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Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon

(Six Tudor Queens)

By Nicola Harris

Publication Date: 5^th March 2026
Publisher: ‎ Independently Published
Print Length: 268 Pages
Genre: Biographical Historical Fiction | Tudor Fiction | Historical Fiction

Blurb:

Born in the glittering courts of Castile and Aragon and forged in the shadow of war, Catalina de Aragón grows up surrounded by queens, rebels, and explorers. She is her mother’s last daughter, the final jewel of a dynasty built on conquest and faith, and the one child Isabella of Castile cannot bear to lose.

But destiny has already claimed Catalina.

Promised to Prince Arthur of England since childhood, she is raised to bind kingdoms, soothe old wounds, and carry the hopes of an empire across the sea. Yet, Spain fractures under rebellion, grief, and the ruthless zeal of its own rulers.

From the burning streets of Granada to the storm‑lashed Bay of Biscay, Catalina and her sisters must navigate a treacherous path shaped by ambition, betrayal, and the dangerous love of men who fear the power of queens. She learns to read cyphers, to read hearts, and to stand unbroken even as her childhood is stripped from her piece by piece.

And when she finally sails for England armed with her mother’s lessons, her father’s steel, and the ghosts of the Alhambra at her back, Catalina steps into her fate not as a girl, but as a force.

A princess.

A survivor.

A daughter of Aragon.

Infidel is the story of a young woman raised for greatness and destined to reshape the fate of nations. This is Catalina, as she has never been seen before. She is fierce, vulnerable, and unforgettable.

A sweeping, intimate portrait of sisterhood, survival, and the making of a dynasty, Infidel reveals the hidden lives of a woman whose courage shaped the Tudor world.

Any Triggers: Grief, mild peril, the Spanish Inquisition, enslaved people, death in childbirth and miscarriage.

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Author Bio:

Nicola Harris

I’ve always been a writer, but it was only when illness forced me to stop everything that I finally had the time to write a novel. After decades of misdiagnosis, I learned I was born with a serious genetic condition, not rare, but profoundly misunderstood. The clues were there from birth, and suddenly, a lifetime of struggle made sense.

Writing became my lifeline: a way to step beyond my pain, to shape my experience into a story, and to find meaning where there had once been only endurance.

I have a lifelong love of children, Counselling, and Psychotherapy Theory and history.

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An aging bounty hunter and a woman bent on vengeance form an unlikely alliance.

Keeper Tyree is an aging bounty hunter who lives by his own set of rules. He’s a hard man, but just, and his word is his bond. He’s a loner and likes it that way. Then Cathleen O’Donnell catapults into his life looking to hire his gun. Josiah Pardee has killed her boy, and she’s out for vengeance. Somehow all his hard and fast rules, including working alone and minding his own business, crumbles in the face of the immovable widow he now works for. He finds himself rescuing soiled doves, a myopic bookworm more suited to city life than the Wild West, and an hombre being dragged to death by angry cardplayers, as he tracks down the murdering sidewinder Josiah Pardee.

“This book contains plenty of grit and gunfire, but no graphic violence or explicit scenes.”

My Review:

This novel is a wonderful book perfect for those who like grit with the old west appeal. There may be a few soiled doves, and a few old west guns going, but there is love blooming between a cantanerous man who reminded me of John Wayne, and set in old west Kansas worked well.

Yes, I’m a nurse, and I know the difference.

In 99% of the books I read, victims are lying prone. It aggravates me to read that a person is prone on the floor and is being given CPR. Prone literally means one is face, stomach, body is down.

Supine means to lie down on one’s back with face upward. Best to do CPR this way.

Book Title: The Twisted Road

Series: Barrister Perris

Author Name: A.B. Michaels

Publication Date: March 10, 2026

Publisher: Historium Press

Pages: 308

Genre: historical mystery

Any Triggers: n/a

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The Twisted Road

by A.B. Michaels

Blurb:

1907

Rising from the devastation of a massive earthquake and fire, San Francisco is once again on the move. But a strike by streetcar drivers threatens to halt the Golden City in its tracks. Protests turn to violence and violence leads to death. Soon a young guard is convicted of willfully killing a protester and the public is out for blood.

