The Georgia plantation known as Magnolia Landing has been an ideal place to grow up for Malayna and Hattie, two girls of different races born just hours apart. They have been best friends from their first breathes due to the unusual and unpopular beliefs of Malayna’s father that all men are created equal regardless of skin color. Their idyllic youth is shattered by a Civil War that takes their fathers away from home, leaving the girls to survive on their own as they learn to navigate their new … [Read more...] about Magnolia Landing by Tamara Mallimo
Interview with Author – Bernie MacKinnon
About Bernie MacKinnon: My family moved to the U.S. from Canada when I was ten. After that I lived mostly in Maine and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono. My first two novels ("The Meantime" and "Song For A Shadow," both young-adult) were published with Houghton Mifflin but the current one, "Lucifer's Drum," is self-published and a historical thriller, set in the American Civil War. These days I live and work in Memphis, Tennessee. What inspires you to write? When I was 13, I … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Bernie MacKinnon
Interview with Author – David Chadwick
About David Chadwick: I am a British author whose debut novel Liberty Bazaar was published in May 2015 by Aurora Metro Books. It is a historical novel set in Liverpool during the American Civil War and is based on real events that happened in the city – and could have radically altered the course of the conflict. The novel was named by Kirkus Reviews as one of the 10 Best Historical Indie Novels of 2015 and been positively endorsed by Professor James M McPherson, author of the Pulitzer … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – David Chadwick
Sun’s Parting Ray by Mishael Austin Witty @woweditor12
Just follow your heart, and everything will turn out the way it is supposed to… This is the way Jane Addison has always lived her life, but it doesn’t seem like anything ever turns out according to what her heart truly desires. This is especially true when her husband is gunned down by Confederate soldiers on their eighth wedding anniversary. Then, when she meets and falls in love with her late husband’s married best friend, things really get confusing for the young widow. Will she and … [Read more...] about Sun’s Parting Ray by Mishael Austin Witty @woweditor12
