Wednesday, August 31, 2016

What Are You Reading? ~ August 31, 2016

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What are you Reading?  Let me know what your current read is, what you recently finish reading, and what you plan on reading next! 

Here's my list: 


I'm currently reading Until Now by Cristin Cooper. I grabbed a copy of this the other day; it was a freebie for Kindle. Usually, these freebies get lost on my Kindle, but the blurb for this story caught my attention. As I began reading it, I didn't like how it jumped around in time, from the present to the past, and from different POVs, but then I got into the story, and I'm really enjoying it! 



I finished reading Darcy and Elizabeth: A Promise Kept by Brenda J. Webb. It was good! I should have a review for this one soon. 







What's next? I plan on starting A Clash of Kings (A Song of Fire and Ice, Bk 2) by George R.R. Martin. I'm going to take this slow, reading only a chapter or two between other books.







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I'm linking up with This Week In Books hosted by Lipsyy Lost & Found.


And with Sam @ Taking on a World of Words


So, tell me, what are you reading? 

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Second Impressions Blog Tour ~ Guest Post with Amy George & Giveaway!

Hello! I'm super excited to be part of the Second Impressions Blog Tour! Amy George is here with a lovely guest post for you! And be sure to read to the bottom of the page for giveaway details.

I always wonder how an author starts writing. Does it come naturally like breathing, or is it something that they have to work at. Well, I asked Amy what inspired her to become a writer, and this is what she had to say.



I have long joked that I have ink in my veins instead of blood. My maternal grandfather was a newspaper man. My dad wrote poetry. I picked up a pen and wrote my first story--a melodrama that a very much Boxcar Children meets "Dallas"--when I was 11. And that was that.

I think in story. In my twenties, when I was poor and had to go to the laundromat, I didn't mind so much because I gave everybody laundering with me a story. In junior high, story was how I entertained my friends. In high school, it was my identity. And now? Well, now, it's just a part of me. Story is who I am.

I devour all kinds of story: Jane Austen (of course), Stephen King, Eloisa James, Deborah Harkness, Pierce Brown, Mike Carey (aka M.R. Carey), Neil Gaiman, Mary Roach....the list is endless. And I learn something from every other storyteller I read.

Jane, for example, taught me how beautiful wit can work as a tool. I love the way she observed the world around her and made her views of it known through the power of story. And her characters, so rich and realized, let me fall in love with them to the point of addiction. I'm not ashamed to admit that wanting more of Lizzy and Darcy is the reason I write Austenesque fiction.

I would love to hear how story (perhaps even mine) influences you. You can find me mostly on Facebook because I'm old and have never really grasped Twitter. :)



Second Impressions by Amy George 

Published: Aug. 10, 2016 by Meryton Press


Book Blurb: 

Once, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet were foes, then tenuous friends. After Elizabeth discovers Darcy is engaged to another woman, she flees to Boston to seek solace with her cousin, the brash and worldly Emeline Poston.   

When she returns to England after years spent abroad, Elizabeth must face the man who shattered her heart, and she is shocked to find the proud man she once knew drastically altered. Does she have the courage to seek out the man with whom she fell in love—whatever the cost?   

Fitzwilliam Darcy has spent his days regretting what might have been and his nights being tormented by the decisions he has made. His life in tatters, he can barely face the once-respectable man in his mirror or the baby girl in Pemberley’s nursery. Now that Elizabeth has returned, will he atone for his mistakes and win her heart for good?   

This alternate path reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice is recommended for adult readers.


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Author Bio:

Amy George is a middle-aged woman who hates her "old lady/grown-up" car and refuses to listen to its radio at a reasonable volume, especially when the Beastie Boys or the Violent Femmes are playing. She lives in a town in the middle of the country where the county fair is one of the biggest social events of the season and everything is fried. Her household consists of a dog, a cat, a man, a hermit, and stubborn soap scum.

She has been writing since she was a child and was a frequent contributor to the Hyacinth Gardens, a popular but defunct JAFF site.

