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Dare to Tell by Tara Fox Hall

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Dare to Tell by Tara Fox Hall

Urban single woman Jean Bane denies her dreams and ghostly visitations of impending death until a horrific active shooter event clarifies the messages as portents. In the aftermath, more ghosts visit Jean, saving her yet again in a car accident and asking for her to “come to Evergreen Hall”, to “bring it to justice”. Dreading their requests for aid, Jean ignores the ghosts and tries to go back to her former life. But after ghostly interference saves her life a third time, Jean leaves her boyfriend and friends for the small town of Blodgett Mills, to help restore the old estate called Evergreen Hall.
The new owner Carlton Fairhaven IV, real estate developer and recovering alcoholic, has grand plans for the family property, including transforming it into a bed and breakfast capitalizing on the Fairhaven family’s colorful history while downplaying the double series of murders of young girls decades before. But the crumbling mansion has ghosts of its own, many of which have witnessed or committed murder. When local young women began to go missing as they did ten years prior, Jean must decide if she dares to expose the hidden truth that has long festered within Evergreen Hall.

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The Ring by Florence Osmund

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The Ring by Florence Osmund

Paige West is a well-educated, financially stable business owner who mourns the death of her father and misses the closeness she had with him throughout her life. Jessivel Salter is a high school dropout who had a child out of wedlock at sixteen and is now a single mother on the brink of becoming homeless. She also misses her now-deceased father, but for very different reasons. When fate unites them, Paige is drawn to Jessivel from the start and wants to help her. But Jessivel doesn’t trust Paige or her intentions and rejects her many “helping hand” offers.

The two women eventually connect and when certain disturbing truths are unveiled, they discover they have something in common that is inconceivable and shocking. Their relationship soon becomes contentious and forces each woman to decide whether she wants to take the easy way out and part ways forevermore or face up to the adversity that fate has thrown at them.

And it all started with “the ring.”

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They Called Me Margaret by Florence Osmund

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They Called Me Margaret by Florence Osmund

Margaret Manning has spent the better part of her life conforming to the expectations of other people—first her father, then her husband. Breaking away from this ruinous tradition, she becomes a cozy mystery writer and decides to open her own bookstore—The Indie Book Nook. But when her husband mimics the behaviors of some of the more unscrupulous characters in her books, she fears that she is losing him, or even worse that she is losing her mind.

While abandonment is nothing new to Margaret—she hasn’t seen or heard from her mother since she was six years old—the fear of losing her husband is devastating. She struggles to find the strength to mend her shattered marriage while also coping with obscure health issues, her daughter’s precarious behavior, a disingenuous neighbor, and an unpredictable mother-in-law.

Who in Margaret’s life is friend and who is foe is not always apparent, and it’s up to her to figure it all out.

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Featured Book: They Called Him Marvin: A History of Love, War and Family by Roger Stark

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They were the fathers we never knew, the uncles we never met, the friends who never returned, the heroes we can never repay. They gave us our world. And those simple sounds of freedom we hear today are their voices speaking to us across the years.” Bill Clinton

Such a man was 1st Lt Dean Harold Sherman, B-29 Airplane Commander.

“They Called Him Marvin” is a history. A history of war and of family. A history of the collision of the raging politics of a global war, young love, patriotism, sacred family commitments, duty and the horrors and tragedies, the catastrophe that war is.

A reviewer explains: “I am a fan of historical fiction and this story did not disappoint. It was sweet, tragic, personal, and moving. Gradually and almost imperceptibly, the story of two wartime sweethearts begins circling the drain of a tragedy you know is coming. The book begins with the ending, but by the time you get there you have convinced yourself that it can’t possibly be the case. I enjoyed every moment, even the ones that left me in tears.
The letters between Connie and Dean provided a fascinating glimpse into wartime life. Reading the experiences of people both at home and abroad was very engaging. I found myself eagerly awaiting the next letter, right along with the young couple!
Lastly, the book left me with an overwhelming acknowledgement of the universal trauma and tragedy of war. The Sherman’s are not the only family we meet in the book and the weaving together of several different narratives added a depth to the story that’s hard to put into words.
I definitely encourage anyone to read this book, especially if historical novels are not something you typically read. This is a story about people and you won’t want it to end.

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The Changeling Tree by Frances Evelyn

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A missing girl. A Faerie game. An abandoned baby.

Once upon a time, Alison Watts made a promise. She’s been waiting for the right moment to tell her daughter, but when she falls ill, her time runs out.

How do you tell a secret that no-one will believe?

The Changeling Tree is the first magical instalment in the real-world fantasy Changeling Tree series. If you like tangled time-lines, Faerie bargains and family sagas, you’ll love Frances Evelyn’s intriguing story.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I loved stories about fairies as a child and the darker traditional faerie stories appealed even more as I grew up, so I wanted to write my own. When humans are abducted in these stories, they return years later, though the faerie can also arrive for significant occasions, so the faerie must have a different relationship with time. They also love playing games. The humans in my story are caught up in a faerie game that casts them adrift in time.

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Becoming Olive W. (The Women of Campbell County Family Saga) by S. Lee Fisher

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Beautiful, brilliant, wealthy. The world should be Olive’s oyster. Does she want too much?
For young women in the early 1900s, sometimes a string of pearls is the closest they will get to owning the world.
Orphaned as a toddler, Olive, a bright feisty child, struggles to establish her place in a wealthy dysfunctional family. Her sisters are jealous, her brothers are threatened, her father, inept as a parent is dependent on her skills.

Without a mother’s guidance, is it possible for this young woman to break social barriers on her own? Can she become the independent woman scholar for which she has the potential of being?

Set in the early 1900s, follow her path from child to young woman in a time before women had the right to vote.
Journey with this feisty girl on an emotionally intense encounter through her dysfunctional family within a male-dominated world.

Book one of The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga fiction series.

About this series. The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga, dysfunctional family novels are a four-book series about the Westchester, Bailey, and Kepler families, and how history impacts their lives. The amazingly brave female main characters of Campbell county survive two world wars, an economic depression, and the Korean war, molding strong relationships while struggling with minimal resources. Book one, Becoming Olive W. follows Olive from an innocent toddler age five through her morphing into a bitter young woman.

Targeted Age Group:: 16 through adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I began writing as a means of channeling the pain and grief of her father's passing, In the process, she discovered that she enjoys telling stories.

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Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo

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Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo

Love blooms in the New Hampshire town of Red Maple Falls in this newest collection of utterly romantic small-town love stories! Join the rest of the Hayes siblings as they each find love in the most unexpected ways.

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