Today I am reviewing Love on the Horizon by Penny Zeller. Book description: A fresh start. An unexpected chance at love.Magnolia “Mags” Davenport has not had an easy life. Determined to leave behind painful memories, she decides, on a whim, to move halfway across the country to Horizon, Idaho, a town she’s never before heard …
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Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome Stephanie Landsem to our blog today and share an interview plus my recommendation for her new book, The Fault Between Us, that’s releasing on November 4, 2025. What inspired this story? Since my parents lived in Yellowstone at the time, I’ve heard stories of the Hebgen Lake Earthquake all my life …
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Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome Michelle Shocklee to our blog today and share an interview for her new book, The Women of Oak Ridge, that’s releasing on September 9, 2025. What inspired this story? I grew up in Santa Fe, NM, not far from Los Alamos, the site where the first atomic bombs were made. Despite …
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Today I am reviewing Hope’s Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer which released on Tuesday. Book description Since an accident left her father unable to work, Jennie Ward has taken on the demanding task of inspecting the isolated seven-mile wooden pipeline that supplies water to Cañon City, Colorado. Despite her responsibilities, Jennie harbors dreams of …
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Welcome to Throwback Thursday! Today I’m sharing my recommendation for Roseanna M. White’s fabulous historical fiction novel. A Stray Drop of Blood is Roseanna’s debut book and one of the first fiction books I reviewed when I started blogging in 2010. A Biblical era fiction gospel story, it’s fitting to repost my book recommendation during Holy …
Narelle here. I’m excited to welcome Michelle Shocklee to our blog today and share our interview about her new book, Appalachian Song, that released October 3, 2023. Fast Five Hobbits or Mad Max? Hobbits…as long as I’m invited to their Hobbit house. Books or TV? Books. Always. Sun or snow? Snow. Desert or sea? Sea. …
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Characters, setting, plot―these are the three main building blocks of a great story. In my last blog post here, I shared how I find the characters for my next story. Today, I’d like to share some things I do to create memorable settings for my historical novels. Some of these tips could work just as …
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By Carolyn Miller A few weeks ago I was presented with the opportunity to take my daughter to the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, NSW. I might’ve grumbled at the time (my other daughter was returning from India that same day and I wanted to know All The Things!) but I went, because I …
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Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome Cindy Morgan to our blog today. Cindy’s debut novel, The Year of Jubilee, will be releasing on April 18, 2023. Fast Nine Let’s start by asking Cindy to answer some quick-fire questions. Long black or flat white? Flat White Kiwis or koalas? Koalas! Mangoes or kiwifruit? Mangoes Cricket or …
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Today I’m sharing my book recommendation for Code Name Edelweiss, the fabulous new historical fiction spy novel set in 1930’s Hollywood from Stephanie Landsem. Here’s the Book Description: “What I am looking for—what I desperately need, Mrs. Weiss—is a spy.” Adolf Hitler is still a distant rumble on the horizon, but a Jewish spymaster and …
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