Historical Archives

INTERVIEW: Debra Doxer on WHERE BUTTERFLIES GO

Historical Dayna Linton - 30 October 2020

I am so humbled and pleased to have author Debra Doxer with us today on Novels Alive. I’m so happy to be here! Where Butterflies Go is based on your great-aunt’s life, were you...

BOOK BLAST: A SHOT OF MURDER by Brenda Gayle

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 27 October 2020

In 1948, Charley Hall resents giving up her job as city reporter for the Kingston Tribune to a returning soldier. But her demotion to the women’s pages is the least of her...

4-STAR REVIEW: A SHOT OF MURDER by Brenda Gayle

Cozy Mystery Jen K - 27 October 2020

In 1948, Charley Hall resents giving up her job as city reporter for the Kingston Tribune to a returning soldier. But her demotion to the women’s pages is the least of her...

COVER REVEAL: RHAPSODY by Mitchell James Kaplan

Biographical Dayna Linton - 26 October 2020

Publication Date: March 2, 2021 One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a concert. The...

INTERVIEW: Janet Wertman on THE BOY KING

Historical Dayna Linton - 21 October 2020

We are delighted to have author, Janet Wertman on Novels Alive today. Thank you so much for joining us. I am excited to interview you regarding your novel, The Boy King, the...

3-STAR REVIEW: THE BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF TEMPERANCE FLOWERDEW by Denise Heinze

Historical JoAnne - 16 October 2020

Release Date: September 29, 2020 Determined to set the historical record straight, and clear her conscience, Temperance Flowerdew — the wife of Virginia’s first two governors — puts quill to paper, recounting the...

GUEST BLOG: I Swear, The Research Is Half the Fun Or How I Met the Chevalier De Saint-Georgesby Susanne Dunlap

Historical Dayna Linton - 15 October 2020

You’d think that, by the time you get to writing the third book in a historical fiction series, where many of the characters exist and you’ve thoroughly researched the time and place,...

GUEST BLOG: Debra Doxer on Where Butterflies Go

Historical Dayna Linton - 14 October 2020

My daughter is ten years old. She’s the same age as the young girl named Tovah in the book. Even writing this now, knowing what I’m about to say, my throat is...

4-STAR REVIEW: SHELLEY AND THE UNKNOWN LADY by Lona Manning

Historical Dayna Linton - 13 October 2020

Release Date: October 5, 2020 Percy Bysshe Shelley’s brief and turbulent life was as passionate and haunting as his poetry. Romantic, idealistic and impulsive, Shelley had several intense love affairs. When Shelley drowned at sea,...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE COPPER ROAD: BEYOND THE PROMISE by Richard Buxton

Historical Dayna Linton - 12 October 2020

Shire's Union: Book 2 Release Date: July 26, 2020 Shire is far from home, his old life in Victorian England a fading memory. He’s battled through war-torn America to keep a cherished promise to...

INTERVIEW: Richard Buxton Author of the Shire’s Union Series

War Dayna Linton - 9 October 2020

Please join me in welcoming Award-winning author Richard Buxton today, and thanks so much for joining us! In your book, The Copper Road—Beyond the Promise, the second book in your Shire’s Union series,...

GUEST BLOG: Lona Manning on Percy Shelley and the Unknown Lady

Historical Dayna Linton - 8 October 2020

The very night before London for the continent, a married lady of fashion, young, handsome, rich and nobly connected, called upon him, and avowed that was her ideal of everything...