Historical Archives

NEW RELEASE: WHEN WE WERE YOUNG & BRAVE by Hazel Gaynor

Historical Dayna Linton - 6 October 2020

Release Date: October 6, 2020 "Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before...

INTERVIEW: Lona Manning on SHELLEY AND THE UNKNOWN LADY

Historical Dayna Linton - 6 October 2020

Welcome to Novels Alive! We’re happy to have award-winning author Lona Manning. Thank you for having me! Your novella, Shelley and the Unknown Lady: A novella excerpted from The Mansfield Trilogy is based...

GUEST BLOG: RESEARCHING AMERICAN HISTORY by Denise Heinze

Historical Dayna Linton - 2 October 2020

One of my great pleasures as a professor of American literature was to conduct field research. You might know it better as sightseeing. In preparation for classes, I would visit the locales...

5-STAR AUDIO REVIEW: THE TORY by TJ London

Historical Diane Peterson - 1 October 2020

The Rebels and Redcoats Saga: Book 1 Release Date: August 31, 2020 His king or his conscience…which will he choose? It is the winter of 1776, and Captain John Carlisle, one of His Majesty’s not-so-finest,...

BOOK BLAST: THE TORY by T.J.

Historical Dayna Linton - 1 October 2020

The Rebels and Redcoats Saga: Book 1 Release Date: August 31, 2020 Narrated by: Shane East, Tara Langella, Patrick Zeller, Marnye Young Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins His king or his conscience…which will he choose? It...

GUEST BLOG: WANT TO BE A WRITER – IS IT EVER TOO LATE? by Ellen W. Martin

Historical Dayna Linton - 30 September 2020

I’m envious of those individuals who discovered a passion for writing when they were young. My muse didn’t come a knockin’ until the last quarter of my life. That’s not completely true....

NEW RELEASE: THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES By Jean-Claude Grumberg

War Dayna Linton - 29 September 2020

Set during the height of World War II, a powerful and unsettling tale about a woodcutter and his wife, who finds a mysterious parcel thrown from a passing train. Once upon a time...

NEW RELEASE: TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH by Gilly Macmillan

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 25 September 2020

Release Date: September 22, 2020 "A spellbinding book about a missing child, and about the life of a writer. Bold, suspenseful, and impossible to put down. This one will stay with me for...

BOOK BLAST: THE BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF TEMPERANCE FLOWERDEW by Denise Heinze

Historical Dayna Linton - 24 September 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 hardships that nearly brought...

GUEST BLOG: Breaking Barriers in Victorian England by Karen Odden

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 24 September 2020

Before I went to grad school, I had some hazy, romanticized notions about the Victorian era, involving exquisite dresses, delicate teacups, elegant balls, and touches of the hand that were charged with...

NEW RELEASE: DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 22 September 2020

Release Date: September 22, 2020 Soon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer—coming...

GUEST BLOG: Unwanted Pregnancies During the Great Depression and Their Role In My Novel THREADS: A DEPRESSION-ERA TALE by Charlotte Whitney

Historical Dayna Linton - 22 September 2020

Although not even a century ago, the 1930s might as well have been a millennium in regards to family planning and birth control. Very little contraception existed, not even pills, IUDs or...