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Fair Readers (FairReaders) | 31 comments Mod
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David Makinson (davidmakinson) | 2 comments Just a One Night Stand

Just a One Night Stand is set in mid-1960s England and tells the tale of unmarried nineteen-year-old Marion McKenzie, who finds herself pregnant after a drunken one night stand. If you like books that propel you back to the era of Mods and Rockers, coffee bars and parents with a very different set of social mores than we are used to in the 21st Century, then this might be right up your street!


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Robert Craven (cravenrobert) | 1 comments http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

As the German troops approach Moscow during the Russian offensive of World War II, encountering ever more determined resistance as they go, what if they could snatch the greatest and most heroic symbol of the Soviet Revolution, the body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin?

Would Soviet morale collapse? Would Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union be defeated? Would Nazi Germany conquer the world?

This is the intriguing premise of Robert Craven's 'Get LENIN' which pits the academic British spymaster Henry Chainbridge and the seductive Polish infiltrator Eva Molenaar against the elite of the German Third Reich and the wealth and ambition of American movie mogul Donald T. Kincaid who will amass yet another fortune for himself recording the Nazis' triumphal seizure of Lenin himself.

The race is on, and if the Nazi plot succeeds the war and humanity itself may be lost


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Genevieve Graham (goodreadscomgenevievegraham) Under the Same Sky
Under the Same Sky by Genevieve Graham

The year is 1746. A young woman from South Carolina and a Scottish Highlander share an intimacy and devotion beyond their understanding.
They’ve known each other their entire lives.
They live a half-world apart.
And they have never met…


Maggie Johnson has been gifted with “the Sight” ever since she was a child. Her dreams bring her visions of the future and of a presence she knows is not a figment of her imagination. She calls him Wolf, having watched him grow from a careless young boy into a fearsome warrior, and she trusts him with her life and her heart.

Andrew MacDonnell is fascinated by the woman who has visited him in his dreams for as long as he can remember, entranced by her beauty, knowing deep in his soul that she is as real as he. Although he doesn’t know who she is, Andrew believes that destiny will bring them together.

When tragedy and war strike their homelands, both Maggie and Andrew suffer indescribable losses. Separated across an ocean, the bond they share nevertheless grows as they sense each other’s pain, lend each other strength, and embark on a journey of the spirit to find and love one another at long last…


Don't judge a book by its (albeit beautiful) cover! This is no soft, gentle romance. The 18th century was a hard time, and I haven't pulled any punches.
My influences: Diana Gabaldon, Sara Donati, Penelope Williamson.
My book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8wwJD...

RELEASED: Jan 2012 by Berkley/Penguin US


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Geoff Woodland | 2 comments Ice King
Ice King by Geoff Woodland
In 1804 Liverpool was the largest slave trading port in Great Britain, yet her influential traders felt threatened by the success, in Parliament, of the ant-slavery movement. Few, in Liverpool, condemned the 'Trade'.
William King, son of a Liverpool slave trader, sickened by what he experienced aboard a Spanish slaver, was one of the few who did speak out against the Trade.
This story, during the dying days of this despicable practice, has generational change, moral wickedness, greed, romance and the fortunes of war woven through the lives of father and son caught up in the turmoil that preceded the implementation of the British Trade Act of 1807, which would end Britain's involvement in the slave trade. To Liverpool slave traders, if this Act gained Royal Assent, it could mean their ruin.
www.geoffwoodland.com


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Steve Robinson (steverobinson) | 6 comments In the Blood (A genealogical crime mystery) by Steve Robinson In the Blood (A genealogical crime mystery).


Family history was never supposed to be like this...

A dark genealogical secret locked in the past. A family historian trying to unlock it. Trouble is, someone else is looking for the same answers and they will stop at nothing to find them.

When American genealogist, Jefferson Tayte, accepted his latest assignment, he had no idea it might kill him. “I’m a family historian for Christ sakes!” But while murder was never part of the curriculum, Tayte is kidding himself if he thinks he can walk away from this one.

