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Have You Walked A Mile In My Shoes?

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Thank you to Goodreads for a copy of Home Front by Kristin Hannah.   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review.   Kristin Hannah explores what it is like for a women to go over to the war in Iraq.   What is the impact on their family?   What is her relationship like with her husband?   How will her children fare while she is gone?    Or the real question who is the community that she can count on in this story? Facebook        Instagram      Goodreads “Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life ― children, careers, bills, chores ― even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then a deployment sends Jolene deep into harm's way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a solider, she has always understood the true me...

Spotlight: The Tsarina's Legacy by Jennifer Laam

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Photo Credited by Channa Vance Welcome to Jennifer Laam to Writer's Corner.  She is sharing her novel The Tsarina's Legacy. Then... Grigory "Grisha" Potemkin has had a successful long association with the powerful Empress Catherine of Russia. But Catherine and Grisha are older now and face new threats, both from powers outside of Russia and from those close to them. Haunted by the horrors of his campaign against the Muslim Turks, Grisha hopes to construct a mosque in the heart of the empire. Unfortunately, Catherine's much younger new lover, the ambitious Platon Zubov, stands in his way. Grisha determines that to preserve Catherine's legacy he must save her from Zubov's dangerous influence and win back her heart. Now... When she learns she is the lost heiress to the Romanov throne, Veronica Herrera's life turns upside down. Dmitry Potemkin, one of Grisha's descendants, invites Veronica to Russia to accept a ceremonial position as Russia...