November 2025 Book Day

GREAT CHRISTMAS READS!

THE LADY’S MISSION

2023 SELAH Award Finalist!

The Quilting Circle (Book 5)

A Sweet Historical Romance Series

By Mary Davis

Will Cordelia abandon her calling for love? Cordelia wants to escape the social norms for her society station. Unless she can maneuver her father into relinquishing her trust fund, she might have to concede defeat—as well as her freedom—and marry. Every time Lamar finds a fascinating lady, her heart belongs to another. When a vapid socialite is presented as a prospective bride, he contemplates flying off in his hot air balloon instead. Is Lamar the one to finally break the determination of Cordelia’s parents to marry her off? Or will this charming bachelor fly away with her heart?

 

 

BRIDE BY BEGUILEMENT

By Debbie Lynne Costello

Kirsten father’s last will and testament stipulates that she must either marry, lead the plantation into a first year profit, or forfeit it to her uncle. Thefts are hurting the profit and marriage is proving no easy option. Every suitor seems more enamored with the land than with her. Silas’s last year at veterinary school ends abruptly when he is called home to care for his young orphaned sisters. Troubles compound when he finds an insurmountable lien on the family home and an unscrupulous banker is calling in the loan. How will the two overcome pride and distrust to find real happiness?

 

 

CRAZY ABOUT CAIT

By Nancy J. Farrier

Cait Sullivan can’t believe her father had the temerity to hire Jonas Hall to take over her job—training their famed horses. Cait understands the importance of selling their horses to offset the cattle loss during the drought, but to hire Jonas after the way he broke her sister’s heart? That’s wrong. Jonas has to hide the fact he’s always loved Cait, and that he’s asked her father’s permission to win her hand in marriage. Now he must convince the fiery-tempered lass he isn’t the villain she thinks he is, and she is the bride God has for him.

 

 

BENEATH A RARE BLUE MOON

By Johnnie Alexander

One rare night. One risky mission. A second chance at love. On a rare blue-moon night in 1944, homefront guard Kathleen Forrest apprehends a suspected saboteur at Tennessee’s top-secret “Secret City”—only to discover he’s Roger Craig, the Army Intelligence agent who once held her heart. Ordered into an uneasy alliance after a key informant’s death, Kathleen and Roger must expose a lurking spy ring before sabotage strikes at the war’s heart. As danger mounts and long-buried feelings resurface, they face a life-or-death choice: trust each other again—or lose far more than the mission.

 

 

IVY'S INHERITANCE

By Linda Shenton Matchett

Ivy Cregg’s father is a gambler, but this time he’s gone too far. He loses his mining fortune and her along with it in a high-stakes poker game. Unwilling to go along with the deal, she hides out with a friend who tells her about Ms. Crenshaw, owner of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Bride Agency who is in town. The prospective groom is a wealthy man which seems like an answer to prayer until Ivy discovers he made his fortune in mining. Is he as untrustworthy as her father?

 

 

LOVE IN BLOOM

By Suzanne Norquist, Kathleen E. Kovach, Mary Davis et al.

Four Bachelors Find Their Happily Ever After With This Bouquet of Brides.

“A Song for Rose” (1882, Rockledge, Colorado) by Suzanne Norquist

Can a disillusioned tenor convince an aspiring soprano that there is more to music than fame?

“Periwinkle in the Park” (1910, Colorado) by Kathleen Kovach

A female hiking guide runs into conflict with a mountain man who is determined to keep the government off his land.

“Holly & Ivy” (1890, Washington State) by Mary Davis

A young woman accompanies her impetuous younger sister across the country to be a mail-order bride and loses her heart to a gallant stranger.

 

 

TITANIC: LEGACY OF BETRAYAL

A Time-Slip Novel

By Kathleen E. Kovach, et al.

A secret. A key. Much was buried on the Titanic, but now it's time for resurrection. Follow two intertwining stories a century apart. 1912 - Matriarch Olive Stanford protects a secret after boarding the Titanic that must go to her grave. 2012 - Portland real estate agent Ember Keaton-Jones receives the key that will unlock the mystery of her past... and her distrusting heart. Review: “I told my wife to move this book to the top of her reading list... This titanic story is more interesting than the one told in the Titanic movie... She will absolutely love it.”

