Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Tonya Ulynn Brown’s newly released novel The King’s Inquisitor as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The King’s Inquisitor is the second book on Tonya’s Stuart Monarch’s series and is set in Scotland in the early 1590s during the North … Continue reading The King’s Inquisitor by Tonya Ulynn Brown
Historical fiction
Cragside: A 1930s Murder Mystery by M J Porter
Today I'm delighted to be sharing an excerpt of M. J. Porter's recent novel, Cragside: A 1930s Murder Mystery, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. “Ah, Lady Merryweather.” The voice of Detective Inspector Aldcroft is uncertain, far from the confident man I was forced to speak to yesterday. … Continue reading Cragside: A 1930s Murder Mystery by M J Porter
Leningrad: The People’s War by Rachel R. Heil
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Rachel R. Heil’s newly released novel Leningrad: The People’s War as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. This book is the first in the Leningrad series set during World War 2. “Never been.” Tatiana’s eyes scanned the red and gold … Continue reading Leningrad: The People’s War by Rachel R. Heil
More Precious Than Gold by Renee Yancy
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Renee Yancy’s recently released novel More Precious Than Gold as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. More Precious Than Gold is the second book in The Hearts of Gold trilogy. The summer sky twilight had deepened to rose and gold, … Continue reading More Precious Than Gold by Renee Yancy
Raleigh – Tudor Adventurer by Tony Riches
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Tony Riches’ most recent novel, Raleigh – Tudor Adventurer, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. This is the third book in The Elizabethan Series. Greenwich Palace, 1584 I’d never seen the presence chamber so crowded. The queen sat on … Continue reading Raleigh – Tudor Adventurer by Tony Riches
The Wistful and the Good by G. M. Baker
Today I'm delighted to be sharing an excerpt from G. M. Baker's novel, The Wistful and the Good as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Wistful and the Good is set in eighth century Northumbria and is the first book in the Cuthbert’s People series. Edith put two … Continue reading The Wistful and the Good by G. M. Baker
Book Review – The Kings Inquisitor by Tonya Ulynn Brown
The Kings Inquisitor by Tonya Ulynn Brown opens in December 1590 with James VI and his childhood friend William Broune making their way at dusk through the noisesome streets of Edinburgh in the company of a witch-pricker. In a dank room reeking of evil and cruelty at the Edinburgh’s gaol, the Tollbooth, David Seaton, Deputy … Continue reading Book Review – The Kings Inquisitor by Tonya Ulynn Brown
Angels and Bandits by Brodie Curtis
Today I'm delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Brodie Curtis’s newly released novel Angels and Bandits as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Angels and Bandits follows two young RAF pilots during The Battle of Britain. From the author:By October 1938, Britain and all of Europe were of … Continue reading Angels and Bandits by Brodie Curtis
Book Review – The Angel of Goliad by Jean M Roberts
The Angel of Goliad begins in Houston, Texas in the present day when Magda O’Toole, an investigative journalist, wakes from a four month coma following a fall from a ladder and is stunned to discover that she can now speak Spanish. On her return home, she finds a package from Matamoros, Mexico waiting for her. … Continue reading Book Review – The Angel of Goliad by Jean M Roberts
Cold Blows the Wind – my newest novel
Well here it is, my latest novel—published last Thursday—Yay! Unlike my previous two novels which were set in the Elizabethan period and peopled by fictional characters, Cold Blows the Wind begins in Hobart Town, Tasmania in 1878 and follows a period in the lives of my paternal great-great grandparents Sarah Ellen Thompson and Henry Watkins … Continue reading Cold Blows the Wind – my newest novel
Catherine Meyrick 