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A Gripping and Tender Regency Love Story - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Lord Frederick's Return"
BOOK EXCERPT:August 1816. Lord Frederick Danlow has returned to England after eighteen years in England, bringing with him his four-year-old daughter, Ruperta. Unsure where and how to begin his new life, he has accepted an invitation to stay with Colonel Ponsonby, a nabob, and his daughter, Susanna who have also settled in England.“This part of the country is growing on me,” Frederick said later at dinner. “Do estates here frequently come on the market?”“Not frequently, but from time to time,” t
A Frisson of Historical Mystery and Romance - Featured Blog Tour for "Daughter of Mercia" by Julia Ibbotson
BOOK EXCERPT:Dr Anna Petersen is invited to a strange archaeological burial site to interpret runes on a seax.“Dr Petersen?”“Oh! Yes?” She swung around, hand frozen on the key in the lock of her university office. She tried to juggle her briefcase and a pile of mail from the post-room as well as the key.Her name was clearly on the door plate along with her role as medieval historian and runologist in the humanities department. She nodded towards the plaque. “Yes, that’s me.”She studied the short
A Boxing Match, Family Secrets, and Christmas Bring an Unforeseen Future - an Editorial Review of "Boxing Day"
Book Blurb:Donora, Pennsylvania—December, 1923It’s Christmastime and twenty-four-year-old Socialite, Wrenly Hawthorne, is teetering between the comfort of family wealth and her risky drive for independence. Feeling estranged from friends and at odds with her parents, she is searching for “something more.” With keen interest in the freedom that the women’s right to vote should have brought, she studies the stock market and plans to attend school. She is sure she can build the life she wants, but
A Journey While in Servitude - an Editorial Review of "Maren, the Fisherman's Daughter"
Book Blurb:Herr Agner Estridsen is a prosperous wheat farmer whose good fortune is endowed from a lineage of kings and queens of Denmark. In a hamlet near the sea at a far distance from Herr Estridsen, the widow Hanna Iversen approaches a memorial for her son and husband who had died in a storm at sea. She speaks to the stately marker to feel close to them and feel their spirit. Loss of income has rendered the family destitute. Indenturing her daughters, Maren and Betina, to Herr Estridsen is th
A Spectacular Dual Timeline Mystery Set Beneath the Shadow of Vesuvius
Book Blurb:What Remains is a haunting dual-timeline mystery that bridges centuries-and secrets-between ancient Rome and the modern world.Forensic anthropologist Tori Benino has just landed the opportunity of a lifetime: leading a dig at a long-buried Roman village lost to the eruption of Vesuvius. But when she uncovers the remains of a Praetorian guard hidden in an ancient latrine-clearly murdered-Tori realizes she's stumbled onto something far more sinister than a routine excavation. As she dig
The Quiet Bravery of Women and the Power of Memory - an Editorial Review of "The Lady at the Louvre"
Book Blurb: Coming SoonBook Buy Link: Coming Soon - visit www.helenconstantine.com to sign up for her newsletter and receive an ARC copy of the book.Author Bio:Helen Constantine writes non-fiction and historical fiction inspired by brave and remarkable women in World War II. Her books shine a light on little known female heroes from this era. Women whose courage and resilience were often overlooked or downplayed after the war. Ordinary women who risked their lives to help others and do what they
The Story of a Conductor on the Underground Railroad - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Escape to the Maroons"
BOOK EXCERPT:Nathanial On Arriving At Maroons CampBesides the people waiting here, more are coming. I’m the center of attention. People whisper and point at me. I don’t like what’s going on. No one looks friendly. They must think I’m a white man. Should I say something? Better leave that to Lincoln.This place looks sizable. The ground is dry. Trees and thick brush are on all sides. We crossed smaller islands like this getting here. Moses called them hummocks. This appears to be much bigger. Ther
Travel Back to an Ancient Time with this New Release
An epic of love, survival, and the fall of empiresIn the shadow of a burning world, two souls must choose between the past they cherish and the future they fear.Spring, 1190 BCE. On the glittering coast of the eastern Mediterranean, the city of Ugarit thrives-its markets vibrant, its libraries vast, its people unaware that the world they know is about to vanish.Yoninah, a healer steeped in ancient wisdom, tends to the wounded and the grieving with herbs, charms, and quiet strength. When a battle
Featured Spotlight on Bookouture Author, Barbara Josselsohn's New Release "The Secret Orphanage"
