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A Featured Blog Tour for "Golden Flight" by Lisajoy Sachs
BOOK EXCERPT Anka walked beside the rattling wagon along the uneven road to Odessa. Her face calm and her mind racing. She watched Berta pull her shawl tighter to ward off the morning chill, unaware of the treasures in her trunks. She longed to comfort Berta, but knew that the truth would have to wait until the time they parted. And when that time came, she would pull her aside, away from Solomon’s watchful eye, and tell her about the valuables.
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Sep 211 min read
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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Aug 160 min read
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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Aug 126 min read
Her Life and Civic Leadership in a By Gone Era - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Marie Conner - A Leading Lady"
BOOK EXCERPT Chapter 13 Polly Potter (1950-51). “Our children are our future!” –Marie Conner, 1951. Two short excerpts from this chapter to use together. (In 1950) The Christmas party for Santiam Unit 51 was on Sunday, December 17, and again with a turkey dinner. Marie attended that, as did several district officers. Gold Star Mothers were the unit’s honored guests on that night. For music, Mrs. Lois Abrell led group singing while Marie played the piano. Two young girls with
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Jul 310 min read
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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Jul 233 min read
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Jul 160 min read
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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