BOOKS BY MY FRIENDS LISA BONNICE, BARBARA JEAN MILLER & REBECCA OLMSTEAD
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
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Welcome to Books By My Friends! Today we are featuring
LISA BONNICE
BARBARA JEAN MILLER
REBECCA OLMSTEAD
BOOK: Castle Gate
AUTHOR: Lisa Bonnice
GENRE: Historical Fiction
BLURB: Castle Gate is the true and tragic saga of a Scottish family whose dreams of finding their fortunes in the bountiful coal mines of Castle Gate, Utah, during the Prohibition era explode in one of the most devastating mine disasters in American history. Is their presence there just bad luck, or is it due to a generational curse dating back to their ancestors' involvement in a grisly witchcraft trial in the 1600s? Based on extensive genealogical research, astrological personality profiles, divination and assistance from "the other side," Castle Gate tells the story of one family destroyed by a documented curse which has been wreaking havoc in countless lives, all over the world, for centuries.
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lisa Bonnice is the author of Fear of Our Father, a best-selling true-crime novel which has been featured in numerous television and radio programs in the US and the UK. She is also the author of a series of metaphysical comedy novels which includes The Poppet Master and The Fairy Falls. A former associate producer for MSNBC.com, Lisa has been a popular program host with The Shift Network for many years, hosting their annual Ancestral Healing Summit and Beyond the Veil Summit.
BOOK: Dreams and Illusions: A Gabrielle Dorian Mystery
AUTHOR: Rebecca Olmstead
GENRE: Religious suspense
BLURB: Suffering a crisis of faith, will one woman’s cryptic visions lead to the path of healing and save her sister from death row? Gabrielle Dorian believes God has turned against her. Despite prophetic dreams, the grieving boutique owner resents that her alleged gift didn’t prevent her parents’ accidental deaths or protect her husband from a fatal worksite accident. So after receiving a panicked call from the last of her family, the distraught woman shelves her own sorrow and rushes to Seattle to rescue her estranged sister. Discovering her sibling has been charged with murder, Gabrielle begins to fear the worst when her brother-in-law is missing and his best friend mysteriously comes up with bail money. Battling a hated former classmate in charge of the case, she fights through the murk of suspicious clues that all point to a guilty verdict. With her last loved one’s life on the line, can she uncover the truth before it’s too late? Dreams and Illusions is the riveting first book in the Gabrielle Dorian Mysteries Series. If you like headstrong heroines, fast-paced drama, and dark twists, you’ll love Rebecca Olmstead’s tale of doubt and redemption.
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: I raise and show Jersey Wooly rabbits with my daughter, I'm a hopeless chocoholic, I'm the founder of Watch God Work Ministries
BOOK: Fortune’s Folly
AUTHOR: Barbara Jean Miller
GENRE: Regency romance
BLURB: Roxanne Whitcomb plans to spend her London season finding a rich backer for her brother’s inventions until she meets Spencer Tanner and realizes she cannot marry for money. Tanner is attracted to her wit and startled by her lively nature, but assumes that, like other women, she needs protection.
Her London debut is ruined by the arrival of her estranged mother and guardian, recalling gossip about her father’s suicide and mother’s untimely remarriage. Roxanne decides to tackle her problems by rescuing her mother and protecting her brother, but Tanner is reluctant to offer help, doubting her theory on why this would be necessary. Then he discovers the independent Rox can also be resourceful and courageous.
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mentor in the Writing Popular Fiction Masters Program at Seton Hill University 1999-2023, multi-genre published author, and lives in Western Pennsylvania.
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Writer Wellness: A Writer’s Path to Health and Creativity (Headline Books, Inc., 2020)
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The Mermaid Riot (Melange, 2024) Young Adult Historical Fantasy
She writes spicy historical fiction under a pen name.
She is the winner of multiple writing and book awards:
West Virginia Writers, Inc. Annual Writing Contest, Honorable Mention, Novel, 1998.
New York Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Writer Wellness, 2020.
Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist, Writer Wellness, 2021.
Northeast Ohio Romance Writers of America, Member of the Year, 2020.
Northeast Ohio Romance Writers of America, First Book Award, 2020.
She is an adjunct faculty member in the Southern New Hampshire University Online MFA Creative Writing.
She is a proud graduate of Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA with an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction.
She is a member of The Authors Guild and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
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