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A Shocking & Unnatural Incident
Tess, Beany and Lucy live near the same sleepy canal but couldn’t be more different. Tough girl Tess is the daughter of a drunken handyman, Beany the timid daughter of a runaway slave, and Lucy the ambitious daughter of a wealthy abolitionist. It’s no surprise their goals and personalities clash. Their drive for personal freedom—tinged with revenge—leads to terror on the towpath. Read more
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Wixumlee Is My Salvation
Tess Riley is not the bold young woman she was a month ago. After a brutal fight with slave catchers, Tess, her brother Cooper and Beany struggle to survive in Buffalo, New York, the Erie Canal’s lawless last stop. When a formidable woman named Wixumlee kidnaps Beany, Tess and Lucy become entangled in the bold slave rescues of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Read more
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Beau Mass at Stop 99
Beau Maas grew up in the Kentucky slave trade and still makes his living stealing people. He wants Beany, a beautiful young woman of color. He’ll even take prickly Lucy, since some men like feisty females. Tess turns the hunter into the hunted when she clashes with Maas to free her friends from captivity in a Louisville fancy house. Read more
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Meet the Characters
...who make the Canal Tales Series a saga for all ages. Read more
Don’t Sabotage Your Submission: best book
Don’t Sabotage Your Submission by Chris Roerden is the most informative, helpful book I’ve read about writing. A revamping of the award-winning Don’t Murder Your Mystery, the book offers 230 positive examples of effective techniques to save your manuscript from turning up dead on arrival. First-screeners... Read more