Jonathan Perris, an immigrant attorney from England, has opened a law firm with an eye toward righting wrongs, and the guard’s conviction may fall into that category.  But the talented barrister soon finds his newfound career shaken by a tragic event: the gruesome murder of the beautiful and mysterious Lena Mendelssohn—a woman he’s been squiring around town. It’s difficult to run a law firm when you’ve been arrested for murder.

Excerpt 4:

Chapter Thirty-Nine

“Another Dubious Client”

“For Heaven’s sakes, you cannot represent that man!” Cordelia had returned to the office and encountered Dove and Jonathan sitting in the kitchen, each nursing a glass of whiskey. When Dove relayed what had transpired with Detective Hennessey, she practically shouted her objection.

“Why, counselor?” Jonathan asked calmly.

“Number One—” She counted her fingers for emphasis—“you shouldn’t even be out of the hospital much less planning to defend a man we all know to be a murderer.” She glared at Dove. “When I left, I thought I was leaving our employer in good, safe hands, but you … you thought nothing of his weakened condition and just took off with him, like two little boys playing hooky. He could have fallen, or blacked out, or—”

Jonathan’s voice remained even. “But I didn’t. Please continue.”

His cool-headedness made her want to smack him, but she refrained. Barely. “Number two: all evidence points to Alex Morrow or Alexei Morozov or whoever the hell he is, being the mystery man, the ‘Lev,’ at Aunt Susie’s. Since the two women who shared him and that room are dead, that makes it pretty damn obvious he was involved in those crimes.”

“It does appear that way, however—”

She barreled on. “And Number three, I feel it in my bones that he is the man who picked up Emmett Barnes’s gun.  He was at the riot, Jimmy Walsh didn’t like him, and he knew Emmett Barnes, at least indirectly. So, it would be a total conflict of interest for us to represent both the defendant and the probable killer!”

“How can you be so sure about all that??” Dove asked.

“Betsy Foster was the girl that Emmett Barnes was sweet on, and it’s highly likely Alex knew that. Emmett said that a man he didn’t recognize called out to him just before he got hit with the brick. Later, when Emmett came to, that same man had his hand on Emmett’s gun at the back of the car. At the time, Emmett thought he was going to steal it, but what if he was just returning it after shooting Jimmy Walsh? What better way for Morrow to rid himself of two obstacles than to kill one of them and pin the crime on the other?” She paced in front of the blackboard, a kind of frazzled energy racing through her. Inhaling deeply, she let her breath out slowly. It usually helped to calm her.

“May I speak?” Jonathan asked.

Still using her special breathing technique, Cordelia nodded. She noticed that Dove was suppressing a smile and wanted to smack him, too.

“All of your points are valid,” Jonathan began. “Let me answer them in reverse order. Alex Morrow has not been arrested for the crime of shooting Jim Walsh. Moreover, as you already know, you are not required to find Mr. Walsh’s killer, only to show the strong possibility that Emmett Barnes didn’t do it. You can certainly state that you believe Alex Morrow is the killer, but if you make that allegation, you must provide evidence to support it. I have not agreed to defend him against that charge, so I see no conflict of interest there.”

He swallowed the last of his drink. “As to what happened to Sybil West and Betsy Foster, I see this as an opportunity to find the answers we’ve been searching for. Morrow is indeed the nexus among all the major players in this drama—Sybil, Betsy, and even perhaps Jim Walsh. I need to know how all the pieces fit together, and if I can establish a relationship with the man, I might be able to do that.”

“And what if he cops to one crime, but not the one you’re defending him against?” Dove asked.

“Yes,” Cordelia pressed, “What happens then? As his counsel, you’re honor-bound to keep whatever he says between the two of you. Are you willing to defend a man you know is a killer—one who maybe killed someone you cared about—and someone who was more than willing to have you go down for the crime?”

Jonathan paused before answering. “I honestly don’t know.”  He rose and spread his arms. “As to your first objection, you can see that I am, if not hale and hearty, at least on the mend. I plan to stop by the hospital and pick up some more of that aspirin, I think they call it. I’ve never had occasion to use it before, and I must say, it’s top notch.”

“And after you go to the hospital?” Cordelia asked with a scowl.

“You know where I’m going. I’m sorry, but I must.”