 

 

IRISH ROSE ORPHANS’ CHRISTMAS

By Susan G Mathis

Fall in love with seven unforgettable girls as their touching story unfolds in this prequel to the Irish Rose Orphans: A Thousand Islands Gilded Age Series. At the Irish Rose Orphan Asylum, the girls face their final Christmas together before entering service in the Gilded Age. Bound as “forever sisters,” they confront old wounds and separation. Annie and Taryn struggle with a silent rift, Fiona wrestles with abandonment, Vivian masks her fears, while Cassie, Isabel, and Gloria battle uncertainty. Yet they discover that faith, hope, and sisterhood will follow them wherever life leads.

 

 

THE SONGBIRD AND THE SURVEYOR

By Denise Farnsworth

Genevieve Gillbard knows she's no longer safe in the rough-and-tumble gold rush town when she overhears her controlling guardian's plot to steal gold from a local mine owner. It takes every ounce of her courage to escape, and now she'll do anything to keep herself safe, even accept a temporary marriage of convenience from a man who clearly wants nothing more than his independence. Even then, she fears the sham marriage might not be enough to keep her safe from her guardian's long reach.

 

 

EVEN IF I PERISH

By Terrie Todd

Based on a miraculous true story of courage in the face of impossible odds.

“To say it was hard to put down really doesn’t do justice to how gripping a tale this is… aware that a ship carrying children to Canada had been torpedoed and sunk by a German vessel, I was completely unaware of the story of Lifeboat 12. The horrors they faced once the torpedo struck, the chaos that ensued as the scramble was on for the lifeboats and then the incredible story of Mary Cornish and all the others in Lifeboat 12 makes for a gripping story.” (From an Amazon review.)

 

 

MONTANA GOLD

By Janalyn Voigt

Strike it rich with Montana Gold! Escape into six heartfelt inspirational Western historical romances that will affirm your faith in love. Follow the lives and loves of an Irish family in the Wild West. Travel the Oregon Trail to Montana's gold camps and fledgling cattle ranches. Experience each vibrant story and revel in the beauty and resilience of the American West. Here's your chance to savor new love, rousing adventure, and spiritual renewal on every page. Read the Montana Gold series.

 

 

EL JIREH - THE GOD WHO PROVIDES

Compiled by Living Parables of Central Florida

Mary Dodge Allen, contributor

In A Mother’s Desperate Prayer, Mary Dodge Allen shares her struggle with guilt and despair after her son is badly burned in a kitchen accident. When we are at the end of all we have, El Jireh shows His hand. God doesn’t always give us what we want or when we want it, but He perfectly provides all we need at the right time. The stories, poems, devotions, and essays in this collection demonstrate the various and mysterious ways God is El Jireh—the God who provides—to His children.

 

 

LOVE AND ORDER: A THREE-PART OLD WEST ROMANTIC MYSTERY

By Jennifer Uhlarik

Separated as children when they were adopted out to different families from an orphan train, the Braddock siblings of Callie, Andie, and Rion have each grown up and taken on various jobs within law enforcement and criminal justice. When the hunt for a serial killer with a long history of murders reunites the brother and sisters in Cambria Springs, Colorado, they find themselves not only in a fight for justice, but also a fight to keep their newly reunited family intact. How will they navigate these challenges when further complicated by unexpected romances?

 

 

THE SWADDLING CLOTHES

By Amber Schamel

Through the ages, men have told many stories about Mary, Joseph, and the birth of the Messiah. Stories of shepherds and sheep, kings, angels, and stables. But one story no one has ever told. One story hidden in the fabric of time. The story of The Swaddling Clothes. Mentioned not once, but several times in the Scriptural text, what is the significance of these special cloths? And how did they make their way into a stable in Bethlehem? Discover a whole new adventure readers are calling "intriguing...thought provoking... a fresh twist on an age old story."

