The year is 1874. It is April in Chicago. Instantly you will be on Miss Althia Heathley’s side & hoping her father’s new wife trips herself — any place, anywhere but preferably at the top of a long flight of stairs. Her life has been miserable since her father remarried and it only took four months. And when she isn’t miserable, she is bored. Oh, she makes up stories in her head for the novel she wants to write, but her life is a “prison”. Which is why she secretly responded to an advertisement in her father’s discarded newspaper.
Category: Fiction
Books that describe imaginary events and people. A story, even though based on a factual event, can still be categorized as fiction.
Where Her Heart Lies
by Carolyn Twede Frank The year is 1910. To put this in context, my parents were born in 1906 and 1909 and yes, I’m a senior citizen. For some of you, this is set in the olden days. The first picture of my dad is on horseback with Grandma supporting him and Grandpa holding the…
The Amish Author’s Christmas
by Ashley Emma Ivy Everwood is an author. When she meets with her literary agent, Meg, about her newest book, Ivy is told her writing has grown stale and the publisher won’t touch it. The plot is formulaic. The scenes are repeats of her previous work. Meg won’t even accept a new outline. Meg tells…
Elinor: A Riveting Story Based on the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Shannon McNear
So much research was done by Shannon McNear before writing the first word. Roanoke has fascinated me for years. As a genealogy enthusiast, I have learned there is research and then there is RESEARCH. Ms. McNear did the latter. How many novels have a biography of history books? Elinor is the first book in the…
Magdelena’s Choice by Molly Jebber
Book 5 of The Amish Charm Bakery series, Magdelena’s Choice by Molly Jebber is perfectly named. Set in 1914, Magdelena Beachy is the oldest daughter of a wealthy Amish rancher. She cares only for Toby Schlabach and hopes he will soon ask her daed’s permission to court her. … Ever had a parent not listen to you? Refuse to believe the words you speak? What would cause an obedient young Amish woman risk shunning? What exactly IS Abram hiding?
The Memory Quilt
The Memory Quilt’s location is Pennsylvania near the shore of Lake Erie at a Shadow Lake Inn, owned and operated by an Amish family, the Kings. Abigail King is taking a daily early morning walk along the shore. It is her time to pray and to think. In the distance she spots a shape partially in the water — a man. Dressed in Englisch clothing. He moans … he has been shot. And from that moment on, Abigail’s life along with her family changes.
