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Monday, September 30, 2024

Book of the Week: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn #HistoricalFiction #RenaissanceSpain #KatherineOfAragon #RecommendedReading




Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters

Book 1 of the Katherine of Aragon Story

by Wendy J. Dunn


Castile, 1490.


Doña Beatriz Galindo is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel of Castile and her husband, Ferdinand, King of Aragon. A holy war pushing the Moors out of territories ruled by them for centuries.


Beatriz does not want a life like other women. She desires power over her own destiny. Even if this means walking a far harder road.


A passionate and respected scholar, Beatriz serves her friend Queen Isabel of Castile as her advisor. She also tutors the queen’s youngest child, Catalina of Aragon.


Dedicated to Queen Isabel and her children, Beatriz guides the young Catalina of Aragon to walk her own hard life road.


But can she prepare Catalina to be England’s queen?


Finalist in the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction.



Praise for The Duty of Daughers:


“This is a captivating read, written with heart, significance and sensibility. Dunn is a careful writer. She doesn't exploit her characters; rather, she explores them and brings us along for the journey. This is a novel researched with integrity, and Dunn reaches out and lands beautifully in the winner's circle”

~ Historical Novel Reviews


“Dunn's novel is a joy to read, a fascinating insight into Spain in this era”

~ Discovering Diamonds Review


“...this profoundly moving story helps us appreciate today's more enlightened world. The Duty of Daughters is historical fiction at its best!”

~ Readers’ Favorite, 5* Review



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Shining a bright Book Spotlight on Julia Ibbotson's intriguing mystery – The Dragon Tree #HistoricalFiction #TimeSlip #Mystery #RecommendedReading



The Dragon Tree

Dr DuLac Series #2

by Julia Ibbotson


A haunting medieval time-slip.

Echoes of the past resonate through time and disturb medievalist Dr Viv DuLac as she struggles with misfortune in the present. She and Rev Rory have escaped to the island of Madeira on a secondment from their posts, yet they are not to find peace – until they can solve the mystery of the shard of azulejo and the ancient ammonite.

Viv’s search brings her into contact with two troubled women: a noblewoman shipwrecked on the island in the 14th century and a rebellious nun at the island convent in the 16th century.

As Viv reaches out across the centuries, their lives become intertwined, and she must uncover the secrets of the ominous Dragon Tree in order to locate lost artefacts that can shape the future.

For fans of Barbara Erskine, Pamela Hartshorne, Susanna Kearsley, Christina Courtenay.

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The Dr DuLac Series:

A Shape on the Air
The Dragon Tree
The Rune Stone




Praise for Julia Ibbotson

“The idea of being able to ‘feel’ what happened in the past is enticing … The sense of the island is really wonderful … Julia brings it to life evocatively.”
~ Joanna Barnden

 “Julia does an incredible job of setting up the idea of time-shift so that it’s believable and makes sense”
~ book tour reviewer

“an engaging and original time-slip novel that keeps the reader turning the pages…the characters are authentic and the mystery is neatly woven between the centuries … seamless time transitions”
~ Melissa Morgan






This series is available on #KindleUnlimited, and in ebook & paperback formats.

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Julia Ibbotson


Julia Ibbotson is fascinated by the medieval world and the concept of time. She is the author of historical mysteries with a frisson of romance. Her books are evocative of time and place, well-researched and uplifting page-turners. Her current series focuses on early medieval time-slip/dual-time mysteries. Julia read English at Keele University, England, specialising in medieval language/ literature/ history, and has a PhD in socio-linguistics. 

After a turbulent time in Ghana, West Africa, she became a school teacher, then a university academic and researcher. Her break as an author came soon after she joined the RNA’s New Writers’ Scheme in 2015, with a three-book deal from Lume Books for a trilogy (Drumbeats) set in Ghana in the 1960s. She has published five other books, including A Shape on the Air, an Anglo-Saxon timeslip mystery, and its two sequels The Dragon Tree and The Rune Stone.

Her work in progress is a new series of Anglo-Saxon mystery romances, beginning with Daughter of Mercia, where echoes of the past resonate across the centuries.

Her books will appeal to fans of Barbara Erskine, Pamela Hartshorne, Susanna Kearsley, and Christina Courtenay. Her readers say: ‘Julia’s books captured my imagination’, ‘beautiful story-telling’, ‘evocative and well-paced storylines’, ‘brilliant and fascinating’ and ‘I just couldn’t put it down’.

Connect with Julia:
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Saturday, September 28, 2024

Blog Tour: A Home for Christmas – Christmas Special – by MK McClintock



Join The Coffee Pot Book Club on tour with…


A Home for Christmas

by MK McClintock


October 21st - 25th, 2024

Publication Date: November 5th, 2014
Publisher: Trappers Peak Publishing
Pages: 227
Genre: Historical Western Romance / Christmas Romance

Will six strangers find hope, love, and family at Christmas? A collection of three historical western short stories to inspire love and warm the heart on the western frontier.


