Welcome to the inaugural First Sight Saturday on my new website! Laura Strickland had no idea she’d be leading this charge with her historical romance, Champion of Sherwood: the Guardians of Sherwood Trilogy Book Two. A fun fact from Laura: My interest in writing about Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood’s descendants began when my daughter was small and… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome an author to share a first meeting excerpt. Today on First Sight Saturday, Jana Richards entertains us with a scene from Home Fires, a historical romance set just after World War Two. Jana’s fun fact: I’ve always been fascinated by the events of World War Two. My father was in the war.… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome a guest author to share a first meeting excerpt. Today Lauren Linwood brings us her western historical romance, Written in the Cards. Lauren is a former history teacher who sprinkles all kinds of historical tidbits and trivia into historical romances. SETUP OF SCENE: Ben and Maggie saw each other from a… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome a guest author to share an excerpt of a first meeting. Today on First Sight Saturday, Marilyn Baron brings us a scene from Under The Moon Gate, her historical romantic thriller. Fun Fact about the Author: She’s traveled to Bermuda, the setting for Under the Moon Gate, ten times. Setup of scene: … Continue Reading
This is a quote from a daily “inspiring” email I get. “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivananda I can’t handle that much pressure. In fact, it would paralyze me. I can’t give each small act in my disjointed day so… Continue Reading
Each week a guest author shares a first meeting excerpt. Today I welcome Jackie Leigh Allen with her historical romance, Silver Sweethearts. Jackie enjoys traveling, and is always planning her next trip. EXCERPT Smoothing her blue traveling dress, Susan Marie Van Pelt picked up her carpetbag and stepped off the stage. Soon she’d see her beloved… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome a guest to share a first meeting excerpt. Today on First Sight Saturday, Tarah Scott shares a scene from her historical romance, To Tame A Highland Earl. Fun fact about Tarah: in her twenties she wrote and performed music. SETUP OF SCENE: Erroll MacLean, Earl of Rushton, has spent the last five… Continue Reading
Each week a guest shares a first meeting excerpt. Today on First Sight Saturday, Joan Leotta brings us a scene from A Bowl of Rice, her historical fiction work in which a nurse travels with two eligible young men. Setup of scene: Anna Maria, the heroine, is in Vietnam. She is visiting an orphanage with… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome a guest author to share a first meeting excerpt. Today on First Sight Saturday, I’m joined by J.J. DiBenedetto with a New Adult Paranormal Romantic Suspense call Dream Student (Dream Series, Book1). And isn’t this a beautiful cover? A fun fact about J.J.: I was married at Graceland — in the private… Continue Reading
Last week, we saw Hannah Thornton on the mend and beginning to thaw toward her daughter-in-law, Margaret. With the crisis past, John and Margaret can now attend to other concerns, and each other, in this final chapter. If you need to start at the beginning, click here for Chapter 1. Chapter 16 – Becoming Mrs.… Continue Reading
