Mira Dean is reconciled to her life as a spinster schoolteacher until preacher Gordon Covington shows up in town with an audacious marriage proposal. Following him to the mountains takes courage, but Mira will see that doors she thought closed forever may be opening after all. Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today, Mira. Thank you so much for having me. I love to talk about The Song of Sourwood Mountain. It is so incredible to have people interested in my story.  Tell us something about this Sourwood Mountain. You should come visit. It is the most beaut ..read more

Amazon Affiliate Link used to benefit the blog. This has to be the most unique historical fiction I’ve reviewed. You’ve all heard of the stage musical Hamilton, and probably most of you have either seen it live on stage or on TV. The musical 19 has a similar feel. Here’s some info from the press release: Delving into the contentious nature of the suffrage movement, the book highlights the marginalized roles of these women and focuses on the remarkable contributions of underappreciated figures such as Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt and Ida B. Wells. Spanning the life of Alice Paul’s entrance i ..read more

Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Thank you for having me! It’s a pleasure to be here. Tell us something about where you live? It’s a delicate situation. My family’s home in Lincolnshire, England, was requisitioned by the Air Ministry to function as a mapmaking facility. I had to clear out all our family’s possessions and watch while the Air Ministry converted the whole thing into offices. (They were absolute thugs when it came to the soft furnishings!) They even changed the name of the place from ‘Broughton Hall’ to ‘Bartondale’. I loved my job working in the ma ..read more

Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us something about where you live:  I live in a little town called Stone Creek in southeast Michigan, where there are several lovely lakes and a mill pond. I like to walk by the pond and think sometimes. One time I ran into James Cooper there, but I don’t want to talk about that now. Is there anything special about your name? Why do you think you were given that name? It makes me laugh. Would you believe it means “shining light?” I’m nothing of the sort. I’m just plain, simple Nora Armstrong. Though my mama did once tel ..read more

Amazon Affiliate Link used to benefit blog. Purchasing through this link will not cost you more. Thank you! Name’s Harl Adams. I was born, raised and live in Harrisville, Kentucky in the southeastern part of the state. It’s pretty with rolling hills and mountains. I own and work the family apple orchard on our land. I enjoy the work. It keeps me occupied and helps keep my mind from thinking over things that happened and that I done in the war of the states. I’m not proud of what I done—killing men for the cause, but it’s what orders made me do. My father and me was on our way to sign up to enl ..read more

Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us about where you live in Brazil. I grew up in Florianópolis, a German community in Brazil’s south. It had been like living in Germany, my father says. Hundreds of thousands of Germans settled there. My brother and I attended German schools and everyone spoke German. When another war with Germany came, the Brazilian government prohibited the German language. German pilots lost their jobs with German or Italian airlines. My father operates his own air cargo business with three planes, so he remains independent. We moved ..read more

Amazon Affiliate Link Used to Support the Blog Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us something about where you live. I live and work in the beautiful St. Anne’s Well Gardens of Bristol. This pleasure garden, once a healing springs, is a small haven in the midst of a bustling seashore town that actually contains—hidden away—an entire film production outlay. The old pump house has become the workshop of a brilliant producer, where he tints and cuts and splices film strips to create an illusion grander than his magic shows. Then, ifhttps://amzn.to/3Qc8xPJ one is ..read more

When paleontologist Martha Jankowski discovers an intact dinosaur skeleton, she has the opportunity to make a name for herself, but only if she can uncover the full skeleton before another competing dig. Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Amazon Affiliate Link used to benefit the blog does not cost you more. Tell us something about where you live. I recently moved to Colorado in hopes to work on a dig for dinosaur bones. This area is nothing like where I grew up in Illinois. The Rocky Mountains are incredibly high. Unlike the rolling hills back home, their steep, c ..read more

405 Pages Independently Published October 31, 2023 ISBN: 979-8864391839 Everyone should read this book. The author draws from her own knowledge of living in Dubai to create a realistic story about the complex society in Arab countries. The story is set in a fictional Muslim nation, but effectively evokes the exotic, desert setting of the Middle East. I have been exposed to Middle Eastern individuals here in the U.S. but my knowledge is limited, so I appreciated the opportunity to learn more about them and their way of life. Parts of the book are difficult to read as a Westerner, but they prov ..read more

Marybeth and Edward are compelled by their circumstances to marry as they trek west to the newly formed railroad town of Cheyenne. But life in Cheyenne is fraught with danger, and they find that they need each other more than ever. Despite the trials they face, will happiness await them in this arrangement of convenience? Amazon Affiliate Link Used to Support the Blog Tell us something about where you live.  My name is Marybeth Kruger…well now it’s Vogel since I married. Up until a few months ago we lived in Independence, Indiana, but now we live in the middle of nowhere in a railroad tow ..read more