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Valley Memories

Author Marion Garbien Marchetto (a member of Polish Falcons Nest 208) was born and raised in the Lower Naugatuck Valley, a direct descendent of Polish immigrants who settled there. In Valley Memories, she reprises her news column of the same name and adds additional memories of her childhood growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. To give perspective...

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Hidden Secrets of 201 Atwater

When Max Milionas inherits his family home at 201 Atwater Street in New Haven, Connecticut, he is determined to sell it as soon as possible. However, he and his wife quickly discover that the residence has a history that is begging to be told.With the house itself as narrator, author Marion Marchetto weaves an enchanting tale set in one of New...

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Stairway To My Heart (The Bridgewater Chronicles Book 1)

From the series: The Bridgewater Chronicles

From the moment Cordelia Conner is born in New York in 1890, her seamstress mother vows her daughter’s life will be far better than hers. She dreams that one day, her daughter will become a lady of quality and marry a wealthy man—and she is prepared to dedicate her life to make it happen. Hundreds of miles away, young Kevin Newkirk is growing up...

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Series

Coming Home To Love (Second Chance At Love Book 1)
Knight To Love: Marlena’s Story (Second Chance At Love Book 2)

Second Chance At Love

The sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious hijinks of three ladies of a certain age as they work through a lifetime full of adventures with some second chance romances.

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New Audiobook Available So happy to announce that The Legend of Honeysuckle

So happy to announce that The Legend of Honeysuckle Hill is now available as an audio book.

Available exclusively on Amazon.com.

Now you can sit back and listen to the hijinks of the inhabitants of the tavern as they pass through the doors of this old yet revitalized piece of history. For the romantics, there is the love story of Lillianoah and her Pootatuck brave that carries through the centuries.


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Now Reading.... At the moment, I am reading All The Forgivenesses by

At the moment, I am reading All The Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger.

Synopsis: Set in Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, this exquisite debut...

Can you hear me now? I am so pleased to tell you that Hidden Secrets of 201

I am so pleased to tell you that Hidden Secrets of 201 Atwater is now available as an AUDIO BOOK!

Exclusively available through Amazon.com

I hope this will be more convenient for...

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Book Review: Fear Itself by Bette Bono Fear Itself by Bette

Fear Itself by Bette Bono

Synopsis: After a threat at her home, retired teacher Aggie May drives through a blizzard to return to the Lodge, the quiet retirement village that serves as a meeting place for a group of senior time travelers who solve mysteries from the past. She reconnects with Lodge director Abe Irving and other friends and is soon involved in a new mission. The source for the mission is Chaya Reese, an elderly woman who escaped Nazi Germany as a child when her parents put her on...

Book Review: The Better Angels by Bette Bono The Better Angels by Bette

The Better Angels by Bette Bono

Synopsis: Aggie May, newly and unhappily retired from teaching, fears dementia when she begins to see visions from the past, like a 1950s-era Super Constellation at JFK airport and World War II soldiers at Grand Central Terminal. Then she gets a recruitment visit from Abe Irving of the American Association of Remarkable Persons (“the other AARP”) who explains she has developed the ability to travel through time. Soon Aggie joins other “Remarkables” on a mission...

The Finder's Tales: Marco (BOOK REVIEW) The Finder's Tales: Marco by

The Finder's Tales: Marco by Tiffany Jo Howell is an enchanting young adult story. Imagine an eleven year old boy making a living from his fishing boat in the Caribbean. On a happy, sun-filled day he is out on his boat when suddenly...he isn't. He's been kidnapped, or captured, or something but he finds himself waking up to a strange man (at least that's what he believes). The 'man' introduces himself to the boy Marco and informs the lad that he is on his way to his new home on a faraway...