Driven by the all-consuming irony of being a genealogist who doesn’t even know who his own parents are, Tayte soon finds that the assignment shares a stark similarity to his own struggle. Someone has gone to great lengths to erase an entire family bloodline from recorded history and he’s not going home until he’s found out why. After all, if he’s not good enough to find this family, how can he ever expect to be good enough to someday find his own?

Set in Cornwall, England, past and present, Tayte's research centres around the tragic life of a young Cornish girl, a writing box, and the discovery of a dark family secret that he believes will lead him to the family he is looking for.


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J.S. Dunn (httpwwwjsdunnbookscom) | 4 comments Bending the Boyne A novel of ancient Ireland by J.S. Dunn Bending the Boyne: A novel of ancient Ireland

2200 BCE: Changes rocking the Continent reach Eire. The young astronomer Boann and the enigmatic Cian need all their wits and courage to save their people and their great Boyne mounds, when long bronze knives challenge the peaceful native starwatchers. Banished to far coasts, Cian discovers how to outwit the invaders at their own game. Tensions on Eire between new and old cultures and between Boann, Elcmar, and her son Aengus, ultimately explode. What emerges from the rubble of battle are the legends of Ireland’s beginnings in a totally new light.

BENDING THE BOYNE shows the new concepts of "Celts" and origin of the Gaelic language much earlier than previously thought.

This title reflects ten years of research and input from eminent archaeologists. From a new small publisher of historical fiction, and available in quality paperback 350 pp or via Kindle/Nook/apps.


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Joel (joelarnold) | 7 comments Ox Cart Angel
Ox Cart Angel

'If I had known how much my life was about to change, I would have spent that last day in Pembina differently. I would have said goodbye to my friends and visited the places that reminded me of Mama, especially the elm tree where she was buried. I would have sat at her grave telling her how much I missed her, and that I’d come back someday to visit.

But since I didn’t know any of that, I spent most of that day with Freda Two-Feathers, who was a half-breed like me.

Half-breed.

Papa hated that word.

“You are Métis,” he’d say. “You are not half of anything, Claire.”'


While the Civil War rages far away, Claire and her father set out on a journey from the Dakota Territory, hoping to catch up to the large caravan of Métis fur traders that left the day before. Their destination? The bustling city of St. Paul, where Papa wishes to open a photography studio. But with only Bone Bag, their one-horned ox, to pull their squeaky cart, they soon realize they may have to make their treacherous journey alone. Braving bad weather, packs of wolves, dangerous river crossings, starvation and exhaustion, can Claire and her father survive the deeply rutted ox cart trails?

Ox Cart Angel is available in both ebook and trade paperback format.


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Kit Frazier (kitfrazier) | 4 comments love it!


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D.E. Meredith | 1 comments THE DEVIL'S RIBBON BY D.E. MEREDITH

A trail of beribboned murders. A ticking bomb. A city about to explode.


July, 1858: London swelters under the oppressive heat of the hottest summer on record, and trouble is brewing. Forensic scientist Professor Adolphus Hatton and his trusty assistant, Albert Roumande, have a morgue full of cholera victims. The dead are all Irish, the poorest of London’s poor. They came in their thousands ten years ago, forced into the London slums by the terrible famine. Now they live segregated from the rest of Victorian society, a race apart in this heaving city who are at once everywhere and nowhere. But they are a close knit people, and deeply politicised. From the docks in Limehouse to the taverns of St Giles, Fenian groups are talking of violence and of liberation.