 

 

SECRETS OF EPHESUS SERIES

By Liisa Eyerly

Winner of the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award, Obedient Unto Death launches a gripping historical mystery series set in the perilous world of first-century Rome. In Fortunes of Death, fearless Christian sleuth Sabina returns—risking everything to expose murder, magic, and corruption beneath the empire’s glittering surface. With rich historical detail and powerful spiritual themes, author Liisa Eyerly delivers intrigue, danger, and hope in equal measure. Reviewer Deborah Anne raves: “Murder mystery—Intrigue—Love—Fellowship through Christ. This series has it all! Eyerly is wonderful! If you’re tired of boring—read this series! I love a good mystery!” Prepare to be hooked!

 

 

TEXAS DIVIDED

By Sherry Shindelar

Can she trust the man who ruined her life to rescue her future? Morning Fawn is determined to escape the confines of her uncle’s plantation and return to her adoptive Comanche tribe. But with each failed attempt, her hopes dwindle. The last thing she needs is help from the frontier soldier who put her there in the first place. As war rages and loyalties shift, can two wounded souls, each fighting their own battles, find freedom—and love—before it’s too late? “What a breath-holding read!” Amazon Reviewer

Ship's Cats by Nancy J. Farrier

 With Nancy J. Farrier

Photo_Wikimedia Commons

I love cats and was delighted when I stumbled across an article about a cat on a naval vessel. I hoped to find more about the early historical aspect of cats on ships, but didn’t find much. Supposedly, the Egyptians are the first seaman to include cats when they sailed. There are several famous cats. I would like to share a few of those stories with you. Some are heartwarming. Some are very sad.

Why cats on ships? Ships are known for having trouble with rats and mice. The rodents destroy food supplies and on earlier vessels they would chew through ropes endangering the crew. Cats, as a natural enemy to the rodent population, were an easy solution. Plus, they provided companionship to the crew during voyages.

Captain Matthew Flinders
Art by Toussaint Antoine
Wikimedia Commons

One of the earliest cats I read about was called Trim. Trim served under the command of Captain Matthew Flinders, an English navigator and cartographer in the early 1800’s. Trim was the first cat to circumnavigate Australia and the crew loved him almost as much as the captain did. He stayed with the captain his whole life and has been memorialized in literature and statues. One of the statues of Trim sits on a window sill in the State Library of New South Wales in Sidney.

Mrs. Chippy Memorial
Photo by Nigel Cross
Wikimedia Commons

Mrs. Chippy, a male cat, that sailed on the ship, Endurance with Shackleton, was so named because he followed the ship’s carpenter, McNeish, around like a wife. Mrs. Chippy was known for being an excellent mouser and was loved by the crew. When the Endurance became stuck in the ice, Shackleton realized the only way to save the crew was to go by lifeboat to the nearest land mass. He said the dogs and Mrs. Chippy had to remain behind. The crew was sad, but fed Mrs. Chippy her favorite sardines. Then Shackleton decided the animals were to be shot. McNeish objected, but was overruled, and his wonderful companion was killed. McNeish was the only member of the expedition denied the Polar Medal because of his insubordination. In 2004, a bronze likeness of Mrs. Chippy was commissioned and now rests on McNeish’s grave.

Tiddle by Bell Rope
Photo by Parnall
Wikimedia Commons

Tiddles was actually born aboard ship instead of being brought on board. Tiddles was known for having traveled over 30,000 miles during his time of service. He loved sitting on the aft capstan and playing with the bell rope. 

Convoy served aboard the HMS Hermione and was listed

Convoy by Beadell
Wikimedia Commons

in the ship’s log. He was treated as a member of the crew, receiving his own kit, which included a hammock where he slept. He accompanied the crew on many convoy missions, thus his name. Sadly, Convoy and 87 of the crew were killed in June 1942 when their ship was torpedoed by a German submarine.

