After surveying the damage caused by a massive storm to the beautiful
domed fresco ceiling in the old Art Deco Sugarhouse Theater,
Desdemona Hudson is frustrated. It is one more problem and one more
delay in the massive restoration project that the three Hudson sisters
had vowed to finish. Like Read more...
When an accident is no accident, it can be hard to prove! Forced off
the road by an unseen vehicle and seeing a good friend killed, Senator
Porter Smalls knows just who is just the right investigator to prove his
version of events, even if the cops all think otherwise Read more...
Life is never so good until it suddenly is not. As Lena Rose Schwartz
readies her cute little blue-eyed blonde brother for his first day of
school, she knows that many things are soon going to change. The
arrival of two police officers at her family's doorstep in Read more...
While on a mission in Dieppe, France in 1827, the
handsome Gregory Vyse, Baron of Fulkham savors the local
brandy and the local theater which his companion, Captain
Lord Hartley, had convinced him to attend. Surprising
himself, he finds himself captivated by the loveliness
and talent of the young actress Read more...
It is a warm and lovely mid-summer morning and Special Agents Nicolas Drummond and Michaela (Mike) Caine, are just settling into their idyllic rest vacation at Nick's grandfather's, the eighth Baron de Vesci, home estate in Farrow-on-Gray in England. Finally starting to relax and Read more...
Sometimes people only see what they want to believe and
miss critical clues that would lead them to the truth.
Yet, even faced with the truth, they will fiercely stick
to what they want to believe. When this wrong thinking
happens to political leaders and those in positions of
trust Read more...
Bishop Troyer had faith that nineteen year old Ada Rupp
would be a fine teacher for the special needs scholars in
their Amish community. She had been taking care of her
seven younger siblings even before the death of her
mother and knows sign language as David, her five year Read more...
Take heed, Readers, from the very first sentence in THE
GONE WORLD to its astonishing conclusion, you will never
ever be able to think of time, space, and future the
same way again!
Judging from its cover, I thought THE GONE WORLD would
be a captivating and intriguing murder mystery Read more...
The team is in place, the trap is set, and the rat seems to be on his way.
Cassandra "Cassie" Dewell, a chief investigator for Bakken County in
North Dakota, has spent years trying to capture a notoriously clever
and highly intelligent serial killer called "The Lizard King." As the Read more...
While of Amish birth, Calvin Fisher had a tough childhood
and left his community when he was fourteen. He soon
entered the exciting and fast life of gangs and guns.
After amassing a large debt to the wrong people, Calvin
became a DEA informant and now plays a careful game Read more...
Her dreams are filled with the vivid images of her visits
to her rich grandfather's isolated home on Owl's Point on
the Connecticut coast. Now, an art history graduate
student, Theresa remembers with fondness the happy summer
days visiting there and connecting with her older
cousins. She had Read more...
Just as they almost made it through the treacherous
waters off the coast of England, they were attacked by
The Royal Buckingham, one of Her Majesty's ships. Not
wanting to draw attention to his trip to Queen Anne,
Captain Reid MacKenzie had little time to reflect on the
insanity Read more...
Jennie Troyer has always handed over her problems to God
and trusts in his protective care, even with all she
experienced in her marriage and the death of her husband
in a farming accident. She knows life would be so much
easier if she remarries, but she would rather put Read more...
Tara's head is in the clouds. It is full of happy
thoughts, wedding plans, and thinking about her handsome
soon to be husband Nick Pratt. Life is good and almost
normal for Special Agent Tara Holloway of the Internal
Revenue Service's Criminal Investigations Division and
she let her Read more...
There comes a time when Amish women just know that their
days of being a maedel are over and their chances of
having children reduced. Now back in her small community of
Birch Creek in Ohio, Ivy Yoder feels that her
opportunities for love are gone. She thought she had Read more...
Despite not being on call, Dr. Katie LeClair's house
painting gets interrupted by an urgent call for her to
go to Baxter Community Hospital. Dropping her brush, she
leaves immediately for the hospital. She is the new
doctor in town and has
recently joined the medical practice of Dr Read more...
Watching buildings being demolished in the historic city
of Bath, England makes for fascinating viewing and this
particular demolition even more so. As the wrecking ball
makes its hit, a scene more intriguing than just the
smashed walls and crumbling floorboards of an old 18th
century block of rowhouses previously Read more...
Fresh from saying "I do" in response to the pledge to
protect the people in the small town of Hotchkiss,
ex-rancher Kate Fox is now the new Sheriff of Grand County,
Nebraska. There are many in the small town who support her,
especially her many brothers and sisters; but Read more...
Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope of the Northumbria Police
no more wanted to be a guest speaker at Warkworth Prison
than the inmates want to be there; but, with a strategic
grasp of the situation, she decides to turn the tables on
Watkins and her new boss' manipulative request.
The prisoner Read more...
How does a man go back? How can he go back after leaving his
brother in the lurch and without warning? How can a man go
back and face people, especially an Amish man? Yet, how can
he honour his grandmother's last letter to him? Are their
differences too Read more...
Audrey Lawrence
Ever since I taught myself to read at
age two, I have been an avid reader
and
collector of books. I am seldom
without a book in my hand, stacks by
my
bedside and more waiting on my Kindle,
so I am very happy to be a book
reviewer for FreshFiction and have
been
so since the last century. How can you
tell I love historical fiction? Other
book genres I love are regency
romances, suspense thrillers,
contemporary fiction, more romance
books and anything I can get my hands
on! Having a background in education
and organizational development, I also
love to read kids’ books and YA and
books on business.
I currently live in the National
Capital Region of Canada (aka Ottawa)
where Tinkerbelle, my beautiful
Siamese
cat, rules the roost and reminds us
every day of her regal heritage,
especially when she wants treats! As
the saying goes: dogs may have owners,
but cats have staff!
Great comments and questions! I have just started in on INTO THE WHIRLWIND but only complaint is that I do not want to put it down ... how am I going to get all my errands done when I need to know what happens next?
That is just so grand that you are naming characters in your book with your ancestors' names. I love it when I know the special meaning behind the names. I look forward to reading it.
I found out from family lore that my mother's family comes from a former shield bearer to a 12th century Irish king but I think that has been the last irish connection as the rest is all Scottish. Thank goodness everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!
That is so Purr-fect of Avon to make a donation! I can appreciate your lemma (slightly less critical than a dilemma) as to what to do! It is up to you but remember a cookie in each hand is a balanced diet!
All teh best with your new book and Avon's kindness!
Oh, as you can see from all these comments that not only do you write incredibly well but you also spin your readers so convincingly to the period of your tale that they feelas if they are there as well!
I have to admit, I love your books, but I had to stop reading them on the bus as I would get so engrossed in the story that I would miss my stop and have to walk home more than I expected. I quite look forward to reading your newest one!
Oh, a hero to fall into sweet dreams with! Sounds wonderful and I especailly like that he is willing to apologize. It takes a strong person to acknowledge that a situation may need an apology. True heros think about the needs of others before themsleves!
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