After her husband was killed in Afghanistan in the line of
duty, Allie Beckett's numbing all-consuming grief only
lessened as she knew she had to love and care for Wyatt,
her cute and now wise beyond his five year old year son.
With too many memories and tired Read more...
With a growing career as an investigative crime reporter in
Chiang Mai, Thailand, it definitely was not Jimm Juree's
decision to move to a remote and rural area of the country
to run an old and falling apart beach resort, but she did
along with her other family members Read more...
The peaceful Virginia community in Mason County is divided,
tempers are hot and it looks like things could easily
explode as tensions are high for everyone. Ever since the
Packard Development Company started offering big cash
payments in a small town with high unemployment and low
incomes, former friends and Read more...
The day had been long and it is not the best of nights
either as the cold wind whips around Deborah as she crosses
the darkened street. She just wants to get home and into
bed, but remembers they will be collecting a whip around for
a birthday at work Read more...
The Avenger has struck again! Once again, a woman had been
murdered and in the blunt words of the police officer
calling, he affirms it is the same M.O. as had been used in
the previous killing. Homicide Detective Troy Evans of the
Columbus Police immediately knows this modus Read more...
What a turnaround! One minute she is on a high from
getting Senator Grable to admit to influence peddling and
then, before the evening is over, Special Agent Mackenzie
Graham is trying to help him. No wonder the powerful
Senator didn't want her on the special team to help Read more...
Waiting for a long western train to go by in the dark of
night gives a man time to reflect. He knows he is
desperately wanted in Philadelphia where Cady, his only
child is waiting to give birth to his first grandchild, yet
when old Lucian Connally, the ex-Sheriff Read more...
As the brick hurls though the large glass living room
window, hundreds of glass fragments fill the room leaving
blood filled cuts in the severely disabled man sitting in
the comfy chair. How could he clean up all this glass when
he can barely hobble around the fourth floor apartment Read more...
Despite the January cold, practically all of London is
abuzz with merriment and celebration for the upcoming
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in London's Westminster Abbey
in 1559.
The lovely dark-haired Kate Haywood is now the Queen's
favorite musician, as her lute music soothes her. Today for
the Read more...
After all the plans Kat Stanford has made--from quitting her
job on the TV series Fakes and Treasures, to deciding on the
type of antique toys she and her mother would sell in their
new shop--her mother was babbling on the phone about having
moved to Devonshire of Read more...
Marcus King is deeply in love with the lovely nineteen-year-
old Tessie Ann Miller and impatient to tell her his latest
news. The young couple are so in love with each other and
want to marry in accordance with their Old Order Amish
community in Hickory Hollow. They have Read more...
Inspired by the heroic Biblical story of Queen Esther,
debut author Kate Breslin has written a very strong and
compelling version set against the horrific backdrop of war-
torn Nazi Germany and concentration camps in 1944.
With false papers organized for her by her uncle Morty, the
lovely blonde and Read more...
The kid is too young to die. As he looks at the lifeless
face of the previously vibrant, almost seventeen year old,
Raymond Donne ponders what derailed the life of this
promising student he once taught. Douglas (Dougie) Lee's
body has been found in a tennis court near the Read more...
How a rich and beautiful heiress to a perfume company ends
up helping haul in lobster near Boston Harbor is a story
with deep roots going back to her childhood, but the fact
that Pirio Kasparov survives the unexpected plunge in icy
waters after a freighter smashes into their boat Read more...
Her mother, the only family she has known, is dying. The
tuberculosis has drained just about all of her mother's
energy and all of their finances. Without more money to
buy the medicines needed, Rachel Justice knows her mother
will die. Her small salary at the newspaper in Philadelphia Read more...
Hearing the report about the incoming medevac'd patient
from a small community hospital in the Puget Sound, Dr.
Charlotte Reese, the intensive care unit doctor at Beacon
Hospital in Seattle mentally prepares herself to treat this
serious case. The unnamed unconscious woman had been
severely injured in multiple areas Read more...
Even after leaving Los Angeles and on the plane to Israel,
Zacchaeus (Zach) Miller, a young freelance writer with free
time on his hands and a mother willing to help financially,
is still unclear about what he plans to do there.
With a tip for a story lead from his Read more...
What a horror for a small boy to see! Shots fired in the
dark, screams and his dead mother lying in a pool of
blood. Then, confusion and being hustled off to Ireland
with his sister "to be safe". All he wants to do is see
his father. Where is Read more...
The trip back had never seemed so long on that cold October
day in 1687! Having helped the old and fragile Père
Auguste Dainville, his best friend and father confessor,
to the crypt in the old Carmelite church, 29 year old
Maître Charles du Luc expects only to Read more...
Based in Inverness, Detective Inspector Willow Reeves has
looked forward to getting her first case as the Senior
Investigating Officer. Yet, what gets handed to her by
her boss is definitely not a "No Pressure" assignment. A
London reporter found murdered in a boat in the Aith Marina
and discovered 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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