Barbara Josselsohn is a best-selling novelist and journalist who loves crafting stories about strong protagonists facing a fork in the road. Her newest book is The Secret Orphanage, a multigenerational novel about an American schoolteacher who becomes embroiled in the French Resistance and a present-day librarian compelled s to discover her grandfather’s wartime secrets. Her earlier historical novels include the Sisters of War series (Secrets of the Italian Island, The Lost Gift to the Italian I
Release Day for Historium Press Author, Mike Weedall, and His Profound Novel of the Great Dismal Swamp
In 1792, an escaped slave, raised and living as white, is discovered and forced to flee into the Great Dismal Swamp. Barely escaping a bounty hunter, a Maroons community of fugitive slaves rescues him. Over time, Nathanial comes to accept his true identity while fighting to overcome the suspicions of his new community. Because of his pale skin, he becomes a conductor on the underground railroad, slipping runners onto ships going north. On one of his missions, fate intervenes and places Nathanial
"The Wanderer and the Way" by G. M. Baker - a Blog Tour / Book Excerpt Event
BOOK EXCERPTTheodemir thanked Lubbo and made his way down to the riverbank where a large age-bent white willow trailed it branches over the water. Beneath its low canopy was one of the coolest places on the estate on a warm day, and there he found her, her back leaning against the trunk of the tree while a small child tottered about on unsteady feet, picking up sticks and fallen leaves and starting at them studiously before putting them in its mouth and then throwing them to the ground in annoya
An Enthralling Dual Timeline WWII Family Mystery - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Ciao, Amore, Ciao"
BOOK EXCERPT:It was January 18th, late in the night, when we made our way into the chaos of the small town they called Podgornje. Fires burnt in every izba, buildings overflowing with men fighting for every scrap of space and food in the serrated orange light, the silence of the steppe that froze its secrets like the rich suddenly shattered by the voices of the mad, and we were with the stragglers, the hunchbacks, we were the last of the column forcing our way through that town in search of warm
A Raven Between Two Tropical Birds - an Editorial Review of "To Be True"
Book Blurb:If you have to choose between going too far or being too late, always choose too far.Marion Pallas is the plain middle sister, the raven between two tropical birds, and that is how the ladies in 1920's London high society treat her with their malignant whispers and snide comments. When Marion exacts her revenge, her misdeed launches a plot to save her involving a motley crew of characters including a Canadian playwright and his theatre company, a notorious gang of female thieves, a co
Featured Spotlight on "The Winding Dirt Road" by Jiu Da - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt
BOOK EXCERPT"Throughout it all, our wise man was so obsessed and preoccupied with being the most devoted servant to feed one man above him while willingly bypassing the needs and interests of tens of millions below, manifesting conduct morally repugnant and contradictory to all human values." ~ Event Horizon
A Perfect Novel for Lord of the Rings Fans - an Editorial Review of "The Quarry"
Book Blurb:Set in early medieval Britain and perfect for Lord of the Rings fans, this fourth installment of The Druid Chronicles tells the story of a Saxon sheriff who’s on the hunt for fugitive Druids—unaware that he is being pursued as well.Forced to flee their previous sanctuary, a small band of goddess-worshipping Britons reach a high mountain valley, believed to be the site of their cult’s ancestral home, to find its stone towers reduced to rubble. With only a matter of months before winter
A Breakneck Flight for Survival After the Civil War - an Editorial Review of "Coldiron"
Book Blurb:Fulton Missouri residents Sarah and Ruth discover the story of Samantha Coldiron’s flight from the man trying to kill her, and a series of mishaps in a quest for life-saving salt at the end of the Civil War led to a cache of gold that’s never been recovered, as far as they know.In alternating chapters, Sarah and Ruth’s breakneck journey to North Carolina in 1984 and Samantha’s harrowing flight out of North Carolina trying to escape Frank Daniels in 1864 are told. Sarah and Ruth only h
Featured Spotlight on "The Herb Knot" by Jane Loftus - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt
BOOK EXCERPTThe oars were being readied as Rafi ran to the workshop. They would push against the side of the quay and propel the cog into the middle of the Leie, which would join with the Scheldt. Then, they would be in open water. He did not have much time.Jacob was in the workshop, parading around in a new hat. ‘What do you think?’‘Where is Van Loo? Has he left for the guild yet?’Jacob nodded sulkily towards the office. The room still reeked of yesterday’s herring. How many times had Rafi lain
