Historical

THE BREADWINNERS by Jan Hurst-Nicholson
Genre: Historical fiction/Family Saga Amazon.com

When an ambitious young immigrant opens a bakery in competition with his vengeful former employer it is the beginning of a bitter rivalry that spans three generations.

It is New Year’s Eve 1924 and Charles McGill is devastated when the woman he loves announces her engagement to Lucas Connelly, his friend and co-worker.  Charles drowns his sorrow in drink and seduces the unattractive daughter of a wealthy businessman. When she finds she is pregnant her father offers to set up the penniless Charles with his own bakery if he will marry her. Charles agrees and the two men draw up a contract. It is the beginning of a battle for supremacy between Charles, Lucas, and Miles Davenport, their former employer. 


ANA MARTIN by J.L. Jarvis
Genre: Historical Romance  Amazon.com

On the eve of revolution, a young woman fights for land, liberty, and the man she loves.

A stranger appears on Ana’s doorstep, summoned by her father before his untimely death. Eduardo Guerra Peña remains by her side to settle the indebted estate. When Ana boards a train bound for her uncle's vast hacienda, Eduardo is there to see her safely to her new home in northern Mexico.

Eduardo's passionate ideals set him at odds with the Mexican government as his writings fuel a revolution and draw Ana closer. But it is Carlos Barragan, the dashing freedom fighter who touches her soul, setting Ana Martin on a journey that will test her strength and forge her destiny.



WATERMARKS by J.L. Jarvis
Genre: Historical Romance  Amazon.com

Ordinary hearts with extraordinary passion fight to survive clashing classes, forbidden love, and the flood of the century.

Maggie MacLaren longs to leave her hometown, even if she must quell her attraction to rugged steelworker, Jake O'Neill. When Andrew Adair walks into Maggie's library, he sweeps her into his world of wealth and power, where dreams seem possible. However, Andrew's world is not all it appears to be.

High above town, reclusive young widow Allison Kimball arrives at her wealthy family's mountain home to find tucked into her carpetbag a love letter. So begins a series of secret epistles and trysts. Their poignant love story unfolds to reveal a truth that will tear them from their world and each other.