaction from him. Refusing to back down, she forced him to maintain his gaze on her. “I vowed after living with S
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Sep 83 min read
A Featured Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Irish Ties That Bind"
BOOK EXCERPT The Irish Ties That Bind: Excerpt #1 (An Introduction to Irish Emigration) “In the southern region of Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century, the majority of the population shared a distinct cultural identity rooted in significant Irish ties that bound them together. … What divisions that existed among the people were largely due to differences in religion, social class, and land ownership. … Ultimately, the British Protestant landlords wanted to
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A Brutal Rivalry Between Two Fascinating Women - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Renaissance Rivals"
BOOK EXCERPT The Vatican, 1501 Lucrezia entered the room swiftly, the pope’s attendants blurring in her peripheral vision. Without looking at them, or even at her father, she knelt before him and lowered her head to kiss the immense ruby set in gold upon his outstretched hand, lingering there so she would not have to meet his eyes. At last he lifted her chin, forcing her gaze upward toward his own dark eyes, twinkling with far too much vitality for a man of seventy. Known for
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Guiding a Young Catalina of Aragon - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Duty of Daughters"
BOOK EXCERPT The queen dropped her spindle onto her lap, now swinging her approval to her third daughter. “My Joy,” she said, using María’s nickname. Queen Isabel used it so often her siblings had taken to using it, too. “You’re right to remember well the teachings of the church. But God places us in a peculiar position – a position where we serve Him by offering up ourselves. That is the duty of our royal blood.” “But will not our husbands be our heads, Mother?” Infanta Marí
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A Land Torn by Crusade and Rebellion - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Soldiers of Christ"
BOOK EXCERPT Gorodische, Novgorod Republic, June 1242 Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was angry. He paced around the hall ranting at the dozen or so assembled courtiers and aides who shuffled uncomfortably, staring at the ground in an attempt to evade his ire. At one of the tables the monk Miroslav rebandaged my wounded shoulder, which seared like hot coals, fresh blood coursing down my arm. I clenched my teeth together, watching the prince to distract my mind from the sh
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Jul 104 min read
The Untold Story of a Californian First Lady and Playwright - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Mrs R Pacheco"
BOOK EXCERPT During the eighteen-seventies, Californians took risks everyday. Molly and Lizzie rode up Filbert Street in a horsecar packed with shoppers. It was winter, and the day was miserably wet and cold. Molly shivered, pulled her wrap tight against the wind, and listened to her sister complain about life in San Francisco. “I don’t know how much longer I can put up with it,” Lizzie said. “I’ve repeatedly told Henry how I worry about living here, and now we have our baby
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Jul 63 min read
Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Spirit of the Times"
BOOK EXCERPT CHAPTER 1 The Mirror of Fate The town of Balasagun in Moghulistan district, Central Orient 4th of October 1336 in the Year of the Rat The soft rays of the autumnal afternoon sun shone through the crown of the ger onto the Mirror of Fate. There it was, facing Karia on the table, a lit candle on either side of it. A short time ago, as custom dictated, the newlyweds had stared into it, revealing their future. She had yearned to gaze into the oval-shaped mirror and h
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Jul 63 min read