Deal : Historical Fiction

James Montgomery fails in business but succeeds in love with a woman from the other side of the tracks in racially divided Tulsa. An unorthodox proposal offers a financial solution at a great personal cost. Will he accept it? 1896, New York City/Tulsa: James Montgomery II, a 35-year-old Manhattan playboy, discovers that his family’s fortune has been reduced to almost nothing when his parents pass away. He attempts to rebuild his finances with a risky oil prospecting venture, which takes him to Tulsa. James falls in love while in Oklahoma, but hides his relationship---Tulsa isn’t ready for a mixed-race couple....

Through three historical eras, three women with similar destinies face deadly hurricanes on Galveston Island: The Great Storm of 1900, Carla in 1961, and Ike in 2008. Each protagonist struggles with an impossible love story and frustrated artistic aspirations. Each benefits from the unconditional support of a devoted ally. The characters are caught in a destiny loop, doomed to repeat the same mistakes until one of them breaks the cycle. Full of contradictions, at once insular and open to the world, magical but stifling, stuck in the past yet determined to overcome, Galveston is as much a character of the...

WAR 19 - An Incredible Political Thriller and Satisfying Historical Fiction - 2 Versions In the fall of 2020, COVID-19 continues to kill. Most blame China and it seems war is inevitable. America is about to pick a president to lead the country through the conflict with China. YOU must choose the president to lead through War19! This is a two book political thriller series, one if Biden wins and one if Trumps wins reelection. One book is sure to thrill you and one book will make you want to burn it! Full of suspense, mystery, political satire and humor,...

In the early 1780s, the revolution that started with the Boston Tea Party was about to end with a fight over the Caribbean sugar bowl. Stewart Dean, an American privateer, sailed his fast, well-armed boat, Nimrod, from the new United States into the tropical fray, and landed himself smack in the middle of “The Sweetest Deal of the American Revolution.” Trapped in a web of international conflict, trade and diplomacy, he was saved by England’s growing taste for the 18th century’s most valuable commodity – sugar. His release, in exchange for the entire 1782 sugar harvest of the Caribbean island...

Mari Westin, an irrepressible, well-bred 18th century English girl, rebels against the restraints of her times. She seizes opportunity wherever life leads her and whatever it throws at her: From gentrified upbringing, to forced labor in the colonies; From heroic rescue, to arranged marriage in the Caribbean; From early widowhood, to romantic fulfilment in the new United States, thanks to what literally was the sweetest deal of the American Revolution. “Mari’s Way – Romance and Revolution” is an intriguing trans-Atlantic mix of truth and legend, characters real and imagined, time and place, firmly based on historic fact. FREE eBook From...

Franchetti Mon Amour is a collection of great family stories set in a small town in Algeria, it expresses the deep bond and hilarious antics of rural village life. The story is refreshingly innocent with a Little House on the Prairie feel, and conveys a clear mentoring tone like To Kill a Mocking Bird. It is a story of coming of age through difficult times. It is a story of faith. It is a story of love. But most of all, it is a story of hope, a hope beyond all reason. FREE eBook From July 23 - 25, 2020

October 1913 and the St Vincent is in Portsmouth harbour, where four midshipmen have come to the end of their first two-year cruise. Called to Captain Ironside’s cabin, they learn their fate. Three are made sublieutenant, the fourth is pushed out of the Navy, a failure. There was no tolerance in the Royal Navy for weaklings and incompetents who failed to master the basics. They were beaten for every infraction of the rules of seamanship, encouraging them to conform or to get out. Adams, born to the elite, is made sublieutenant and posted to Iron Duke, flagship of the Grand...