Tuesday's Title Seven Aprils, Historical Romance

A tale of love and war, sex and friendship between a Union doctor and his cross-dressing comrade.

Title: Seven Aprils (American Civil War Brides)

Author: Eileen Charbonneau

Date of Release: 04/07/2019
Genre: Historical Romance

Publisher: BWL Publishing

Buy Links:   books2read.com/seven-aprils 

Blurb:

In April 1860, Dr. Ryder Cole returns home from his studies, sure of his abilities and on fire to serve his country and preserve the Union. A panther attack threatens to cut his life short until a young woman with a rife and a sure-shot eye appears out of the mist. Then she disappears, returning as Tom Boyde, his comrade throughout America’s Civil War, and as Diana, met in a Washington D.C. whore house. The seven Aprils from 1860 to 1866 tell their tale of love and war, sex and friendship. And the price of crossing gender lines.

Behind The Scene:

My very brave and self-sufficient sister Tess was my inspiration for Tess Barton. As usual, as the novel moved along my fictional Tess took over and found her own way through the story. Ryder was my most conventional hero, a man of his time with some very victorian notions of a woman and her place and binary sexuality. Of course, he had to do a lot of changing! I was very impatient with him at times, but he always redeemed himself by his acts of kindness.

Author Bio:

Eileen Charbonneau’s unique viewpoint reflects heritage that includes immigrant Irish, French Canadian, Eastern European ancestors and Huron and Shoshone relatives. Eileen has published historical fiction for adult as well for young readers. She lives in the brave little state of Vermont, where she and her husband run a small Bed and Breakfast where the whole world comes to see the glorious changing colors

Eileen's young adult novels The Woods Family Trilogy is composed of The Ghosts of Stony Clove, In the Time of the Wolves, and Honor To the Hills. The novels are set in the Catskill Mountains from 1809 through 1852. Books in the series were chosen as a Best Book by the Children's Book Council for Social Studies curriculum, and have won the Golden Medallion for excellence in young adult fiction.

The American Century Novel Series begins in Federal era Virginia in The Randolph Legacy, moving to the Trail of Tears and mid-century 19th century Manifest Destiny in Rachel LeMoyne to California’s early 20th century conservation movement in Waltzing in Ragtime. Books in this series have been nominated for Hearts of the West and Rita awards from Romance Writers of America.

Eileen’s Code Talker Chronicles suspense series follows the World War II exploits of Luke Kayenta, a Navaho Code Talker officer in the Office of Strategic Services and his fellow officer Kitty Charante, war widow and spy. The first two books are I’ll Be Seeing You and Watch Over Me, which has won a Chanticleer Award for Women’s fiction and been named a finalist in the Daphne duMaurier Award and Golden Leaf Award for Romantic Suspense.

American Civil War Brides series follows the lives of couples brought together by the most soul-searing conflict the United States has endured. The first of the series is Seven Aprils.

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