About Betty Godfrey: I was born in Philadelphia during the Great Depression. I attended public school and graduated from Dobbins High School. At eighteen I married and moved to New Jersey. I attended and graduated Rutgers University. I had three beautiful children and a happy married life. After the children were older, I bought and worked two businesses and had a full life. My husband passed away and several years later I met a very adventerous man whose dream was to sail around the world in … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Betty Godfrey
The Abduction of Nelly Don by Patrice Williams Marks
Book Trailer: Copy & Paste URL into browser: Nelly.PatriceWilliamsMarks.com BASED ON A TRUE STORY. During the Great Depression, high profile kidnappings became more and more commonplace. On December 17, 1931, self-made millionaire fashion designer Nell Donnelly becomes the next casualty. Senator Reed, a family friend, steps in to lead the investigation. Impatient with ineffective police efforts, he is willing to go to extraordinary measures. How extraordinary? How about enlisting the … [Read more...] about The Abduction of Nelly Don by Patrice Williams Marks
Interview with Author – Patrice Williams Marks
About Patrice Williams Marks: Patrice Williams Marks penned her first book in third grade; The Day Snoopy Got Married. While it didn't make the NY Times Best Seller List, it was an instant classic with the Nacca Valley Elementary School staff. From that moment forward, Patrice knew she was a writer. With a zest for travel and an insatiable appetite for all things vintage and period, Patrice uses her investigative journalism background to create authentic characters to occupy the pages of her … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Patrice Williams Marks
Dancing with Velvet by Judy Nickles
For Celeste, growing up in a small West Texas town, life has been unremarkable—so far. She barely remembers her mother, and her father is always distant and, when he’s drinking, emotionally abusive. Her older sister Coralee has married into a warm, loving family and moved away. After two years at the local business college, Celeste now works as assistant bookkeeper at Woolworth’s. But by night she dreams of dancing with a man who appears from beyond a blue velvet curtain and beckons her to join … [Read more...] about Dancing with Velvet by Judy Nickles
Where Is Papa’s Shining Star? by Judy Nickles
Alan Ashley has everything—physical charm, wealth, social status—when he marches off to war in 1917. It would only be a brief, interesting interlude in his perfect life. Then an exploding shell takes his sight and his hope for the future. Returning home after two years of intensive rehabilitation of which he grudges every moment and wants only to die and be out of his misery, he confronts a fiancée who declares she can’t marry “half a man” and two cousins who intend to have him declared … [Read more...] about Where Is Papa’s Shining Star? by Judy Nickles
Interview with Author – Java Davis @JavaDavis
Author Bio: Fifteen years in the printing and marketing fields as type designer and editor. Currently retired/disabled, writing independent author books that are self-published. What inspires you to write? I've moved around quite a bit and had a variety of jobs. I have many places and situations to draw upon. I wouldn't call it inspiration. Just another day at the office that happens to be my living room. Tell us about your writing process. I start out with a good idea and some … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Java Davis @JavaDavis
