It’s done! Rose of Anzio Book One ~Moonlight is now available on Amazon in both Kindle version and Paperback! I released this book on January 22. In time, you will all know the significance of that date. Some of you may have guessed it already. One thing I want to do is to use this story to support charitable causes related this book. Book One
Michigan Avenue Bridge 1940
Last week, someone said this about the cover of Book One-Moonlight: “Your Your book blurbs says the story is in Chicago 1940. Why isn’t your cover a picture of Chicago? Looks like a picture of some exotic city.” Ahhh…but the book cover of Moonlight does show Chicago. It is a view of Michigan Avenue Bridge circa
Chicago Weather, May 13, 1940
Anthony Ardley got out of the car, said goodbye to his friend who had driven him, and walked toward his home. It was only the end of May, still early in the summer, but the Chicago heat had already started to swell. He didn’t mind though. With the heat, his summer vacation had begun. — Rose of Anzio ~ Moonlight, Chapter 1 Since I was writing a fiction novel, many situations and details in Rose of Anzio were purely created from my imagination. Yet, I did try to be as authentic as I could to recreate the world during the time when the story occurred. Chicago is known for its smoldering summers. In my
Chicago 1940
Rose of Anzio ~ Moonlight begins in the summer of 1940 in Chicago. Back then, the Chicago Board of Education produced a short film about this city, which gives a visual glimpse of the world at that time. When I wrote the story, I imagined Anthony and Tessa’s presence everywhere in these footage. [kad_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JzD9oYLVzY” ] Featured photo courtesy of https://chuckmanchicagonostalgia.wordpress.com/ Subscribe in a reader
Welcome to the Rose of Anzio Blog
If you are feeling nostalgic. If you would like to immerse yourself in a story that takes you back in time. Back to a time when love transcended a world that was crumbling down. And love was the only thing left when all hope was gone. You’ve come to the right place. Welcome to the Rose of Anzio blog. This blog is dedicated to the Rose of Anzio series, a WWII epic love story about Tessa Graham, a strong-willed young woman who refuses to let the events of war dictate the course of her fate, and Anthony Ardley, an upright young man who must fight to hold on to faith as war slashes away at his moral core and takes away all hope. I started writing Rose of Anzio a little over a year ago. The series comprises of four books, all of which are already written and completed. Book One ~ Moonlight official release date January 22, 2016 Book Two ~ Jalousie Available now on Amazon Book Three ~ Desire Available now on Amazon Book Four ~ Remembrance target release date October 2016 To give you further insights into what life was like for our characters, I will be sharing in this blog many fascinating historical facts and anecdotes about 1940s Chicago, where Book One – Moonlight takes place, and the American Army’s experience during the Battle of Anzio as well as the Allies’ campaign from Italy up to Southern France. The topics I will blog about will mainly be details, people, incidents, and events that provided the historical backdrop to parts of my story or inspired particular scenes. I will try to update by blog weekly. I hope you will enjoy my blog posts as well as the story itself. From time to time, I will also share videos and photos on this blog or on my Author’s Facebook Page. You can also like my author’s Facebook Page and arrange your settings to receive notifications when I announce updates to my blog posts. If you are a history lover and would like to follow my posts, you can subscribe to this blog via the RSS Feed on the right column on this page. If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact me and drop me a note. See you next time! Subscribe in a reader