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Thursday, 12 March 2026

The Rabbit's Foot (Hartford Manor, Book 3) by Marcia Clayton

Today, in the spotlight is Marcia Clayton's fabulous novel, The Rabbit's Foot (Hartford Manor, Book 3).

With richly developed characters and a beautifully woven narrative, Marcia Clayton masterfully explores themes of love, betrayal, loss, and redemption, making it a compelling read for anyone who appreciates sweeping family sagas.

✔ 1885 North Devon setting

✔ A mysterious inheritance

✔ A long-lost heir returns

✔ Secrets at Hartford Manor

✔ Riches beyond dreams

✔ A father searching for his son

✔ Twists and hidden truths

✔ A story of redemption

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1885 North Devon, England

Mr Edward Snell was more than a little curious when Robert Fellwood, the heir to Hartford Manor, and his elderly aunt, the Lady Margery, begged an audience on a Saturday morning. However, being such valued clients, the solicitor was happy to oblige. As his clerk showed the visitors in, he was intrigued to see them followed by an old man who, though respectably dressed, had something of a vagrant about him. The crisp suit in which he was attired could not disguise his weather-beaten face or his missing teeth.

Robert introduced his Uncle Sam and explained he had come to claim his inheritance. The solicitor was old enough to remember the extensive search for Thomas Fellwood when his father, Ephraim, died in 1840. However, that was some forty-five years ago, and the young man had never been found. Yet here was Sam, who claimed to be Thomas Fellwood’s son and even more surprising, was the fact that the Fellwood family appeared to have accepted him as such.

“The Rabbit’s Foot” is an intriguing and compelling novel with many unexpected twists and turns. Set in the small seaside village of Hartford, it tells the tale of how an old man, who has spent his life with barely a penny to his name, suddenly finds himself rich beyond his wildest dreams. However, there is only one thing that Sam Fellwood truly wants, and that is to be reunited with his son, Marrok, whom he abandoned at the age of five. Will Sam find the happiness that has eluded him for so many lonely years?

This novel is available on #Kindle, paperback, hardback, and also on #KindleUnlimited. Find your copy HERE.

A farmer’s daughter, Marcia Clayton, was born in North Devon, a rural and picturesque area in the far South West of England. When she left school, Marcia worked in a bank for several years until she married her husband, Bryan, and then stayed at home for a few years to care for her three sons, Stuart, Paul, and David.

As the children grew older, Marcia worked as a Marie Curie nurse caring for the terminally ill and later for the local authority managing school transport. Now a grandmother, Marcia enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She is a keen researcher of family history, and this hobby inspired some of the characters in her books. Marcia and Bryan are keen gardeners and grow many of their own vegetables.

An avid reader, Marcia can often be found with her nose in a book when she should be doing something else! Her favourite genres are historical fiction, romance, and crime books. Marcia has written five books in the historical family saga, “The Hartford Manor Series”, and is working on the sixth. Besides writing books, Marcia produces blogs to share with her readers in a monthly newsletter.

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Rogues & Kings by Charlene Newcomb

Blending rich historical detail with adventure, intrigue, and the enduring legend of England’s most famous outlaw, this novel brings new depth to the familiar tale of loyalty, justice, and rebellion. I am delighted to be hosting Rogues & Kings on the blog today and to share more about this exciting reimagining of the Robin Hood legend.

✓ Set in 1216 during England’s brutal civil war under King John
✓ A gripping Robin Hood retelling filled with secrets and hidden identities
✓ Robin Hood lives in exile while his son serves as a squire inside the
royal court
✓ A dangerous game of loyalty, espionage, and survival
✓ Outlaws of the Hood return to help when treachery threatens everything
✓ A powerful coming-of-age story set against war and rebellion
✓ Perfect for readers who love historical adventure, legend, and intrigue
✓ A sweeping tale of courage, betrayal, and the making of legends

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Deadly secrets. Hidden identities. A true enemy.

Silence is the only shield.

The year is 1216 and civil war rages in England. King John ravages the countryside against rebellious barons and a French invasion. Unbeknownst to him, his newest squire, Richard, is in fact the son of a man the king would hang without a second thought. A man the common folk call Robin Hood.

For years, Robin has lived as a knight in exile. But when his son is ensnared in the treachery of the royal court, Robin is forced out of the shadows, aided by his outlaw friends in the Hood.