The Dark Side of the Sun King's Dazzling Court
Meet Madame de Montespan, the Sun King’s mistress with a shocking secret! Nearly 1 1/2 years ago, I watched a fascinating programme on France 3 about Madame de Montespan, the longtime maîtresse en titre of the Sun King, Louis XIV. For many years, I’ve been intrigued by Louis XIV and his court, and especially by an event I'll mention below. So it was time I explored that era – and its people – further… Born Françoise de Rochechouart, of old French nobility, she was married to the Marquis de Monte
A Story of Courage in the Face of Tyranny - an Editorial Review of "Scapegoat"
Book Blurb:Bruges, 1558—a city of faith and ferocity, grandeur and terror, where whispers can turn to accusations, and justice serves power above truth. When young Matthias arrives in Bruges, he is drawn into the orbit of François van Daele and Willem de Clerc, two men living quietly in the shadows—until a jealous rival brands them as sinners. Dragged into a society ravenous for vengeance, they face sentences of unspeakable cruelty—caught in a corrupt inquisition where innocence is condemned, an
The Perogatives of Patronage and Power in American Politics - an Editorial Review of "A President's Story Too"
Book Blurb:Between Lincoln and FDR, the Presidency and the United States come of ageIn the wake of the Civil War, fourteen men will succeed Abraham Lincoln and attempt to reunify the United States. As their personal tales intertwine and overlap on their way to the Presidency, they defer to Congress until it is clear that Democrats and Republicans are more concerned with the prerogatives of power and patronage than Lincoln’s pledge of freedom and opportunity for all Americans. The 19th-century Pr
A Confronting Story About an Underrepresented Voice in History - an Editorial Review of "The Trails of Thomas(ine) Hall"
Book Blurb: Coming SoonBook Buy Link: Coming SoonAuthor Bio: Vaughn Roste is most drawn to telling dramatic true stories from underrepresented voices. A recovering academic, he has two WWII features optioned and another short produced (FIREFIGHTER, 2021, on Youtube). A published author of plays, song lyrics, and poems, his first book, The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Canadians was published by Oval Books in England.Editorial Review:““It’s time for me to make my own way in the world, Auntie. You know
La Cosa Nostra in the Big Easy - an Untold Emigrant Tragedy
'COBBLESTONES: A NEW ORLEANS TRAGEDY' by former Federal Prosecutor and FBI Agent Sal R. Perricone - Now available on pre-order and releasing in two days! Get your copy today and learn more about #neworleans history and the #sicilianvendettas in the early 1800s!!BUY TODAY: https://geni.us/M2sa The turbulent history of Post-Reconstruction New Orleans collides with the plight of Sicilian immigrants seeking refuge in America.Antonio, a young man fleeing Sicily after avenging his father's murder, emb
Fate That is Written in the Cards - an Editorial Review of "The Prince of Cups"
Book Blurb:Fate was written in the cards—desire would seal it in fire.In the twilight of Renaissance Florence, where Savonarola's sermons stir revolt and the Borgias’ assassins move in shadows, a forbidden love ignites. Veronica Danti, a fiery gypsy bound by an unwanted marriage, meets the man foretold in her Tarot cards: Antonio di Fabiani, noble exile and reluctant combatant in a deadly game of power and passion. Amid the echo of cathedral bells and the secrets of courtesans and spies, their d
The Wrongful Imprisonment of a French Nobleman - an Editorial Review of "The Lost Seigneur"
Book Blurb:The Lost Seigneur is a sequel to award-winning Chateau Laux. Set in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, it is the story of Jean-Pierre du Laux, a nobleman in southern France, who was wrongfully imprisoned during a time of religious intolerance and subsequently endeavors to return to his family. Many years have passed since he saw them and any reunion would have been impossible, without the unlikely help of a youthful companion that he meets along the way.Book Buy Link: https://gen
Featured Spotlight on "Unspoken" by Jann Alexander - Blog Tour & Book Excerpt
BOOK EXCERPTWILLA MAEThere are times my memories are so clear.The odor of burning paper that accompanies a blue norther in March, with its low, blue-gray clouds stretching across the horizonI can smell the acrid reek behind the glove factory where the smiths tanned the hides they hung and stripped. The smooth feel of the leather on the table where my sewing machine sat, as I fed it into the stitcher, the smell of it I came to love once it was tanned and dyed. The plum leather was my favorite of
A Sweeping Three Book Victorian Trilogy That Will Transport You!
