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Building on Solid Ground: A Conversation with Barbara Blythe

What do a trailblazing female engineer, a man of mixed heritage, and one of the most audacious construction projects in American history have in common? The captivating Christian historical romance by Barbara Blythe that's  as theologically rich as it is romantically...

Faith, Fear, and Fresh Paint: An Author Interview with Katy Eeten on A Stalker to Die For

What happens when a first date turns dangerous... and the handsome painter who shows up to fix your home might just help fix your heart? In A Stalker to Die For, author Katy Eeten delivers a page-turning blend of suspense, romance, and quiet, faith that you won't want...

Behind the Grit and Grace: Unpacking Annie True and Brave with Author Jody Day

Step back in time to the rugged beauty of early 1900s West Texas, a place where faith was forged in the crucible of hardship, and courage wasn't just admired—it was essential. Annie True and Brave is a story that draws us to a powerful historical narrative that...
The world has changed forever and so has fashion

The world has changed forever and so has fashion

The most classic treatment of clothes in The Blackburn Chronicles is the uniform of the those belonging to The Order of the Sword and Scroll. Crimson cloaks and armor breastplates worn by the knights harken back to the centuries old origin of the powerful society. Ashton Wells, spy for the Order, favors a knight’s blade over the more modern tracer gun.

Charlotte Blackburn, the heroin of the series goes through a tremendous transformation from debutante to dissenter and later…t

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Weapons of light

Weapons of light

Creating the weapons for my YA Steampunk novel, The Tremblers took me on a fascinating path. The invention of destructive devices was vexing and addicting all at once.

Weapons of light — Tracer Guns are the weapon of choice for the soldiers of the Peaceful Union. Powerful blasters that syphon the glowing purple energy from the massive Tesla Domes caging the city-states are feared by the average citizen. Constantly realibrating to the dome’s pulse, they are outlawed to everyone but the soldiers of the government.

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A Great Calamity has fractured the whole of America

A Great Calamity has fractured the whole of America

A Great Calamity has fractured the whole of America toppling the government and killing millions across the entire nation. From the embers rose The Peaceful Union, with its symbol of the dark phoenix that promises protection and order from the chaos and death outside the city-states.

Charlotte blackburn, is a daughter of this new society that huddles beneath the massive churning steamworks of the electric Tesla Domes.

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Dark heroes, fantastic devices, and unbreakable love

Dark heroes, fantastic devices, and unbreakable love

Charlotte, on the run from the shadowy Order of the Sword and Scroll with the mysterious spy, Ashton Wells, flees via air ship to the floating settlement of Outer City.

The last frontier of the broken world of the Blackburn Chronicles, the sky territory is home to outlaws and pioneers. Lawmen keep the peace at the bustling ports where every kind of fantastic air ship and hodge-podge dirigible brings those who seek their fortune.

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