Thursday, January 14, 2016

BOOK GIVE-AWAY AND WHY I WRITE HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Anne Greene here. I love to write about history. I can add suspense and mystery, and I do inject them into each of my historical romances. I can set my stories in any setting. I sprinkle in real historic figures that might have been forgotten, but who performed heroic or evil deeds.  

History in romances adds knowledge painlessly to the reader. Also the reader can enter a simpler time with no electronic gadgets to interfere with face to face conversation. I create an entirely different world from our present day one. I use horses and carriages, huge homes or slave quarters, different fashions from todays from the skin up, and a different life style entirely from our present-day one.

I create worlds where people are excited about such modern inventions as gas lights, fabric airplanes, steamships, telegrams, crank-starting automobiles, ice boxes, and Victrola’s. I create a world where women stay at home and raise their family. I show the progression of how women gained independence and self-reliance. I love living in another era and inviting you, the reader, into my
worlds.

So, do you prefer reading historical romances or contemporary romances and why? Leave a comment for a chance to win an autographed copy of Angel With Steel Wings. 

ANGEL WITH STEEL WINGS is a World War II romance where Steel Magnolias meet Band of Brothers. While doing her part test flying planes as a Woman Air Service Pilot, WASP, Mandy McCabe escapes her dead-end life in Hangman’s Hollow, Tennessee. But, can she escape from her past? Major Harvey Applegate lost his wife to the WASP program, and he’s convinced Yankee Doodle Gals have no place flying in the war effort. He determines to protect the remaining WASPs by sending them packing back to the home front. Both Mandy and Harvey experience immediate attraction, which increases Harvey’s desire to send Mandy home to safety. Can a man burdened with memories of death undertake added emotional danger? Will their new love survive the test? One love. Two goals. Someone has to give. 

ANNE GREENE delights in writing about alpha heroes who aren’t afraid to fall on their knees in prayer, and about gutsy heroines. Read her Christmas novellas, A Christmas Belle and A Groom For Christmas. Her Women of Courage series spotlights heroic women of World War II, first book Angel With Steel Wings, and read her private investigating series, Handcuffed In Texas, first book Red Is For Rookie. Enjoy her award-winning Scottish historical romances, Masquerade Marriage and Marriage By Arrangement. Anne hopes her stories transport the reader to awesome new worlds and touch hearts to seek a deeper spiritual relationship with the Lord Jesus. Buy Anne’s books on http://www.Amazon.com. Visit Anne at http://www.AnneGreeneAuthor.com.  

 

 

12 comments:

  1. Thank you for your wonderful post, Anne. I prefer historicals because you can be taken back to a specific time where you might find out how your great grand parents lived or how the West was won just to name a couple of examples. Great, books, great info, great fun!

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  2. Enjoyed your post, Anne - thank you!!

    Historical Fiction has always been my fave genre to read - for each of the reasons you mentioned. Love it, and would love to read "Angel With Steel Wings"!!

    bonnieroof60(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  3. I enjoy historical romance because, as you say, I painlessly learn some history!!! But contemporary romance, well written, has its' place as well.
    bcrug(at)myfairpoint(dot)net

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  4. My preference is historical fiction books. They make history come alive for me. I feel I understand more how people lived and the things they had to go through. There are so many times when I am reading a book, that I find myself wishing I lived in that time.

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  5. Is that Sharpie from Nebraska on your book cover? Love to see WWII women getting kudos.

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  6. Thanks for the good info. kamundsen44ATyahooDOTcom.

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  7. Me too, love to have real historical characters walk across my scenes. Let's see now, I'v had Gandhi, Lord Louis Mountbatten (Queen Elizabeth's cousin) and several British generals. Using real life is the best in Historical Fiction.

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  8. I love all types of historical reading. Romances,war books if there's a lot of background & some personal stories in it. I love reading nonfiction historical books also. In nonfiction it's fun & educational when real life characters are in it as mentioned above. I love learning about other time periods & other places, sometimes picturing myself living there. I'm excited about the giveaway.

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  9. I love reading! My favorite is historical fiction. I love to learn about history.

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  10. I love reading historical fiction. I have a degree in history, so historical settings appeal to me more than contemporary settings. I always say that I learn something about the past through historical novels--each author I read does their homework and tries to be as accurate with their details as possible. I love to travel, as well, so reading these books allows me to go to a place I have never before been to and visit a time period that I will never experience for myself.

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  11. I am a huge fan of historical fiction and I will choose it any time. I enjoyed your post and I appreciate your giveaway.
    Connie
    cps1950(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. Sorry to be so late in picking a name from the hat for a winner. I've been ill. So here it is, late, but still very real. The winner of this month's book is -- ta da -- Stephanie Grace Whitson. Stephanie, please send your snail mail address to annewgreene@gmail.com and I will send you an autographed copy of Angel With Steel Wings.

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