I grew up loving books and history and all things Irish.
I believe I was destined to be interested in history. One of my distant ancestors, Thomas Aubert, reportedly sailed up the St. Lawrence River to discover Canada some 26 years before Jacques Cartier’s 1534 voyage. Another relative was a 17th Century “King’s Girl,” one of a group of young unmarried girls sent to New France as brides for the settlers there.
My passion for reading made me long to write books like the ones I enjoyed, and I tried creating sequels to my favorite Nancy Drew mysteries. Later, fancying myself a female version of Andrew Lloyd Weber, I drafted a musical set in Paris in WWII.
A former journalist and lifelong Celtophile, I enjoyed a previous career as a reporter/editor for a small chain of community newspapers before returning to my first love, romantic fiction. My stories usually include an Irish setting, hero or heroine, and sometimes all three. My first novel, In Sunshine or in Shadow, is set in post-Famine Ireland.
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Friday morning Sept 4, on Turner Classic Movies, Bonita
will appear in two classic films. The first, starting at 7am Eastern is
the very rare gem HITLER'S CHILDREN from 1943.
This propaganda
piece starts in 1933. Prof. Nichols' American school in Berlin is next
door to a school for the Hitler Youth. Karl, from the latter, is
attracted to German-American Anna, but events lead to their separation.
Later, at the outbreak of war in Europe, Anna is removed from Nichols'
school on presumption of German citizenship. Nichols becomes obsessed
with finding her, as Anna undergoes a rather lurid odyssey through the
Nazi nightmare. This movie is very rare and has not yet been released
on home video.
Next at 10 am (Eastern) we have SEVEN MILES FROM
ALCATRAZ made in 1942. After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison
live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to
a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse
island, where they take over. The five inhabitants are stymied in their
efforts to summon aid. But the island also figures in the schemes of a
big Nazi spy ring; which will win out, the gangsters' greed or their
patriotism? Bonita stars as Anne Porter in this rarely shown film. It
too has yet to be released on home video.
Please check your local listings and set your DVRs or video recorders NOW to capture these two great films.
If you are a classic movie lover, you will not be disappointed!
thanks for the add! i am TRYING to write my first historical romance novel at the moment! i dont know whether it will be publishable but i'm having a go. i tend to write too much.
Redemption: Now Available from Amira Press!: http://www. amirapress. com/shop/index. php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=185 On the run from a murderous uncle, Katie married outlaw Ben Cready the day before he was supposed to hang. They shared one night of explosive passion and for six months, she'd believed herself a widow. Now Ben is back to claim what's his, and that includes the sweet bride he'd never been able to forget.
Today only (November 30th), my publisher, Stonegarden, is having a very special "buy books" incentive and offering 50% off the sale of all titles, including Starsight and Starsight II.
Now would be a great time to order the books, if you haven't already. So make sure you get over to www. stonegarden. net for a very special sale and get your books for half price today.
Be sure to check out my blog for an interview with Elizabeth Lane. Plus, a little bit of information about the new Historical Undone eBooks which launched November 1st! What's Historical Undone? It is a short and sexy historical romp to please the reader. Also, during the month of November, I will be blogging 15 yummy Christmas recipes sent to me by the authors of One Candlelit Christmas, Julia Justiss, Annie Burrows, and Terri Brisbin.
My first release, Somewhere My Love, a murder mystery/ghost story romance with flashbacks to early nineteenth century Virginia, is out at the Wild Rose Press: http://www. thewildrosepress. com/
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19 Eki 2009 02:42
Friday morning Sept 4, on Turner Classic Movies, Bonita will appear in two classic films. The first, starting at 7am Eastern is the very rare gem HITLER'S CHILDREN from 1943.
This propaganda piece starts in 1933. Prof. Nichols' American school in Berlin is next door to a school for the Hitler Youth. Karl, from the latter, is attracted to German-American Anna, but events lead to their separation. Later, at the outbreak of war in Europe, Anna is removed from Nichols' school on presumption of German citizenship. Nichols becomes obsessed with finding her, as Anna undergoes a rather lurid odyssey through the Nazi nightmare. This movie is very rare and has not yet been released on home video.
Next at 10 am (Eastern) we have SEVEN MILES FROM ALCATRAZ made in 1942. After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse island, where they take over. The five inhabitants are stymied in their efforts to summon aid. But the island also figures in the schemes of a big Nazi spy ring; which will win out, the gangsters' greed or their patriotism? Bonita stars as Anne Porter in this rarely shown film. It too has yet to be released on home video.
Please check your local listings and set your DVRs or video recorders NOW to capture these two great films.
If you are a classic movie lover, you will not be disappointed!
19 Eki 2009 02:42
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7 Oca 2009 03:09
Redemption: Now Available from Amira Press!:
http://www. amirapress. com/shop/index. php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=185
On the run from a murderous uncle, Katie married outlaw Ben Cready the day before he was supposed to hang. They shared one night of explosive passion and for six months, she'd believed herself a widow. Now Ben is back to claim what's his, and that includes the sweet bride he'd never been able to forget.
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30 Kas 2008 23:44
Today only (November 30th), my publisher, Stonegarden, is having a very special "buy books" incentive and offering 50% off the sale of all titles, including Starsight and Starsight II.
Now would be a great time to order the books, if you haven't already. So make sure you get over to www. stonegarden. net for a very special sale and get your books for half price today.
Have a great holiday season!
19 Kas 2008 00:43
Hi!
Be sure to check out my blog for an interview with Elizabeth Lane. Plus, a little bit of information about the new Historical Undone eBooks which launched November 1st! What's Historical Undone? It is a short and sexy historical romp to please the reader. Also, during the month of November, I will be blogging 15 yummy Christmas recipes sent to me by the authors of One Candlelit Christmas, Julia Justiss, Annie Burrows, and Terri Brisbin.
Recipe #9 went up yesterday!
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Jennifer
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