NEW RELEASE ALERT!!"Under the Sword" by Luv Lubker- Book Three of the "Rival Courts" seriesJoin Queen Victoria's eldest daughter and her husband, future German Emperor Frederick III in this third installment of The Rival Courts family saga, as they climb the treacherous path to their dream of German unification in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.In the calm after the storm, Vicky and Fritz have it all: a devoted marriage, a growing family, and the promise of a bright future. But Fritz's Uncle Ka
The Only Three People on Earth Who Can Stop Hitler - an Editorial Review of "Thomas Edison and the Magi Solution"
Book Blurb:Spring, 1945. As World War II comes to an end, John Dawkins, Thomas Edison’s intrepid former assistant, is summoned by an ailing President Roosevelt to investigate a terrifying secret report that Adolph Hitler, faced with certain defeat, has made an unholy deal with the Devil to annihilate the world. Along with his wife, Sophie, an ace newspaper reporter, and their ten-year-old son, Joshua, John journeys to war-ravaged London to join forces with theatrical playboy (and undercover agen
Iron Age Archaeology & Indiana Jones-type Adventure - an Editorial Review of "Scorpions Ascent"
Book Blurb:Scorpions Ascent is an action-packed young adult novel that blends Iron Age archaeology with the thrill of Indiana Jones adventure.Tzakhi dreads being apprenticed to the smelting fires of King Solomon’s mines, but when his father is kidnapped, he has the opportunity to rescue him and demonstrate that he already has a different set of skills.Tzakhi’s father Nachshon is steward over the mines of the Arava, and Tzakhi’s older half brothers serve the fires. Tzakhi loves working with the a
A Dystopian Historical Tale of Injustice - an Editorial Review of "Upstream"
Book Blurb:Upstream is Jennifer M. Lane’s stunning conclusion to the story that began in Downriver. This dystopian historical tale of social justice, set in Pennsylvania’s coal country and on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, is filled with adventure and heart.The closer Charlotte gets to the killer and the cure, the more she forgets to live.It’s 1901. It’s been a year since Charlotte arrived on the Chesapeake Bay and discovered the poison that killed her parents was in the water… and killing people do
A Spectacular Crusading Adventure Novel - "The Will of God" by Julian de la Motte - Blog Tour and Book Excerpts
BOOK EXCERPT:And so there had been, far more than a ‘little something’ in fact. Grandesmil was carrying in his panniers documents that entitled him to vast swathes of new lands in the Cotentin and he was carrying in his head visions of the likely reaction to William’s death of certain of his more immediate family. And thus, to Robert his eldest son: The boy had been with the King of France for four years now. Kept on a short leash and harboured by William’s greatest enemy; a boy caught in rebell
A Feminist, a Poet, a Dramatist and a Nun: an Editorial Review of "Sor Juana, My Beloved"
Book Blurb:" A compelling narrative!" (Kirkus Reviews)"A passionate exploration of Sor Juana's life." (Donovan's Literary Services)"Mesmerizing read."These are but a few of the extraordinary reviews of SOR JUANA, MY BELOVED. (Kathryn Henderson, Professor Emerita)From the author: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, the brilliant 17th century Mexican nun, had two passions in life: Poetry and the Viceroy's wife.Exploring those passions in creating this biography led me on a five-year journey, scouring every
Featured Spotlight on "Ping" by Lisa Lucas & Steve Landsberg - Blog Tour and Book Excerpts
BOOK EXCERPT:Yanking out a chunk of hair from the back of her head made Jenny feel weirdly good. It was almost irresistible – an urge she had never known – an urge she knew she needed to get under control before the bald patches could no longer be hidden."PING" by Lisa Lucas & GROK co-founder Steve Landsberg
A Fiery Woman Joins a Cattle Drive in America's Untamed Frontier - an Editorial Review of "Red Haired Distraction"
