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Review of Of Knights and Dogfights by Ellie Midwood
Of Knights and Dogfights: A WWII Novel by Ellie Midwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ellie Midwood, expert of World War II historical fiction, has done it again. She’s crafted a gripping, emotional tale about the everyday person who lived through such harrowing times. In Of Knights and Dogfights, we meet two young men […]
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Review of Eternal Flame: A Rose of Anzio Story by Alexa Kang
Eternal Flame: A Rose of Anzio Story by Alexa Kang My rating: 5 of 5 stars This story is a YA, romance, time-travel, historical fiction. And I love the premise: a soldier from 1944 and a teenage-girl from 1989 in love! I don’t read many time-travel stories, but time travel is something that intrigues me, […]
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Blogmas 2018 – Day 15 #christmas #blogmas #blogmas2018 #christmas2018
Today’s post is an excerpt from Christmas Day of 1944 in my unpublished novel, Rocks and Flowers in a Box: We stepped into a winter wonderland after the service concluded. White dusted our shoulders as we made our way to the Speedster. When we reached the car, we stopped and looked at the heavens. “This […]
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Review of Indian Paintbrush (Carson Chronicles #3) by John A. Heldt
My reviews for the first two book in the series: Review of River Rising (Carson Chronicles Book 1) by John A. Heldt Review of The Memory Tree (Carson Chronicles Book 2) by John A. Heldt Description: Arizona, December 1943. After surviving perilous six-month journeys to 1889 and 1918, the Carsons, five siblings from the present […]
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Blogmas 2018 – Day 1 #christmas #blogmas #blogmas2018 #christmas2018
Incorporating history into historical fiction is fun. With Christmas on the verge, I am loving writing Christmas scenes right now. In my current work in progress novel, Rocks and Flowers in a Box, there is a scene in 1944 at Christmas where the two main characters put on Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” […]