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Book Teaser Trailer l Later by Colette R. Harrell #Histfic #BookTeaser #BookTrailer #BookTeaserTrailer

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  Inside the Book Title: Later Author: Colette R. Harrell Publisher: Intentional Entertainment LLC Pages: 204 Genre: Historical / Interracial / Supernatural / Paranormal Blurb: In 1859, Junie Benson was a twelve-year-old genius and enslaved. His older sister, Sari, had her own difficulties, including being auctioned to the highest bidder. She was also beautiful, flighty, and had a repetitive dream about a hazel-eyed white stranger.  Everybody with the good sense God had given them knew even her dream was forbidden.  In the present, three things troubled ex-Special Forces Lt. Colonel Zachary Trumble . . . his new job as director of security for Burstein Labs, his loveless marriage, and the green-eyed siren who won’t let him sleep in peace.  Then time’s fickle hand brewed a recipe for a miracle . . . Stir in three runaway slaves, an avalanche, one mad scientist, and an unhappy, in-love hero to create a dish for revenge best served . . . Later . Book...

BOOK TEASER: DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION BY MARIA J. ANDRADE #WOMENSFICTION #HISTORICALFICTION

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  Inside the Book Based on a true story,  Defiance and Redemption, A Lifetime of Un broken  Bonds,  brings to life the joys, dramas, and triumphs of two sisters, Eva and Victoria Alisio and their loyal friend Marta. The sisters are raised by their atheist Grandfather Marcus and religious Grandmother Maria Luisa. Eva, a proud and strong-willed young woman defies her family, society, and culture, faces scandal and disgrace, for her forbidden love affair. Victoria finds herself in the center of a multigenerational conflict as her benefactor bestows a great inheritance on her excluding the rightful heirs. Marta, loyal to the childhood bond with the Alisio sisters, brings humor and support to their twists and turns of fortune. The young women’s bond of love, and perseverance, carries them through ordinary and extraordinary losses, triumphs, and ultimately to their destiny in the United States. An important novel about 20th Century women,  Defiance and Redemption , is...

BOOK TEASER: DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION BY MARIA J. ANDRADE #WOMENSFICTION #HISTORICALFICTION #HISTFIC

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  Inside the Book Based on a true story,  Defiance and Redemption, A Lifetime of Un broken  Bonds,  brings to life the joys, dramas, and triumphs of two sisters, Eva and Victoria Alisio and their loyal friend Marta. The sisters are raised by their atheist Grandfather Marcus and religious Grandmother Maria Luisa. Eva, a proud and strong-willed young woman defies her family, society, and culture, faces scandal and disgrace, for her forbidden love affair. Victoria finds herself in the center of a multigenerational conflict as her benefactor bestows a great inheritance on her excluding the rightful heirs. Marta, loyal to the childhood bond with the Alisio sisters, brings humor and support to their twists and turns of fortune. The young women’s bond of love, and perseverance, carries them through ordinary and extraordinary losses, triumphs, and ultimately to their destiny in the United States. An important novel about 20th Century women,  Defiance and Redemption , is...

BOOK TEASER: ANCIENT TALES AND LEGENDS BY CHERYL CARPINELLO

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From over 3000 years ago comes the voice of the Boy King. Scrolls found buried in the basement of the Egyptian Museum. Transcribed in an ancient hand. Record the words of King Tut for all to read. Tutankhamen answers all of the lingering questions, including the big one. Discover the real story behind this famous pharaoh. Transport yourself back to an Ancient Egypt filled with mystery, magic, and danger! A grandmother’s gift usually bring happiness.  Rosa’s gift: a very different story. Hearing the dead alienated her from classmates. Not good for a 15-year-old. Many times very insistent, the dead cared little for her surroundings. They even bothered her in class. Dates? Forget that. Then one day, he shows up in her room. An old dead guy. A really old famous dead guy. In living human form! Thrilling story of battling good and evil in an ancient world. Ancient Tales and Legends Series is available at:   You can also watch the book teaser at :

