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Urban Marriage 13: Atlanta Girls’ Wedding Bells by Tulipe Pascere

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Urban Marriage 13: Atlanta Girls’ Wedding Bells by Tulipe Pascere

SERIES Book 13: young divorcée and her lesbian friend are wed by their pastor with two of four Christian parents strongly opposing the union
AMAZON KINDLE FICTION: Lesbian Romance / Christian Romance
Mature Christian audience: adult conversations, no violence, no erotica


Targeted Age Group:: 21 – 30 plus
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 3 – PG-13

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
We explore contemporary marriage and faith in our URBAN MARRIAGE series. In Urban Marriage 13, two Atlanta women bond after their broken relationships. Pastoral counseling affirms their commitment in the face of strong opposition from Christian family members. Will they make it to the altar?

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
We write from personal experiences and real-life situations of friends in the faith community. Quiet study and pastoral counseling have shaped our views. We strive to understand both sides of an issue. Our characters make mistakes, have doubts, and find peace with God in their life decisions.


Book Sample
CONTENTS
1. Mom Rejects Her Lesbian Daughter's Engagement
2. Mom Insists on Premarital Counseling to Avoid a Foolhardy Decision
3. Sherri and Aubrey Discuss Family
4. Aubrey Assures Sherri
5. Some Parents are Boss, Some Jail Keepers
6. Pastor Pete
7. Café Stop
8. More Couples Therapy Session at Intimacy Restored
9. After the Surrogate Partner Session
10. Counsel with Pastor Isabel
11. Marla's News
12. Counsel with Pastor Isabel and Husband Paul
13. Asking Hard Questions
14. Forgiving Family Members Who Judge
15. Mom Goes off the Rails (Menopause?)
16. Aubrey's Dad Has a Change of Heart
17. Undeserved Love
18. Rooms of a Marriage
19. Dinner with Muriel (Who Married that Seminary Prof)
20. Seven Stages in Accepting a Gay Family Member
21. Wedding Bells!
22. Aubrey's Notes for a Romance Novel
23. The Dreaded Christian Books Reviewers Chapters


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Urban Marriage 12: Atlanta Girls … Engaged! by Tulipe Pascere

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Urban Marriage 12: Atlanta Girls … Engaged! by Tulipe Pascere

SERIES Book 12: young divorcée moves in with her lesbian friend and they seek pastoral counseling and therapy to explore their relationship / Mature Christian audience (NO erotica)
Amazon Kindle FICTION: Christian Romance / Lesbian Romance


Targeted Age Group:: 21 – 30 plus
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 4 – R Rated

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
We explore contemporary marriage and faith in our URBAN MARRIAGE series. We believe God wants the church to work together with the LGBTQ community to help others in need. In Urban Marriage 12, we explore how two Atlanta women bond after broken relationships. Their pastor challenges them to look beyond labels and see if their love is a Gift meant to heal and bind them as one.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Our characters come from real-life situations and shared experiences from friends and those in the faith community. Quiet study and pastoral counseling have shaped our views. Our characters are challenged to rethink old assumptions and past teachings.


Book Sample
CHAPTERS:
1. Paris, Texas, Great Place to Live
2. He's One Ugly Cowboy
3. Last Night in Paris
4. Hotel Jacuzzi
5. Is There Some Kind of Lesbian Test to Take?
6. At a Church in Marietta in Northwest Atlanta
7. Pastor Isabel's Message: "What Is Abominable?"
8. Church Members Mentor a High School LGBTQ Chapter
9. Sherri and Aubrey Counsel with Pastor Isabel
10. Ex-Lovers' Quarrel at Sherri's Condo
11. Sherri's Relief
12. Girl Date
13. Couples Therapy at Intimacy Restored
14. Angry Girl
15. Addicted Girl
16. Jealous Girl
17. Engaged Girls?
18. Platonic Girls
19. Café Girls
20. Wednesday Before Thanksgiving
21. Family Announcement
22. It's Not Okay with Mom
23. Dad's Sea Turtle Story
24. This True Love


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The Lonely Life of a Pornographer’s Wife by J. Carol Johnson

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The Lonely Life of a Pornographer’s Wife by J. Carol Johnson