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Second Impressions Blog Tour Schedule:

8/15: Review at Margie’s Must Reads
8/16: Excerpt & Giveaway at Romance Novel Giveaway 
8/17: Guest Post & Giveaway at My Jane Austen Book Club 
8/18: Guest Post & Giveaway at Skipping Midnight
8/19: Review at Tomorrow is Another Day
8/20: Review at Liz’s Reading Life
8/22: Excerpt & Giveaway at More Agreeably Engaged 
8/23: Review at Half Agony, Half Hope
8/23: Excerpt & Giveaway at So Little Time… 
8/25: Guest Post & Giveaway at From Pemberley to Milton
8/26: Review at Diary of an Eccentric
8/27: Review at Just Jane 1813
8/28: Author Interview & Giveaway at Babblings of a Bookworm



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It's giveaway time! Meryton Press is generously giveaway four paperbacks (USA only) and four E-copies (open Internationally) of Second Impressions by Amy George! To enter, just fill out the Rafflecopter below and leave a comment.


  • Only one copy of Second Impressions per winner.
  • Paperback copies are open to the contiguous US residents (the lower 48) only.
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  • This is a group giveaway, and winners are picked by Rafflecopter at the end of the Blog Tour.
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Thanks to Jakki at Leatherbound Reviews for organizing this blog tour, and to Meryton Press for this giveaway!



Many thanks to Amy George for stopping by today! I enjoyed hearing how she thinks in story mode, and, like Amy, I would love to hear how stories influence you!   


Don't forget, to enter the giveaway you must fill out the Rafflecopter above, and leave a comment below! Thanks and good luck! 

Monday, August 22, 2016

The Last Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Jack Caldwell ~ My Review


The Last Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Jack Caldwell

Publication Date: August 1st, 2016 
Publisher: White Soup Press 
Pages: 355 
Received: E-copy from the author for my honest opinion. 
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars





I enjoyed reading The Last Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel! It's a companion to The Three Colonels, but it can also stand-alone - which is good because I haven’t read the first yet! (note to self - must read!)

In The Last Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, we find Captain Tilney (of Northanger Abbey) in love with Violet Blakeney - the daughter of Sir Percy, AKA the Scarlet Pimpernel; a fact that Captain Tilney is not aware of. Sir Percy is very protective of Violet. He doesn’t think Tilney is worthy of her, and with Tilney's past behaviors, Sir Percy has every right to feel that way. But love has a way of changing a man. Now Captain Tilney must work hard to prove his worth. Unfortunately, nothing seems to go well for poor Tilney! Will he ever be with his beloved Violet?

When The Pimpernel is forced out of retirement by an enemy he thought was long dead, Tilney insists on helping. Will Sir Percy accept his help and see what a good man he truly is?

I felt so bad for Tilney when everyone and everything seemed to be against him! Sure, his past is sprinkled in reckless and rakish behavior, but falling in love with Violet made him want to be a better person. Even when he thinks all chances to be with Violet are gone, he strives to be better. 

I loved Sir Percy and his wife, Lady Blakeney. I loved seeing them together; still madly in love after so many years! It was beautiful to see. 

Having not read The Three Colonels I didn’t know the correlation between the characters from that book, but I did love seeing the characters from Jane Austen’s books working and interacting together! It was fabulous!

Also, I have not read The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy either. I wish I had. I have nothing to compare Caldwell's Pimpernel to, except for watching the movie, but I would love to read it now! 

The Last Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a terrific book!  Easy to read (historical facts were smoothly written into the storyline), with some excitement, danger, and romance! I would recommend it to any Austen fan!

FTC Disclaimer: I received an e-copy of this book from the author for my honest review.

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Sunday, August 21, 2016

A Moment Forever Giveaway Winner!

Hello! The winner of the A Moment Forever Giveaway has been pick by Random.org! Woot! 

Before I announce the winner I want to take a moment to thank Cat Gardiner for gracing us with an interesting and fun guest post! I loved learning about her genealogy quest and being encouraged to look into my own family history! I also enjoyed some of the stories you readers shared about their own families in the comments! 

And a big THANK YOU, Cat, for your generous giveaway! 



Without further ado, the winner is:

J Dawn King





Thank you to all who entered! 