Book Teaser Video: Wolves At Our Door by Soren Paul Petrek @spetrek_toche44 #historical

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Inside the Book Title : WOLVES AT OUR DOOR Author : Soren Paul Petrek Publisher : Editions Encre Rouge/Hachette Livre Pages : 319 Genre : Historical/Action/Adventure BOOK BLURB: The Allies and the Nazis are in a deadly race to develop the ultimate weapon while supersonic V-2 rockets rain down on London. Madeleine Toche and Berthold Hartmann, the German super assassin who taught her to kill, search for the secret factory where Werner von Braun and his Gestapos masters use slave labor to build the weapons as the bodies of the innocent pile up. The Allied ground forces push towards Berlin while the German SS fight savagely for each inch of ground. Finding the factory hidden beneath Mount Kohnstein, Hartmann contacts his old enemy, Winston Churchill and summons Madeleine to his side. While she moves to bring the mountain down on her enemies, Hartmann leads a daring escape from the dreaded Dora concentration camp to continue his revenge against the...

Book Teaser: Dreams That Never Were by Greg Messel

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Inside the Book Title : DREAMS THAT NEVER WERE Author : Greg Messel Publisher : Sunbreaks Publishing Pages : 296 Genre : Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: “Some men see things as they are and say, ‘Why? I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not?” — Robert F. Kennedy June 5, 1968:  Senator Robert F. Kennedy, then a candidate for President and victorious in the California primary, was mortally wounded by assassin Sirhan Sirhan as he exited the ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.  Innocent bystanders were also wounded, including young and idealistic Alex Hurley, a San Francisco reporter. Swept up in the turbulent events of 1968, Alex is captivated both by the Presidential race and by Vietnam, where he had recently been a war correspondent.  His time in Vietnam had cost him his marriage and bitterly separated him from his own family. Recovering from his wounds—physical and emotional—a new ...

Book Teaser: The Sheltering Palms by Preston Howard #historical #satire

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Inside the Book Title: THE SHELTERING PALMS Author: Preston Howard Publisher: Preston Howard Press Pages: 519 Genre: Fictional Autobiography/Historical Fiction/Satire BOOK BLURB: Renowned police labor lawyer, Preston Howard, reached a watershed in his life—a forced retirement from the firm he built from the ground up and a cancer diagnosis. These two events made him take a step back and reflect over a life that had at times been hilarious, irreverent, self-mocking, eerie and even a bit, make that, quite lewd. A family of unique characters guided the lawyer’s formative years: a bourbon-swilling, brilliant yet flawed grandfather who mentored the young lad in matters of religion, politics and the quest for knowledge; a psychic mother; an oversexed nanny; an aunt and uncle who fought on the front lines of integration; and a fire-balling uncle who got his fifteen minutes of fame in The Show. Preston Howard first made his mark as a...

Book Teaser: The Water Is Wide by Laura Vosika @lauravosika #timetravel #historicalfiction

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Inside the Book Title: THE WATER IS WIDE   Author: Laura Vosika   Publisher: Gabriel’s Horn Press   Pages: 451 Genre: Time Travel/Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: After his failure to escape back to his own time, Shawn is sent with Niall on the Bruce’s business. They criss-cross Scotland and northern England, working for the Bruce and James Douglas, as they seek ways to get Shawn home to Amy and his own time. Returning from the Bruce’s business, to Glenmirril, Shawn finally meets the mysterious Christina. Despite his vow to finally be faithful to Amy, his feelings for Christina grow. In modern Scotland, having already told Angus she’s pregnant, Amy must now tell him Shawn is alive and well—in medieval Scotland. Together, they seek a way to bring him back across time. They are pursued by Simon Beaumont, esteemed knight in the service of King Edward, has also passed between times. Having learned that Amy’s son will ...