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Marcia Clayton
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Author of The Hartford Manor Series - a heartwarming family saga set in Victorian Devon. I'm a wife, mum, and granny and my other interests include gardening, walking, floral art, and family history.
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Marcia Clayton @marciaclayton.bsky.social · Sep 1
💙📚💙 #booksky History, mystery and romance! The Hartford Manor Series is a heart-warming 19th-century family saga set in Victorian Devon.
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#historicalfiction #Victorian
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Deep in the Amazon, a mystical lion clan protects ancient secrets and healing plants. Maria Goldfield joins Lena, the clan’s leader, to stop a warlock whose intentions will destroy the rainforest and the supernatural creatures living there. bit.ly/4azGGl7
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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This time it's Max to the rescue when his best canine buddy goes missing. It will take all his skills to solve this mystery in time for everyone to be home for Christmas. #cozymystery #Audible
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Max's Holiday Rescue: A Cozy Christmas Short Story (The Talking Dog Detective Agency)
Max knows when his humans act funny--something is up. Normally, he'd team up with private investigator Nala to solve a crime. This time it's Max to the rescue when his best canine buddy goes missing. ...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Lizzie and Scarlett's first night in town ends with a man bleeding on the ice cream parlor floor.

And things only get stranger from there.

MEET ME IN MAINE

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#weekendvibes #BookSpotlight #cozymystery #holidayseason 📚💙⚡
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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I am delighted to be a finalist in #TheCoffeePotBookClub #Bookoftheyear awards!! Well done and good luck to all the other authors! #Booksky

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November 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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The incredible story of Julia Hancock. A girl who loved two men--one as her husband, the other like a brother--and those men were Lewis & Clark.
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#BlueSkyReaders #Frontier #WomensHistory #WomensFiction #AmericanHistory #AmericanFiction
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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𝑆𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑐𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑦..𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠; 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙

📔𝐶𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 1966🐾
🖊️𝑃. 𝑁𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑎 (𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑡)🐾
🖼️𝐶𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑡 1870𝑠🐾
🎨𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑐̧𝑜𝑛 (𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡)🐾
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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You get a collection of diverse and exhilarating short stories by Martha Perez. Her characters have conflicted emotions of fear, rage, boldness, and human craziness. Each chapter leaves you amused, anxious, and wanting more...

www.amazon.com/dp/B08DR53WG...
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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'Keeps you gripped with lots of twists and turns.'

Escape to 19th-century Ireland with The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series.

Books 1-9 box sets - mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets

#BooksByLornaPeel #BookSky #BookSeries #FamilySaga #Ireland #Romancelandia #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited 📚⏳ 📚💙 📚🌶️
Promotional image for "The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series" - a historical fiction series by Lorna Peel, featuring three box sets: Books 1–3, Books 4–6, and Books 7–9. The text reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets... The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series. Books 1–3 Box Set, Books 4–6 Box Set, Books 7–9 Box Set. Out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited." Each box set is shown with individual book covers. Background includes a grayscale photo of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Every story begins with a spark. From the eerie silence of Black Acres Monastery to the windswept moors, The Ghost Moth began with a single idea and a few scribbles.

🖇️ link in bio!!
📩 info@noblelegacypublisling.co.uk

#TheGhostMoth #LeslieGarland #RedGrouseTales #AuthorJourney #BritishFiction
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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💙📚💙 #booksky Sam, a tramp all his life, inherits wealth beyond his wildest dreams, but all he wants is to find Marrok, the son he abandoned at the age of five. A moving Victorian family saga.
mybook.to/TheRabbitsFoot
#bookstoread #pageturner
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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💙📚💙 #booksky The Angel Maker is set in a Devon village in Victorian times. Unmarried mother Charlotte is distraught when her aunt has her baby adopted behind her back. Will she ever see her daughter again?
mybook.to/TheAngelMaker
#pageturner #historicalfiction
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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💙📚💙 #booksky When Annie's father dies, her mother is left with 7 hungry mouths to feed. Annie, 15, is determined to keep her family from the workhouse. Will she succeed? What lengths will she go to? A gripping Victorian family saga.
mybook.to/TheMazzardTree
#Victorian #womensfiction
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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💙📚💙 #booksky Betsey: the prequel to the much-loved Hartford Manor Series. Set in 1820 in a Devon village. A little girl, lonely and abandoned, is entrusted with a secret she must carry for a lifetime.
mybook.to/Betsey
#historicalromance #romance
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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'Tudor Historical Fiction just as I like it! - Book Review