Blackie and Winston Churchill
Photo by Capt. Horton
Wikimedia Commons

Blackie, a crew member aboard the HMS Prince of Wales, became famous during WWII. The HMS Prince of Wales carried Prime Minister Churchhill to his meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newfoundland in 1941. This was a secret meeting, however as Churchhill was leaving the ship, he bent down to pet Blackie who came to bid him farewell. Someone took a photograph that became a popular picture in the news. Blackie later survived the sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales, and was taken to Singapore. When Singapore was evacuated, Blackie could not be found. Maybe he snuck aboard another ship to go back to sea. His fate was never determined.

There are so many stories of ship’s cats that I can’t share them all. Here is a wonderful blog post about cats on US ships, with pictures of these felines. 

I don’t believe cats are allowed on board Naval vessels any more, which I find a little sad. Have you ever heard of cats aboard ships? Have you ever had a cat in a boat with you? 

Nancy J Farrier is an award-winning author who lives in Southern Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. She loves the Southwest with its interesting historical past. When Nancy isn’t writing, she loves to read, do needlecraft, play with her cats, and spend time with her family. You can read more about Nancy and her books on her website: nancyjfarrier.com.

Tobacco Brides: Slavery, Indentureship or Empowerment

Rose & Tobacco by Annette at Pixabay

by Sherry Shindelar

Free clothes, linens, and household goods, and a 50-acre plot of land that will stay yours even after you marry. That’s what the ads said. The Virginia Company knew their market. In 17th-century England, getting married wasn’t as simple as falling in love and saying, “Will you marry me? I will. And I do.” The average man and woman had to work for years to earn enough money to equip a household before they could marry. For working-class women, that could mean servitude.

Then, in 1619 -1622, the Virginia Company offered a golden opportunity. Their colony, Jamestown, was in desperate need of women. The original settlers landed along the James River in 1607, with 105 passengers and 39 crew members, all male. Hundreds of colonists sailed the North Atlantic to Jamestown in the twelve years that followed and a few women had made the journey, but the colony was still almost all male.

Smith, John, and William Hole. Virginia

The colony’s investors feared that the colony would shrivel into oblivion due to the lack of brides. Too many men came to the colony with plans of making their fortune and then traveling back to England to settle down. A few others found a wife among the Powhatans and forsook the settlement to adopt the lifestyle of the native peoples.

If Jamestown were to survive and thrive, the colony needed families. The problem was how to persuade women to make the four month journey to a place riddled with disease and conflict, with a death rate of nearly fifty percent.

The company’s treasurer came up with a plan: Offer free passage, a dowry of household goods and other essentials, and free land, land that would not be swallowed up by coverture[1] when the woman married.

Ninety women came over in 1620, and another 56 in 1621-1622. And these adventurers were free to choose the husband of their choice, preferably among the wealthy bachelors since the Virginia Company expected to be reimbursed for the expenses of the dowry goods, the passage, and the land, payment to be made in Tobacco leaves, thus the name Tobacco Brides. The amount due was 120 -150 pounds of tobacco leaves, the equivalent of approximately $5,000 in our dollars today. If the selected groom couldn’t afford such a hefty sum, he could make payments.

Perhaps it was not too unlike today’s Bachelorette Show, an eligible bachelorette being courted by an array of strangers vying for her affection and seeking to persuade her that they could be the best providers. Records show that many of the women married within three months of arrival.

John Clark Ridpath's Jamestown Brides

Some have suggested that these women were “sold,” but that is not the case. They had the option to marry whom they chose, or to not marry and return across the stormy Atlantic to England. Becoming a Tobacco Bride offered women a possibility to marry, women who, otherwise, would have had to work years to save up enough to build a dowry or would have had difficulty attracting a husband. In addition it offered land ownership independent of their husband, and much more liberal inheritance laws for women than in England. An enhanced level of independence and the opportunity to select a husband from a stable of eligible bachelors: a winning combination for the bold, desperate, and/or adventurous.

[1] Coverture was a legal practice by which a woman’s legal identity was absorbed by her husband upon marrying.

Sherry Shindelar

Originally from Tennessee, Sherry loves to take her readers into the past. A romantic at heart, she is an avid student of the Civil War and the Old West. When she isn’t busy writing, she is an English professor, working to pass on her love of writing to her students. Sherry is a multi-award-winning writer. She currently resides in Minnesota with her husband of forty years. She has three grown children and three grandchildren.

