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Date Published: 11/2/22

 

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Tragedy disrupts the idyllic life for the Kohanow family in 1939. Living on
their small dairy farm in Poland the Jewish family immediately becomes
embroiled in the tragic events of World War II. Sent to separate prisons,
the family loses track of each other but the only child, Jozef, survives the
holocaust. After the war he begins rebuilding his life in Poland and
eventually immigrates to America.

In Wisconsin Jozef marries and raises a fine family of his own. But the
after affects of the war trail him there and have a significant impact on
his grandson, Caleb. The young boy grows and develops a vengeful attitude
toward those who mistreated his grandfather years earlier in Germany. After
the death of Jozef, Caleb decides it is now up to him to satisfy the demands
of justice.

This gripping story follows Caleb’s early life and brings the reader
to the point where Caleb is ready to carry forth the rightful sentence. But
conflicts enter Caleb’s mind and he must decide the proper step to
take. The choice will certainly affect the young man for years to
come.

 

About the Author

David Sebra

David Sebra grew up in Richmond, Virginia and has over 300 years of
heritage in the Commonwealth. As a child he had an aversion to both reading
and writing. That gradually changed when he went to college.

He earned a BS degree in engineering and spent many years in the defense
and aerospace industry. David transformed into an accomplished technical
writer during that career and then turned his focus to teaching. He is a
former Brigham Young University, Idaho Online Instructor.

Now writing is his passion and he has published two works in 2022. There is
certainly more to follow. David currently resides in Southern California
with his wife of 50 years.

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Historical Fiction

Date Published: July 2, 2021

 

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Finn Hemingway knows for a fact that she’s been born at the wrong time into
the wrong family with the wrong talents, making her three dreams for the
future almost impossible to attain. She burns to be a trial lawyer in an era
when Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being told to type and when a man who is 500th
in his law school class is hired over a woman who is first in hers. She
yearns to find true love when the family curse dictates that love always
ends for the Hemingways, and usually, it ends badly. And finally, she’d give
up the first two dreams if she were able to triumph on the third. She longs
to have an impact on the only thing that matters to her father: his writing.
To accomplish that would require a miracle. All three dreams are almost
impossible, but it’s the “almost” that keeps Finn going. Ernest
Hemingway had three sons and ached to have a daughter. This is her
story.

 

 

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June 17, 1961

A mi hija hermosa, to my beautiful Daughter:

Well, Flea! Despite being in prison, also known as a forced hospital stay courtesy of my present wife, I’ve finished the book, the one for your mother. Finito! I never forgot what you said 13 years ago—that it broke her heart that I never put her in my books; wrote her out of my life, you said. Well, she’s in this one, all the way. It’s about us and Paris and the way it was then. 

And if I live that long—ha! at least another couple weeks!—the dedication will read, “To Finley Hemingway, My Daughter and My Muse.” 

You still there, Flea, or have I bored you into oblivion already? You knew it was always you, right? Without you, do you think I could have written a page of the finest book that ever came out of this much-battered Midwestern boy’s head? “A Single Drop of Red Wine” never would exist without you dancing across each page, hija mia. You were the engine. It’s that simple. And that’s the one that should have won the Noblitzer Prize (Nobel and Pulitzer together!), if it existed. Should we create one? And sure, I might have had some vigor injected at times by some of the “others” who shall remain nameless so as not to bitch the fine mood I have going here (I know you hated them, so let’s not talk about that). But the unvarnished truth is, I needed you, only you, to be proud of the old man, that you were Hemingway’s Daughter with a capital “D.” Not embarrassed or ashamed. Made me try for more each time I sat down to write, one sentence, then another. Sometimes flowing, sometimes drilling.

I’m calling the new one “A Moveable Feast.” And it will make her immortal. Love can do that.

I love you, kid. Forever. No way around it. See you in your dreams. 

Con todo mi amor siempre,

Papa. 

With all my love always. That was the last letter I got from him, and while a bit garbled, it was him, like he always was. A bit of Spanish thrown in and some of his own odd phrasing. If I didn’t know better, I wouldn’t have guessed how ill he was. 

He was gone two weeks later. The highs and lows of living with him were over, and the loss of both was as excruciating as a finger bent to the breaking point, then twisted off to be sure you appreciated the pain the first time around. Still, without knowing it, he’d thrown me a lifeline. I now knew. Finally, after thirty-six years, I knew. 

 

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About the Author

Christine M. Whitehead,

I get my best ideas in the barn as I groom my horse, Nifty. The dogs keep a
careful distance as I lift a hoof, scrape it out, then move on to the next
one. The repetition soothes me. I begin to dream about women like me, women
on the edge, restless women who still want to trust that there is love out
there, and that being sentimental is not always contemptible, and that good
men are not so hard to find if you keep slogging along, seeking a melody to
fit your words. So that’s who and what I write about: restless women
searching.