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A native of California, A.B. Michaels holds masters’degrees in history (UCLA) and broadcasting (San Francisco State University).  After working for many years as a promotional writer and editor, she turned to writing the kind of page-turning fiction she loves to read.  She writes historical fiction (“The Golden City” series), historical mystery (the “Barrister Perris” series) and contemporary romantic suspense (“Sinner’s Grove Suspense.”). All three series are character-linked and all are stand-alone reads.

Michaels lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband and elderly wiener dog, Teddy, who cannot see or hear, but sniffs his way from one comfortable spot to another.  In addition to writing and dog-snuggling, Michaels is an avid reader, traveller, quilter and bocce player, as well as a mediocre but enthusiastic golfer.

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From Amazon:

Author Stefanie Nici shares some of her own techniques to help writers easily find new readers while living everyday life.
Quickly learn the ideas, concepts, and methods you can apply before and after publishing. Read how you can spark engagement on and off social media to help increase sales and added income without having to flip through pages of filler and fluff to find out.

My Review:

Mary Schmidt

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2026

Format: Kindle

Due to you being my guest on last Tuesday’s podcast and for being such a fun and creative person, I had to buy this book. Your voice and advice ring true.

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Book Title: The Queen’s Maid: Anne Boleyn in France

Series: The Anne Boleyn Chronicles, Book #2

Author Name: Rozsa Gaston

Publication Date: Feb. 13, 2026

Publisher: Sapere Books

Pages: 244 pages

Genre: Tudor historical fiction, Renaissance historical fiction

Any Triggers: n/a

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The Queen’s Maid: Anne Boleyn in France

by Rozsa Gaston

Blurb:

The Tudor series continues! For fans of Philippa Gregory, Elizabeth Chadwick, Carol McGrath and Anne O’Brien.

A new adventure begins for Anne…

France, 1514

After an enlightening period of training as a lady’s maid at Margaret of Austria’s court, Anne Boleyn has been sent to France.

She arrives at the Palace of Tournelles, home of ageing King Louis and his new English wife, Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII. As Anne speaks French, her main role is to serve as translator for Queen Mary.

Anne’s sister Mary is also at the French court, and Anne soon learns that not everyone is pleased about the union between the French king and his young queen.

The king’s cousin-in-law, Louise of Savoy, is desperate for Queen Mary not to fall pregnant, so that her son Francis will ascend the throne.

And with Louise and the English queen pulling Anne in two different directions, it will not be possible to appease everyone.

Can Anne successfully navigate the familial politics at the French royal court? Will she make her mark as one of the queen’s maids?

Or could her divided loyalties prove to be her undoing…?

THE QUEEN’S MAID is a thoroughly researched, fascinating historical novel set during the 16th century in Europe. It is the second book in the Anne Boleyn Chronicles series.

‘Wonderfully detailed and entirely enjoyable. This is a young Anne in whom I absolutely believe, and who does much to explain the woman she’d become.’ – Sarah Gristwood, author of Game of Queens

THE ANNE BOLEYN CHRONICLES SERIES:
Book One: Maid of Honour
Book Two: The Queen’s Maid
Book Three: Queen of Diamonds

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Author Bio:

Rozsa Gaston is a historical fiction author who writes books on women who reach for what they want out of life.

She is the author of Maid of Honour: Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 of the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 for Early Historical Fiction, The Queen’s Maid: Anne Boleyn in France, Queen of Diamonds: The French Royal Court, Margaret of Austria, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 of the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 for Early Historical Fiction, the four-book Anne of Brittany Series: Anne and Charles; Anne and Louis, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 of the 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲; Anne and Louis: Rulers and Lovers; and Anne and Louis Forever Bound, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 of the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 for Early Historical Fiction.

Other works include Sense of Touch, Marguerite and Gaston, The Least Foolish Woman in France, Paris Adieu, and Budapest Romance.

Gaston studied European history at Yale and received her master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia. She worked at Institutional Investor, WR Capital, and as a columnist for The Westchester Guardian before becoming a novelist.

She is currently working on Book Four of The Anne Boleyn Chronicles, covering Anne Boleyn’s time at the 1520 Field of Cloth of Gold. She lives in Bronxville, New York with her family.

Her motto? History matters.

