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New Releases!
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Former All-State football star Curt Jordan returns to his hometown from the war in Afghanistan a scarred man—scarred physically and emotional—only to find that both his parents have suddenly died, that his hometown is not the same safe haven it had been, and that strange new people have moved in next door.
Afghan Love Potion follows Curt as he deals with PTSD, his personal addictions and nightmares, and the apparent murder of his father, a man who had been the county sheriff.
An honest, detailed look at the changes small-town America is currently undergoing, and the deadly dangers inherent in so many of those changes.
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Amish Heritage
Bev Haynes and Jewel Adams
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Miriam and Levi's love is put to the test as they navigate the clashes between tradition and progress in their community. Miriam, a gifted Braucherei healer and midwife, finds herself under constant scrutiny from those who question her unconventional practices. Levi, proud of his wife's talents, grapples with the attention it brings and seeks solace in his beloved horses.
Amish Heritage is a tale of love, faith, and the struggle to find acceptance in a community torn between traditional beliefs and the modern world. Miriam and Levi must navigate the challenges placed before them, finding solace in their love and in their dedication to their Amish heritage. Will their love endure, or will the pressures of tradition and progress tear them apart? Join them on their journey of self-discovery and find out.
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Time traveler Gordon Beckwith takes a job as a summer intern at the Constitution Museum in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.
He faces several obstacles at his new job. He tangles with fellow intern, Summer Atkins, who smokes weed and hates the job. His boss, Benny Goodman, can’t figure out why this teen disappears on the two historic ships, Old Ironsides and a World War Two destroyer.
Benny confronts Gordon about his disappearances and wants to know how he connects to history. He doubts Gordon’s prowess until they step onto the destroyer and rocket back to the last kamikaze attack of WWII.
Will they return to the safety of the 21st century or be stuck in the perilous waters of the Pacific?
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This novel began as a random phrase that swirled to the surface of my mind one quiet morning as I gazed out my study window:
Afghan Love Potion. From the beginning, I understood that the storyline should reflect a realistic look at damaged people; that is, people who have been damaged physically and emotionally by life.
Over the course of our lives, we have all suffered damage of one sort or another. However, the characters in Afghan Love Potion have been damaged far more than most.
While this novel has its dark moments, it also contains passages that hint at hope and our potential for redemption.
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More about Amish Heritage from Bev Haynes and Jewel Adams
This book is a little different because we wanted to tell a story about someone’s journey to a better place. Someone who wasn’t perfect.
We pictured our heroine with a lot to overcome and the will and desire to do so. She certainly couldn’t be dull, so we gave her the courage and humor to face the mysteries and adventures she would encounter.
Then, as always, we sat at the computer and told our characters to get busy doing stuff so we could write it down.
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As a former teacher, a coach, and a parent, I have wanted kids to discover and like history. Hopefully, my books will not only be fun to read but also educational.
Through the prism of fiction, I try to expose readers to living history. I would take historical figures off pedestals and breathe life into them. What would it be like to meet George Washington? Was Benedict Arnold truly an evil turncoat?
A protagonist was needed, a teenager who was a history nerd and possessed the power to step into the past. I first placed him in the summer before starting high school. This book carries him to the start of his junior year.
If the reader enjoys the story and gets excited to learn more about history, then that would make me happy.
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Our February No. 1 Bestseller!
The Godfather of Dance
by Andrea Barton
The unsolved murder of a ballroom dancer sets rookie journalist Jade Riley on a hunt for the killer.
Jade is determined to write a career-defining article. Her dance instructor Anton wants to know who killed his fiancée. Caught between the glamorous world of ballroom dance and Anton’s dark past in the Valencio crime family, can they solve the murder before they become the next targets?
Anton’s sister, desperate to protect family secrets, tries to stop the investigation. The siblings are on a collision course, challenging the Valencio maxim: loyalty to family no matter what.
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Q&A with Richard Whitten Barnes
Richard Whitten Barnes is a native Chicagoan, graduating as a chemist from Michigan State University. He is now retired from a career in international chemical sales and marketing, which has taken him all over the world.
Barnes is a veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division and an avid sailor. He lives in Charlotte, N.C., but spends summers with his wife Marg and cat Herbie at their cottage on St. Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada, on the shores of Lake Huron.
Barnes writes in two genres: Mystery and Historical Fiction, including the Andy Blake Mystery series.
What inspired me to write?
I took a short story class and was so enthused about the process and the feedback I got from my stories that I just kept going.
What’s my least favorite part of publishing?
Definitely, marketing! I’m terrible at it, despite having a lot of careers in sales and industrial marketing!
How do I approach editing and revising my work?
I prefer to write in a notebook in pencil, then transfer it to my computer. This gives me two chances to revise my work.
For editing, I use Grammarly.
Do I play music when I write?
Yes! In my area we have a wonderful classical music station WDAV-FM from Davidson College. It’s on all the time for me in the room where I’m sequestered.
What am I working on now?
A WW2 historical novel about a young physics student who in 1939 flees Nazi Germany. His talents are used by Allied interests to send him back inside Germany to learn how far the Nazis have progressed toward making a bomb.
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Novels by Richard Whitten Barnes
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Brink - What happens when a respected scientist loses everything, becomes homeless, then when on the road to recovery - is charged with murder?
Bad Medicine - Inspector Andy Blake gets more than she bargains for when she returns to her
Island home for R&R – a murder, and her old flame is in the thick of it.
The Corydon Snow - In 1943, the SS Corydon Snow sails from Pearl Harbor on a voyage that
will take it to the most dangerous battle areas of the Pacific.
Luzon - America has broken Japan’s “Purple” code, and a captured U.S. Navy officer knows it.
Someone has to make sure the Japanese don’t find out.
Forgotten Roots - A tragedy from the War of 1812 emerges from the Canadian soil. Two
hundred years later, Detective Andrea Blake finds the mystery thrust upon her to
untangle…Forgotten Roots.
A Scent of Almond - When Ontario Detective Andrea Blake investigates the newly discovered
corpse of a man missing for two years, she gets way more than she bargains for: serial
poisonings!
Enemies - It’s 1916 as two young men from opposite sides of the Great War rush into an
entanglement that will take a half-century to unfold.
Cult - A spike in missing persons has Detective Andrea Blake in a quandary. Are they really
missing? or murdered!
Medallion - The job of rescuing one of Norway’s most cherished treasures, from being stolen back to Nazi Germany is placed in the hands of a most unlikely agent.
The Inheritance - Mysterious graves, a golden pendant, a fourteen-year-old abduction, and a huge intestate inheritance add up to foul play and intrigue for Detective Andrea Blake.
Out of the Dark - Erich Jäger has it all. From the time he began school in 1933 Berlin, he was tall, athletic, and popular, a natural leader. Erich rises through the youth programs of the Nazi government; the Jungvolk and, later, the Hitlerjugend.
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Authors' Calendar
Chris Boucher, author of The Original Bucky Lew, has the following speaking engagements:
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March 7—Marlboro, Mass., Public Library, 6 p.m.
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March 21—Littleton, Mass., Historical Society, 7:30 p.m.
Lynn Shurr, author of The Longleigh Chronicles series and other novels, will be at the following events:
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March 2—The Shadows Arts and Crafts Fair, Shadows on the Teche, 317 E. Main St., New Iberia, La., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
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March 16—The Creole Festival at Albania Mansion, 21066 Hwy. 182 West, Jeanerette La., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
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