Posts Tagged ‘historical fiction’
Looking for a spooky read? Try my Rome’s Last Noble Palace
I don’t generally write Halloween-appropriate fiction. My novels are mostly contemporary or historical women’s fiction. But when I wrote my dual timeline novel set it Rome, I chose to have a ghostly presence unite my two protagonists living in a Roman palazzo over a century apart. And I’ve heard from many readers – and read…
Read MoreJoining the Bookouture Book Tour for The Girl Who Took Flight
I’m excited to join the Bookouture Book Tour for The Girl Who Took Flight, part of The Airline Girls series. I’m pleased to be able to help promote Lizzie Page’s newest novel during its release week. As a devotee of travel myself, it’s fun to read this series set in those early, glamorous days of…
Read MoreLooking for a great read? Feisty Deeds anthologies!
I’m so proud to have been one of the five co-editors of two women’s fiction/ historical fiction anthologies – Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women and Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews. Not only are these fabulous anthologies, with contributions from an impressive collection of authors, but all proceeds from these…
Read MoreMy time travel novel, Dark Blue Waves, is having a 99 cents sale
It’s the end of the year, and who doesn’t need a bit more romance, fantasy – and Jane Austen – in their lives? I have a 99 cents/pence BookBub deal taking place tomorrow on my novel Dark Blue Waves in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom … and I decided to extend it to the…
Read MoreFeisty Deeds II launch – and Editors’ interview
Sooooo excited that tomorrow our new anthology, Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews, will be launched. You can order your copy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Apple Books. This is a fabulous collection of stories by twenty-five talented authors, with stories spanning centuries and the globe. As one of the…
Read MoreNew Prairies book review for Feisty Deeds II
Excited we just received our first editorial review for Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews. Hoping this is the first of many positive editorial reviews. If you want to see what The Prairies Book Review had to say about our collection, read the full review below. A sweeping, intimate, and beautifully told…
Read MoreFeisty Deeds II up on NetGalley – seeking reviewers!
How exciting! Our second edition of the Feisty Deeds anthology is now up on NetGalley for early reviews! Feisty Deeds II : Historical Tales of Batches and Brews is seeking early reviewers. So get on over to NetGalley and request your copy today! I am one of the five co-editors of this collection (and a contributing…
Read MoreSeeking a ghostly tale for Halloween? Rome’s Last Noble Palace (on sale)
Happy Halloween! ‘Tis the ghostly season, and I hope you have spooky reading to accompany you this holiday season. My Rome’s Last Noble Palace is on sale: Two women. Two different centuries. One attic room My dual timeline novel set in Rome of 1896 and near present is having a 99 cent BookBub promotion on Sunday…
Read MoreBook launch tour for The Letter from the Island
I’m pleased to be joining the Bookouture launch tour for Rose Alexander’s latest novel, The Letter from the Island. I enjoyed this dual timeline novel set in modern-day and WWII-era Crete, Greece. Dual timeline novels are a genre I love, and especially a novel like this in which an elderly woman is looking back upon…
Read MoreNovel locations for In The Shadow of The Apennines
I don’t need much of an excuse to get out to the mountains near Rome. Years ago, I got a small place out in the mountains of Abruzzo, in the town of Ovindoli, and this is a place I enjoy escaping to for relaxing weekends out in the fresh mountain air. I love it so…
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