There is no question for Richard where his loyalties lie but it’s more than his own life at risk. He has the trust of a dangerous king. Can he serve the Hood better from within John’s inner circle, or will schemes against the crown unravel?

Rob from the rich, give to the poor takes on a whole new meaning.

Rogues & Kings is a sweeping tale of courage and betrayal in a kingdom on the edge of ruin, of a boy coming of age in the midst of war, and of legends being born.

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Allan gave Robin a crooked smile. “Would serve John right if we stole the treasury from right under his nose.”

Robin butted him with a clenched fist.

“Which of course you said don’t even think,” Allan added, rubbing his arm.

“Too dangerous,” Little John agreed as he cracked the first of five eggs into water boiling in the pot over the fire.

A gleam lit Allan’s eyes. “They’ll be putting more coin in the coffers on the morrow.” He tapped the coin pouch hanging from his belt. There was not a clink to be heard. “All those vassals paying their due at the feast.”

Little John smiled mischievously. “Guess he’ll get no coin from you.”

Allan lifted his flagon to that truth.

“Let me make sure you’re nowhere near my son,” Robin teased. He finished his bread in one bite.

“I hate to tell you, but Richard doesn’t need me at hand to nudge him on. Hood’s in his blood,” Allan said.

Robin grabbed the flagon from him and took a long slow draw of the watered wine. How would he ever tell Marian both his sons were Hood?

“Marian…” Henry lowered his head as if he’d heard Robin’s thoughts. He scrubbed his hands over his eyes, and then turned to Robin. “She’s in Lincoln.”

Robin choked, spewing his drink and dampening his friends. “What?” He could feel blood rushing from his face.

“Marian’s come to attend Little John’s daughter,” Henry said. “I told her about Richard. She knows our ruse, and helped me convince Lady Nichola to ask the king about retaining Richard’s service.” He chuckled. “She isn’t ready to draw and quarter you yet.”

Robin threw up his hands. “I won’t deny she has every reason to do that.” He shared a laugh with his friends but then furrowed his brow. “If there is a god he’s testing me. Richard and Marian beneath the king’s eye. I’d rather face a dozen Saracens than have them there.”

For readers who hunger for richly imagined worlds, shadowed ambitions, and the kind of historical fiction that steals hours from the night, then this book is for you. It is available on AMAZON in Kindle and paperback. You can also read this book with #KindleUnlimited subscription.

Charlene Newcomb, aka Char, is a retired librarian, a U.S. Navy veteran, mom to three amazing humans, and grandma to three. She writes historical fiction and science fiction.

Her award-winning Battle Scars trilogy is set in the 12th century during the reign of Richard the Lionheart. Her writing roots are in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (aka Legends) where she published 10 short stories in the Star Wars Adventure Journal, and published the original novel Echoes of the Storm.

Char returned to medieval times with Rogue and her latest novel Rogues & Kings, both in her Tales of Robin Hood series.

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An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones

Some chapters of history feel almost too extraordinary to be real — and yet they are rarely told.

An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones shines a light on a largely forgotten moment in early American history, when newly independent Americans found themselves captured and enslaved along the Barbary Coast. Blending historical adventure with philosophical depth, the novel asks big questions about freedom, identity, and what it meant to be American at a time when the nation itself was still an experiment.

Drawing inspiration from the epic tradition of Homer, this sweeping historical novel follows one man’s long and harrowing journey through captivity, power, loss and survival. At once action-packed and reflective, it explores how endurance is shaped not only by physical hardship, but by ideas — about liberty, self-rule, and the cost of believing in them. In today’s spotlight, we take a closer look at a novel that brings an overlooked history vividly to life.

✔️ Inspired by forgotten American history
✔️ A sweeping, Homeric-style adventure
✔️ Explores freedom, identity and survival
✔️ Richly atmospheric and action-packed
✔️ A powerful journey of endurance and redemption

Check out the blurb:

A Homeric American Novel

An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones is the story of a first-generation American student whose commercial ship is captured in the summer of 1801 by Moslem pirates. He spends the next sixteen years as a captive in Algiers. He rises to become a confidant to the Dey of Algiers, who is desperate to know what made the American shopkeepers and farmers believe they could defeat the British war machine, and how they intended to rule themselves.