Those who enjoyed The Godfather and Fifty Shades of Grey will love this story about Carla, who had no idea that her new career would involve pornography, Mafia, and murder.
In 1973, Carla, an interior decorator, found work with Roy, a wealthy movie theater. owner. He hired her to refurbish his theaters, and then their partnership led to marriage. Her work was admired by the boss of a major porno mafia, and then his wife hired Carla to refurbish their Hollywood mansion. There, she befriended other lonely women with husbands in that mafia.
When Roy joined them, he got caught up in murder, pornography, and then parental child abuse. He took Carla into that underworld with himself. However, while trying to escape Roy’s deception, Carla found love with another man… a cop who set his sights on her husband.
She later had a nervous breakdown and had to struggle for her sanity when Roy turned against her in another uproar. A secret admirer loved her from a distance, but his hands were tied. Could he stop Roy’s rampages? Perhaps a judge could put him in jail.
Or did Roy just dig her grave?


Targeted Age Group:: 18 and over
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 3 – PG-13

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
This story was from my marriage to a man who became wealthy by showing triple X-rated movies in his theaters. I let my vast imagination run wild while writing about this book.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
God gave me a prolific imagination and the need to write. I used my experiences from two failed marriages, and the bipolar depression from which I suffered, to incorporate the character, Carla. The others were from people I had known in real life. I just couldn't help but make them into characters for this book.


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Seasons by Rebecca Forster

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Seasons by Rebecca Forster

Elizabeth MacMillan’s husband needed space, and now he’s gone for good leaving her with their ten-year-old son and no idea how they will survive. Max Marino’s life has been empty for years, and then he meets Elizabeth. The attraction is instantaneous and passionate, but Max has a dark secret that will shake Elizabeth’s faith in second chances. Only time will tell if their love can weather the storm ahead, or be destroyed before the seasons change.


Targeted Age Group:: all audience
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 1 – G Rated Clean Read

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Two people inspired Seasons. First a friend of mine whose husband abandoned her leaving her with two children and no support. I was in awe of the courage she showed moving forward. While I was visiting a nursing home, I happened to cross paths with a man who loyally tended to his sick wife. I am amazed at how the human spirit can triumph and conversely how easily it can be crushed.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
I identified with Elizabeth. She isn't perfect, she makes mistakes, but she is hopeful. Max is my dream man. A loyal, take charge guy who only reaches a breaking point when something or someone he loves is threatened.