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Texas Divided

Can she trust the man who ruined her life to rescue her future?Driven by the looming expectation of becoming a proper lady, Morning Fawn is determined to escape the confines of her uncle’s plantation and return to her adoptive Comanche tribe. But with each failed attempt, her hopes dwindle. The last thing she needs is help from the frontier soldier who put her there in the first place.

Disillusioned with the Confederacy and his role in Morning Fawn’s kidnapping, Devon Reynolds returns to Texas as a Yankee spy, determined to make amends. But can two wounded souls, each fighting their own battles, find solace and love amidst the chaos of war?

On this Day…1853 Helen Magill White by Donna Schlachter

Helen Magill 1873 courtesy Wikipedia

Helen Magill was born in Providence, Rhode Island on November 28, 1853. Her parents, Edward Hicks Magill and Sarah Warner Beans Magill, later had five more daughters, raising them in a Quaker setting. As such, she was brought up to believe she could and should have the same education as a man, and indeed, she and her five sisters became college teachers.

In 1859, the family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where Helen enrolled as the only female student at Boston Public Latin School, probably because her father was submaster there, teaching French and Latin.

When Helen was 16, her father became a professor at the new Swarthmore College, founded by Quakers, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She enrolled as an undergraduate, graduating in the Class of 1873, one of five women graduating in the first graduating class at the college, along with one man. By this time, her father had been the college’s second president for two years, and he went on to serve in that position for the next 15 years.

Helen attended graduate school at Boston University, earning her doctorate in Greek in 1877. She was the first female Ph.D. in the United States. She then traveled to England, studying at the University of Cambridge. However, due to illness (she struggled with depression most of her life), she ranked only third in her 1881 honors examination at Newnham College, which she felt negatively impacted her academic career.

An interesting note here is that her dissertation, The Greek Drama, was lost until being located in her papers in the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections of Cornell University Library in 2018.

Apart from Helen, Boston University is also known for awarding other notable degrees: To Anna Oliver, the first degree to a woman in theology in the US in 1878; To Lelia Robinson, the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1881; and to Solomon Carter Fuller, the first place psychiatrist in the US. He graduated from the university’s School of Medicine in 1897, and made significant contributions to the study of Alzheimer’s disease.

Helen’s career began with serving for one year at a private school in Pennsylvania, before being recommended to organize Howard Collegiate Institute in Massachusetts in 1883. At the time, the school hosted about 40 women, and Helen hired teachers and taught college courses. She taught here until 1887.

Andrew D. White 1885 courtesy Wikipedia

Helen met her future husband, Andrew D. White, around this time while presenting a paper about her time at Newnham College. A college contemporary of Helen’s father, he had formerly served as the first president of Cornell University, His wife had died a year earlier. He encouraged her to apply as Director of Sage College for Women at Cornell, but she was hesitant because of her previous experience at Howard College and her ongoing depression.

After leaving Howard Collegiate, she taught at Evelyn College for women, an annex of Princeton University, leaving there (perhaps following a bout of depression) to teach geography at Brooklyn High School for several years. During this time, Helen kept in communication, finally marrying in 1890. They had three children together.

Helen joined her husband in St. Petersburg and Berlin where he served in diplomatic posts. She was an asset to his career, presented at both courts, and was much sought after for her understanding of architecture, sculptures, music, and literature.

When they returned to the US, she maintained a private life, choosing to keep her home and raise her children away from the public or academic spotlight.

After her husband died in 1918, and with her children grown and on their own, she lived several years abroad, returning to the US, then retiring to Kittery Point, Maine, where she died in 1944, one month shy of her 91st birthday.

While Helen’s letters and correspondence indicated she felt she could have achieved much more if she’d criticized less, there is no question that she was a brave woman who tested social norms and changed university traditions that usually excluded women. As such, we can remember her this month for making room for all of our daughters, sisters, and granddaughters in higher education.



