** Solo Medalist: New Apple Literary Awards for Historical Fiction 2018 ** Finalist, Historical Fiction: Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2019 Mt. Clemens, Michigan, 1887. Seventeen and headstrong, with marriage on her mind, Maggie is sure she has found her one true love. But when she collides head-on with betrayal, overwhelming loss and ill-treatment, her life unravels. In a time when women had few rights, Maggie rises above adversity through rare determination and grit, becoming an … [Read more...] about Maggie: A Journey of Love, Loss and Survival by Vicki Tapia
Featured Free Book: Hell to Reality: One prisoner’s journey by Jack Grylewicz
Featured Free Book: Book is free from 07/14/2019 until 07/16/2019 If the dates are the same, book is free one day only. About the Book 1939 Torun, Poland; the journey was perilous. The Mayer family; Peter, Mary his wife and their two sons John and Vladek, were under deep peril and had a decision to make. Early in the morning Peter was conscripted to a mandatory sentence by regulation under the threat of death at gunpoint by the Gestapo to be the “Volksdeutsche,” informer. Peter had no … [Read more...] about Featured Free Book: Hell to Reality: One prisoner’s journey by Jack Grylewicz
The Day to Eternity by Joanne Monte
A sweeping story filled with scenes of love, war, and great personal sacrifice, "The Day to Eternity" follows three characters who struggle to find their place, and one another, against tremendous odds. Set in the early 1950s against the backdrop of chaotic, war-torn Korea and and an enchanting but fragile postwar Japan, the reader is taken deep into the lives of characters whose responses to present adversity and the tortuous pull of the past crucially shape their destinies. Targeted Age … [Read more...] about The Day to Eternity by Joanne Monte
Beauty & Grace, A Historical Novel by Christina M. Abt
Beauty & Grace is an intensely moving work of historical fiction telling the stories of Teagan Cormick and Grace Reid, women from different worlds and different eras, brought together within the haunting confines of Midland’s Wood Haven asylum. Teagan leads readers through her early life in Queenstown, County Cork, through to her youthful immigration to America and her chilling, involuntary commitment to Wood Haven following The Crash of 1929. Grace arrives at Wood Haven in 1978, hired as … [Read more...] about Beauty & Grace, A Historical Novel by Christina M. Abt
The Lord Poet by Megan Franks
Meet Lord Edmund Troy, a carefree aristocrat and renowned poet in Victorian-era London. Idolized by the masses for his charisma and dashing good looks, he finds himself in the sights of wealthy socialite Agatha and her cousin Catrina. Agatha appears to be the quintessential match for Lord Troy…until he becomes more acquainted with Catrina. Drawn to Catrina for her love of literature, Lord Troy finds himself in unusual territory as he yearns for her. A quiet and intelligent book lover, Catrina … [Read more...] about The Lord Poet by Megan Franks
Indian Summer by Suzanne D. Williams
Ona Privett accepted the marriage proposal of a man, sight unseen. But when she arrives at the edge of the Florida wilderness, the man she thought she'd come to marry, young John Cole, knows nothing about any correspondence. Nor is he interested in being tied down, relying on his mother's Native American ancestry to survive. That ancestry forms poisonous bigotry in the local townspeople, powerful hatred that, despite their growing feelings for each other, might be too strong to overcome without … [Read more...] about Indian Summer by Suzanne D. Williams
Past Storm and Fire by Christy Nicholas
After their house is destroyed by a hurricane, Val and Karl rebuild their lives. To escape the stress, her dreams inspire her to write a historical romance novel set in Iceland rife with sorcery, sexy Vikings, and of course, a volcano. After a blow to her head, her dreams become more vivid and her husband gets more critical of her new fixation. She dreams of Icelandic magical symbols she would never know, which both frightens and intrigues her. In her novel, Val becomes Vigdis, eager to fend … [Read more...] about Past Storm and Fire by Christy Nicholas
Interview with Author – Susan Welch
About Susan Welch: SUSAN WELCH grew up in Minnesota and Wisconsin with either her nose in a book or her toes in the water. She earned a Masters in International Management and built an international career in the brewing industry, and now works for a company focused on regional agriculture, new technologies, and craft brewing. When not traveling for work or pleasure, she spends her time either on the family houseboat in Seattle or in a cabin in the woods of Lummi Island, preferably with her … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Susan Welch
FEATURED BOOK: The Devil Take Tomorrow by Gretchen Jeannette
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FEATURED BOOK: The Persistence of Memory Book 1: Deja Vu by Karen Janowsky
When superheroes fall in love, anything can happen. Daniel Hecht doesn’t belong in this century. Catapulted into the present from 1943, he’s out of place and out of touch. Still, he was the American war hero called “Lionheart” and his heroism has followed him into the modern world. He now leads an underground group of superpowered misfits, but the misfit he keeps turning to is Nina Asher. Nina has a vast knowledge of history, yet no idea who she is or where she’s from. She has become the … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: The Persistence of Memory Book 1: Deja Vu by Karen Janowsky