Book Sample
"Oh, Brad, don't you love the name? Emerald Isle. It sounds so exotic. And look, there's the park. It does look like a big green island, just like the brochure said."
Elizabeth MacMillan sat forward, the seat belt straining across her huge belly. The fingers of one hand were spread on the window as if she could touch the lush green grass through the glass, the other lay directly over her baby's kicking feet. She grinned that southern grin of hers. All teeth, sensuous wide lips tipping up making her look like the girl she really was.
"I think Christopher likes the name, too."
Her drawl became soft when she said the baby's name. She reached for her husband's hand and said "feel" but he pulled back
"Honey, come on. I'm driving. I don't want to have an accident." The reprimand was so even, so softly spoken, that Elizabeth didn't notice the edge to it.
“Don’t be a goof. We're only going ten miles an hour," Elizabeth laughed. Life was grand, her head was in the clouds, and her feet were nowhere near the earth. "What are we going to do if you're always this careful? How will this boy ever learn to ride a bike if his own daddy doesn't want to live a little? Raise your voice once in a while. Give me a little what-for when I need it instead of romancing me all the time with that poetry of yours.”
Elizabeth leaned across the seat and put her head on Brad's shoulder.
“Not that I don't love the poetry. I surely do. Then again, I can see your point. It probably wouldn't be seemly for a brilliant young college professor to go throwing caution to the wind, would it?"
She poked him in the side then sat up straight, tiring of the fun before Brad could decide if he was having any. Her green eyes widened. She pointed.
"There! There it is. Our new house. Our home, Brad."
Brad eased the car toward the curb and was out of the door before Elizabeth managed to open hers.
"Out you come," he said.
Brad hung on the open door, as Elizabeth got out of the car. She tugged at the t-shirt that showed every last bulge of her belly. He looked away, pushing his sunglasses up his nose, looking at the place that would tie him to a thirty-year mortgage at a whopping eight and a half percent. Then he looked at his wife as she waddled up the brick walk, calling for him, chattering about the landscaping, curtains, and furniture. He shook his head, thinking that his pretty little wife had her rose-colored glasses firmly in place if she thought they could afford all that. Yes, those glasses were rosier than the rosiest ones in the world. She was his little cheerleader, Elizabeth.
Smiling ruefully, thinking fleetingly of what might have been if Elizabeth hadn't shined her light on him, Brad MacMillan closed the car door and followed. He put down his peevish mood to buyer’s regret. Then again, maybe it should be called life regret. Tenure hadn't been awarded yet, and the payments on this place were high. Sometimes the nine-year difference between him and Elizabeth seemed more like a hundred. Where she felt energized, he felt tired. Where she saw possibilities, he saw roadblocks.
"Hurry, Brad," Elizabeth called, and he did.
He even felt happier because she had a beauty that couldn't be ignored and her happiness couldn't be detected. He learned long ago that it was better to embrace her energy when it came at him like a fireball, or he'd get scorched as it whizzed by. Eighteen months of marriage and Brad MacMillan was just beginning to realize that Elizabeth was actually infectious, and he still had a bad dose of the disease.
"It's a great house, sweetheart. I hope you like it as much in thirty years as you do now," he said as he walked up to the door.
"I will," she whispered, slipping her arms around his waist and pulling him as close as she could. The baby jumped and in that instant Brad MacMillan's heart swelled. He loved Elizabeth, the baby, and this big tract home more than he loved anything in the world. When she put her head to his chest, he buried his lips in her hair. What a lucky man he was. She gave so much and expected so little.
"Well, we might as well take a look."
Brad held Elizabeth aside and opened the door for her, but she didn't move. Perplexed, he waved her in, but she stayed still.
"It's our first home," she said. "Aren't you going to carry me over the threshold?”
Before he could react, Elizabeth laughed and lumbered past him before it dawned on him that she was joking. Experiencing an Elizabeth moment-of-nonsense always threw him off track.
He shook his head and followed her. The August heat felt more oppressive in this closed up house than it did outside. He turned to close the door but was distracted by the sight of the huge park outside. Instead of the lush green oasis of Elizabeth's heart, all Brad saw were heat waves shimmering o the blacktop that surrounded it. Nine o'clock in the morning and the sun was already unbearable. He hated heat. Air conditioning would be expensive, but necessary. He would just have to get used to the sacrifice now that he was a family man.
Closing the door Brad MacMillan listened to Elizabeth's excited exclamations echo through the house as he thought about air-conditioning, his growing family, his impending tenure, and fatherhood. Most of all he thought about a change of season. That would be nice. Yes, a change of season.


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Seasons by Rebecca Forster

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Seasons by Rebecca Forster

Elizabeth MacMillan’s husband has deserted her. She struggles to keep it together, until a chance meeting with Max Marino offers her another chance at love. Handsome and kind, Max also has a devastating secret that will pit Elizabeth’s happiness against her young son’s.


Targeted Age Group:: all audiences
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 2 – PG

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Someone very close to me was deserted when she was pregnant. Despite all the support from her family, we could not fill the void, answer her questions, or soothe her broken heart. She had to face that journey back to happiness on her own. It was this personal experience that inspired Seasons.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Again, I was inspired by reality. I saw both strength and vulnerability throughout my friend's journey. I watched and listened to her children. I tried to capture their voices in my characters. Max is based on my husband. Stoic, private, but incredibly compassionate. A man's man who can handle whatever life throws at him and cherishes family.


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Urban Marriage 16: Atlanta Girls’ Therapy for Toxic Parent by Tulipe Pascere

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Urban Marriage 16: Atlanta Girls’ Therapy for Toxic Parent by Tulipe Pascere

KINDLE FICTION: Women’s Christian / Contemporary Women
SERIES Book 16 (ed.1.9): lesbian couple decides on pastoral counseling and sex therapy to deal with an anti-gay parent / 151 pp / 16 reviews, 4.5 avg


Targeted Age Group:: 21 – 40 plus
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 3 – PG-13

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
We explore contemporary marriage and faith in our URBAN MARRIAGE series.
Having worked a number of years as a contract counselor for a major church denomination, I saw the damage of gay conversion therapy. Also, my daughter's best friend divorced a Christian man, then married another woman. They attend a church that welcomes the LGBTQ community, but one parent is on a mission to break up that marriage.
Urban Marriage 16 follows Sherri and Aubrey's third year of marriage. Pastoral counseling and sex therapy help the couple reaffirm their marriage commitment.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Personal experiences and real-life situations of friends in the faith community shape our characters. We strive to understand both sides of an issue. Our characters make mistakes, have doubts, and find peace with God in their life decisions.


