Eamon has not slept since the day his little brother died. Wracked by guilt and crippled in his right leg, he spends his youth caring for his ailing father in their decrepit family home. When a sorceress suddenly appears claiming to serve a mysterious deity, he is called forth on a journey to lay his brother's soul to rest. Eamon sets off with her, hopeful for redemption, but quickly finds the world has only grown darker and stranger since he last left the comfort of home. If Eamon is to succeed … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: The Hound in the Heather by C.J. Heckman
La Bastarda (Book One of the Trastámara Series) by K.M. Guerin
Doña Constanza Enríquez de Castilla may be the daughter of a claimant to the throne, but she will never be a princess. The product of her father's dalliance with a young French girl, she has never been welcome in the eyes of his wife and legitimate heirs, who see her as a threat to the safety of their inheritance and a thief of their father's love. Lonely and kept on hand as a servant, Constanza grows up right in the middle of one of the most turbulent times of a monarchy: the beginning of a … [Read more...] about La Bastarda (Book One of the Trastámara Series) by K.M. Guerin
Interview with Author – Phyllis Haislip
Author Bio: It comes as no surprise that I write historical fiction since I’ve always loved history. As a scholar (Ph.D. history, Columbia University), teacher, and writer, it’s been my goal to capture the story in history. What inspires you to write? I wrote a paper as a graduate student on Ermengarde of Narbonne (1126?-1196) and the paper because my first published scholarly article. At the time I was researching and writing about this twelfth-century woman, I thought she would be the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Phyllis Haislip