In the genre created by Homer, it is a tale of suffering, sin, and redemption, and a young man's epic journey to regain his freedom.

An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones is available now in Kindle, paperback and hardback. If you’re drawn to immersive historical fiction, epic journeys, and forgotten chapters of history brought vividly to life, this is a book not to be missed. You can buy it HERE.

Larry Kelley is a writer and a contract negotiator in the construction industry and whimsically describes himself as an adventurer and an early developer of the modern skateboard. He attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and earned a B.A. in English Literature. In between readings of Keats and Wordsworth, he took up surfing and zealously adopted the resident neo-beat-generation surfing subculture of Isla Vista, the off-campus “youth ghetto” overlooking the Pacific. Reminiscent of the narrator in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, soon after graduation and with practically no money, Kelley embarked on several solo, madcap, endless-summer surfing explorations beginning with sojourns at the international surfing Mecca of Biarritz, France, and moved on to Lisbon, Tangiers, Casablanca as well as other unnamed, hang-outs and breaks in southern Morocco and the Spanish Sahara. After a surf trip to the Caribbean and Central America, Kelley moved to Vail, Colorado, to ski and write his first novel. From Vail, he moved to San Francisco and was an account manager in commercial security and a freelance writer. His articles appeared in many publications, including Human Events Magazine, Townhall Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle. During this period, Kelley returned to the mountains with his good friend, Christian Lustic, and climbed the five tallest peaks in the lower 48 states, including the Grand Tetons in Wyoming.

While in San Francisco, he met his future wife, the alluring Deborah Dickson. “I snatched her from a group of suiters in a move worthy of James Dean,” says Kelley. Although she disputes Kelley’s version of their meeting, she recounts, “He proposed, and I accepted his proposal after a whirlwind eight weeks.”

Today, they have two loving and successful sons, Brendan, a world-class skier, and Austin, an international surfer, both inheriting their father’s love of adventure and learning. “If it weren’t for my wife, I would have failed in life, and my sons would not be where they are today. She has been our gift from God,” he says.

In 2012, Kelley’s epochal book, Lessons from Fallen Civilizations, appeared to great acclaim. It not only answers many questions raised by the attacks of 9/11 but chronicles the rise of and causes for the fall of five great civilizations. It is a saga that begins on the plain of Marathon in 490 BC and ends with the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. Its main character is Western Civilization.

Today Kelley’s new book is a historical fiction novel, "An American Slave in Barbery – The Confessions of Tyler Prescott Jones". It is an allegory for the present and, like his first book, an adventure story that makes us remember – Freedom is always under siege.

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Blog Tour: Firevein: The Awakening (Firevein Saga Book 1) by Hanna Park

Firevein: The Awakening
(Firevein Saga Book 1)
By Hanna Park

A haunting Nordic tale of reincarnation, fate, and a love that refuses to die, Firevein: The Awakening ignites a passionate story where ancient magic, buried oaths, and forgotten lifetimes collide beneath the mountains of Norway. We warmly invite book bloggers and #Bookstagrammers to join us on tour from 11th–15th May 2026 for the blog tour of Firevein: The Awakening (Firevein Saga Book 1) by Hanna Park — a steamy Nordic fantasy romance of reincarnation, destiny, and the fire that binds two souls across centuries.

This is a review-only tour, so if you are looking for your next atmospheric fantasy romance filled with ancient magic, reincarnation, and a love that defies lifetimes, we would love for you to take part.

Check out the blurb:

I went to Røros for a wedding—not to fall for a man

who looked at me like he had already mourned me once.

From the first moment Rurik touched me, something beneath my skin burned. Every kiss felt inevitable. Every glance pressed at the edge of memory. He says I’ve lived before, that I’ve died before, that he has loved me through it all. I don’t remember him—but the mountain does.

The tunnels beneath Røros hum when I pass. Runes flare in the stone. The deeper I fall into his arms, the more something inside me begins to awaken—hot, wild, and impossible to ignore. I was never meant to survive what should have killed me. Now something ancient is stirring, and I can’t shake the feeling that it’s because I did.

I have buried Cristabel in every lifetime—though she has worn different names.

Across centuries, I have found her and lost her to the curse my bloodline was sworn to guard. She was never meant to live this time—but she did. Now the fire in her veins is awakening too soon. The balance beneath the mountain is shifting, and the oath I have carried for generations is beginning to fracture.

