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February 2016 FREE BOOK!!
M.K. Gilroy does it again! COLD AS ICE — another adventure in the life of tough, lovable Kristen Conner — masquerades as a hometown Chicago detective story. But before you know it, Gilroy sweeps his readers into the international scene, pitting his irrepressible heroine against the Red Mafyia. Seasoned with just the right amount of…
Eastern European Research Trip – All Aboard!
When I began the research for BONE FIRE, it didn’t take me long to decide that I needed to visit the area where most of the novel takes place — the lower Danube River. After a few months of consideration, my husband Neil and I decided that a Viking River Cruise was exactly what we…
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July 2019 FREE BOOK!
Our FREE BOOK this month is the novel LILAC GIRLS by Martha Hall Kelly. I found this book to be absolutely mesmerizing and uplifting. From the back cover comes this quote from New York Times bestselling author, Beatriz Williams. “Rich with historical detail and riveting to the end, LILAC GIRLS weaves the lives of three…