About J.D.R. Hawkins: J.D.R. Hawkins is an award-winning author who has written for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, e-zines, and blogs. She is one of only a few female Civil War authors, and uniquely describes the front lines from a Confederate perspective. Her Renegade Series includes A Beautiful Glittering Lie, winner of the John Esten Cooke Fiction Award and the B.R.A.G. Medallion, A Beckoning Hellfire, which is also an award winner, and A Rebel Among Us, which has just been published. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – J.D.R. Hawkins
Interview with Author – Joan Carney
About Joan Carney: A transplant from the concrete sidewalks of New York City to the sunny beaches of Southern California, Ms. Carney enjoys writing stories about women who are strong—whether by nature or circumstance—and the men who love and respect them for who they are. Things that make her happy are rainy days (too much sun is a bore), writing the perfect first line, family get-togethers, reading books that grab her heart, and finding new connections in her genealogy research. Bold coffee … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Joan Carney
Halfway to Magnolia House by Anthony Mays
Laura Wingate’s life in New York City was falling apart. The man she wanted to marry could not commit, and her job as a museum exhibitions manager was growing stale. Needing to reexamine her life, she packed up and temporarily returned to Magnolia House on the outskirts of Alexandria, Louisiana. A place she had shared many happy days with her grandparents. Along the way, Laura met Kendrick Reynolds, a Hollywood Director, and learned he was preparing to direct a movie, in and around Alexandria, … [Read more...] about Halfway to Magnolia House by Anthony Mays
CSS Appomattox by Chris Stoesen
In October 1862, the Confederacy is recognized by both France and Great Britain. Lincoln opens peace negotiations that effectively ended the American Civil War. Decades later, the young Confederacy forges an alliance with Spain – a fading empire desperately clinging to its remaining Caribbean colonies. The Confederate Military assigns the young crew of the airship CSS Appomattox to assist their country’s new ally. The Appomattox is dispatched with a token Naval force to defend Puerto Rico. … [Read more...] about CSS Appomattox by Chris Stoesen
Interview with Author – Morgan K Wyatt
About Morgan K Wyatt: Morgan K Wyatt, raised on a steady diet of superheroes, believed she could fly at a very young age. After using trees, barn lofts, sliding boards, and even a second story window as launch pads, she found her flying skills were limited to fast and downward. By the age of nine, her dreams to be a superhero needed some modifications, which caused her to turn to writing and horseback riding as alternatives to flying. At the age of twenty, she had another chance at superhero … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Morgan K Wyatt
Interview with Author – Sherrie Miranda
About Sherrie Miranda: Sherrie Miranda is an author who writes in order to create more peace and understanding in the world. She is a teacher who has taught students from many countries of the world. She is also a life and writing coach and hopes to soon find a way to help seniors and troubled teens write their life stories. She loves to travel and first traveled to other countries before finally deciding to see some of the U.S., places that foreigners she met had been to, but that she … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sherrie Miranda
Interview with Author – Patricia Hopper
About Patricia Hopper: I'm originally from Dublin, Ireland, However, I have lived in West Virginia for many years. Home to me is now both Ireland and West Virginia. I have two children, both grown, and now a grandson named Jackson, who is all boy--curious about everything and a joy to be around. I attended West Virginia University (WVU) as a non traditional student. I started out as a Business Major, but became smitten with writing when I took a creative writing class. I switched my major to … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Patricia Hopper
African American Medicine in Washington, D.C.: Healing the Capital During the Civil War Era by Heather Butts
Explores the important role played by African Americans in medicine during the Civil War era in Washington, D.C. Region Your Book Covers: Washington, D.C. What Inspired You to Write History Books? I have been interested in history since I was a child. Learning about aspect of our country and world that had happened decades or centuries earlier but still had relevance to my life and to the lives of those around me was a constant source of fascination. My love of history grew through … [Read more...] about African American Medicine in Washington, D.C.: Healing the Capital During the Civil War Era by Heather Butts
Vengeance & Betrayal by John Cunningham Jr.
A sweeping saga of the Civil War’s western naval campaigns, Book 1 in the Southern Sons-Dixie Daughters series follows four Southern families living on the Gulf Coast—the Westcotts, the Jessups, the Soileaus, the indomitable and devout slave Danny who escapes bondage and finds service aboard a Union warship and his wife Nancy, cruelly whisked out of his life decades before the war. While the Confederacy struggles to build a navy to defeat the Yankee fleet threatening New Orleans these … [Read more...] about Vengeance & Betrayal by John Cunningham Jr.
Hand-me-Down Bride by Juliet Waldron
This book is bargain priced from 09/09/2014 until 09/16/2014 To help her impoverished family, Sophie agrees to marry a wealthy older in far off America. Less than twenty-four hours after she arrives in German’s Mill, Pennsylvania, events have taken a far stranger turn than anything she could have imagined. Set in Post-Civil-War Pennsylvania, this tale of an arranged marriage is as much family saga as romance. Sophie is a sensitive young woman struggling to make sense of her past and to … [Read more...] about Hand-me-Down Bride by Juliet Waldron
Land of Fallng Stars by Keta Diablo @ketadiablo
This book is bargain priced from 08/15/2014 until 08/31/2014 Historical Romance/Erotic Romance After her parents die in a fire, Sophia Whitfield struggles to save her beloved home, Arbor Rose. The Civil War has devastated the South, and another blue coat has come to steal her meager possessions. Before the hated enemy inflicts his destruction, she shoots him... and then discovers the soldier is Gavin, the champion of her childhood. Gavin's dark secret lurks in Sophia’s future. When she … [Read more...] about Land of Fallng Stars by Keta Diablo @ketadiablo
Plantation Nation by Mercedes King @Mercedes_King_
Sixteen year old Emma Cartwright narrowly survives a horrific beating, once it's discovered that she was teaching one of the plantation slaves how to read. The slave was not so fortunate. Days later, Emma leaves her family's plantation and heads to Washington, D.C. Now disguised as a young man, she enlists in the Union Army.Brewing with passion and determination to help end slavery, Emma quickly learns the war is about much more than slavery. Through her missions as a nurse, courier, and spy, … [Read more...] about Plantation Nation by Mercedes King @Mercedes_King_
