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Character Spotlight ~ Linda Windsor’s Caden O’Byrne & Sorcha

Caden & Sorcha

Linda Windsor’s Brides of Alba series makes for great reading so grab yourself Healer & Thief and enjoy a trip back in time.

Over to you, Linda:~

Brief physical description

Caden is a typical warrior build with a wild mane of blonde hair and gray eyes. Yet his facial features resemble Simon Baker, the Mentalist.

Sorcha has red hair, moss green eyes and is tall for a woman and slender of build. As I envisioned her, I saw the red-haired gal who was a main character on 24 for a while– Annie Wersching, I think. She …

The Lady of Bolton Hill by Elizabeth Camden

Synopsis:~

Female journalists are rare in 1879, but American-born Clara Endicott has finally made a name for herself with her provocative articles championing London’s poor. When the backlash from her work forces a return home to Baltimore, Clara finds herself face-to-face with a childhood sweetheart who is no longer the impoverished factory worker she once knew. In her absence, Daniel Tremain has become a powerful industry giant and Clara finds him as enigmatic as ever. However, Daniel’s success is fueled by resentment from past wounds and Clara’s deeply-held beliefs about God’s grace force Daniel to confront his own motives. When …

Freedom’s Stand by J M Windle

Synopsis:~

Jamil renounced a life of jihad when he encountered the life-changing message of Jesus Christ, but villagers and authorities in the hills of Afghanistan respond with skepticism . . . and even violence.

Relief worker Amy Mallory is shocked by the changes in her organization-changes with dire implications for the women and children under her care. And concern for her former assistant, Jamil, weighs heavily on her heart.

Former Special Forces veteran Steve Wilson faces off against the riots and corruption of Kabul’s upcoming election. He’s looking for something that will give his life purpose but is confident that …

Character Interview ~ Gabriella from Lisa T Bergren’s Rivers of Time

Introducing Gabriella Bettarini, a teen who discovers time travel and unusual skill with a broadsword, in Lisa T Bergren’s River of Time series.

Waterfall and Cascade are available now, with Torrent to release this September.

You REALLY won’t want to miss these brilliant stories that I have loved just as much as my teen daughter, EJ.

Gabriella

Rel: So you have a pretty interesting way of getting out of homework, Gabi! What are you learning about yourself in medieval Italy that you wouldn’t otherwise have realised?

Gabi: Man, this whole PLACE is like a living in one of those …

Thief by Linda Windsor with giveaways

Synopsis:~

Exiled in shame and wounded in battle, Caden O’Byrne accepts a mission to go into enemy territory to find his healer’s long-lost daughter. At worst, he’ll get his death wish. At best, this could be God’s second chance. But the lovely, larcenous Sorcha will have no part of him, his God, or the rescue…until a murder forces them both to run for their lives.

While Caden’s rekindled faith is tested, Sorcha wonders if his God is real. Add to the mix a stargazing princess, a capable dwarf, a scheming witch, an improbably beautiful eel fisherman and you have the …

Character Spotlight ~ Travis Thrasher’s Chris Buckley

Chris

I’ve enjoyed a number of Travis Thrasher’s adult novels but his latest is the second in his Solitary Tales YA stories, Gravestone. Chris is the main character in both books, the first being Solitary.

Over to you, Travis:~

Brief physical description

Chris Buckley is a tall and thin sixteen year old with blondish/brown hair & blue eyes

Actor/famous person

Picture a teenaged Heath Ledger

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths: brave, doesn’t back down, curious, witty, caring

Weaknesses: stubborn, doesn’t back down, doesn’t like being told what to do, curious, can’t help falling for a pretty girl despite how …