Showing posts with label Civil War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil War. Show all posts

Monday, December 7, 2020

Blog Tour Spotlight : Erin's Children by Eileen O'Finlan

Today, we have a definite change of pace. The spotlight is on historical fiction that captures unrest and wars in both the US and Ireland... 


 

About Erin's Children

 
In 1851 Irish Famine survivor, Meg O'Connor, buys passage to America for her younger sister, Kathleen, and arranges employment for her as a maid. Kathleen's feisty spirit soon puts her at odds with her employers, the bigoted and predatory Pratts. Driven from their home, Kathleen ends up on a wild adventure taking her to places she could never have imagined.

As a domestic servant in the Worcester, Massachusetts home of the kindly Claprood family, Meg enjoys a life beyond her wildest imaginings. Yet she must keep her marriage to Rory Quinn a secret. Rory, still in Ireland, eagerly awaits the day he will join her. But as the only jobs open to Irish men pay poorly, Rory's imminent arrival threatens to plunge her back into dire poverty.

On the eve of the Civil War, while America is being rent asunder by the fight over slavery, Irish Catholics wage their own war with the growing anti-immigrant Know Nothing party. Through grave doubts, dangers, and turmoil, Meg and Kathleen must rely on their faith and the resilient bonds of sisterhood to survive and claim their destinies in a new and often hostile land. 

About Eileen O’Finlan

Eileen O’Finlan writes historical fiction, telling the stories on history’s margins, the things rarely taught in the classroom. For her, that’s where history really gets fun. Her promise to her readers is to craft stories that will thoroughly immerse them in another time and place.

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, her family moved to Worcester when she was two. Four years later they moved to Holden where Eileen grew up and where she now resides.

Eileen holds a Bachelor’s degree in history and a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry. She works full time for the Diocese of Worcester and teaches online courses in Catholic studies for the University of Dayton, Ohio. Erin's Children is her second novel and the sequel to her debut novel, Kelegeen. 

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS 

December 7 – I'm All About Books – SPOTLIGHT 
December 7 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
December 8 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW 
December 8 – Christa Reads and Writes – SPOTLIGHT 
December 9 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST 
December 9 – Baroness' Book Trove - SPOTLIGHT 
December 10 – Christy's Cozy Corners – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
December 10 – Thoughts in Progress – SPOTLIGHT 
December 11 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT 
December 11 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW 
December 12 – I Read What You Write – GUEST POST 
December 12 – My Journey Back – CHARACTER GUEST POST 
December 13 – Literary Gold – CHARACTER GUEST POST 
December 14 – eBook Addicts – SPOTLIGHT 
December 14 – Diane Reviews Books – CHARACTER GUEST POST 
December 15 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
December 15 – Author Elena Taylor's Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW 
December 16 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
December 16 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 



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Monday, May 11, 2015

Blog Tour: THE FINAL REVEILLE by Amanda Flower


Synopsis:

As the director of Barton Farm, a living history museum in Ohio, Kelsey Cambridge is underpaid and underappreciated, but she loves every minute of it. Determined to keep the struggling farm open, she plans to impress the museum’s wealthy benefactress, Cynthia Cherry, with a Civil War reenactment on the farm’s grounds.

Unfortunately, the first shot in the battle isn’t from a period soldier. It’s from Cynthia’s greedy nephew, Maxwell, who fires a threat at Kelsey to cut the museum’s funding. The next morning, things go from bad to worse when Kelsey discovers Maxwell dead. Now Kelsey is the police’s number one suspect, and she must start her own investigation to save Barton Farm . . . and herself.

Review:
Barton Farm is a living history museum and farm and Kelsey is responsible for tours and civil war re-enactment, and trying to keep the place from shutting down. The immediate villain in the story is Maxwell who wants the museum shut down, but then he's killed. Who killed Maxwell becomes the focus in this delightful whodunit. 

Kelsey is a likable and strong heroine and sleuth. Cynthia, Portia, Ashland, and the other characters add to the story with a bit of humor. Like history? Like mystery?  THE FINAL REVEILLE is the book to read.

About the Author:

Amanda Flower, a two-time Agatha Award-nominated mystery author, started her writing career in elementary school when she read a story she wrote to her sixth grade class and had the class in stitches with her description of being stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel. She knew at that moment she’d found her calling of making people laugh with her words. She also writes mysteries as national bestselling author Isabella Alan. In addition to being an author, Amanda is an academic librarian for a small college near Cleveland.

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