I waited lifetimes to hold her again. This time, I will not let her go—even if saving her means unleashing what should have remained buried.

A steamy Nordic fantasy romance of reincarnation, fate, and fire.

If you would like to purchase this novel, you can do so HERE. Review copies are available to those who join the tour.

Hanna Park

I began my writing career in the pre-dawn of a winter morning while my husband snored like a train. We could call my husband the catalyst. If it weren’t for him, I would never have gone to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee, feed the cat, and sit on the loveseat in front of the fire. It was there, in those moments of wondrous quiet, that I did something I had never thought possible. I opened my laptop, and while the coffee went cold, I wrote a story. My husband had no idea that these sojourns to the loveseat in front of the fire would become a daily occurrence, that writing would become an obsession, but the cat knew. She knows everything.

I write stories that make you laugh, make you cry, and make you love. Thank you, friends, for reading!

In the beginning, there was an empty page.

I am a writer who lives in Muskoka, Canada, with a husband who snores, a hungry cat, and an almost perfect canine––he’s an adorable little shit.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2026

The Immortal Rose Wyndham: The Beginning (The Moon Singer Book 4) by B Roman

Today, we are shining the Spotlight on The Immortal Rose Wyndham: The Beginning by B. Roman.

✓ A sweeping historical fantasy spanning more than two centuries

✓ From eighteenth-century France to twentieth-century San Francisco

✓ A powerful legacy of remarkable women bound to a mysterious rose crystal

✓ Music, mystery and magic woven through history

✓ A story of courage, sacrifice and destiny

Check out the blurb:

From 18th Century France to 20th Century San

Francisco, the Promise of the Rose Crystal both empowered and mystified Grace Moreau and her daughter Rose Wyndham.

They fought for women’s rights, suffered prejudice and conspiracy theorists, and blazed their way through a male-dominated world to define their own roles in society. Through it all they poignantly resisted romantic desire, for if they fell in love the power of the Rose Crystal would be impotent and they - and their lovers - would die.

A romantic adventure spanning 250 years, B. Roman's 'The Immortal Rose Wyndham' is a story where the power of music, and the belief in a purpose greater than oneself, provide the mystery and magic that creates miracles.

The Immortal Rose Wyndham: The Beginning is available in ebook, paperback and hardback. Start your reading adventure HERE.

Author B. Roman (aka Barbara Roman) has been in the creative arts since childhood, when she began singing as well as writing. Her music has always informed her writing subject matter in both fiction and non-fiction works.

She is the author of the five-book Moon Singer series, two suspense novels, and three children’s books.

“It's difficult to serve two masters, as they say, but I was compelled to do so. When I was not singing, I was writing; when I was not writing, I was singing. I've learned, for me, that one creative expression nurtures the other. It is natural, therefore, that The Moon Singer series has its roots in musical theories and metaphors, entwined with the magic and mystery of metaphysical concepts and matters of ethics, faith, compassion, love, and heroism. Most of all, I hope my books inspire readers to know that, whatever their circumstances in life their greatest challenges are opportunities for growth and strength.“

B. Roman’s mantra as an author is “Your book can change someone’s life. Even for that one person, never give up - success is always just around the corner.”

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Monday, 9 March 2026

Blog Tour: Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon by Nicola Harris

Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon
By Nicola Harris

A sweeping, intimate portrait of sisterhood, survival, and the making of a dynasty, Infidel reveals the hidden lives of a woman whose courage shaped the Tudor world.

We warmly invite book bloggers and #Bookstagrammers to join us on tour from April 27th to May 8th for the ten-day blog tour of Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon by Nicola Harris — a sweeping historical novel of ambition, devotion, and the formidable women behind one of history’s most powerful dynasties.

Throughout this ten-day tour (27th April – 8th May 2026), we will be featuring:

✨ Reviews

✨ Author interviews

✨ Guest posts

✨ Extracts

✨ Book spotlights

If you enjoy powerful historical fiction, strong female protagonists, and stories of ambition, faith, and courage set against the dramatic backdrop of Tudor history, we would be delighted to have you join us on tour and help share the story of the daughters of Aragon.