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A hybrid author, Donna writes squeaky clean historical and contemporary suspense. She has been published more than 60 times in books; is a member of several writers' groups; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, traveling extensively for both, and is an avid oil painter. She is taking all the information she’s learned along the way about the writing and publishing process, and is coaching committed writers eager to tell their story.



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More Than Myths: What Women Actually Wore Under Their Dresses

by Kimberly Keagan


My books all take place in the Gilded Age, and I try to incorporate historical facts about events, clothing, and even weather. But not that long ago, my daughter brought me to task when one of my female characters made a quip about corsets cutting off her breath. “You know,” my daughter said, “that’s not historically accurate.”

Really? It seems like modern movies and books all depict the torture that was the corset. I’ve even seen articles in newspapers from the 1800s in which doctors claimed corsets were bad for a woman’s health. But knowing that my daughter tends to be correct more often than I’d like to admit, I did some digging.

What I discovered is that while corsets were certainly part of the expectations placed on women of the past, many of the common assumptions don’t hold up to historical fact—and the corset had many practical uses.

Before the Victorian corset, women in the Regency era wore stays—lightly boned garments with shoulder straps and a stiff busk in front. Their purpose was to support the bust and create smooth lines under high-waist gowns.

 

Corset, American or European, 1790-1810
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access) at metmuseum.org

By the mid-1800s, Joseph Cooper patented the familiar front-opening corset, making daily dressing dramatically easier. No lady needed a maid stationed behind her every morning just to lace her in—she could fasten the corset herself and then adjust the laces as needed.

And, yes, people wore corsets every day. Not just women in drawing rooms, but shopkeepers, mothers, cooks, laundresses, and factory workers. A garment that made you faint or prevented you from bending over simply wouldn’t survive real life.

One of the biggest misunderstandings about corsets comes from imagining them worn directly against the skin. That simply wasn’t the case. First came the chemise or shift—a soft cotton or linen undergarment worn against the skin to protect the corset from sweat, oils, and everyday wear. The corset was then placed over the chemise. It provided lift, posture, and the fashionable silhouette of the era—usually far gentler than modern myths suggest. Over that came a thin cotton corset cover, worn to soften boning lines, prevent snagging, and add modesty under light-colored blouses. It was practical, but often very pretty, too. 

 

 
The Chemise, American or European, 1860-61, metmuseum.org 

 

 
Corset, England, 1860, metmueseum.org 

 

 
Corset Cover, American, 1887, metmuseum.org

Contrary to modern commentary, the illusion of a tiny waist wasn’t created by an overly cinched corset, but by dramatic skirt supports. Attached to the waist or hips, these gave skirts their shape—bell forms in the 1850s and bustles in the 1870s–90s. Only after all of that did the woman’s dress go on.

Each layer had a purpose, and together they made movement—and modesty—possible. Could they leap high hurdles in their corsets? Probably not. But the idea that they couldn’t bend, breathe, or function simply isn’t accurate. Tight-lacing certainly existed, but it was unusual and widely debated even in its own day. Doctors warned against it, clergy condemned it, and newspapers wrote satirical cartoons about women who pursued extreme fashion at the expense of good sense. However, most women didn’t lace themselves anywhere near those extremes. Much like tying shoes—you tighten them enough for support, not enough to prevent walking.

And one more myth-buster: women weren’t the only ones who wore corsets. Throughout the 1800s, men often wore them to achieve the fashionable slim waist that complemented their fitted coats and trousers. Companies even advertised men’s corsets for improved posture and spinal complaints.

Understanding what women actually wore—layer by layer—gives us a clearer, kinder picture of their lives. Yes, corsets reflected the beauty standards and expectations of their time. But they were also practical, supportive garments that women lived, worked, worshiped, and raised families in. Truth be told, they were far more practical than some of the things women wear today. Like four-inch heels!

Christian Louboutin, NeimanMarcus.com

About the author:

Kimberly Keagan is a former corporate financial writer (not very romantic) who now crafts historical romances filled with strong heroines, swoon-worthy heroes, faith, and a touch of humor. Her debut novel, Perfect, released in May 2025. Go to KimberlyKeagan.com and download her free Christmas novelette!