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Storm Clouds Rolling In (#1 in the Bregdan Chronicles Historical Fiction Series) by Ginny Dye

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Storm Clouds Rolling In (#1 in the Bregdan Chronicles Historical Fiction Series) by Ginny Dye

** Amazon Best-Selling Author & Series **

Review: Moses had come to watch his daddy die. I read the first sentence of the first book and knew I would read every word of what Ginny Dye writes. I’ve devoured this remarkable saga, and all 19 that follow! I will read every new one that comes.

Unforgettable characters that will capture your heart. Rich, accurate, historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Ginny Dye’s work. The bestselling Bregdan Chronicles novels have captured the hearts of fans all over the world. This enthralling saga encompassing the Civil War & Reconstruction has eighteen books right now, but many more are coming.

Warning – the Bregdan Chronicles will suck you in and never let you go!

Book Description:

Carrie had always lived a charmed life, but restlessness gnawed at her soul. She dreamed of a different future, but dramatic changes are taking place in the South. Her heart and mind would soon be tested by fire – sweeping away dreamed of freedom as chaos descends.

Carrie Cromwell comes of age as the storm clouds of the Civil War swallow America. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South and the truth she has discovered. The activities of the Underground Railroad and her close friendships with the Cromwell Plantation slaves create difficult choices. But when her decisions put her at odds with her heritage and challenge her dreams, will she be able to give up all that is precious to her?

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This first book of The Bregdan Chronicles historical fiction series will pull you in and never let you go. You’ll experience the Civil War era (and all the years to come) through the eyes of both White and Black, Free & Slave, Southern & Northern – and you’ll fall in love with every character.

Review: I never thought I would find a series to enthrall me like The Bregdan Chronicles has. I was wrong! I am struggling to find appropriate words to describe the awe I am in, and find myself failing miserably. I absolutely could not put these books down. I would finish one, and immediately hop online to go get the next one, sometimes in the wee hours of the morning, when my tail should have been asleep. The writing style of this author brings you right into the story as if you are a part of it. She has amazing talent to capture the imagination, and bring you right into a virtual reality. I have fallen in love with every one of these characters – especially the strong women! – and have become completely entranced with each life represented.

The historical account of this time period was so right on, so very vivid, you almost feel like you’ve walked right into it. These books became so alive, I actually had dreams at night of battle. (I’m not even kidding.) But it goes further. There were conversations in these books that had me reading over them several times. Life lessons. Sage advice. The kind of wisdom that comes from every day life. Moments that were so profound, they pierced my heart with an accuracy that I can’t even begin to explain.

Many times, the lives and hearts of each character were changed and rocked with revelation that came about in a moment, yet, so deeply touching the deepest recesses of the heart, that you can’t go beyond it, without it having changed you as well, as you read it.

Thank you, Ginny Dye, not only for an amazing journey, but for those light bulb moments throughout each book, that reached beyond the pages, and made their home inside the soul. What can I say overall? Well, let me put it like this: these books are like… “Gone with the Wind” meets up with “Eat, Pray, Love”; then whispers some “Secret life of Bees”, forges some “Steel Magnolia’s”, and at times, wraps itself with the “Color Purple.” Sigh. Did I mention how much I loved these books?


Targeted Age Group:: Teens through 65+
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 1 – G Rated Clean Read

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
A lot of people ask me why I chose to write about the Civil War and Reconstruction.

The answer is because the pizza restaurant wasn’t open yet!

Okay, so that’s only part of the truth… It’s true that the pizza restaurant I wanted to eat at in my then hometown of Richmond, VA wasn’t going to be open for another hour, but there is more to the story.

It was a beautiful day so I decided to go for a walk.