When a series of violent murders threatens to cause tensions to boil over, Scotland Yard calls on Hatton and Roumande to help investigate. The seemingly unconnected victims, who hail from all strata of society, are linked by the same macabre calling card: a bright Fenian green ribbon placed strategically about their corpses. While Hatton’s search for clues leads him into the spell of a blindingly beautiful woman, a widow of one of the slain, rumblings of a bombing campaign led by an agitator priest and his gang of would-be terrorists build throughout the slums. As the orchestra of veiled motives, divided loyalties, and violent retribution reaches a crescendo, Hatton’s skills are tested to the limit. With Roumande, he must race across London to an island with a shipwreck and a secret on a nail-biting race against time in this gripping, elegantly executed Victorian mystery in the tradition of The Dante Club and The Somnambulist.
The Devil's Ribbon


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Gordon Doherty | 7 comments Legionary, by Gordon Doherty

Legionary by Gordon Doherty

The Roman Empire is crumbling, and a shadow looms in the east…

376 AD: the Eastern Roman Empire is alone against the tide of barbarians swelling on her borders. Emperor Valens juggles the paltry border defences to stave off invasion from the Goths north of the Danube. Meanwhile, in Constantinople, a pact between faith and politics spawns a lethal plot that will bring the dark and massive hordes from the east crashing down on these struggling borders.

The fates conspire to see Numerius Vitellius Pavo, enslaved as a boy after the death of his legionary father, thrust into the limitanei, the border legions, just before they are sent to recapture the long-lost eastern Kingdom of Bosporus. He is cast into the jaws of this plot, so twisted that the survival of the entire Roman world hangs in the balance…


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Melinda Clayton (goodreadscommelinda_clayton) | 4 comments Appalachian Justice
Appalachian Justice by Melinda Clayton

Billy May Platte is a half Irish, half Cherokee Appalachian woman who learned the hard way that 1940s West Virginia was no place to be different. In 1945, when Billy May was fourteen years old and orphaned, three local boys witnessed an incident in which Billy May's sexuality was called into question. Determined to teach her a lesson she would never forget, they orchestrated a brutal attack that changed the dynamics of the tiny coal mining village of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia forever.

Thirty years after the brutal attack, living in solitude on top of Crutcher Mountain, Billy May discovers the hideout of a young girl and must quickly make a decision.

Will she withdraw into the solitude in which she has lived since the horrific attack, or will she risk everything to save the girl from a similar fate? Billy May's choices will once again change not only her own future, but the future of Cedar Hollow as well, and certainly the future of the young girl.

Winner of the 2011 Sapphic Readers Award for best debut novel.


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George Stratford | 3 comments BURIED PASTS by George Stratford BURIED PASTS

NOTHING STAYS BURIED FOREVER

Even after eighteen years, Canadian pilot Mike Stafford still carries an overpowering sense of guilt for the death of his best friend during a huge RAF bombing raid over Berlin in 1944. He eventually returns to England for an inaugural squadron reunion full of apprehension over what the visit may produce.

Siggi Hoffman, then a young German girl of twenty, also has terrible memories of a personal loss from that same night in 1944. She too is unable to forget. Nor has she ever been able to forgive.

When fate throws these two together in a small north Yorkshire town during the summer of 1962, the past collides devastatingly into the present. And all the time, lurking ominously in the background, is an unknown enemy intent on extracting violent revenge. Private demons are only one of the many problems that must be overcome when Stafford and Siggi find themselves fighting to survive.

As long buried secrets are finally revealed, events reach a literally explosive conclusion.


PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: ‘An engaging and satisfying novel for fans of adventure stories with a heart.’

The opening three chapters of this novel are available as a free download on Goodreads.

If this story interests you, then you can discover all about its background and real-life inspiration at my website: www.georgestratford.com


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J.L. (goodreadscomjloakley) | 3 comments Joel wrote: "Ox Cart Angel
Ox Cart Angel

'If I had known how much my life was about to change, I would have spent that last day in Pembina differently. I would have said goodbye to my friends ..."


Sounds like a good read. Have friends who are Metis.


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J.L. (goodreadscomjloakley) | 3 comments Thanks for the invite Fair.