Check out the blurb:

Born in the glittering courts of Castile and Aragon
and forged in the shadow of war, Catalina de Aragón grows up surrounded by queens, rebels, and ghosts. She is her mother’s last daughter, the final jewel of a dynasty built on conquest and faith, and the one child Isabella of Castile cannot bear to lose.

But destiny has already claimed Catalina.

Promised to Prince Arthur of England since childhood, she is raised to bind kingdoms, soothe old wounds, and carry the hopes of an empire across the sea. Yet, Spain fractures under rebellion, grief, and the ruthless zeal of its own rulers.

From the burning streets of Granada to the storm‑lashed Bay of Biscay, Catalina and her sisters must navigate a treacherous path shaped by ambition, betrayal, and the dangerous love of men who fear the power of queens. She learns to read cyphers, to read hearts, and to stand unbroken even as her childhood is stripped from her piece by piece.

And when she finally sails for England armed with her mother’s lessons, her father’s steel, and the ghosts of the Alhambra at her back, Catalina steps into her fate not as a girl, but as a force.

A princess.

A survivor.

A daughter of Aragon.

Infidel is the story of a young woman raised for greatness and destined to reshape the fate of nations. This is Catalina as she has never been seen before. She is fierce, vulnerable, and unforgettable.

A sweeping, intimate portrait of sisterhood, survival, and the making of a dynasty, Infidel reveals the hidden lives of a woman whose courage shaped the Tudor world.

If you would like to purchase this novel, you can do so HERE. Review copies are available to those who join the tour.

Nicola Harris

I’ve always been a writer, but it was only when illness forced me to stop everything that I finally had the time to write a novel. After decades of misdiagnosis, I learned I was born with a serious genetic condition, not rare, but profoundly misunderstood. The clues were there from birth, and suddenly, a lifetime of struggle made sense.

Writing became my lifeline: a way to step beyond my pain, to shape my experience into a story, and to find meaning where there had once been only endurance.

I have a lifelong love of children, Counselling, and Psychotherapy Theory and history.

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Both Sides of the Pond: My Family’s War, 1933–1946 by Barbara Kent Lawrence.

Today in the Spotlight: Both Sides of the Pond: My Family’s War, 1933–1946 by Barbara Kent Lawrence.

A powerful and deeply personal account of one family’s experience during the Second World War, this richly researched memoir follows love, loss, and courage on both sides of the Atlantic. Illustrated with photographs and documents, it brings to life the extraordinary journeys of ordinary people in remarkable times.

✓ A deeply personal Second World War memoir

✓ From Dunkirk to Burma and beyond

✓ A transatlantic story of love and duty

✓ Ordinary lives in extraordinary times

✓ Carefully researched and richly illustrated

Check out the blurb:

In January of 1939 when Barbara Greene, a beautiful young British actress, met Joe Kennedy, Jr., son of the American Ambassador, she could not have expected that their relationship would lead to her emigrating to the United States and learning to pilot a plane. Neither could her brother, Kent, have foreseen his bitter retreat from Dunkirk when he left England in January 1940 to fight in France, or his subsequent service on the frontlines in Cornwall, North Africa, Sicily, and Burma.

In this intensively researched war story of the author’s family, we also hear the stories of other ordinary people who survived extraordinary circumstances. Richly illustrated with photographs and documents, “Both Sides of the Pond, My Family’s War: 1933 – 1946” is a captivating book.

This book is available in paperback & hardback at Amazon UK & Amazon US

Barbara Kent Lawrence

Dr. Lawrence is the author of many articles and nine books, including an award-winning dissertation about the influence of culture on aspirations in Maine. Her new book, Both Sides of the Pond, My Family’s War: 1933 - 1945, is available in book stores and on Amazon.

A former professor, she has taught courses in anthropology and sociology, research, and writing non-fiction and memoir. Lawrence grew up in New York City and Washington D.C., then earned a BA in anthropology from Bennington College, an MA in sociology from New York University, and an Ed.D. in Administration, Policy and Planning from Boston University.

In addition to teaching, Lawrence has worked for the Department of Social Services and the Housing Development Administration in New York, directed a small museum in Maine, co-run a brokerage and construction company, consulted for the Rural School and Community Trust and KnowledgeWorks, and started four non-profit organizations supporting the environment and students.

When not working she loves to garden, knit, and go for walks, pastimes she learned from her British mother. She lives in Maine and is working on the third novel in her Islands series.