An American poet writes a compilation of historical vignettes, discerning the future of our democracy by rediscovering the combative, instructive, fascinating past of tyranny and democracy. Just as DNA is interwoven in every aspect of the human body, tyranny and democracy have their historically distinctive DNA that have shaped our democracy today. $0.99 on Kindle.
Rancho Diablo Western Series Omnibus
SUDDEN DEATH, HELLFIRE AND GUNSMOKE…
West Texas Army Scout Sam Blaylock rode into the small town of Shooter’s Cross looking for deserters, not trouble. Now Sam is putting down roots with his wife and daughter, and no amount of evil can stand in the way.
Secure in their out-of-the-way stronghold, the proprietors of the criminal enterprises never planned on a man like Sam Blaylock—a man who would face the Devil himself to balance the scales. Sam never backed down from a bad situation.
Rancho Diablo Western Series: Omnibus includes – Shooter’s Cross, Hell On Wheels, The Hold Up, The Matamoros Bull, The Armadillo’s Hole Saloon and Shooter York. $0.99 on Kindle.
Chase, Bachelors & Babies (Book 12)
Chase Givens never again expected to see the ragged girl, Minnie, again, after she gave birth to triplets at High Mountain Ranch and promptly disappeared three years ago. Now, single and lonely, he sows his wild oats by holding a horse race through the center of town. Nothing new, but this time, Chase nearly runs down a young woman. Horrified, he runs to help her, intrigued and curious about this vaguely familiar stranger. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Phoenix: By The Sword
18-year-old Germanic princess, Cassius, witnessed the destruction of her village by the Romans. Now, she is being made to serve a Roman Senator as his slave. During the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in nine A.D., Cassius is forcefully abducted again but this time by an unknown soldier, named Sgt. Banks. Banks tells her that she is the key to his mission, which is to stop the death of millions. And even though Banks has the build and abilities of a Roman soldier, he is not a centurion. In fact, he is not a soldier of her time at all.
Neither Banks nor Cassius foresees that the stress from their journey has the potential of bringing out their previously contained inner demons, but it does. And when they are tested the most, their newfound feelings for each other could be their undoing and mankind’s as well. Free on Kindle.
Out of the Rabbit Hutch
This is a story of freedom, risk, and unspoken truths; a time before and after the American Civil War and the eradication of the Aboriginal people in Van Diemen’s Land (today’s Tasmania). Populated by socialites, opium users, slave hunters, and war heroes, the novel chronicles the remarkable tale of a Civil War veteran, unable to speak and still seemingly broken from the war, he is released from a mental asylum and begins his journey. $2.99 on Kindle.
Catching Currents
The last place Sally wants to spend the next year is at a Boston finishing school, shackled with even more rules than high society has already imposed on her. However, little does she realize that her life is about to take a dramatic turn—toward the rollicking West, where far fewer restrictions hold sway.
After she meets rowdy Caroline from the Colorado frontier, not only is an adventurous, exciting world revealed, but an unpredictable one as well. For as she watches her lively new friend attract the attention of her stuffy brother Will, Sally becomes smitten with Caroline’s brother, Teddie—a rancher who thinks nothing of disregarding a few social mores.
If only Teddie can now decide what kind of future he wants. Yet as wandering ambitions threaten to thwart their romance, all strive for contentment in a tumultuous turn-of-the-century America.
Based on true events, Catching Currents is engaging historical fiction, set amidst a nation rapidly changing and the small town of Estes Park, just trying to keep up. $1.99 on Kindle.
Free: Whispers Among The Prairie
Dearest Mother and Dad
The Crocketts: Western Saga One
Book About a Book
This is a fun review of the publication, Ladies’ Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness, written around a hundred years ago by Florence Hartley. I will take a journey through the book and compare the advice given by Ms. Hartley to modern-day advice. Some ideas are still standing such as treating others as you would like to be treated and respecting others’ opinions. However, other statements show the drastic change from the Victorian era to the world we live in today, such as the development of information technology, where, for example, we have the ability to book a hotel from anywhere in the world and read its reviews. Take this trip back in time with me and let’s discover the radical change in the behavior and freedom of women. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Inspired by Art: Rise to Power
A Winding Trail to Justice (Reluctant Redemption Book 2)
Zac Trimbell has found himself in Las Vegas, New Mexico where a troubled lady, Claire Maddison, arrives at his ranch seeking help. Claire’s sister and brother-in-law are missing, and all their cattle has been stolen. The sheriff advised Claire that if Zac can’t help, no one can. Trig Mason pushes his way into the search and together the three set out to solve the mystery and return the cattle.
