Turn to Me by Becky Wade (with giveaway) All That It Takes by Nicole Deese (with giveaway) The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair Sunrise by Susan May Warren with giveaway

FamilyFicton Magazine ~ July 2011 Issue

I’m a bit behind with this post but do check out the July issue of the FamilyFiction magazine.

I had the pleasure of writing some special features as well as my regular historical and romance author profiles and news columns.

You can read the full magazine here and or even download it to your computer.  If that doesn’t suit you can read the articles at the FamilyFiction website.  Not all the July articles are published yet but two of mine are:

Enjoy!

Character Spotlight ~ Don Brown’s Gunner McCormick & John Davenport

I’ve been a fan of Don Brown’s military thrillers since his Navy Justice series.  Enjoy meeting his latest protagonists ~ I think you are going to love them!

Over to you, Don:~

Lieutenant Commander Gunner McCormick, USN

Brief physical description

Mid to late 30s, salt-and-pepper hair, more pepper than salt. Athletic build, but not overly muscular. About six feet tall. U.S Naval Intelligence Officer.

Actor/famous person

Tom Cruise, with just a little more grey, and a bit taller.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths – Very smart. Patriotic. Determined to do the right thing. Dedicated to family and country.

Weaknesses – A …

The Colonel’s Lady by Laura Frantz

Synopsis:~

In 1779, when genteel Virginia spinster Roxanna Rowan arrives at the Kentucky fort commanded by Colonel Cassius McLinn, she finds that her officer father has died. Penniless and destitute, Roxanna is forced to take her father’s place as scrivener. Before long, it’s clear that the colonel himself is attracted to her. But she soon realizes the colonel has grave secrets of his own–some of which have to do with her father’s sudden death. 

Can she ever truly love him?

My take:~

With resplendent imagery, striking characterisation and eloquent storytelling, Laura Frantz transports readers into eighteenth century frontier Kentucky in …

Surrender the Dawn by MaryLu Tyndall with Australian giveaways

Synopsis:~

Baltimore’s Cassandra Channing will do anything to provide for her family—even if it means hiring the town rogue as a privateer. Luke Heaton is a handsome rake with a tortured past who is blackmailed by the British into selling supplies to their ships just off the coast. Cassandra and Luke’s worlds collide as they are drawn into danger, secrets, romance, and war. But when the British begin to bombard Fort McHenry, how long can they protect their love—and each other?

My take:~

Surrender the Dawn is vintage MaryLu Tyndall as adventure, danger, love and war collide in this engaging …

Character Spotlight ~ Penny Zeller’s Hailee Annigan & Nate Adams with giveaway

Hailee & Nate

Penny Zeller’s final story in her Montana Skies trilogy, Hailee, is available now.  Enjoy meeting her latest characters.

Over to you, Penny:~

Brief physical description

Hailee Sophia Annigan is beautiful with long wavy dark blond hair with golden highlights framing her face. She has large blue-green eyes the color of the ocean and is 19-years-old. She is 5’5” and slender with fine features.

Hailee is an orphan and the oldest of three children. She was born into a poor working family and raised in Cincinnati in the late 1800s.We get glimpses into her difficult childhood and …

Book trailer for Ginny Yttrup’s Lost and Found

Ginny Yttrup’s debut novel, Words, was a beauty and I think her second story will shine as well.
Enjoy the trailer for Lost and Found from B&H Fiction 🙂