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Druid's Brooch #.5
An Immigrant's Tale: A Druid's Brooch Prequel Short Story
When the magical secrets of The Emerald Isle beckon, will she survive answering the call?
Ohio, 1846. Valentia McDowell wishes she could rest. Plagued by nightmares of her grandmother’s mysterious brooch lost in Ireland, the well-off young woman aches to find her lost family in Ireland. But as she dodges marriage proposals from odious local farmers, she can’t shake the sense that a powerful inheritance awaits her across the ocean… if she can weather the treacherous journey.
Can Valentia uphold a destiny she doesn’t yet understand without losing everyone she loves?
An Immigrant's Tale is the prequel short story to Legacy of Hunger, the sweeping first book in The Druid's Brooch historical fantasy series. If you like compelling female characters, immersive authenticity, and a dash of magic, then you’ll love Christy Nicholas’s gripping tale of how it all began.
Buy An Immigrant's Tale to trace a family treasure today!
Ohio, 1846. Valentia McDowell wishes she could rest. Plagued by nightmares of her grandmother’s mysterious brooch lost in Ireland, the well-off young woman aches to find her lost family in Ireland. But as she dodges marriage proposals from odious local farmers, she can’t shake the sense that a powerful inheritance awaits her across the ocean… if she can weather the treacherous journey.
Can Valentia uphold a destiny she doesn’t yet understand without losing everyone she loves?
An Immigrant's Tale is the prequel short story to Legacy of Hunger, the sweeping first book in The Druid's Brooch historical fantasy series. If you like compelling female characters, immersive authenticity, and a dash of magic, then you’ll love Christy Nicholas’s gripping tale of how it all began.
Buy An Immigrant's Tale to trace a family treasure today!
42 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 18, 2022
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Christy Nicholas
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Christy Nicholas loves all things historical, especially if it has anything to do with Ireland, Scotland, England, or Iceland, and she writes historical fantasy, travel guides, and a book on writing craft. Her tales tend to the gritty, with bittersweet endings, and she's never afraid to torture her characters. But there is beauty in all darkness, and she loves showing that, as well.
- If you are in the mood for something more scifi, check out her C. N. Jackson book, Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd.
- If you are looking for some urban fantasy, magical adventure in modern ireland, see her Rowan Dillon series, Guardians of the PHAE.
- If you prefer some timeslip romance in Iceland, or a women's fiction based on her parents' true story, go look at her Emeline Rhys books, Past Storm and Fire or Better To Have Loved.
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Christy Nicholas loves all things historical, especially if it has anything to do with Ireland, Scotland, England, or Iceland, and she writes historical fantasy, travel guides, and a book on writing craft. Her tales tend to the gritty, with bittersweet endings, and she's never afraid to torture her characters. But there is beauty in all darkness, and she loves showing that, as well.
- If you are in the mood for something more scifi, check out her C. N. Jackson book, Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd.
- If you are looking for some urban fantasy, magical adventure in modern ireland, see her Rowan Dillon series, Guardians of the PHAE.
- If you prefer some timeslip romance in Iceland, or a women's fiction based on her parents' true story, go look at her Emeline Rhys books, Past Storm and Fire or Better To Have Loved.
Homepage: http://www.greendragonartist.com
Blog: http://www.greendragonartist.net
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greendragonau...
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/greendragon9
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkSd...
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greendragonau...
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June 5, 2023
An Immigrant's Tale: A Druid's Brooch Prequel Short Story 0.5 (Druid's Brooch Series) my first read from author Christy Nicholas. I first heard of this author when I received an email from Green Dragon Press. I'm a history major and the content quickly caught my attention, and then there was an offer for a free book if I left a review for one of her books. So I went to Amazon and purchased an early book in the series. Well-written with a well-developed primary character and the tease of a 46-page mystery involving a long-lost brooch. A very good read. I look forward to Nicholas’s next book, in fact, I already went and purchased Turlough's Tale: A Druid's Brooch Short Story 2.5 (Druid's Brooch Series) new author, an affordable book for a retired reader. “I'm voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).
July 13, 2025
A peak into the thoughts of a family from the past
We are so much more open in our society now than back during the 1800s . Or are we. Perhaps. But families still have secrets and conflicts. Parents always have and always will want the best for their children. What we can do and say and still be "proper " has changed but perhaps not . Especially within family conversations.
We are so much more open in our society now than back during the 1800s . Or are we. Perhaps. But families still have secrets and conflicts. Parents always have and always will want the best for their children. What we can do and say and still be "proper " has changed but perhaps not . Especially within family conversations.
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