As I strolled along the treed streets of Richmond, I saw a sign indicating there was a re-enactment happening that day for the Chimborazo Hospital.

I had no idea what that even was, but I decided since I had time to kill, and because I knew the site offered a fabulous view of the James River, I decided to go up the hill to discover what it was all about.

Little did I know how much it would change my life.

I had decided to write an historical fiction novel, but I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write about. How do you decide what fascinating historical thing you want to write about?

There are SO many stories that deserve to be told.

Anyway, up the hill I went.

When I arrived on the bluff overlooking the James River I saw several large tents that had been set up to represent the hospital wards where tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers were taken care of during the Civil War.

I could hear voices coming from inside one of them, so I went inside.

I was delighted to see a young woman dressed in 1860’s clothing, and a circle of 20-30 second graders sitting around her on the ground. They were listening with rapt attention.

I listened along with them, enjoying learning more about what had happened at the hospital, but also horrified by the hardships and suffering that had been endured there.

When the young lady finished speaking, she asked if anyone had questions. I waited to see if any of the children would respond. When they remained silent, I raised my hand.

“Yes?” the young woman asked.

I asked what I thought was an innocent question. “Are there any of the documents left from the original hospital?” I love original documents because they haven’t been doctored yet!

She looked exasperated, gave me a look that said she doubted my intelligence, and snapped, “Well, no, of course not. They were all burned when the Yankees came down here and set fire to Richmond!"

Well, I didn’t know a lot about the Civil War at that point, but I knew that wasn’t true.

I pondered whether to challenge her and then looked again at the group of 2nd graders clustered around her – listening… believing they were hearing the truth.

I raised my hand again. I could tell she didn’t want to acknowledge me, but she did. “Yes?”

I spoke calmly. “Isn’t it true that the Confederates set fire to Richmond?”

Her eyes flashed with anger as she snapped, “Well, they wouldn’t have done it if those Damn Yankees hadn’t been here!”

THAT was the moment I decided to write about the Civil War.

As I looked at all those impressionable children who were being poisoned with ignorant bias, I knew I had to write books that would tell the truth.

Little did I know how very little of the truth I actually knew at that point – or to this very moment. Every book I write causes my mouth to hang open in disbelief as I learn the truth of our history.

My passion to reveal it – within the lives of characters you fall in love with – only grows with every book I write.

When I started this series, I thought I would just write 5 books that would tell the story of the Civil War.

If I knew very little about the Civil War, I truly knew NOTHING about Reconstruction. When I finished Book # 5 (The Last Long Night), I thought I was done.

I had no idea if there was enough during Reconstruction years to actually write a book around, but I decided to at least take a look.

What I discovered in my research astonished me. I knew I had to keep writing – telling the stories that most Americans have absolutely zero knowledge about.

It has been a fascinating journey. Every book has challenged me. Every book has changed me. I can hardly wait to see where history takes me next!

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
I'm not the kind of writer that carefully outlines the plot and creates the characters before I begin to write. Honestly, I wouldn't even know how to do it.

I started The Bregdan Chronicles with the idea of a free-spirited woman who challenged the norms of the time. Carrie Cromwell and all the characters that have followed within the 20 books have come to life on the page as I write the story.

It may sound simplistic to say HISTORY has created each character, but it is also the absolute truth.


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Storm Clouds Rolling In (#1 in the Bregdan Chronicles Historical Fiction Series) by Ginny Dye

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Storm Clouds Rolling In (#1 in the Bregdan Chronicles Historical Fiction Series) by Ginny Dye

** Amazon Best-Selling Author & Series **

Review: Moses had come to watch his daddy die. I read the first sentence of the first book and knew I would read every word of what Ginny Dye writes. I’ve devoured this remarkable saga, and all 19 that follow! I will read every new one that comes.

Unforgettable characters that will capture your heart. Rich, accurate, historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Ginny Dye’s work. The bestselling Bregdan Chronicles novels have captured the hearts of fans all over the world. This enthralling saga encompassing the Civil War & Reconstruction has eighteen books right now, but many more are coming.

Warning – the Bregdan Chronicles will suck you in and never let you go!