Tree Soldier

In the darkest of times, good intentions go awry. One mistake can ruin a life. One mistake can transform it. A government forestry camp set deep in the mountainous forests of the Pacific Northwest might not seem the likely place to find redemption, but in 1935, Park Hardesty hopes for just that. Blaming himself for the fiery accident that caused his brother's disfigurement and the death of the bootlegging woman he loved, planting trees, building bridges and mentoring tough, homesick New Jersey boys brings him both penitence and the renewal of his own self-worth. When he wins the love of Kate Alford, a local naturalist who envisions joining the Forest Service, which allows only men, he also captures the ire of a camp officer who refuses to let her go. Just when he is ready to seek his brother's forgiveness, he is falsely accused of rape. Every aspect of his life he has tried to rebuild is put in jeopardy. In the end, the only way he can defend himself is to tell the truth about his brother, but he risks being kicked out of the camp. Worse, he could lose Kate's love forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njoPh1... Tree Soldier by J.L. Oakley


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Genevieve Graham (goodreadscomgenevievegraham) Romance Times Review just gave
Under the Same Sky FOUR STARS! ★★★★


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David (davidkessler) | 14 comments An ancient enigma threatens to shake the world to its very core…When fragments of stone covered in a mysterious ancient script are found in Egypt, language expert Daniel Klein is called in to help. Daniel believes that the stone's origins, if revealed, could be potentially explosive, but others are determined to prevent the truth from seeing the light of day.

On the run after being framed for murder, Daniel and archaeologist Gabrielle Gusack are pursued across the Middle East by a ruthless killer with shadowy motives.As they try to stay one step ahead of their hunter, they realise that the secret of the stones is only the beginning…and the truth could cost them their lives.




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Craig Brennan | 3 comments Patrick Roche had survived growing up in the slums of 19th Century Liverpool, living day by day on his charm and by his wits. The violent temper of his drunken father and the harsh realities of life on the streets of Liverpool could not diminish his desire to improve his lot or his love of life.
Fate however, conspired to deal Roche a cruel blow. His life is turned upside down and he finds himself transported to Sarah Island, the most notorious and brutal Penal Colony in the British Empire.
Life on Sarah Island is cruel and harsh, Roche has given up all hope of ever seeing his wife and child again, but his survival instincts learned in the slums of Liverpool drive him on and events unfolding in the outside world mean that his wife and child are also about to suffer the consequences of Pat’s alleged actions.
The hand of fate that had torn their lives apart is now set to make their worlds once again collide. The results are intertwined with deceit, retribution, tragedy and enduring love.
Bound to Sarah by Craig Brennan


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The Prairie Companions
by David Rory O'Neill
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

Hard times and struggle are a repeating constant in life and literature. My historical narrative tale of such a struggle; is a little different because my heroes are female 'companions'. A genteel Victorian euphemism, which often meant lovers. This is however not a gay novel, it is a universal love story about breaking free of society's constraints.
Pat and Clara are born into a straight-laced Victorian England that will never permit their love for each other to be, so they flee, aged just seventeen, to the wilds of Saskatchewan, Canada. There they grow wheat and build a life together. Pat is clever; her ambition is limitless and her drive, insatiable. Clara is gentle, sensitive, loyal and aristocratic. Pat and Clara have only a vague idea of the hardships awaiting them in their journey to fulfil their dreams. They soon discover that the world is much wider and much harsher beyond the walls of the boarding school where they first met. Yet, they are steadfast and determined. They find strength, love and acceptance with their Cree neighbours who adopt them and give them Cree names, share their earthy spirituality, and an extended family. This helps them cope with the raw struggle and heartbreak of two wars, the great 20's depression, and the joy and tragedy of new life and premature death. On the windswept prairies, they must be courageous and intrepid to establish themselves. Life is as harsh as the winters and a barren landscape offers no solace. The girls realize that they must rely on their newfound friends and their love for each other to survive, let alone flourish. Along the way, they learn many things no boarding school could have prepared them for: about their world, the possibility of acceptance, and what it means to be pioneers.
We journey with Pat and Clara and share the triumph and tragedy of their lives. Their nobility is inspiring and uplifting because it is ordinary and built on true love and devotion. We soon forget this love is between two women as we share their struggle and celebrate the victories great and small that inspire and make the heart soar after the tears and self-doubt are forgotten.

