Enter the Buccaneers!
Edith Wharton, the novelist and chronicler of Gilded Age manners, grew up among the elite of old New York and knew them well. She also knew the daughters of those déclassé new money… Continue reading
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Exiled South by Harriet Cannon
Researching one’s roots has become an American obsession. Who isn’t hooked on a search for exciting, even famous ancestors? But digging deeper as Lizbeth Gordon does in Exiled south while hunting answers in… Continue reading
Revenge of the Arrivistes!
In the years following the American Civil War, industry roared to new heights of unbridled, unregulated glory, creating unimaginable wealth for its captains in an era that Mark Twain dubbed the Gilded Age.… Continue reading
New Release Wednesday: The Wistful and the Good by G.M. Baker
Elswyth’s mother was a slave, but her father is a thegn, and Drefan, the man she is to marry, is an ealdorman’s son. But though Elswyth is content with the match, and waits… Continue reading
Olaf Cuarán (Amlaíb Cuarán), King of Dublin by M. N. Stroh
As a lover of medieval history, it’s my pleasure to share with you today about a striking figure whom I’ve enjoyed bringing to life in my historical fiction series, Tale of the Clans,… Continue reading
New Release Wednesday: The Truth of Who You Are by Sheila Myers
When his family is plunged into poverty during the Great Depression, Ben Taylor takes a job with the US Civilian Conservation Corps developing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A tragic accident puts… Continue reading
New Release Wednesday: Drakemaster by E.C. Ambrose
During the Mongol invasion of China, a Lithuanian bellmaker and the Mongolian scout who enslaved him race to stop the deployment of a clockwork doomsday device. Two hundred years ago, astronomers and geomancers… Continue reading
What Gilded Age Wealth Could NOT Buy
Today, I begin a new series that is a direct result of research for my September 22, 2022 release, The Last Dollar Princess. As any student of American history knows, Gilded Age robber… Continue reading
New Release Wednesday: Her Last Betrayal by Amazon bestselling author Pam Leaky – Releases tomorrow!
Her Last Betrayal Published by Avon Books UK/Harper Collins Publication Date: 14th April 2022 Book 2 in the Sarah Gillespie WW2 Series Spying on the enemy is a dangerous game… London, 1941 After… Continue reading
New Release Wednesday: Rock Bottom, Tennessee: a novel by Kimberly Nixon
Life is hard for Ruby growing up in poverty on the wrong side of the mountain on her grandfather’s farm where literally the sun didn’t shine. The Appalachian setting isn’t her friend as… Continue reading