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Book Title: The Usurper King

Series: The Plantagenet Legacy Book 3

Author Name: Mercedes Rochelle

Publication Date: April 5, 2021

Publisher: Sergeant Press

Pages: 303

Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Title: The Accursed King

Series: The Plantagenet Legacy Book 4

Author Name: Mercedes Rochelle

Publication Date: April 18, 2022

Publisher: Sergeant Press

Pages: 299

Genre: Historical Fiction

Any Triggers: n/a

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Book Titles, Author Name & Narrator:

The Usurper King by Mercedes Rochelle
Narrated by Kevin E. Green

The Accursed King by Mercedes Rochelle
Narrated by Kevin E. Green

Blurbs:

The Usurper King:

From Outlaw to Usurper, Henry Bolingbroke fought one rebellion after another.

First, he led his own uprising. Then he captured a forsaken king. Henry had no intention of taking the crown for himself; it was given to him by popular acclaim. Alas, it didn’t take long to realize that that having the kingship was much less rewarding than striving for it. Only three months after his coronation, Henry IV had to face a rebellion led by Richard’s disgruntled favorites. Repressive measures led to more discontent. His own supporters turned against him, demanding more than he could give. The haughty Percies precipitated the Battle of Shrewsbury which nearly cost him the throne—and his life.

To make matters worse, even after Richard II’s funeral, the deposed monarch was rumored to be in Scotland, planning his return. The king just wouldn’t stay down and malcontents wanted him back.

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The Accursed King:

What happens when a king loses his prowess?

The day Henry IV could finally declare he had vanquished his enemies, he threw it all away with an infamous deed. No English king had executed an archbishop before. And divine judgment was quick to follow. Many thought he was struck with leprosy—God’s greatest punishment for sinners. From that point on, Henry’s health was cursed and he fought doggedly on as his body continued to betray him—reducing this once great warrior to an invalid.

Fortunately for England, his heir was ready and eager to take over. But Henry wasn’t willing to relinquish what he had worked so hard to preserve. No one was going to take away his royal prerogative—not even Prince Hal.

But Henry didn’t count on Hal’s dauntless nature, which threatened to tear the royal family apart.

EXCERPT FROM THE USURPER KING: Henry in France

Accompanying audio clip: https://soundcloud.com/user-678892305/the-usurper-king-henry-bolingbroke-in-paris

There was never any doubt. As his father had predicted, Henry Bolingbroke’s reputation guaranteed his welcome at the French court. He was known far and wide as a gallant knight, a champion in the lists, witty and clever. And wealthy. He was also the most handsome Englishman ever to grace the royal palace, with lush brown hair, kindly eyes, high cheekbones, and perfect teeth. The ladies thought he filled out his thigh-length houppelande in a most robust fashion, with wide shoulders and a thin waist, muscular legs and rounded calves. Having been widowed for five years now, he was conspicuously eligible and many of the women regarded him with flirtatious glances.

It had been over three months since Henry set foot in Paris and he still wasn’t sure of his standing. He was welcomed pleasantly enough by King Charles and given the use of the famous Hôtel de Clisson, a short walk from the royal residence at L’Hôtel de Saint-Pol. Clisson was built by Charles V just the other side of the Seine from l’île de la Cité. Grateful though Henry was for such opulent lodgings, he found it difficult to hold up his head and ignore the fact that things were not quite right. He missed his home. He missed his children. He missed his honor.

Everyone knew he had been outlawed from England. No one mentioned his exile in polite conversation, but he imagined people talking behind their hands, assessing him discreetly, trying to figure out just what he had done to warrant such treatment. It was bitterly ironic that he didn’t entirely know, himself. The covert hostility between Lancaster and King Richard had been growing for years although it was well hidden beneath a façade of courtly etiquette. But ever since the last parliament, when the king wreaked terrible revenge on his old enemies, no one felt safe. In all likelihood, for Henry and Thomas Mowbray—whose offenses were not yet called to account—it was only a matter of time before the king turned his attention to them.

Although, to be fair, if Mowbray hadn’t stirred things up, maybe Richard would have left them alone.

Perhaps Henry should have felt lucky that he suffered only exile, though it gave him no comfort to know that Mowbray was outlawed for life compared to his own six year sentence. At least his old friendships on the continent would sustain him. In his younger, more carefree days he was very free with his father’s money. You never knew when you would need to rely on someone’s good will.