Regards, davidrory


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The War God's Men by David Ross Erickson


264 B.C. For Rome, the road to empire begins at sea. But it is Carthage who rules the waves, and her generals in Sicily have already warned that Romans will not be allowed "to even wash their hands" in the water.

With no fleet of its own, Rome is nothing more than a regional upstart with delusions of grandeur. But with the domination of the Mediterranean world on her mind, Rome will do more than wash her hands. For when Rome and Carthage decide for war, all the ancient world will be washed in blood.

Dramatizing Rome's rise from obscurity to world power, The War God's Men follows the fortunes of common soldiers, generals and politicians alike. From the carnage of the battlefields of Sicily to the blood-soaked decks of great warships at sea to the gleaming halls of power in both Carthage and Rome, The War God's Men is an epic tale of an ancient world engulfed in flames.


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Revital Shiri-Horowitz (revital-sh) | 3 comments Please read my book. It is a History Fiction book based on my family story, about life in Iraq, immigration to Israel and love. Here are some details:

http://www.amazon.com/Daughters-of-Ir...


And please see my website: www.revital-sh.com


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Lyn Horner | 9 comments Dashing Druid (Texas Druids) by Lyn Horner If you enjoy family sagas, action-packed historical adventure and sensual romance, you might like my Texas Druids trilogy. Recently published, Dashing Druid is the second book in this unique series. It stars Tye Devlin, the eldest of three psychically gifted siblings.

Descended from legendary Irish Druids, Tye is a sensitive, an empath in modern terms. He “feels” others’ emotions. Over time, he has erected mental barriers to block out most of the “racket” in order to save his sanity, but when he meets Texas cowgirl Lil Crawford, her troubled feelings easily breach those barriers.

Unlucky in love, Lil sees herself as an old maid. She guards her bruised heart behind a tough façade, working alongside her father’s cowhands. When a handsome stranger with an Irish brogue calls her beautiful, she thinks he’s mocking her, yet she can’t help wishing such a man might truly find her beautiful.

Set against a backdrop of Texas ranch life, an iconic cattle drive, and feuding families, this fast-paced story delves into Tye's painful empathic ability and the impact it has upon his life and those he loves. As he and Lil struggle to survive raging rivers, hostile Indians and a vicious enemy, they must face their personal demons and decide if love is worth the consequences. Tye's secret gift will be tested as he tries to save a beloved child and heal old wounds.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0069HLDJU

http://tinyurl.com/78wnetv (Barnes & Noble)


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Gordon Doherty | 7 comments Hi All,

If you like David Gemmell and historical fiction in general, my new novel 'Strategos: Born in the Borderlands' should be right up your street.

Strategos Born in the Borderlands by Gordon Doherty


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Revital Shiri-Horowitz (revital-sh) | 3 comments Daughters of Iraq is the book you would love reading this winter. It is a History Fiction book, based on my family story. Look it up on Goodreads!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...


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Joel (joelarnold) | 7 comments J.L. wrote: "Ox Cart Angel

Sounds like a good read. Have friends who are Metis. "


Thanks, J.L.!


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Craig Brennan | 3 comments Hi Folks! My historical novel is FREE for one day only on 28 December, so if you want a good read for the new year check it out. Bound to Sarah

Hope you enjoy it. Have a great new year!

Thanks


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V.R. Christensen (vrchristensen) Like an insect in a collection, can a woman captured and acquired learn to love the man who has bought her?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...V.R. Christensen Of Moths & Butterflies by V.R. Christensen


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Chris Bullock (chrisbullock) | 4 comments Set in the Nineteenth Century, and based on factual family history, the story follows James as he makes his way through the trials and tribulations of his life.
As the youngest and weakest son of a large family, he is unable to deal with the harsh rigors of farming, but his way with horses enables him to find a role in the family that is beneficial to all.
His marriage to a local serving girl further establishes himself and family as valued members of the community, but a need for more work eventually drives him to the Industrial Midlands to begin a business there.
As his family grows, he is torn between his Worcestershire home and his business in Staffordshire. But the relative peace and quiet of his home has to compete with the hard labour, dirt and disease that abound in the 'Black Country'.
The Waggoner is a family saga built upon the abilities of one man and how he deals with the problems of life as he encounters them.
The Waggoner by Chris Bullock
The Waggoner
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...