Book Description:

Carrie had always lived a charmed life, but restlessness gnawed at her soul. She dreamed of a different future, but dramatic changes are taking place in the South. Her heart and mind would soon be tested by fire – sweeping away dreamed of freedom as chaos descends.

Carrie Cromwell comes of age as the storm clouds of the Civil War swallow America. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South and the truth she has discovered. The activities of the Underground Railroad and her close friendships with the Cromwell Plantation slaves create difficult choices. But when her decisions put her at odds with her heritage and challenge her dreams, will she be able to give up all that is precious to her?

***************

This first book of The Bregdan Chronicles historical fiction series will pull you in and never let you go. You’ll experience the Civil War era (and all the years to come) through the eyes of both White and Black, Free & Slave, Southern & Northern – and you’ll fall in love with every character.

Review: I never thought I would find a series to enthrall me like The Bregdan Chronicles has. I was wrong! I am struggling to find appropriate words to describe the awe I am in, and find myself failing miserably. I absolutely could not put these books down. I would finish one, and immediately hop online to go get the next one, sometimes in the wee hours of the morning, when my tail should have been asleep. The writing style of this author brings you right into the story as if you are a part of it. She has amazing talent to capture the imagination, and bring you right into a virtual reality. I have fallen in love with every one of these characters – especially the strong women! – and have become completely entranced with each life represented.

The historical account of this time period was so right on, so very vivid, you almost feel like you’ve walked right into it. These books became so alive, I actually had dreams at night of battle. (I’m not even kidding.) But it goes further. There were conversations in these books that had me reading over them several times. Life lessons. Sage advice. The kind of wisdom that comes from every day life. Moments that were so profound, they pierced my heart with an accuracy that I can’t even begin to explain.

Many times, the lives and hearts of each character were changed and rocked with revelation that came about in a moment, yet, so deeply touching the deepest recesses of the heart, that you can’t go beyond it, without it having changed you as well, as you read it.

Thank you, Ginny Dye, not only for an amazing journey, but for those light bulb moments throughout each book, that reached beyond the pages, and made their home inside the soul. What can I say overall? Well, let me put it like this: these books are like… “Gone with the Wind” meets up with “Eat, Pray, Love”; then whispers some “Secret life of Bees”, forges some “Steel Magnolia’s”, and at times, wraps itself with the “Color Purple.” Sigh. Did I mention how much I loved these books?


Targeted Age Group:: Teens through 65+
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 1 – G Rated Clean Read

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
A lot of people ask me why I chose to write about the Civil War and Reconstruction.

The answer is because the pizza restaurant wasn’t open yet!

Okay, so that’s only part of the truth… It’s true that the pizza restaurant I wanted to eat at in my then hometown of Richmond, VA wasn’t going to be open for another hour, but there is more to the story.

It was a beautiful day so I decided to go for a walk.

As I strolled along the treed streets of Richmond, I saw a sign indicating there was a re-enactment happening that day for the Chimborazo Hospital.

I had no idea what that even was, but I decided since I had time to kill, and because I knew the site offered a fabulous view of the James River, I decided to go up the hill to discover what it was all about.

Little did I know how much it would change my life.

I had decided to write an historical fiction novel, but I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write about. How do you decide what fascinating historical thing you want to write about?

There are SO many stories that deserve to be told.

Anyway, up the hill I went.

When I arrived on the bluff overlooking the James River I saw several large tents that had been set up to represent the hospital wards where tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers were taken care of during the Civil War.

I could hear voices coming from inside one of them, so I went inside.

I was delighted to see a young woman dressed in 1860’s clothing, and a circle of 20-30 second graders sitting around her on the ground. They were listening with rapt attention.

I listened along with them, enjoying learning more about what had happened at the hospital, but also horrified by the hardships and suffering that had been endured there.

When the young lady finished speaking, she asked if anyone had questions. I waited to see if any of the children would respond. When they remained silent, I raised my hand.

“Yes?” the young woman asked.

I asked what I thought was an innocent question. “Are there any of the documents left from the original hospital?” I love original documents because they haven’t been doctored yet!

She looked exasperated, gave me a look that said she doubted my intelligence, and snapped, “Well, no, of course not. They were all burned when the Yankees came down here and set fire to Richmond!"

Well, I didn’t know a lot about the Civil War at that point, but I knew that wasn’t true.