Book Blurb:Step into the rugged Texas frontier with Red-Haired Distraction, a captivating Western novel that blends action, heart, and unforgettable characters. Follow Angelina Montgomery—a fiery young woman determined to defy expectations—as she joins a cattle drive to save her family’s ranch. Alongside her is Joe Bob Bennett, an earnest cowboy with everything to prove, and Jack Thornton, a seasoned foreman with a mysterious past.Angie Montgomery, a spirited young woman, desires to prove hersel
Featured Spotlight on "Marguerite: Hell Hath No Fury!" by Judith Arnold - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt
BOOK EXCERPT1443 – Having produced an heir for England, Marguerite returns to court, hoping for a warm welcome.After an uneasy Christmas season, the new year sees the divisions at court widening and deepening. I am convinced the great fissure has grown so wide that it will never now be healed. The uneasy friendship that once existed has inflated into the blackest enmity. York is like a great chained beast that, once unleashed, will tear me to pieces. I am the Frenchwoman, the whore, and he has e
Featured Spotlight on "A Mischief of Murder" by Helen Hollick - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt
BOOK EXCERPT:I was dismayed to discover that the visitor was none other than Detective Sergeant Frobisher. We’d had run-ins with him before, an arrogant, very rude man who always rubbed Laurie – and me – up the wrong way with his snide, ungentlemanly remarks. Mind, the last time we were here in Devon Aunt Madge had soundly put him in his place – twice. Being on the sharp end of her tongue is not for the faint hearted. And matters had come to a head (well, a bloody nose), when Laurie had firmly p
When the Past That Haunts You Isn't Your Own - an Editorial Review of "The House on Chambers Road"
Book Blurb:Sometimes the past that comes back to haunt you isn’t yours…C.J. McGroarty blends the gothic touches of a good ghost story with the rich, evocative details of historical fiction in this tale of love, loss, and redemption.Interior designer Libby Casey desperately wants to move on from her grief and the painful secret that has plagued her since her husband’s death. When she buys an 18th-century house on the outskirts of town that she feels inexplicably drawn to, she thinks she has a cha
The Brutal Realities of the Gold Rush Through the Eyes of a Young Girl - an Editorial Review of "Heroes of Gold Country"
Book Blurb:Anna Claire Freiler is not like other nine-year-old girls. Strong-willed, high-strung, and fiercely independent, she refuses to conform to the expectations placed on young girls in a society that often devalues them. While others host tea parties and tend to dolls, Anna Claire prefers climbing trees, collecting rocks, and testing boundaries-much to her family's frustration.After a long and arduous journey from Minnesota, the Freiler family arrives in the Montana Territory, drawn by th
Featured Spotlight on "A Prodigy in Auschwitz" by Fred Goldman - Blog Tour
BOOK EXCERPTSimon was one of the first to notice the disturbance among the starlings roosting in the sycamore trees bordering the east and west sides of the square. He heard their pitched chorus and the flapping of their wings seconds before hundreds of them flocked to the sky, creating two formations before joining into one large configuration. They moved swiftly, twisting, turning, changing shapes, and creating an astonishing spectacle to those watching below. As the progression of movements a
A Story Lost to Time, then Found Again - Spotlight on "An Echo of Ashes" by Ron Allen Ames
Book Excerpt:The bull then noticed Russell and immediately charged. “RUSSELL!” Ella screamed as Ruth restrained her from running into the corral.From behind the pole, Russell held out the gun with his right hand and fired. Boom! Boom! Boom! Did he miss? The bull was almost on him! He frantically shot again. Boom! Boom! The hair flew from the animal’s brisket as the second bullet ripped through the beast’s jaw. The bull whirled and trotted back as it snorted and gurgled in the blood that ran from