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Tony Riches (tonyriches) | 1 comments Queen Sacrifice by Tony Riches

Queen Sacrifice New novel by Tony Riches

Have you ever imagined what it must be like for a game of chess to be truly brought to life, with a whole country for the board and each piece a very real person with hopes and fears, strengths - and weaknesses?

Queen Sacrifice: 10th Century Wales is a country divided, with the kingdom of the south becoming Saxon and the north violently defending the old ways. The inevitable civil war is brutal and savage in this tale of divided loyalty and revenge, treachery and love.

Kings and queens battle for control of the country, with wealth and glory for the victor and death and ruin for the loser. The bishops of Wales struggle to keep the faith while knights and war lords turn events to advantage and the lives of ordinary people are changed forever by the conflict.

Queen Sacrifice is also a legendary tactic in the ancient game of chess. Russian chess grand master Lakov Neishtadt describes the sacrifice of the queen for higher interests as “a source of continuing fascination for the chess novice and master alike.”

The narrative faithfully follows every move in the queen sacrifice game, known as "The Game of the Century" between Donald Byrne and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer in New York City on October 17th, 1956.

Video Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFU3V4...


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Victoria Lamb | 1 comments The Queen's Secret. Victoria Lamb

THE QUEEN'S SECRET by Victoria Lamb. [Currently on a Giveaway]

The Queen's Secret. Victoria Lamb by Victoria Lamb


Elizabeth I, Queen of England, arrives at Kenilworth Castle amid pomp, fanfare and a wealth of lavish festivities laid on by the Earl of Leicester. The hopeful Earl knows this is his very last chance to persuade the Queen to marry him.

Yet despite his attachment to the Queen and his driving ambition to be her King, Leicester is unable to resist the seductive wiles of Lettice, wife of the Earl of Essex. And soon whispers of their relationship start spreading through the court.

Enraged by the adulterous lovers' growing intimacy, Elizabeth employs Lucy Morgan, a young black singer and court entertainer, to spy on the couple. But Lucy, who was raised by a spy in London, uncovers far more than she bargains for.

For someone at Kenilworth that summer is plotting to kill the queen. No longer able to tell friend from foe, it is soon not only the queen who is in mortal danger - but Lucy herself.


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The Prairie Companions by David Rory O'Neill

The Praire Companions by David Rory O'Neill.
Pat and Clara have only a vague idea of the hardships awaiting them in the year 1905, as they began their journey to fulfil their dreams. They soon discover that the world is much wider and much harsher beyond the walls of the boarding school where they first met. Yet, they are steadfast and determined. Pat is seventeen, clever, her ambition is limitless and her drive, insatiable. Clara is eighteen, gentle, sensitive, loyal and aristocratic. They will do anything to throw off the conventions that bind them and find a place to build a life together.

This desire for a shared destiny takes the girls over the ocean, more than halfway across the world, to the wilds of north-western Canada. There, on the windswept prairies, they must be courageous and intrepid to establish themselves. Life is as harsh as the winters and barren landscape offers no solace. The girls realize that they must rely on their newfound friends and their love for each other to survive, let alone flourish. Along the way, they learn many things no boarding school could have prepared them for: about their world, the possibility of acceptance, and what it means to be pioneers.


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Michael Cargill (michaelcargill) Shelter from Thunder by Michael Cargill

Free short story.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

Sam is a quiet and lonely boy who had the misfortune to be born a few years before World War II. Finding shelter from German bomber planes is almost a daily part of his life now but he wonders when his luck will run out...