http://author.to/juditharnoppbooks

##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##HenryVIII
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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#99p #99c ebook, also in paperback audio and KU.
Astrologer Mia Caiozzi gets into deep water when asked to predict the future of the new Pope.
For fans of The Borgias and The Crown.
'bristling with intrigue'
'thoroughly captivating'
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November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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#RomanBritain
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
AD 71 northern #adventure in Britannia
The mighty Roman legions advance.
What can the Garrigill Warriors do to halt their relentless onslaught of the north?
Rad FREE with #KindleUnlimited
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November 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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SEPULCHRE BY THE SEA, a short Gothic novel based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem ANNABEL LEE. Crypts, bones, evil Angels, a maiden in distress, a disabled MC...and a love that ends in obsession and horror. Think Carl Tanzler and Elena...gulp. #kindleunlimited #gaslamp

mybook.to/annabellee
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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"One of the best books I have ever read! Almost the whole of English history, told through the eyes of generations and generations of the same family." Review

http://mybook.to/tboh

##HistoricalFiction ##medieval ##Vikikngs ##wotr ##kindle ##KU
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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My new novel, getting 5* reviews on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.

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February 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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🩸📚💙 Screams & Laughs! 📚🪐

💀Killer Compost
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🐿️SQUIRRELS
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🪱Attack of the Mutant Space Maggots
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🛸Giant Shrews from Outer Space
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#horror #sciencefiction #humor #sci-fi #readingcommunity #readersky #comedy
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Monique & Skye hiding #witch powers, seek love but can see no way to get it. Silas, a witch-vampire explains their destiny, to bring together the witch and #vampire worlds. (18+ adult)

On Audible adbl.co/4jKlk8B

Free on KU

USA amzn.to/3LfkG48

UK amzn.to/3WfNSOT

#booksky
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Warren Beauchamp doesn't realize he's dead. With the help of the angel, Floyd, Warren must fix mistakes he made in order to move on. I'LL BE GHOSTING YOU by Dawn Colclasure is a novel about the enduring power of love, forgiveness and faith. Available in print & ebook.
www.amazon.com/Ill-Ghosting...
I'll Be Ghosting You
I'll Be Ghosting You - Kindle edition by Colclasure, Dawn, Horgan, Jennifer. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading I'll Be Ghosting You.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Abstract Apple Dragon Organic Tee

If you like your videos, short, filled with great doodle inspired Dragon T Shirt ideas, accompanied by some cool musical vibes, then this one just might be for you.

#shorts #shortvideo #youtube #fashion #clothing #drawing #art #youtube #youtubeshorts #shirt #fun
A slide from my latest You Tube video presenting a male model wearing a T Shirt in Black and a T Shirt in white featuring the design – Abstract Apple Dragon Organic Tee. This hand drawn doodle inspired ‘Abstract Apple Dragon' design, show cases a fun cartoonish Dragon wanting an apple. Made from 100% organic cotton, this lightweight tee features a classic fit and impeccable quality. Perfect for adding a touch of artistic flair to your everyday look. Design aided via the Background Remover and colour filter options within Canva.com Mockups created in Placeit.net for inspiration only with accurate design placement on products in my Fourthwall store- catrionarobetsphotographyanddesignstoo.com Click on link in the channel bio to discover more about this fab unisex T Shirt. I combined all elements to create this video (including text, shapes, animation, layering and transparency options) using the video editor in canva.com Music track for this video provided within the You Tube Library. Click link in the main post to view to the video.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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lornapeel.bsky.social
In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman cross paths, sparking a forbidden love that defies society's judgments.

Amazon - mybook.to/ascarletwoman
Other Retailers - books2read.com/AScarletWoman

#BooksByLornaPeel #HistoricalRomance #Romancelandia #Romance #BookSky 📚⏳ 📚💙 📚🌶
Promotional image for the historical romance novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series family saga. The image shows the book cover on a tablet, featuring a woman with dark hair, wearing a pearl necklace and white dress with a pink-ribbon, and a photograph of 19th-century Dublin below her. The text reads: “A Scarlet Woman – The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Book One. Discover how it all began! Kindle, Paperback, Kindle Unlimited.” The background is a soft peach colour.
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM