Love is worth the risk
OMG what a weekend. Saturday the Bluestocking Belles revealed the cover and title of their new collection, Fire & Frost. Set against the background of London’s winter of 1814 when days of snow and fog resulted in the Thames freezing over and a Frost Fair broke out on the ice, it is a glorious book. […]
Highlighting Historical Fiction with Vicki Hopkins and thoughts on labor unrest in Victorian Manchester. The fear of men losing their jobs because of automation has continued since the dawn of the industrial revolution. Even in our lifetime, robotic counterparts are replacing human workers and jobs are being lost. Can you imagine the fear this must […]
Rosh Hashana began last night at sundown. Literally “the head of the year,” and often called “Jewish New Year.” It shouldn’t be confused with the secular New Year’s Day, however. It is the day the shofar (the rams horn) is blown as a call to remembrance, a call to “cast off” the old year and […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Jude Knight’s thoughts on war and seeds of war at the Cape of Good Hope In 1806, the British fought and won a battle near Cape Town. At stake was the control of the only port in Southern Africa for ships making the long journey from Europe around the Cape of […]
Christmas Hope is coming soon. The book will launch on October 15. You can still order it for 1/3 its normal price until then. $.99 through October 14. Join the blog tour along the way and enter to win the prize package! Christmas Hope is a wartime story in four parts, each ending on Christmas […]