 

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Date Published: July 2, 2021

 

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Finn Hemingway knows for a fact that she’s been born at the wrong time into
the wrong family with the wrong talents, making her three dreams for the
future almost impossible to attain. She burns to be a trial lawyer in an era
when Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being told to type and when a man who is 500th
in his law school class is hired over a woman who is first in hers. She
yearns to find true love when the family curse dictates that love always
ends for the Hemingways, and usually, it ends badly. And finally, she’d give
up the first two dreams if she were able to triumph on the third. She longs
to have an impact on the only thing that matters to her father: his writing.
To accomplish that would require a miracle. All three dreams are almost
impossible, but it’s the “almost” that keeps Finn going. Ernest
Hemingway had three sons and ached to have a daughter. This is her
story.

 

 

About the Author

Christine M. Whitehead,

I get my best ideas in the barn as I groom my horse, Nifty. The dogs keep a
careful distance as I lift a hoof, scrape it out, then move on to the next
one. The repetition soothes me. I begin to dream about women like me, women
on the edge, restless women who still want to trust that there is love out
there, and that being sentimental is not always contemptible, and that good
men are not so hard to find if you keep slogging along, seeking a melody to
fit your words. So that’s who and what I write about: restless women
searching.

 

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Flames of Winter Series, Book One

 

Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Historical Fiction

Date Published: January 12, 2022

 

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In this Regency romance by USA Today bestselling author BREE WOLF, a young
miss succeeds in escaping an unwanted marriage, only to end up finding
love.

 

A kidnapped young miss.

A protective Scotsman.

And a cabin in the woods in the deep of winter.

 

England 1804: SARAH MORTENSEN, daughter to BARON HARTMORE, is
desperate…desperate to escape yet another horrible match her parents
arranged for her. Once, she saw it as her duty to save her family from ruin,
to sacrifice herself in order to repay her father’s gambling
debts.

But enough is enough.

Determined to escape her latest fiancé, Sarah places her trust in
the Dowager Countess of Whickerton, known far and wide as Grandma Edie.
After all, no one is as shrewd as the dowager countess…or as daring.
Her plan is outrageous. Her intentions, however, are pure.

And so, Sarah agrees…to a feigned kidnapping…hoping to win
her freedom.

KEIR MACKINNEAR, second son to the chief of CLAN MACKINNEAR in the Scottish
Highlands, questions his own sanity when he finds himself kidnapping a shy,
wide-eyed English lass from her London home in the middle of the night. He
ought never have gone along with the Dowager Countess of Whickerton’s
ludicrous plan! Yet here they are, hiding out in a cabin in the woods in the
middle of winter!

Only the two of them!

Not counting two horses, an old goat, a handful of chickens and a haughty
feline by the name of Loki.

What could go wrong?

After all, the dowager countess is not known to be wrong. Ever.

Yet what slips Keir’s mind is that Grandma Edie loves nothing more
than to play matchmaker. And while she is certainly determined to save Sarah
from her vile fiancé, she might just have an ulterior motive.

Why not hit two birds with one stone?

Some stories can be told in one book. Others cannot. This is one of those
stories.

 About the Author

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USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of the LOVE’S SECOND CHANCE
SERIES. Bree Wolf has always been a language enthusiast (though not a
grammarian!) and is rarely found without a book in her hand or her fingers
glued to a keyboard. Trying to find her way, she has taught English as a
second language, traveled abroad and worked at a translation agency as well
as a law firm in Ireland. She also spent loooong years obtaining a BA in
English and Education and a MA in Specialized Translation while wishing she
could simply be a writer. Although there is nothing simple about being a
writer, her dreams have finally come true.

“A big thanks to my fairy godmother!“

Currently, Bree has found her new home in the historical romance genre,
writing Regency novels and novellas. Enjoying the mix of fact and fiction,
she occasionally feels like a puppet master, forcing her characters into
ever-new situations that will put their strength, their beliefs, their love
to the test, hoping that in the end they will triumph and get the
happily-ever-after we are all looking for.

If you’re an avid reader, sign up for Bree’s newsletter at www.breewolf.com
as she has the tendency to simply give books away. As a welcome gift, you
also receive the prequel to the bestselling ‘Love’s Second Chance Series:
Tales of Lords & Ladies’ for FREE. Find out about freebies, giveaways as
well as occasional advance reader copies and read before the book is even on
the shelves!

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Historical Fiction

Date Published: November 4, 2022

This fast paced novel opens with brothers Yaakov and Lazer’s daring escape
from the back of a Nazi vehicle en route to their execution in occupied
Poland. Surviving alone in the woods until the war ends, the brothers return
to their hometown in search of Wilus Chomelstien, the mayor that had
informed the Germans of their plans to organize an armed resistance. The
brothers want Wilus to pay for his disloyalty. But the outcome of their
meeting with Wilus will haunt them and their descendants far into the
future.

 

 

About the Author

Fred Snyder

 

I am a retired senior executive for a fortune 100 company. Years ago my
first novel (Ezekiel’s Vision) was launched via a conventional book
publisher.  My new self-published novel is titled: OF LESSONS
LOST.

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