The sister and her husband are located wounded and weary. They are taken back to the ranch while Zac and the others look for the lost cattle. A long ride following the churned up, grassy trail takes them back to the gold country of Colorado.
While Zac continues to struggle with his post-Civil War PTSD, he makes it his mission to help where he is needed and see that justice is done.
Now it’s time for the age-old question, “Is it still well with your soul?” $0.99 on Kindle.
The Seeds We Sow: A Story of the Greatest Kindness
This is a story of three devout Christians.
In his quest to help feed poor people all over the world George Washington Carver was probably most influential not because he was the “peanut man,” but rather because he was a “gentleman.” His protege Henry Agard Wallace continued Carver’s work as the New Deal Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President of the United States. He was likely one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In turn, Wallace passed the baton to Norman Borlaug, who worked in quiet obscurity until he was the surprise recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
Because Carver, Wallace and Borlaug lived, so do we. $0.99 on Kindle.
Living in the Middle
Wealthy, White, and privileged Jimmy Montgomery discovers he’s been living a lie and travels to Tulsa to uncover his roots. When trouble pits Whites against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy realizes he can no longer Live in the Middle. This novel is a stand-alone story of historical fiction. $0.99 on Kindle.
Jane Digby’s Diary
False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2)
Sometimes no father is better than a false father.
In 1898 California, Jake Alderdice comes of age as a shy and contemplative youth who is passionate about art. On vacation in Waxwood, now a fashionable resort town, he meets Harland Stevens, who takes an interest in the young man’s artistic ambitions. Stevens seizes upon the fatherless young man to counsel him toward a path to manhood inspired by Teddy Roosevelt and Thoreau. He introduces Jake to The Order of Actaeon, a secret society built upon Roosevelt’s ideals of masculine virility and virtue.
But the path to maturity is a complex thing in the Gilded Age. Will his journey free him from the Alderdice family illusions, half-truths, and lies that have kept him a child? Or will it lead him into the world of Actaeon, where the hunter becomes the hunted? $0.99 on Kindle.
Mistress of the Maze
Rosamund Clifford, one of the most famous royal mistresses of all time—concubine to Henry II, the first Plantagenet King.
A young maiden ruled by a grasping father who will stop at nothing to promote his own cause with the King…even using his daughter’s beautiful face and enticing body to gain high favour.
A fearful girl taken by a mysterious messenger from Godstow nunnery to a Tower surrounded by a grotesque topiary labyrinth, where she must wait for the arrival of the master of the maze—not the Minotaur of ancient Greek myth but the bull-like Plantagenet King Henry. $0.99 on Kindle.
Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War
Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War is a visceral work of historical fiction covering the first three months of America’s forgotten war. If you like under-examined military history, gritty details, and soldiers’ perspectives, then you’ll love Richard Thomas Lane’s story of courage under fire. $2.99 on Kindle.
The Upside of Hunger
At 15, fleeing from a domineering father yet again, Adam found escape at the military recruitment station in Vienna. From a frozen foxhole on the Eastern Front, where a Russian bullet found its mark, Adam was catapulted into a series of terrifying captures and daring escapes as he crossed war-torn Europe on foot to find his family. Based on a TRUE story, this is an epic tale of love and courage, and a boy’s survival as the world plunged into the darkest days of WW2, and the man he became as a result. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Runaway Heir
Free: Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set (Westward Series) (Books 4 – 6)
The Munich Girl
The past may not be done with us. Fifty years after the end of WWII, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her
mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer $2.99 on Kindle.
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?
Based on letters and documents written by Catholic Sisters during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, this book tells the remarkable story of these brave and faithful women, and how they served to resist the German forces.
From running contraband to hiding Jews, from spying for the allies to small acts of sabotage, these courageous women risked their lives to help defeat the Reich.
This is a story that needs to be told. $0.99 on Kindle.
One Night With Finnbar
Imagine you go to a party with someone you think you know, but really don’t.
You have a good time; maybe drink a little too much. At the end of the evening your friend takes you back to your place where that night the unthinkable happens to you.
The next morning the police are at your front door. They arrest you because a dead body was found in your trash can.
Not so hard to imagine, right? It could happen to anyone.
It happened to Finnbar 250 years ago.
TIMELESS and COMPELLING — One Night With Finnbar is a historical drama set in 1767. This richly woven tale of treachery, blackmail, and murder exposes the grotesque realities of life in 18th century London in a way that can never be forgotten.
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Free: Woman in Red: Magdalene Speaks
In an enthralling saga, Mary Magdalene, the most misunderstood woman in history, returns strong and true as the irresistible voice of the banished feminine divine. Holding an intriguing legacy in her hands, she unveils the scandalous secrets, prophecies and confidential teachings of Jesus. Free on Kindle.