About Trana Mathews: Since there's an author named Diane Hildebrandt who writes reference books, I decided to use Trana Mathews as my pen name. My love for books has been constant throughout my life, though my choice of literary genre often changed. I love it when I just can't put a book down! After retiring to beautiful southeastern Arizona in 2015, I began researching and writing my family's history. This kept me busy and out of trouble, besides my third … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Trana Mathews
The Mathews Family by Trana Mathews
From their beginnings in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, their lives have been intertwined with American history. As a young child, Increase Mathews witnesses the birth of the United States. Along with his mother and siblings, he remains on the farm while their older male relatives join the ranks of the Continental Army. After the Revolutionary War ends, social and political unrest continues throughout central Massachusetts during the period known as Shays's Rebellion and a battle takes place … [Read more...] about The Mathews Family by Trana Mathews
Interview with Author – Gifford MacShane
About Gifford MacShane: Gifford MacShane is the author of historical fiction that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit. Her novels feature a family of Irish immigrants who settle in the Arizona Territory. With an accessible literary style, MacShane draws out her characters' hidden flaws and strengths as they grapple with both physical and emotional conflicts. Singing almost before she could talk, MacShane has always loved folk music, whether it be Irish, Appalachian, or the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Gifford MacShane
Climbing The Walls (Hart & Cole Book 1) by Sacha T. Y. Fortuné
No one said motherhood or marriage would be easy. But the high-powered job didn't quite factor into the equation. Nor did the attractive boss in dire need of a friendly shoulder to cry on... ***Real emotion. Real life. Real love. This is NOT a glossy love story. But if you're looking for a romance read that will rattle you... characters that will change you... and love that will last in your mind long after you're finished... THIS IS THE ONE FOR YOU.*** CLIMBING THE WALLS Kris fell, head … [Read more...] about Climbing The Walls (Hart & Cole Book 1) by Sacha T. Y. Fortuné
Inherited Love by Katie Mettner
Cinnamon Mabel Dalton always struggled to fit in. A musical savant at an early age, Cinn’s life was anything but easy. After a failed marriage and broken heart, she worried she would never find someone who understood her devotion to her craft, and her family. Then her Grandma Mable passed away, she inherited a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, and her whole life changed. Dr. Foster Kern, the director of the Little Ivywood Humane Society, spent hours with Mable Dalton being regaled with stories … [Read more...] about Inherited Love by Katie Mettner
Pathfinding Women (Waxwood Series: Book 3) by Tam May
At the close of the nineteenth century, Vivian Alderdice is twenty-six, unmarried, and has no prospective suitors. Her brother’s tragic plight the year before left her and her mother on shaky ground with the San Francisco blue bloods of Nob Hill, and the only way they can re-establish their social position is to win the heart of Monte Leblanc, a wealthy Canadian in search of a wife and looking to become a member of the exclusive Washington Street society. But a young man on the train tells … [Read more...] about Pathfinding Women (Waxwood Series: Book 3) by Tam May
FEATURED BOOK: A Cross of Crocuses by Ken Ross
NOW 99cts A story about aging parents and the responses they receive from their children as life gets tougher and they ask for help. There are many surprises, and shocks too, as events steer them on an unpredictable course. They learn that their children are not the individuals they had imagined them to be; their perception of each changes and they suffer bitter disappointment. Is there any escape for either of them, and if there is, will their health allow it? Link to buy book Click to … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: A Cross of Crocuses by Ken Ross
False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2) by Tam May
Sometimes no father is better than a false father. In 1898 California, Jake Alderdice comes of age as a shy and contemplative youth who is passionate about art. On vacation in Waxwood, now a fashionable resort town, he meets Harland Stevens, who takes an interest in the young man's artistic ambitions. Stevens seizes upon the fatherless young man to counsel him toward a path to manhood inspired by Teddy Roosevelt and Thoreau. He introduces Jake to The Order of Actaeon, a secret society built … [Read more...] about False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2) by Tam May
Interview with Author – M. Billiter
About M. Billiter: M. Billiter is the alter ego of contemporary, award-winning romance author, Mary Billliter. After writing more than a dozen love stories, she is exploring the other side. Best known for her emotional honesty, Mary doesn't write about well-adjusted people, but rather the wounds in life. M. Billiter writes with clarity and raw emotion to explore difficult subjects and issues close to her heart. The Book Trailer for, "A Divided Mind" can be viewed … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – M. Billiter
Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo
Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo Love blooms in the New Hampshire town of Red Maple Falls in this newest collection of utterly romantic small-town love stories! Join the rest of the Hayes siblings as they each find love in the most unexpected ways. … [Read more...] about Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo
Featured PermaFree eBook: Can’t Buy Me Love by Martin Humphries
About the Book It’s the sixties, and London might be swinging, but not for our girl, Edith. Raised in a miserable home full of anger and hate, life for poor Edith seems to hold little hope. But she finds plenty when she teams up with her older gay cousin, Ronnie, who makes her his mission with a plan to re-shape her into the fabulous young woman he knows she deserves to be. Once free of her father and her weak, defenseless mother, her transformation is swift and dramatic. Suddenly, life is an … [Read more...] about Featured PermaFree eBook: Can’t Buy Me Love by Martin Humphries
The Catalain Book of Secrets by Jessica Lourey
"The Catalain Book of Secrets opens with a bang and keeps on firing off the unexpected. Think Charles deLint or Alice Hoffman...spell-binding." ―Midwest Book Review Faith Falls is a snug little Minnesota town constructed over a mystery, a place where the most impressive building is a gorgeous Queen Anne with turrets, cantilevered gables, and a wraparound porch. In a concealed room beneath the twisting stairs of the Queen Anne lies the Catalain Book of Secrets, the repository of the wisdom the … [Read more...] about The Catalain Book of Secrets by Jessica Lourey
