Large Print & a New Cover!

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It’s always interesting to me when another edition of a novel has a new cover. So, I’m pleased to introduce Thorndike’s large print edition in hardback for Tidewater Bride! It releases this month and I’m especially thrilled to see it on library shelves. I always order one as I’m fond of hardbacks. So sturdy & enduring! Here’s Selah and Jamestown …

Pages & pages

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The pages for A HEART ADRIFT are in to my publisher & this novel will soon be off to print! THE END for me is the beginning for you. My desk is a little lighter and now & I can return to the Scottish novel releasing next & begin researching #15… My publisher has created beautiful signed bookplates for pre-orders …

Ginger

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 Today I woke up and my first thought was, “I don’t want to live in a world without Ginger.” I don’t usually post something like this in my journal here but amid a pandemic that has suddenly turned personal, I can’t help but write in the hope it might help someone else whose heart is broken. Yesterday my dear friend …

Cover Reveal!

Laura FrantzBook Covers, Books, Colonial, Heroes and Heroines, Historical Fiction, History, Novel News, Uncategorized, Writing News

So happy to reveal the cover for my 13th historical novel releasing January 4th, 2020, compliments of my publisher, Revell. Thanks also for the novel excerpt & video! E-reader, Audio, & Large Print versions coming soon… It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Esmée Shaw is fighting her own battle of …

Henri Lennox

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Since you’ve met our heroine in the prior post, time for our privateer! Truth be told, I like my heroes more than my heroines. Maybe that comes from raising boys but I find men wonderfully uncomplicated & straightforward like our hero, Henri Lennox. His name also has a French flair. Our heroine even pronounces it correctly – AWN-ree – which …

Esmée Shaw

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At long last ’tis cover reveal week and I thought we’d have a little fun first by way of character introductions. So without further ado, here’s a peek into those pages of A Heart Adrift… Creating a new heroine is always a joy & a challenge. I begin with a name, one that is period-appropriate but not quite as common …

A Blue Ridge Biltmore Weekend!

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Author friend, Pepper Basham, and I have a special announcement! We’ve had such a good time planning the Scotland trip, we thought we’d offer something a little closer to home for those who can’t go with us across the pond in 2022. So, maybe… Biltmore and the Blue Ridge Mountains? https://www.authorfantravel.com/2021-blue-ridge-biltmore-weekend.html Please join us if you can!