A Book and a Chat with Holly Bush

My guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” is historical romance writer “Holly Bush”

Holly was raised in a house full of books she is a voracious reader of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction and has been writing all her life.
Life delayed her blossoming into the writer that she has become, in fact she actually wrote two of her books while watching her daughter playing softball.

 In 2011 however she produced her first historical romance book “Romancing Olive” set as are her other books in the late 1800’s.
This first book firmly put the name Holly Bush on the historical romance ladder, receiving many praise worthy reviews about her novels and story lines.

This early success was soon followed by a second and equally successful book “Train Station Bride”.

Again set in the late 1800’s and with more travel by train (there is a book coming soon with travel by a boat instead of a train…honest). The again received a very warm response with such comments as

“"Train Station Bride is a beautiful tale of love, family and redemption . . . I could smell the bread baking in the oven and hear the corn stalks rustling in the field. Train Station Bride is the perfect historical romance."

Now Holly has produced a new historical romance novel “Reconstructing Jackson”

About “Reconstructing Jackson” : (taken from Amazon)

1867 . . . Southern lawyer and Civil War veteran, Reed Jackson, returns to his family’s plantation in a wheelchair. His father deems him unfit, and deeds the Jackson holdings, including his intended bride, to a younger brother. Angry and bitter, Reed moves west to Fenton, Missouri, home to a cousin with a successful business, intending to start over.
Belle Richards, a dirt poor farm girl aching to learn how to read, cleans, cooks and holds together her family’s meager property. A violent brother and a drunken father plot to marry her off, and gain a new horse in the bargain. But Belle’s got other plans, and risks her life to reach them.
Reed is captivated by Belle from their first meeting, but wheelchair bound, is unable to protect her from violence. Bleak times will challenge Reed and Belle's courage and dreams as they forge a new beginning from the ashes of war and ignorance.

The book contains enough language and love scenes to make it believable and has received reviews such as…

I felt like I was transported through time...it has romance, history, villains and heroes...wonderful. One of the things I like most about Holly's novels is that they are so realistic. The love scenes are just enough...if there is a bad guy...there is bad language (just enough...again believable). You are outraged in parts...can understand why Jackson feels how he does and even the hatred some of the other characters hold on to. I loved, loved, loved this book.

With a new book “Cross the Ocean” (yes a boat not a train) coming soon, the name Holly Bush is one that many historical readers will be looking for on the book shelves.

So listen now and share an interesting, and entertaining show as I chat with my special guest today on A Book and a Chat with Holly Bush

Barry
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A Book and a Chat with Dr Allen Malnak

Dr. Allen Malnak is today’s guest on “A Book and a Chat” talking about his debut novel “Hitler’s Silver Box”.

Dr Malnak after a long career in the medical profession retired to Florida, there he read one day about a course in writing fiction where Hollis Alpert, a well known novelist, biographer, short story editor and movie critic was to be the teacher.

Dr Malnak took these classes for a couple of years learning the writing trade through various assignments often ending up in the form of short stories.

One such subject was titled “A Silver Box.” And for some reason, Dr Malnak decided to write it about a concentration camp prisoner at the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp who was forced by a Nazi colonel to make a silver box which would be a present for Adolph Hitler. Thus started the journey to “Hitler’s Silver Box”

Perhaps it was not is strange for Dr Malnak to write about the such matters when you consider that when his Dad died of natural causes during the Second World War and immediately following the war, along with his late brother Lewis he began to try to track down his father’s European family. They wrote letters to everyone they could think of and after about a year received a detailed reply from the International Red Cross. Nazi records as well as witness reports indicated that all members of his dad’s family had been murdered either in or near Kovno or after transfer to a death camp. Every man, woman and child!... So, one entire side of my family was destroyed by the Nazis.

“Hitler’s Silver Box” is not just about the war and what went on, it a wonderful novel that is full of tension with a rich plot with numerous twists and turns and a variety of different conflicts as well as an engaging love subplot.
The style of the novel is clear, the structure is skilled, and the ending is satisfying

About “Hitler’s Silver Box”(Taken from blogcritics.org book review)

Dr. Allen Malnak’s Hitler’s Silver Box is a compelling thriller that will keep the reader glued to the pages of the book until the book is finished.

Max Bloomberg, an old bookseller, living in one of Chicago’s affluent suburbs is brutally murdered. However, Max suffered a lot of trials and tribulations even before he was murdered. The killers burned all of his holy books and forced him to turn over the silver box. But he refuses to give it to them. So, they murder Max.

Bruce, Max’s nephew, learns about his uncle’s murder and is devastated. Bruce becomes suspicious of the unexpected nature of the murder and knows in his heart that foul play must have been involved. What even adds to Bruce’s suspicions is that he learns that Max has been cremated. But an orthodox Jew would never want to be cremated. Then in a real twist the uncle leaves Bruce a lot of money and property which makes Bruce himself a suspect.

Things get much more complicated when Bruce starts searching for the journal that his uncle left. The reader is then transported to 1945 when Max was a prisoner in a concentration camp. Innocent people were killed all over the place and Bruce discovers that he must find the Silver Box before it is too late. The secret document is hidden within it, and it could the save the world from Nazi resurgence.

I can see this being a huge hit for Dr Malnak, and as he shared with us, he left some lose ends to “Hitler’s Silver Box” which are already forming into a follow up novel.

As one reviewer wrote…

"The characters in Hitler's Silver Box are quite intriguing and well developed. I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in reading of events of the Holocaust or to anyone looking for a gripping, fast-paced novel."--

They recommended the book, and so do I.

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A Book and a Chat with Jill Limber

Jill Limber used to get herself into trouble when she was younger telling stories, however now she gets paid for telling them which just shows you. She has always been an avid reader and into historical novels, falling in love with American history from reading of “Gone with the Wind”. Her love of American history continued at college where she was a history minor taking every class that Dr.Nasitar, a renowned expert on the Civil War era offered, a few semesters later she sat in on a couple of his classes she already had credits for, just to hear him again.

Her journey into romance writing started with “The Right Track” a book close to her heart, it is set on an actual train car that is almost 100 years old. She herself in the guise of a personal chef has travelled many times on this car and has many wonderful memories. So for Jill it was natural to write a story set on the car, as a great deal of the book was written during trips from San Diegoto Chicago and Washington D. C.

Her early success was soon followed by others books such as “The Sherriff Wins a Wife”, “Secrets of an Old Flame” and “Montana Morning” continued to spread her name amongst romance readers.

Now she has travelled full circle with her new historical romance novel “A Heart That Dares” mixing her love of American Civil War history with her romance writing.

About “A Heart That Dares”:

Amanda Giles, an unconventional and free-spirited young artist, has to fulfill a deathbed promise to her brother before she can take up her life as a Bohemian in New York. She finds herself swept up in the perilous life of an undercover espionage agent for the Army of the North with handsome young Army Captain. Daniel McGrath.

Daniel knows his preoccupation with the woman posing as his wife puts them both in grave danger, but he finds Amanda has no intention of abandoning their mission. As the danger increases, Daniel's most vital objective is to secure a future for himself and the woman he loves.

With a further historical romance already underway, Jill Limber continues to be a much read and enjoyed..

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