A Moment Forever (Liberty Victory Series #1) 
Published by Vanity & Pride Press in May 2016 
Kindle and Paperback; 600 pages 
ISBN: 9780997313000 

Synopsis: 

In the summer of 1992, a young writer is bequeathed the abandoned home of a great-uncle she never knew. The house has a romantic history and is unlike any home she has ever seen. Juliana Martel felt as though she stepped into a time capsule—a snapshot of 1942. The epic romance—and heartache—of the former occupant unfold through reading his wartime letters found in the attic, compelling her on a quest to construct the man. His life, as well as his sweetheart’s, during the Second World War were as mysterious as his disappearance in 1950. 

Carrying her own pain inflicted by the abandonment of her mother and unexpected death of her father, Juliana embarks on a journalist’s dream to find her great-uncle and the woman he once loved. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of a man whose family is closely related to the secrets, she uncovers the carefully hidden events of her great-uncle’s and others’ lives – and will ultimately change her own with their discovery. This story of undying love, born amidst the darkest era in modern history, unfolded on the breathtaking Gold Coast of Long Island in 1942. A Jewish, Army Air Forces pilot and an enchanting society debutante—young lovers—deception—and a moment in time that lasted forever. 

A Moment Forever is an evocative journey that will resonate with you long after you close the book. Romance, heartache, and the power of love, atonement, and forgiveness transform lives long after the horrors and scars of the Second World War have ended.

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Add to Goodreads.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

What Are You Reading? ~ August 17, 2016

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What are you Reading?  Let me know what your current read is, what you recently finish reading, and what you plan on reading next! 

Here's my list: 


I'm currently reading Darcy and Elizabeth: A Promise Kept by Brenda J. Webb. I've just begun, but it's good so far!






I finished reading Graduation Day (The Testing, Book 3) by Joelle Charbonneau. It was good, but the first was the best of the series. Although I took too many breaks with listening to the first half on the road a month ago, to putting it down to watch the Olympics that I would lose the flow of the story.   






What's next? I'm not sure! Like all of you, I have a few books that are begging to be read! ;)


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I'm linking up with This Week In Books hosted by Lipsyy Lost & Found.


And with Sam @ Taking on a World of Words


So, tell me, what are you reading? 

Friday, August 12, 2016

Guest Post: Sarah Price ~ Amish Austen Retellings!

Hello! Do you like Amish romances? If you do, I have a treat for you! Sarah Price has a new book coming out that's an Amish retelling of Mansfield Park! Actually, this is the fifth book in her Amish Classics series - all retelling a Jane Austen story. 

Today, Sarah Price stops by to tell us a little about her new book, Mount Hope

Enjoy!

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A lot of readers who enjoy romances set in the Amish communities envision a quaint, pristine world where young men and women fall in love, often with very little pressure from their families to improve their social standing or lifestyles. Many readers imagine a life where days are spent happily on the farm, milking cows or weeding gardens while evenings are spent sitting around the kitchen table reading the Bible or working on a new quilt.

Unfortunately, the envisioned stereotype of constant tranquility and peace for those who live a Plain life is inaccurate. Like the rest of the world, the Amish are people and, with that, there are different personalities, dreams, expectations, and problems. They are not cookie-cutter people lacking the same range of emotions as the rest of us: happiness, joy, sadness, disappointment, despair.

Mount Hope is an adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. The story follows Fanny Price who is born to an impoverished Amish family living in Westcliffe, Colorado. The community is small and the farming lacking in both fertility and futility. Her parents make a hard decision to send her back to Mount Hope, Ohio in order to live with extended family. But, upon arriving at the Bontragers' farm, Fanny quickly learns that she is an outsider. Her aunt Miriam is oppressed by both her husband, Thomas, and older sister, Naomi, while her two cousins, Miriam and Julia, make their feelings of superiority known immediately. The only friendship she receives is from Elijah, Thomas's son from a previous marriage.

Fanny grows up as part of the Bontrager household but not part of their family. She knows her place in the family hierarchy and has learned to not challenge it. Meanwhile, her feelings toward Elijah as her one friend, and only champion, begin to shift into a deeper emotion that she fears is not returned.

When I embarked on this journey of adapting Jane Austen's romances written in the early 1800s, I was looking forward to the challenge of recreating her six novels in the Amish setting. What I quickly learned was how Jane Austen's timeless classics transcend time and location. In any culture, love is often met with difficult decisions and tiring trials.

