From her home in the forest, writer Marsha Ward offers up an eclectic collage of musings on life, insights into the writing process, sample scenes and snippets from her work, book spotlights, and author interviews. Now including "The Characters in Marsha's Head."
It's Fresh Book Friday again, and I have a little something for you, a short story!
Title: The Apple Pie Prize: An Owen Family Story Author: Marsha Ward Genre: Historical Romance Published: December 28, 2017 Price: $0.99 Purchase Links:Kindle | Kobo |Apple iTunes Bookstore | Smashwords Description: No one in Shenandoah County would say Rod Owen lacked vigor. The evidence is clear, with six young’uns running around the farm and his wife Julia about to call in the midwife again. A pie crust and a small boy with a sack of dead squirrels can be vexing
impediments when such a man wants a little kissin' in the kitchen. The Apple Pie Prize is a short story packed with insights into early times at the Owen Family farm.
Author Bio: Author
Marsha Ward writes authentic historical fiction set in 19th Century
America, and contemporary romance. She was born in the sleepy little
town of Phoenix, Arizona, in a simpler time. With plenty of room to roam
among the chickens and citrus trees, Marsha enjoyed playing with
neighborhood chums, but always had her imaginary friend, cowboy Johnny
Rigger Prescott, at her side. Now she makes her home in a forest in the
mountains of Arizona. She loves to hear from her readers.
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Have you picked up your copy of Mended by Moonlight yet? This Shenandoah Neighbors Novella is the perfect book to read after Gone for a Soldier, as it gives a character from that novel a happy conclusion to her story.
It's Fresh Book Friday again, and I have another story to share with you!
Title: Scandalous: An Owen Family Story Author: Marsha Ward Genre: Historical Fiction, Coming of Age story Publisher: WestWard Books Date Published: September 8, 2017 Price: $2.99, Free for kindleunlimited subscribers
Book Description: Young Julianna Owen didn't think flirting with Parley Morgan at the barn raising would lead him to put his hands where they ought not to be. But worse yet, her sister discovers them and Parley abandons her, running off into the woods.
Julianna's strict father has found where she is hiding, and her world on the Colorado frontier is crashing down around her ears. She thought love and romance was only about going on picnics and holding hands, not rough kisses and hurtful pawing.
Now the consequences of her actions might be beyond what she can bear.
In the 1860s Owen Family universe, Scandalous shines a light on teen hormones run amok during a trying time in the family's story, as it ties up a loose thread from the novel, Spinster's Folly.
This edition contains bonus material at the end, an excerpt from the Shenandoah Neighbors story, Bloodied Leather.
Author Bio: Author Marsha Ward writes authentic historical fiction set in 19th Century America, and contemporary romance. She was born in the sleepy little town of Phoenix, Arizona, in a simpler time. With plenty of room to roam among the chickens and citrus trees, Marsha enjoyed playing with neighborhood chums, but always had her imaginary friend, cowboy Johnny Rigger Prescott, at her side. Now she makes her home in a forest in the mountains of Arizona. She loves to hear from her readers.
Book Description: When Julia Susannah Helm was just a little girl in Pennsylvania, she discovered a “receipt” for hash in a kitchen drawer, written out in the hand of her father’s former housekeeper. Her brother Jonathan made her a small wooden box to keep it in. That was the beginning of her recipe collection, which became one of her most cherished possessions.
It was never more important to her than when she took it to Shenandoah County, Virginia, to help her cousin prepare for her wedding. Almost out of the blue, Julia became Mrs. Roderick Owen, and the recipe collection proved invaluable to her as a young bride.
Enjoy the fictional aspects of this book in the world of the Owen Family, and then make the real recipes to enjoy.
Includes a Bonus Scene suggested by one of the recipes.
Author Bio: Best-selling author Marsha Ward writes authentic historical fiction set in 19th Century America, and contemporary romance. She was born in the sleepy little town of Phoenix, Arizona, in a simpler time. With plenty of room to roam among the chickens and citrus trees, Marsha enjoyed playing with neighborhood chums, but always had her imaginary friend, cowboy Johnny Rigger Prescott, at her side. Now she makes her home in a forest in the mountains of Arizona. She loves to hear from her readers.
Early next month I’ll publish an exciting new project: From Julia’s Kitchen: Owen Family Cookery. This ebook contains Julia Owen’s prized recipes, plus a note on each recipe telling about it. Of course the idea that a fictional character has collected recipes, or “receipts,” as they were sometimes known in those days, is pure fiction, but the recipes are real. Sign up for my Readers mailing list below to get the first notice of the release of From Julia’s Kitchen, right in your inbox.