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Michael Boxall (michaelcboxall) | 4 comments Michael wrote: "Shelter from Thunder by Michael Cargill

Free short story.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

Sam is a quiet and lonely boy who had the misfortune to be born a few years before World Wa..."


I like the way this story captures the feeling and vulcanized-rubber texture of the war as seen by a solitary schoolboy, and the unrelenting fear; air-raid shelters are places of singular terror, and especially so at the bottom of suburban English gardens. This was the first war to affect the civilian population directly, and the story gives a sense of its all-encompassing scale and penetration of all aspects of life. I’m less keen about the ending, which doglegs away from Sam’s viewpoint and back again. I’m also puzzled about the old man in the baker’s shop. And was the echo between Hitler’s moustache looking like a gap in his lip and Sam’s friend Nolip’s cleft palate deliberate? I’m not sure. That makes me uneasy, and unease on the part of the reader is bad news for the writer. It undermines trust.


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Gordon Doherty | 7 comments Just a quick shout out that I've listed a giveaway for 'Strategos: Born in the Borderlands' on GR:

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Good luck should you decide to enter!


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Lyn Horner | 9 comments White Witch is free today on amazon. This novella introduces the Devlins, psychically gifted siblings featured in my Texas Druids trilogy. White Witch by Lyn Horner


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Heikki (heikkihietala) | 1 comments World War II has given Jack McGuire the chance to escape the confines of the Midwest and the family farm. An ace U.S. Navy fighter pilot, he risks his life each day with his squadron in the South Pacific theatre. For him, there's calm and camaraderie up there in the cockpit. But when the war ends, Jack struggles to find his place in civilian society

Turning his back on his home, family and inheritance, he returns to the Solomon Islands. Here he builds a hotel on the same island paradise he flew over in his years of combat.

But when Kay Wheeler, the widow of his wartime best friend and wingman, comes to visit the island, Jack's orderly world is disrupted. He is forced to consider whether there's room enough for two in his reinvented life.

Available on Amazon and book shops, see

http://www.tulagihotel.com/ for all possible details.

The site also has free short stories.


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V.R. Christensen (vrchristensen) This is on my reading list!


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V.R. Christensen (vrchristensen) Goodness, gracious. Thank you, Ms. Rebecca! (Hers is equally wonderful!)


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Gordon Thomas (goodreadscomgordon_thomas) | 5 comments The Harpist of Madrid by Gordon Thomas THE HARPIST OF MADRID
Bright and musically gifted, Juan Hidalgo grows up in the Madrid of the early sixteen-hundreds. Employed as a harpist in the court of King Philip IV, he is soon writing his own music and sharing in the life of the court. The King confounds his expectations by being a charming and helpful man, and a fellow musician. When Juan makes a happy marriage both his family life and career seem to be falling into place. His wife rewards him with a son.
The King is amazed when he witnesses Juan’s escape from death while saving another. Soon to be engaged by the Inquisition, Juan agrees, in a crucial test of loyalty, to act as a clandestine agent for his king. Yet new risks await him in Rome where he has to succeed or Spain will collapse into bankruptcy. In Italy, new ambitions form. On the verge of achieving them, his family life is blighted by a cruel fate. How will he deal with death and insanity?
At once tragic and uplifting, Gordon Thomas has penned a rich and convincing portrait of art and society at a time when Spain is in upheaval. He lets an intimate member tell of his life and loves.
Available on amazon.co.uk


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V.R. Christensen (vrchristensen) Rebecca wrote: "Of Moths and Butterflies by V.R. Christensen Additionally, I add my ..."

Moths is being offered FREE for Kindle today through Saturday.

And I'd like to add that Rebecca's book is phenomenal. I'm really looking forward to the second in her series. The Year-god's Daughter  by Rebecca Lochlann


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AnneMarie Brear (annemariebrear) | 10 comments To Take Her Pride

Hi, I'm new to the group. My name is Anne Brear and I write historical women's fiction.