CHRISTMAS MOUNTAIN

Copper Point, Montana Territory

In search of family she barely knows and adventure she's always wanted, Katherine Donahue is saved from freezing on a winter night in the mountains of Montana by August Hollister. Neither of them expected that what one woman had in mind was a new beginning for them both.


TETON CHRISTMAS

Wickliffe, Wyoming Territory

Heartache and a thirst for adventure lead McKensie Stewart and her sister to Wyoming after the death of their parents. With the help of a widowed aunt and a charming horse breeder, McKensie discovers that hope is a cherished promise, and there is no greater gift than love.


LILY'S CHRISTMAS WISH

Cotters Gulch, Colorado

Lily Malone has never had a real family or a real Christmas. This holiday season, she might get both. From an orphanage in New York City to the rugged mountains of Colorado, Lily sends out only one wish. But when the time comes, can she give it up so someone else's wish can come true?


A Home for Christmas is a collection of three historical Christmas short stories to inspire love and warm the heart on the western frontier. If you love inspirational romance and heartfelt holidays, then you'll enjoy this trio of stories as we remember the true meaning of love any time of the year.



Praise for A Home for Christmas:

“Ms. McClintock has a true genius when writing beauty to touch the heart. This holiday treat is a gift any time one needs to remember the true meaning of love!”

~ InD'tale Magazine


“The cold nips at your face and delicious Christmas cake leaves you wanting more.”

~ M. Ann Roher, author of Mattie




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MK McClintock


MK McClintock is an award-winning author of historical romantic fiction about chivalrous men and strong women who appreciate chivalry. Her stories of romance, mystery, and adventure sweep across the American West to the Victorian British Isles with places and times between and beyond. 
 
MK enjoys a quiet life in the northern Rocky Mountains. You can find her online at www.mkmcclintock.com.

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Her works include the Montana Gallagher, Crooked Creek, British Agent, and Whitcomb Springs series. She has also written A Home for Christmas, a heartwarming collection set in 1800s Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, and The Case of the Copper King, a romantic and adventurous western mystery set in 1899 Colorado. 


Author Links:
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Amazon Author Page






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Shining a bright book spotlight on three *free* anthologies by Historical Writers Forum #HistoricalFiction #ShortStories @histwriters @cathiedunn


*FREE Weekend Reading*


Three Historical Writers Forum anthologies are *free* to download on Kindle this weekend!

Check out these fabulous short story collections now!


Hauntings



FEAR IS AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF

Chilling Tales that will take you through a labyrinth of historical horror.

You will encounter a tormented Roman general.

A Norse woman who must confront her terrifying destiny.

Meet a troubled Saxon brother, searching for his twin's murderer.

A young nurse tries to solve the mysteries of an asylum for the insane.

Down the passages of time to the Tudor age, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn wander through a haunted garden and elsewhere, a lost slave girl is the soul survivor of a mass slaughter.


These are just a few of the eerie tales which ensure that Hauntings is not for the faint-hearted.

Join us as 10 talented authors relate their historical horrors in this ghostly collection!

With a foreword by the eminent author of histories of medieval women Sharon Bennett Connolly.


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Alternate Endings



We all know the past is the past, but what if you could change history?

We asked eight historical authors to set aside the facts and rewrite the history they love. The results couldn’t be more tantalizing.


What if Julius Caesar never conquered Gaul?


What if Arthur Tudor lived and his little brother never became King Henry VIII?


What if Abigail Adams persuaded the Continental Congress in 1776 to give women the right to vote and to own property?


Dive in to our collection of eight short stories as we explore the alternate endings of events set in ancient Rome, Britain, the United States, and France.


An anthology of the Historical Writers Forum.


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Masterworks



Strolling through an art gallery gives art appreciators a glimpse at the heart of creativity artists from across time and distance have poured onto canvas, into clay, through wood, metal, and stone. Art inspires us and helps us connect with emotions and ideas. But have you ever wondered what inspired the artists themselves? Perhaps it was a loved one, a moment of suffering or despair, a celebration, or a victory. Have you ever wondered what stories these works tell?


We asked the authors of the Historical Writers Forum these questions, to imagine what stories might be revealed in the history of famous works of art. Through their short stories, you will be transported back in time to the magnificence of works of art from ancient Mesopotamia to nineteenth century America, exploring the people, events, and emotions that may have inspired incredible works of art.


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The Historical Writers Forum is a group of writers with a focus on historical fiction, non-fiction and research. Authors at all stages of writing historical fiction / non-fiction are welcome.

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