Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Moccasin Trace By- Hawk MacKinney Giveaway


Title- Moccasin Trace
By- Hawk MacKinney
Genre- Historical Romance
Published By- ArcheBooks Publishing
Publication Date- March 2014

Blurb-
… it was about the land…a tale of love and loss and hope…

Hamilton Ingram looked out across the fertile Georgia bottomlands that were Moccasin Hollows, seeing holdings it had taken generations of Ingrams to build.  No drop of slave sweat ever shed in its creation.  It was about the land…his trust, his duty to preserve it for the generation of Ingrams to come…

It is July of 1859, a month of sweltering dog days and feverish emotional bombast.  Life is good for widower Rundell Ingram and his Hazel-eyed, roan-haired son, Hamilton.  Between the two of them, they take care of Moccasin Hollows, their rustic dogtrot ancestral home, a sprawling non-slave plantation in the rolling farming country outside Queensborough Towne in east Georgia.  Adjoining Ingram lands is Wisteria Bend, the vast slave-holding plantation of Andrew and Corinthia Greer, their daughter Sarah, and son Benjamin.

Both families share generations of long-accepted traditions, and childhood playmates are no longer children.  The rangy, even-tempered Norman-Scottish young Hamilton is smitten with Sarah, who has become an enticing capricious beauty—the young lovers more in love with each passing day, and only pleasant times ahead of them.

But a blood tide of war is sweeping across the South, a tide that might be impossible to stand before.

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About the Author-
With postgraduate degrees and faculty appointments in several medical universities, Hawk MacKinney has taught graduate courses in both the United States and Jerusalem. In addition to professional articles and texts on chordate neuroembryology, Hawk has authored several works of fiction.

Hawk began writing mysteries for his school newspaper. His works of fiction, historical love stories, science fiction and mystery-thrillers are not genre-centered, but plot-character driven, and reflect his southwest upbringing in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. Moccasin Trace, a historical novel nominated for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, the IPPY, and the Writers Notes Book Award, details the family bloodlines of his serial protagonist in the Craige Ingram Mystery Series… murder and mayhem with a touch of romance. Vault of Secrets, the first book in the Ingram series, was followed by Nymrod Resurrection, Blood and Gold, and The Lady of Corpsewood Manor. All have received national attention.  Walking the Pet is Hawk’s latest release in the Ingram series with another mystery-thriller work scheduled for release in 2014. The Bleikovat Event, the first volume in The Cairns of Sainctuarie science fiction series, was released in 2012. Its sequel, The Missing Planets, will be released late 2014.

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Giveaway-
$25 Amazon Gift Card


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26 comments:

  1. Sounds like a very interesting read! Thanks for the blurb and the giveaway!!! :)

    entered as Alisha Sienkiel

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    1. Hope you enjoyed the blurb AND the read -
      Hawk MacKinney
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  2. I love books set in the 1800's!
    -Jamie

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    1. It was a fun genre/setting/characters to write about - enjoy the read -

      Hawk MacKinney

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  3. Sounds interesting, thank you for the chance to win :)

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    1. You're welcome - thanx for dropping by with a comment -

      Hawk MacKinney

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  4. I was too curious about what chordate neuroembryology was but I couldnt find any answers when I googled it lol

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    1. Good question since you were curious enough & wanted to know...
      CHORDATE = animals with backbones
      NEUROEMBRYOLOGY = embryological development of the central nervous system(s), i.e. brain(s} & spinal cords
      Enjoy the read -

      Hawk MacKinney
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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    1. Hope you enjoy the read - thanx for dropping by, commenting -
      Hawk MacKinney

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  6. This book sounds interesting. I like the storyline. Thanks for the chance!

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    1. Hope you enjoy the read - I enjoyed delving into the storyline -
      Hawk MacKinney

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  7. Thank you for hosting the trade paperback release of my historical romance title, Moccasin Trace. For my readers who follow the Craige Ingram Mystery Series, Moccasin Trace, set during the Civil War, provides the Scottish-Normandr bloodlines and background of protagonist SEAL/PI Craige Ingram in the Ingram present-day thriller/mystery series. Moccasin Trace is available in hardback and Kindle.

    Hawk MacKinney
    www.hawkmackinney.net

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  8. You're welcome & hope you enjoy the read -
    Hawk MacKinney

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  9. I love historical romances but have read much Americana HRs. Moccasin Trace sound very intriguing.

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    1. In many ways Moccasin Trace intrigues with promises carried through in the Ingram Mystery Series - the effect of family traditions down thru the generations. Hope you enjoy the read -

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  10. I like historical books! Adding this one to my reading list!

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    1. Historical settings can add a lot of the unspoken to characters' interactions - hope you enjoy the read -
      Hawk MacKinney

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  11. I love historical books. Like the review.

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    1. I love the cover & enjoyed the review - very considerate & timely of Deal Sharing Aunt to make sure it got posted - thank U -
      Hawk MacKinney
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  12. Historical books are awesome! This one sounds pretty great! :D

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    1. Being a history lover, I enjoyed the writing - hope you enjoy the read -
      Hawk MacKinney
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  13. Thank you for the giveaway and your great looking book!!

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    1. You're welcome & thank U - I really like what my publisher did with the cover - enjoy -
      Hawk MacKinney
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  14. So loving the cover and story line of your book, but that cover is great very different then alot of books, and thank you for the giveaway

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  15. Looking forward to The Missing Planets - congrats on all your success.

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