What I enjoyed most about writing Mount Hope was how, unlike her other heroines, Jane Austen created the original Fanny Price to be appear oppressed and meek. The journey that readers take with both Austen's and my Fanny Price is one of a personal evolution. Readers will fall in love with Fanny Price and experience the same emotions as she does: sorrow for her losses and gratitude for God's grace as she learns how to stand up for herself and live with countless disappointments.

Mount Hope releases on September 6th and readers are encouraged to alert their local bookstores to pre-order their copy.

About Mount Hope: An Amish Retelling of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park

When her father can no longer provide for his large family, Fanny Price is sent away from her small Amish community in Colorado to live with her aunt’s family in Mount Hope, Ohio. Fanny immediately feels out of place at the Bontrager farm but finds a friend in her aunt’s stepson, Elijah Bontrager.


As time passes, Fanny begins to long for their friendship to blossom into something more, but her hopes are dashed when Elijah starts to court someone else. With her uncle pressuring her to marry a man who can take her off his hands, Fanny must learn to rely on God for her future.

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About the Author

National bestselling author Sarah Price has always respected and honored her ancestors through the exploration and research about her family’s Anabaptist history and their religion. For over twenty-five years, she has been actively involved in an Amish community in Pennsylvania. The author of over thirty novels, Sarah is finally doing what she always wanted to do: write about the religion and culture that she loves so dearly.

For more information about Sarah you can visit her blog at www.sarahpriceauthor.com or become a fan on Facebook.




Thank you, Sarah, for stopping by today! And thanks to Michelle Dawn of Destination Amish for arranging this stop! 


Meredith of Austenesque Reviews gave Sense & Sensibility (The Amish Classics #4) by Sarah Price 4.5 stars! See her review here!

What do you think of mixing Austen and Amish Romances? 

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

What Are You Reading? ~ August 10, 2016

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What are you Reading?  Let me know what your current read is, what you recently finish reading, and what you plan on reading next! 

Here's my list: 


At the moment, I'm reading Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau. I decide to pick it back up before starting a new book. I started listening to this on a road trip and didn't finish it. So, now I'll finish reading it on my Kindle.





I recently finished reading Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I loved it! Not only did I enjoy that Cath writes fan fiction, but I found Cath's story so interesting, too; her family, college life, and romance. 






I also finished Game of Thrones. It was good, and it was just like the first season of the show. It was really helpful for getting a better grip on the details and remembering all the names! I plan on reading the next one. Have you read the GoT?






What next? I'm not sure. School's starting today. Ugh! Lol! There goes all my free time. ;) 

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I'm linking up with This Week In Books hosted by Lipsyy Lost & Found.


And with Sam @ Taking on a World of Words


So, tell me, what are you reading? 

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

A Moment Forever Blog Tour ~ Guest Post with Cat Gardiner & Giveaway!

Hey, Everyone! I'm delighted to be part of A Moment Forever Blog Tour, and I'm super excited to have Cat Gardiner visiting with us here today! I'm really looking forward to reading this story for a couple of reasons. One, Cat is a terrific writer (I loved Denial of Conscience), and second, I enjoy WWII era stories! 

Cat Gardiner is also generously giving away a paperback copy of her book, A Moment Forever and a box of Italian Gardenia soaps! Giveaway details are at the bottom of the page! 







A Family’s History

     Thank you, Candy, for the invitation to visit So Little Time! I am excited to share my non-JAFF, WWII Romance, A Moment Forever (AMF), with you and your readers during my blog tour. There are many themes to AMF that resonate with me personally. This particular one brings the story’s detective plotline to life. We have two heroines, 50 years apart. Juliana Martel is our 24-year-old heroine in 1992. The total sum of her family―as she knows it―is her paternal grandfather and her estranged mother. That’s it. Her life is about to change.



