Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Shining a bright book spotlight on Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman by Tony Riches #HistoricalFiction #Elizabethan #RecommendedReading



Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman

The Elizabethan Series, Book #6

by Tony Riches


Bess Throckmorton defies her notorious background and lack of education to become Queen Elizabeth’s Gentlewoman and trusted confidante.

Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, will she risk her queen’s anger by marrying adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh without permission?

Entangled in a web of intrigue, from the glittering Palace of Whitehall to the cells of the Tower of London, Bess endures tragedy and injustice, becoming a resilient, determined woman, who takes nothing for granted.

Can she outwit her enemies, protect her family, and claim her destiny in a world where women are pawns and survival is a game of deadly consequences?

This is the true story of the last of the Elizabethans, which ends the story of the Tudor dynasty – and introduces their successors, the Stuarts.





This title is available to read on #KindleUnlimited.



Tony Riches


Tony Riches is a full-time UK author of Tudor historical fiction. He lives with his wife in Pembrokeshire, West Wales and is a specialist in the lives of the early Tudors.

As well as his Elizabethan series, Tony’s historical fiction novels include the best-selling Tudor trilogy and his Brandon trilogy, (about Charles Brandon and his wives).

For more information about Tony’s books please visit his website, and his blog, The Writing Desk, and find him on social media.

Monday, June 16, 2025

Book of the Week: The Legend of Henry Petch by Sharon Bradshaw #HistoricalFiction #Folklore #Supernatural #RecommendedReading



The Legend of Henry Petch

The Dark Side of Folklore, Book #1

by Sharon Bradshaw



A creepy tale of werewolves, the paranormal, and an obsessive love that endured across the centuries.


Ben is more interested in getting his hands on Elias Hepworth's fortune, along with the benefits of being a hippy in 1970, than heeding the warning left behind by legend and folklore. As he indulges in free love, and takes psychedelic drugs.


He doesn't believe in ghosts, and can't decide whether Henry Petch had the power to turn himself into a werewolf during the eighteen hundreds or was suffering from lycanthropy.


Nevertheless, when the Wolf moon appears in the sky above the Yorkshire dales, everyone else in the village of Leatham continues to follow the tradition of lighting a candle. So that Old Henry will go on his way, without harming them.


The Legend Of Henry Petch is Book 1 in The Dark Side Of Folklore series. It can also be read as a standalone novella.



Praise for The Legend of Henry Petch:

"Prepare yourself for a chilling journey into the unknown with The Legend of Henry Petch (The Dark Side of Folklore) by Sharon Bradshaw. This gripping tale of lycanthropy and malevolent spirits will not only send shivers down your spine, but will also captivate your imagination and hold you spellbound from start to finish."
~ Ellie Yarde, Yarde Reviews & Book Promotion, 5*




Friday, June 13, 2025

Blog Tour: An Echo of Ashes by Ron Allen Ames



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An Echo of Ashes

by Ron Allen Ames




July 7th - 11th, 2025

Publication Date: March 25th, 2025
Publisher: Historium Press
Pages: 247
Genre: Historical Fiction


An Echo of Ashes is a story lost to time, then found again in century-old letters that lay in a tattered box.


Based on actual events taken from the pages, this story tells of when the Great War and the Spanish Influenza forever altered the lives of millions, including a family of subsistence farmers who also worked the oil fields of Pennsylvania.


Ella and Almon make their home in the backcountry. Almon and his sons work in the oil fields, just as their forefathers before them. As war and influenza break out, the parents seek to shield their family from the impending perils. Earl, the eldest son, is a gifted trombone and piano player. He is captivated by Lucile Lake, a girl from a higher social status. All he has to win her heart are his music and his words as the military draft looms in the foreground. Jack, a friend as close as a brother, faces the horrors of war at the Western Front. Albert's free spirit creates chaos as he searches for direction. Arthur's patriotism leads him to the Mexican border. Young Russell must suppress his fear to save a life, while Little Clara remains protected from the distress.


World War One and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic are most often documented separately, yet they intersected in 1918. For those who endured sacrifice and loss during this time, looking forward seemed their only choice. The sharp echo of tragedy, carried through the ashes of what once was, likely dulled but never vanished from their minds. This is just one of countless family stories from such a perilous chapter in American history.



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Ron Allen Ames


Ron Allen Ames is a history enthusiast who attributes his forty-six years of life experience as a hands-on business co-owner, for giving him insight into human nature, a benefit when portraying the lives of others. The information he received, dating from 1914 to 1919, is what prompted Ames to bring this history to light in An Echo of Ashes.

Ames lives with his wife Cathy in Pennsylvania. They have two grown sons.

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