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Free: Kindling of a Firebrand: Fran Sweeney and the Fight Against Boston’s Fascism, A Historical Novel

This vital historical novel takes Fran Sweeney from Boston’s early 20th century Irish American neighborhoods to a life of action and influence where she fights powerful forces that threaten the democratic soul of her beloved city. During the Great Depression and the war that follows, pro-Nazi organizations flood Boston with propaganda and terror tactics. Inspired by her Dad’s example during her childhood on the Charlestown waterfront and by her experience as an office worker in corporate Am... [Read More...]

When The World Was Broken: A Haunting and True Holocaust Novel

Berlin, 1938. The windows are shattered. The synagogues burn. And time is running out.In Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, Jewish families are stripped of their livelihoods, their rights, and finally their safety. After years of hoping the madness would pass, Lina’s cousins realize the truth: if they do not leave now, they may never leave at all. Across the Atlantic, in quiet Connecticut, Lina and her husband Ben are rebuilding their lives after the Great Depression. Then a letter arrives from... [Read More...]

THE DOOMSDAY TIMETABLE (The Price of History Book 1)

From the Treaty of Versailles to the first bombs falling on Warsaw—the countdown to catastrophe, told through the forms that filed it into existence. “This is not peace. This is an armistice for twenty years.” A German diplomat spoke those words in 1919. He was wrong by only thirty-seven days. THE DOOMSDAY TIMETABLE is a sweeping work of historical fiction that traces the path from the humiliations of Versailles to the morning Neville Chamberlain told Britain it was at war. But th... [Read More...]

War Torn Book 1

War Torn: A Riveting Tale of Love, Sacrifice, and Survival in the Heart of WWII Amid the horrors of war, can love cross enemy lines and survive the battle within? October 1942. Frances Meyer, a gifted violinist, faces an unthinkable choice: stay in Nazi-occupied France under the menacing gaze of an SS officer obsessed with her or risk everything for freedom. With her ailing Jewish husband, she boards a French fishing vessel to escape, but fate has other plans. Shipwrecked in the unforgiving... [Read More...]

The Making of Marigold McGrath

New York, 1937. Seventeen-year-old Marigold McGrath escapes grief and her father’s dangerous politics through photography. In wartime London, she falls for a Dutch student and documents the Kindertransport—until the Blitz forces her to decide what kind of witness she will become. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Talmadge Farm

“Talmadge Farm” is a sweeping drama that follows three unforgettable families navigating the changing culture of North Carolina at a pivotal moment in history. A love letter to the American South, the novel is a story of resilience, hope, and family – both lost and found. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Triumph and Tragedy

1945. World War II is now in its sixth agonizing year. In Europe, the Allies are closing in on Hitler’s horrific Third Reich, but victory remains elusive. In the Pacific, US forces are locked in a grinding island-by-island struggle against Imperial Japan. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The Montana Gold Mine (Jubilee Walker Book 4)

In spring 1874, the American economy is descending into a depression, following the collapse of Jay Cooke’s financial empire. Amid the chain of bank and business failures set off by Cooke’s bankruptcy, Jubilee Walker struggles to keep Warner and Walker Outfitters solvent. Jubil’s grand plans for developing Yellowstone National Park into a popular tourist destination were dashed when Cooke’s business failed, but he is still determined to help fulfill the park’s potential—not to menti... [Read More...]

The Munich Girl

What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and uncovers a tangled web of family secrets that challenges every belief she has about right and wrong. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]