     His granddaughter sat on the edge of his wasteful king-sized bed, picking up a throw pillow her grandmother had sewn. She held it close to her chest, breathing in its familiar scent as though remembering how much she was loved by the woman she affectionately called Mimi.     
      Yes, for herself she needed to seek out her grandmother’s family. Lord knows, he wasn’t getting any younger and soon Juliana would find herself alone. She needed cousins, aunts and uncles—she needed a family, and he and Lillian—G-d rest her soul—had denied her that by protecting the Martels from the Renner legacy. His treasure should never be alone. 
      “Grandpa, I wish I knew more about Mimi. Susan said she was with the Red Cross, but no one has ever said anything. I regret that Grandma never told me about her life before you, who she was, what her childhood and family were like. My evil mother has me thinking that Mimi was orphaned or, worse, a runaway. Someone with terrible secrets that she took to the grave.”
     She did run away in a sense and we vowed to never speak of her family, he thought brushing his finger down her pert nose and smiled wistfully before turning his back to her.



     Juliana’s grandmother wasn’t an orphan. In fact, she was one of five sisters in a family with deep Germanic roots, even Austrian nobility. So why the secrecy? Why never speak of it or run away from that history as her “Mimi” Lillian did? Because that family were affluent “Americans” by name and geographic location only, and their loyalties went way beyond Nazi collaborative efforts and the feared Fifth Column. Lillian’s father, eldest sister, and mother were members of the Nazi Party. Secrets, indeed. None of which an ancestral search into Census records or local library microfiche was going to shed light on.

     But Juliana was undeterred in her search, not just in uncovering her grandmother’s lineage (unknowing that history was connected to a stack of letters she discovered in her great-uncle’s home) to reveal the history of someone she would unwittingly come to know as her great-aunt, Mimi’s most-beloved sister.

     I remember my own delving into family history research in 1992, and it is from that experience that Juliana embarks: deciphering the Census Soundex, shuffling through microfiche indexes, and scrolling through microfilm in dark rooms of the National Archives and libraries. To me, the amateur genealogist, every revealed name and fact felt like the unearthing of Pompeii! My heart soared, my breath caught. “It’s you! I found you! Yes!” At the time, Ancestry.com was just a dream – its publishing arm not formed until the following year. Ellis Island’s own database of ship manifests wasn’t made publicly searchable until 2001. Twenty-four years ago, searching one’s lineage was tedious and time consuming and you hoped that someoneanyone kept an old family Bible with its family record filled in. I spent whole days lost in the New York Public Library, accessing―through a librarian―the records stored in the basement. Records selected using the Dewey Decimal System. Remember that?  Photographs revealed clues when examined carefully. The back of cabinet cards shed light on where the image was taken. As the daughter of a NYC Police Detective, I relished the hunt and the clue gathering.

     The facts were difficult to uncover when faced with contradictory family “histories” passed down for generations. Unintentionally, these “facts” had developed into fables, like a game of telephone, becoming more distorted with time. A relative discovered (in the Census) to be a bootblack, might have been touted as a shoe salesman for two generations! Big difference in both social and financial standing during the early 20th Century.

     Like Juliana, I, too, am from Germanic roots. My paternal great-grandfather arrived to NYC in 1885 as a cigar maker from Northern Germany. One Pompeii moment was the discovery of his Naturalization papers, his oath proudly signed in 1894. Sadly, in 1925, he was hit by a beer truck and died – yes, that, too was something I found in my research. My father often speculates that his aunts (not his proud German-American grandfather) were Nazi sympathizers, having made many trips to the Fatherland just prior to the war. One old aunt, boldly and persistently, asked Dad’s father for a tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, one of the busiest ship production yards during the war, where he was Chief of Police. Fifth Column aunts? Not likely, but, again, possible family tales to consider.  Unfortunately, in Juliana’s case, what she uncovers were not fables, but heinous acts carried out in the name of Nazism. Hers is an ancestral history that should not be forgotten but was understandably hidden from her—and it all comes out like a deluge. Secrets revealed, connections made – and a still-atoning family found.

     “What is it, Julie?”
      “I have a family,” she stated dreamily in reply to her great-aunt. “I’ve wanted this my whole life. I just can’t believe that this is my family. I wish Dad could be here to be a part of it.”
       “Oh, he is honey, and so is my sister.” Lizzy brushed the hair framing Juliana’s face. “We’re all so happy you’re here.”   
     “Me, too. I feel like I’ve finally found home.”
      “You have.”

