Civil-War

REVIEW: Freedom’s Touch (Legacy of the Celtic Brooch Book 2) by Sarita Leone

Dear Ms Leone, Most American Civil War books I’ve read are set in the South so finding that takes place in Pennsylvania is a treat, especially when it deals with the Underground Railroad. As the Civil War rages, Kay Lane does what most women do–she works to keep her country home intact, struggles to manage(…)

REVIEW:  No Regrets: A Civil War Diary by David Day, edited by Pamela Cummings

REVIEW: No Regrets: A Civil War Diary by David Day, edited by Pamela Cummings

Dear Ms Cummings, Thank you for finding and taking the time to edit and publish what might have remained a little read glimpse into the daily life of David Day. Day, though a middle aged man at the time and also one having a wife and four children to support, didn’t hesitate to answer his(…)

REVIEW: An Affair of Honor by Pamela Cummings

Dear Mrs. Cummings, I read your novel “My Rebel Belle” (TBH, I still cringe at that title) and quickly bought the rest of your published books. I had a feeling that “An Affair of Honor” might tie in with it and indeed it does, telling the story of the US Civil War from the Northern(…)

REVIEW: Widow of the South by Robert Hicks

Dear Mr. Hicks, I read somewhere that after being involved with Carnton Plantation and its Civil War cemetery for years and trying to interest any author in telling the story, you finally decided to write the book yourself. It’s a fascinating step back in time to a war tearing a country in half and how(…)

REVIEW: A Reason to Live by Maureen McKade

Dear Ms. McKade, As other reviews have stated, it’s hard to sell a Western romance today. Everyone wanted Regencies and now they want paranormals with vampires, werewolves and whatnot. I’ve always had a special love for Westerns and am glad to see such a nice addition to the genre. The story of Laurel Covey and(…)

REVIEW: CB- Chase for an Angel by Christy Poff

Dear Mrs. Poff, I tried. I really tried to finish Chase for an Angel. But I just couldn’t. The book starts too slowly with a whole chapter of flashback. Then your style, more telling than showing, distanced me from the characters and the story. Then you separate the hero and heroine for years. The way(…)

REVIEW:  My Rebel Belle by Pamela Cummings

REVIEW: My Rebel Belle by Pamela Cummings

Dear Mrs. Cummings, I had read a recommendation for your US Civil War novel, My Rebel Belle, but to be honest I was put off by the price being charged by Amber Quill Press ($7.00) combined with the paltry excerpt available at their site. I realize that neither of these issues are your fault but(…)