Since this was the last winter of the fourteenth century, the French king delighted in having an excuse to throw yet another interminable fête to while away the January evenings. Fortunately, Henry was happily distracted by the charming Marie de Berry, first cousin to King Charles VI and daughter of the famous Duke de Berry. Marie was a twenty-three year old countess, already twice-widowed; she brought great riches and powerful alliances with her name. Henry found her most suitable and they had already discussed the possibility of marriage, though negotiations hadn’t proceeded any farther. Naturally, because they were seen frequently in each other’s company, rumors ran rampant.

While Henry and Marie sat at the banqueting table with Marshal Boucicaut, the ladies of the French court flitted around them, commanding attention with their tight-fitting bodices and voluminous skirts. Wide v-shaped collars exposed a little panel of fabric barely covering their cleavage. Their hair was hidden beneath elaborate contraptions extending high above their heads—sometimes pointed, sometimes winged, always draped in the finest gauze. All-in-all, the French fashions were way ahead of those in England.

But tonight, Henry was too engrossed in his conversation to notice the disappointed coquettes. He and Boucicaut entertained Marie with exploits from the famous Tournament at St. Inglevert, held eight years before.

“Just three French knights took on the whole world,” Henry said to Marie. “Jean, I mean Boucicaut, here, Reginald de Roye and the lord of Saimpy challenged one and all. It was the most glorious, the most dangerous tournament of the century. It went on for a month! And when it was finished, our French hosts emerged absolutely unbeatable. It was not at all unusual for each of them to take on five or six courses in a day. What stamina you had,” he added, turning to Boucicaut.

“Fortunately, we got to rest on Sundays and a handful of holidays in between—not counting the few days I was abed, recovering from wounds.”

Henry laughed. “We won’t talk about what your opponents looked like. You see, Marie, each knight was permitted six courses, not usually all at once. Your champions hung two shields under a hawthorn tree—one, a shield of war for sharp lances, and the other a shield of peace, for blunted lances. The first challenger, my brother in-law John Holland, immediately chose the war shield, and after that no one would dare pick the peace target for fear of being called cowardly.”

Boucicaut shook his head. “It’s amazing no one was killed.”

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Author Bio: 

Mercedes Rochelle is an ardent lover of medieval history, and has channelled this interest into fiction writing. Her first four books cover eleventh-century Britain and events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. The next series is called The Plantagenet Legacy about the struggles and abdication of Richard II, leading to the troubled reigns of the Lancastrian Kings. She also writes a blog: HistoricalBritainBlog.com to explore the history behind the story.

Born in St. Louis, MO, she received by BA in Literature at the Univ. of Missouri St.Louis in 1979 then moved to New York in 1982 while in her mid-20s to “see the world”. The search hasn’t ended!

Today she lives in Sergeantsville, NJ with her husband in a log home they had built themselves.

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Nuclear terrorism had already decimated five cities

When Trevor Westmore set out on a mission to bring Sue, his pregnant daughter-in-law, back to the relative safety of the family farm. He also hopes to find his daughter Lisa and bring her home.

But, almost immediately upon finding Sue, in the suburbs of Seattle, terrorists detonate another nuclear bomb and the two must flee amid the chaos and fallout.

The Long Way Home is a 20,000-word novella set in the bestselling post-apocalyptic Strengthen What Remains series.

My Review:

This was a nice short story. The author brought out many views and how people relate to one another in healthy ways, and rather savage ways when times are tough.

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Alexis Kelly will do anything for her best friends – even work as a masseuse at their weekend matchmaking ranch. She needs this distraction at Christmastime for two reasons, the least not being from the mistakes she made in the name of self-preservation.

Gray Patterson is an advertising executive with little free time and perfectionist tendencies. He’s tired of going home to an empty apartment and he’s not into the current dating scene. He shucks convention in search of a soul mate.

The second Alexis and Gray meet their personalities collide, but there are also amazing sparks. Over the course of the weekend, they dodge the convoluted attraction until it begs acknowledgement. Their budding relationship is sent reeling when Alexis’ baggage is revealed.

There’s magic afoot, but also chaos. Tune in to find out what’s in store for Alexis and Gray at the unusual venue of a weekend wedding ranch.

My Review:

Mary Schmidt

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet love story

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2026

Format: Kindle

This book is a short read and totally sweet love story. Romes created a unique way in which to bring about two people who are perfect for each other. Sweet short read.