The following is a guest post by Donna Urbikas, author of My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia. A couple of years ago I took myself on a cross-country tour of writers’ conferences where I could pitch my newly finished manuscript, My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia. Reception was great except that I am not famous, so who would care? Fortunately, the…
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Liza Perrat
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Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat
The novel starts in 1943, when the German army is occupying France. In Lucie-sur-Vionne, a small village near Lyon, the enemy has requisitioned everything that can be of use or that can make a profit. Because her father has been sent to a work camp in Germany, Céleste Roussel wants to be more involved in the Resistance, especially as her sister, her brother and his best friend are active members….
Ted Morrissey
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An Untimely Frost by Ted Morrissey
Jefferson Wheelwright, an American author in a tour of Europe, hopes to meet the famous authoress Margaret Haeley while in London. His first attempt is unsuccessful but he eventually befriends her after rescuing her servant, Thursday, who broke his leg. However, Jefferson quickly discovers that Margaret has been removed from the world since the drowning of her husband in a boating accident 17 years earlier. In fact, she seems to be suffering from…
Connie Knight
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My Life, My Mystery
The following is a guest post by Connie Knight, author of Cemetery Whites and Chances Choices Changes Death. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The truth is, I have a life, but I haven’t really lived a mystery. You can incorporate something you once observed into the story you’re thinking about, even if it’s fictional rather than the…
David-Michael Harding
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How Angels Die by David-Michael Harding
The following is a guest post by David-Michael Harding, author of How Angels Die, the Cherokee series and several other books. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. About the book Two sisters take different roads in their work for the French Resistance during World War II. Claire is an active guerrilla fighter while Monique seduces German officers…
Historical Fiction
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Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
This historical fiction tells the story of 5 families in different parts of the world: Wales, England, Russia, America and Germany. It takes place before, during and right after World War I. Ethel and Billy Williams are siblings in the poor mining town of Aberowen, and they want to make a better life for themselves. Earl and Maud Fitzherbert are brother and sister in the English aristocracy but they don’t agree on…