     Today, our research endeavors are quick and easy with Ancestry.com even providing DNA testing to determine where your roots spread from. All one has to do is sit at their computer and they can access hundreds of resources―and long-lost relatives. The Church of Latter Day Saints, Ellis Island, Ancestry, Fold3, and a myriad of other databases may point you in the direction to the “real” history – not the fables. Why did they come? What and who did they come with? Where were they from? And how did their journey influence who you became? I laugh with absolute understanding at Ancestry.com’s commercial. This is the story of so many.  








     Is there a genealogist in you? As a historical-lover, would you like to uncover all those mysteries or do you believe in looking forward and not to the past as some of A Moment Forever’s other characters? Share with me below to be entered to win a Paperback of A Moment Forever with a lovely box of three Italian Gardenia soaps. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to hear your story. 




A Moment Forever (Liberty Victory Series #1) 
Published by Vanity & Pride Press in May 2016 
Kindle and Paperback; 600 pages 
ISBN: 9780997313000 

Synopsis: 

In the summer of 1992, a young writer is bequeathed the abandoned home of a great-uncle she never knew. The house has a romantic history and is unlike any home she has ever seen. Juliana Martel felt as though she stepped into a time capsule—a snapshot of 1942. The epic romance—and heartache—of the former occupant unfold through reading his wartime letters found in the attic, compelling her on a quest to construct the man. His life, as well as his sweetheart’s, during the Second World War were as mysterious as his disappearance in 1950. 

Carrying her own pain inflicted by the abandonment of her mother and unexpected death of her father, Juliana embarks on a journalist’s dream to find her great-uncle and the woman he once loved. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of a man whose family is closely related to the secrets, she uncovers the carefully hidden events of her great-uncle’s and others’ lives – and will ultimately change her own with their discovery. This story of undying love, born amidst the darkest era in modern history, unfolded on the breathtaking Gold Coast of Long Island in 1942. A Jewish, Army Air Forces pilot and an enchanting society debutante—young lovers—deception—and a moment in time that lasted forever. 

A Moment Forever is an evocative journey that will resonate with you long after you close the book. Romance, heartache, and the power of love, atonement, and forgiveness transform lives long after the horrors and scars of the Second World War have ended.

Buy: Amazon
Add to Goodreads

FTC Disclaimer: Link to Amazon. I am an Amazon Associate. Should you purchase a copy of the book through the link provided, I will receive a small commission. Thanks! 

About Cat Gardiner:

Born and bred in New York City, Cat Gardiner is a girl in love with the romance of an era once known as the Silent Generation, now referred to as the Greatest Generation. A member of the National League of American Pen Women,
Romance Writers of America, and Tampa Area Romance Authors, she and her husband adore exploring the 1940s Home Front experience as living historians, wishing for a time machine to transport them back seventy years.

She loves to pull out her vintage frocks and attend U.S.O dances, swing clubs, and re-enactment camps as part of her research, believing that everyone should have an understanding of The 1940s Experience™. Inspired by those everyday young adults who changed the fate of the world, she writes about them, taking the reader on a romantic journey. Cat’s WWII-era novels always begin in her beloved Big Apple and surround you with the sights and sounds of a generation.


She is also the author of four Jane Austen-inspired contemporary novels, however, her greatest love is writing 20th Century Historical Fiction, WWII-era Romance. A Moment Forever is her debut novel in that genre.


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* * * GIVEAWAY * * * 

It's giveaway time! Cat Gardiner is giving away a paperback copy of A Moment Forever with a lovely box of three Italian Gardenia soaps! To enter, please leave a comment below. Open to US only. 

Thank you, Cat!




  • One person will win a paperback of A Moment Forever and soap set.
  • To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment with your e-mail (putting parentheses around (at) and (dot)) or twitter name. 
  • Open only in the USA.
  • Winner will be picked randomly.
  • Last day to enter the giveaway is August 16, 2016, midnight Pacific Time.

Good luck!

Many thanks to Cat for stopping by today! I've always wanted to research my genealogy, but I always put it off for lack of time. Plus, I'm not sure how to start. I've thought about Ancestry.com, but wasn't sure if it would really work! Thanks Cat for encouraging me to give it a try! 

Also, many thanks to Serena Agusto-Cox @ Poetic Book Tours for organizing this book tour! For more stops on this tour click here.

How about you? 
As Cat asked, "Is there a genealogist in you?" 
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