I just received another wonderful review for To Take Her Pride!
On Amazon.com:
Review: The secondary characters were amazing. Sophia, Aurora birth mother, doesn't want Aurora in her life then quickly realizes that she build a the relationship that she always missed having with her daughter.This was one of the best books I have read this year! It was so great i have read three times already! I could not believe how real these characters seem.

Very happy with that!

http://www.amazon.com/Take-Her-Pride-...


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Gordon Thomas (goodreadscomgordon_thomas) | 5 comments Great!Well done Anne! I'll have a look at your book. Gordon, The Harpist of Madrid


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Gordon Thomas (goodreadscomgordon_thomas) | 5 comments Saw Anne's post and went straight to my amazon reviews. Lo and behold a new one has appeared, from a kind reader in Kent, England. Thank you R Vernon for your review. I'm so glad you liked The Harpist of Madrid, my first novel! The review is at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revie...


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Gordon Thomas (goodreadscomgordon_thomas) | 5 comments Hi Rebecca, Yes. it's on amazon.com. I'd be so pleased if you bought a copy. Sales in UK are going well but in US = zero! Even better if you'd post a review. Have a look at a couple of reviews on the amazon.co.uk site at http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revie...
Your latest looks good and I'm going to 'to read' that!


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Lyn Horner | 9 comments Darlin' Druid is free today on Amazon. Currently ranked #88 in the Kindle Free store, #1 in the action/adventure category.

This award winning book is set in the Old West ca. 1872. It's an adult romance, but has been called a western. Thoroughly researched, approximately 114,000 words, it takes the main characters on a sweeping adventure from Chicago to Mormon Utah, to the Grand Pairie of Texas. I hope you'll consider reading it.
Darlin' Druid

Also available in print via CreateSpace and Amazon, soon to be for sale through CS's Expanded Distribution Channels.


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AnneMarie Brear (annemariebrear) | 10 comments My historical novel, To Take Her Pride is free on Kindle for two days only - March 16-17th.
http://www.amazon.com/To-Take-Her-Pri...


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The Prairie Companions are not Irish but the author is and lots of the other characters in the novel are. . . so let's have the huge Irish Diaspora taking advantage of my Saint Patrick’s day generosity and downloading this wonderful historical saga about a pair of fascinating pioneering women.
Grab it now and remember you can use Kindle on almost any device. Even if you don't feel you want to read the book yet, grab it anyway, the more downloads I get the higher up the Kindle sales charts I go and the better the publicity.
Come-all-yee for Paddy's day. Enjoy and thank all who have liked my recent posts.
Go raibh tú daibhir i mí-áidh Agus saibhir i mbeannachtaí Go mall ag déanamh namhaid, go luath a déanamh carad, Ach saibhir nó daibhir, go mall nó go luath, Nach raibh ach áthas agat Ón lá seo amach.
May you be poor in misfortune, Rich in blessings, Slow to make enemies, quick to make friends, But rich or poor, quick or slow, May you know nothing but happiness From this day forward.
The Prairie Companions


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Lyn Horner | 9 comments White Witch is free today in honor of St. Paddy. This novella introduces the Devlins, Irish immigrants who live through the terrible Chicago fire of 1871.

I just posted a St. Paddy's Day blog, written in my best fake Irish accent. Please stop by.
http://texasdruids.blogspot.com


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Peggy Henderson (peggyhenderson) | 6 comments Yellowstone Heart Song is Book1 in my historical/western/time travel/romance series set in...you guessed it...the Rocky Mountain Region known today as Yellowstone National Park. Book 1 is set in 1810, a time when very few, if any white men actually knew of this magical place.....
Five star reviews on Amazon: "It's so fantastically original...Ms. Henderson is her own person, tells her own story (not a story that's already been published by another author), and is so impressive!"
"This book had it all. The time travel was done in a believable way, the romance was so great, the setting beautiful and the characters were wonderful."

Yellowstone Heart Song (Yellowstone Romance, #1) by Peggy Henderson


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