I pondered whether to challenge her and then looked again at the group of 2nd graders clustered around her – listening… believing they were hearing the truth.

I raised my hand again. I could tell she didn’t want to acknowledge me, but she did. “Yes?”

I spoke calmly. “Isn’t it true that the Confederates set fire to Richmond?”

Her eyes flashed with anger as she snapped, “Well, they wouldn’t have done it if those Damn Yankees hadn’t been here!”

THAT was the moment I decided to write about the Civil War.

As I looked at all those impressionable children who were being poisoned with ignorant bias, I knew I had to write books that would tell the truth.

Little did I know how very little of the truth I actually knew at that point – or to this very moment. Every book I write causes my mouth to hang open in disbelief as I learn the truth of our history.

My passion to reveal it – within the lives of characters you fall in love with – only grows with every book I write.

When I started this series, I thought I would just write 5 books that would tell the story of the Civil War.

If I knew very little about the Civil War, I truly knew NOTHING about Reconstruction. When I finished Book # 5 (The Last Long Night), I thought I was done.

I had no idea if there was enough during Reconstruction years to actually write a book around, but I decided to at least take a look.

What I discovered in my research astonished me. I knew I had to keep writing – telling the stories that most Americans have absolutely zero knowledge about.

It has been a fascinating journey. Every book has challenged me. Every book has changed me. I can hardly wait to see where history takes me next!

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
I'm not the kind of writer that carefully outlines the plot and creates the characters before I begin to write. Honestly, I wouldn't even know how to do it.

I started The Bregdan Chronicles with the idea of a free-spirited woman who challenged the norms of the time. Carrie Cromwell and all the characters that have followed within the 20 books have come to life on the page as I write the story.

It may sound simplistic to say HISTORY has created each character, but it is also the absolute truth.


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Urban Marriage 18: Atlanta Girl’s Novel About Dad’s Affair by Tulipe Pascere

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Urban Marriage 18: Atlanta Girl’s Novel About Dad’s Affair by Tulipe Pascere

KINDLE FICTION: Contemporary Christian Women
SERIES Book 18: a single Black Christian woman drafts a novel about her dad’s affair in her journey to forgiveness / 159 pp


Targeted Age Group:: Adult 21 – 30 +
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 3 – PG-13

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Our URBAN MARRIAGE series explores faith in contemporary marriage.
Growing up in Memphis, Charlee was proud of her Black heritage, more so what she learned from her church-going parents. Mom kept the books for the family car wash business. Dad, a church deacon, had all the connections.
But while attending college in Atlanta, Charlee discovered her dad was having an affair with the new bookkeeper. The security system recorded every minute of it which Charlee remotely observed from her Atlanta college campus.
Graduation landed Charlee a great job at an Atlanta bank, but she had to write what was in her heart. Mom divorced and moved on; why couldn't she forgive her dad?
Will writing a novel about Dad's affair help Charlee make that journey to forgiveness?

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Personal experiences and real-life events of friends in the faith community shape our characters. We strive to understand both sides of an issue. Our characters make mistakes, have doubts, and find peace with God in their life decisions.


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Shattered Windows by Deborah L. Fruchey

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Shattered Windows by Deborah L. Fruchey

“Care for a tour through the landscapes of a woman’s heart? Here’s your ride.
 
“Deborah Fruchey’s  Shattered Windows presents us with a chorus of women’s voices: some hers, some imagined, some in-between. These short pieces are a trek through many hearts, each unique and somehow so familiar. One page captures keenly drawn despair…while the next is charged with hope…Then we turn the page for more. Fruchey observes each without judgment and with empathy aplenty. Each scenario, each emotion, each person here feels true and painted with a knowing eye.”
 
—Richard Loranger, author of Mammal and Unit of Agency


Targeted Age Group:: adults
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 3 – PG-13

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Over the years I have been in many writing groups that involved brief prose responses to prompts, written on the spot. Over the years, I noticed a theme developing. So many of these pieces were about women starting over, after a trauma or sudden crucial realization. Eventually they became a collection, and "Shattered Windows" was born.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
These characters shaped themselves from stories I knew, stories my friends had told me about their lives, and stories I had lived. It is not memoir, but there is a basis in someone's reality for every story here.


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