Frustrated could not begin to describe her reaction! How
dare he? What a ridiculous demand!
To request that before Katrina Wellington could claim her
inheritance, her uncle wanted, not only
to meet her fiancé first, but expected him to travel all
the way from sophisticated New York to the
deep Read more...
Brimming with questions, 12 year old Emma Graham has her own
perspectives and insights on adult behaviours and so she can
usually find a way to charm, work around, or wheedle out
juicy tidbits of information from the local folks living in
the small communities of Spirit Lake, La Porte Read more...
Paul Janson, an ex-Consular Operations assassin and a man of
deep convictions, had developed a new means to overcome his
guilt at the numbers of killings he had done in his previous
work life. He forms a highly specialized and selective
security business firm, Catpaws Associates, that only takes Read more...
As the ship leaves Ireland, the lovely Rachel Dunne sobs
quietly to herself. Leaving everything and everyone she
holds dear, Rachel seeks a fresh start where the ugly stain
of her past won't be known. With the help of her English
cousin, she has landed a temporary position in Read more...
Even a small child, little Katsushika Oei, had always called
her unusual, but very creative and eccentric father, "Old
Man". Sometimes said with affection and sometimes said with
derisiveness, he was always her "Old Man" as she had been
born to him, his third daughter, when he was forty as Read more...
This was going to be the case that truly sets Jason Kolarich
as a rising defense attorney star in his top legal firm and
will make life rich and easy for his wife, Talia, and their
new baby daughter, Emily. Determined to get every shred of
evidence for the case Read more...
Just seeing the village of Hadley Green brought back all the
horrible, long buried memories with heart pounding
intensity. Now, returning in 1808 as a rich and titled man,
28 year old Tobin Scott is totally unprepared for the full
pain he experiences again. His handsome features twists as
he Read more...
Heading off by herself in the dark Sudan night, Melissa Ilse
desperately needs to be first to locate the crashed top
secret and self-learning UAV, called Raven, before it might
fall into enemy hands. Not only was Raven her key mission,
her boss, Harker, had warned her that that Read more...
Sometimes, escaping is as much a "going to" as it is an
"away from" and such was the case for young Benny and his
gentle looking grandmother, Maudie Toola. Maudie wanted to
escape from Los Angeles and all its reminders of the murder
and related investigation of her son, Martin Read more...
After a rough time, a good friend dying and a promise made,
a nasty boss, and troublesome times with his petulant
teenage stepdaughter, Agent Patrick Bowers finally breathes
a sigh of relief as things seem to settle down. Staying at
a friend's place in the country, Patrick is set Read more...
There comes a time when you just can't put it off any
longer. It was so for widow Anna Gingerich. With her sons
ready to move from their Amish farm in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania to Montana and her declining health, Anna felt
she had to write her only and Read more...
How could your brother be so stupid! But all the ranting
and railing could not change the matter and deep down Carla
Reece knew it.
Danny was her only relative and Carla truly loved her good
looking and easygoing brother, yet for him to have lost
half their family's Read more...
The house was just too big and empty. Well, maybe it wasn't
so empty of things. There were lovely chairs to curl up in
and enjoy cups of coffee and lots of books as Mary Fassler
enjoys her work and made a reasonable living as a novelist
and an Read more...
As the chilly evening darkens into night, the hunter alone
in the freezing woodlands of Minnesota was fearful that he
might lose his ability to track the wounded deer... yet,
never did he realize that there were things more fearful and
far more frightening than that!
When the murdered body Read more...
Staring into the window of the Mayor's McMansion, they could
not believe their eyes! Yet, what they saw was so vivid and
so shocking; the four newly acquainted almost instant
friends knew it just had to be deadly real. Then when the
Mayor saw that they saw him, they Read more...
Tax accounting is definitely not boring when it comes to
Tara Holloway's new job as a special agent in the Treasury
Department's Criminal Investigations Division! With a Glock
in one holster and her calculator and cell phone in another,
this lovely petite CPA is both intelligent and intrepid Read more...
Time was swiftly running out for 13 year old Dan Cahill and
Amy, his older sister, in their search for elusive clues to
get the ransom to free their seven kidnapped cousins from
certain death. They knew that the very powerful and cruel
Vesper One, head of a centuries old Read more...
Rugged and handsome and fleet of foot as a Bow Street
Runner, Assistant Magistrate Jackson Pinter feels this
mission is the worst he had ever been asked to handle. He
just knows it is going to end badly. As a secret admirer of
the lovely Lady Celia Sharpe, Jackson was Read more...
As an experienced stagecoach driver, when Ned Bright spotted
the lump on the trail, he was immediately suspicious. Was
this going to be an ambush? This was one of the first runs
for the Butterfield Overland Mail Company that he and his
partner had recently started and he didn't Read more...
Right after his 11th birthday in 1954, Michael is left alone
to board the Oronsay, a ship that will take him on a three
week journey to a school in England, where a mother he can
barely recall is supposed to meet him at Tilbury. Assigned
to Table 76, the 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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