Today, fellow author C.L. Bush is stopping by to talk
about her latest book !
Hello! Thanks for having me.
My pleasure! Let me ask a few questions since
you're here...
All right.
Sure! The latest book is the final in the 2nd trilogy in my
Historical Mystery Romance series. It covers the finale of what happens after
the trial of Simon Tucker, who is accused of murdering his friend who has been
missing for two years since the battle for the capital on the war of 1812.
Simon has been accused and had his pretrial hearing and is now sitting in a
jail cell, his health failing in his quest to prove his innocence.
His love interest is Lucy Livingston, cousin to one of the leads in the
first trilogy. She believes his innocence and wants to save him and have a life
with him. Along with her family, they are trying to find clues to who actually
committed the murder. In this book she ends up in a precarious situation but
everything regarding the mystery is resolved.
It released on August 30th on Amazon Kindle.
So, what inspired you to write this book? How did you get into historical mystery romance?
My husband is in the military and has had experience with PTSD. I
wanted to take a historical drama and include the elements of PTSD and how it
was viewed in a different time period, before the world wars.
I did a lot of research, much of which is included in my author’s
notes at the end of the books, and found out some interesting facts on how
soldiers were viewed as inherently violent to their core back then. PTSD didn’t
really have a name back then and was viewed as weakness. This plays a part in
how the trial progresses and the viewpoints regarding Simon’s innocence or
guilt.
Wow! It's fascinating where the muse takes us.
Tell us...what, do you feel, sets your book apart from other books in the genre?
Mine is a mix of mystery and drama. A series of a family that you can follow as they find their place and love, as well as solving some great mysteries along the
way. My series is for those that love a good mystery and love story, in a time
that isn’t their own. For those that dream of excitement and love.
Nice!
A day later, Laurie
knew he couldn’t put off work any longer. The mining operation, now missing
Simon and having been left in the hands of the foreman, was sadly lacking in
attention. It had been a month since he had been out there and he had only kept
up with the goings on via messages.
He leaned down and kissed Franny on the forehead as he
breathed in her scent. It had changed with her pregnancy, becoming earthier.
Smiling, he made his way downstairs for a quick breakfast.
Thompson met him at the breakfast room with the morning
mail.
“Thank you, Thompson. I will be riding out today. Please
inform Gerring to saddle Markum.”
“Right away, sir.”
Once the dour butler had exited the room Laurie took the
time to go through his post. Issues with the land he was trying to buy that
abutted the mining operation and his own property were not going well. The
thousand acres would greatly increase the farming yield, but he wanted it more
so because he felt there was more to mine on that acreage than what he had now.
Knowing it was something he would have to deal with soon, he
put it at the back of his mind to ponder as he rode.
Markum was saddled and ready to go. At eighteen hands he was
a huge animal; his black coat shining in the meager sunlight of the day, his
muscles only hinting of his ability for speed and maneuvering. He was an
amazing beast and Laurie thanked the stars for the day he had found him at
market.
He mounted and made his way across the back lawn. Normally,
he rode this way with Simon, but today he felt lonely. Opting not to take a
groom, he knew it wouldn’t take long to get to the mines, and he longed for
some peace and quiet to ponder all that was going on.
Ten minutes in, he came upon the meadow and allowed Markum
his head. The river ran to his right with the waterwheel that ran the pump for
the mines about a mile downstream. He would be there in a few minutes’ time,
but he wanted Markum to get some of his restlessness out before they got to the
mine. The feeling of the wind in his face and the animal moving beneath him was
freeing.
He slowed him as he came within half a mile of the mill, not
wanting to scare anyone by riding up like a bat out of hell. The feeling of
peace buoyed him as he made the last bit at a walk on Markum.
That feeling of peace lasted only as long as it took for the
arrow to fly by his face and lodge in the tree next to him.
Markum reared but Laurie, ever the trained horsemen, managed
to keep his seat. He whipped around looking for the assailant and saw some
fluttering of leaves over in the direction of the river.
Pressing himself low over his horse, Laurie galloped towards
the spot he saw movement and broke through the bushes to find the river just
twenty feet in front of him. Looking up and down the bank he saw no one.
“Damn.”
Making his way back through the brush and hurrying along to
the safety of others, he saw footprints. The river had risen with the rains of
a few days ago and when it had receded it had left the earth damp.
The clear imprint of footprints led directly into the river.
With nothing further to go on and his safety now a concern,
Laurie kicked Markum into a canter and headed for the mine.
Sounds intriguing!
I’m currently working
on an adaptation of a very popular book (that was turned into a movie several
times over), that takes place prior to the Revolutionary war. I won’t say the
movie, but the title will be Alice and
Uncas. I am about halfway through writing it now and I expect it to be
released before Christmas.
Great! Sounds like a fascinating tale!
Thanks so much for
stopping by to tell us about A Vindicated Heart, C.L.!
Thank you for allowing me to visit, Marie!
Readers, you'll just have to pick up a copy of this romance mixed with a good dose of historical background and mystery!
Here is the blurb for A Vindicated Heart.
Rotting away in a jail cell is
dangerous to a man’s health. So is being on trial for murder. Simon Tucker’s
health is diminishing as it seems the world is colluding against him. The
evidence is stacking up-not in his favor-and his future is looking bleaker and
bleaker.
Lucy Livingston and her family
are not standing idly by and letting the man she loves be convicted of a murder
he didn’t commit.
But when sleuthing turns deadly
and an old, unexpected foe turns up, Lucy is put into a situation that could
change everything – and possibly cost her life in exchange.
About the Author:
C. L. Bush started
reading at a young age. Since then, she has voraciously read all she could get
her hands on. With a degree in Business and another in Marketing, as well as
being the mother of two boys and three grown stepdaughters and the wife of a
soldier in the U.S. Army, her life is busy, but she has always kept her love of
reading and writing. History is also a passion of hers and she regularly goes
on trips with her family to experience it firsthand.
Embarking on a new historical mystery series,
Fire In My Heart, she also has a successful coloring book series, I F*cking
Love Coloring.
Check out all her books now and follow her here
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Author Links:
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Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/C.-L.-Bush/e/B017OA7HV8
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