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Songbird Under a German Moon


In stores NOW! I loved writing this story and now I’m thrilled to be sharing it with you. Songbird Under a German Moon is available in your local bookstore, Wal-Mart and everywhere you shop on-line! You can also pick up a copy at my website! Oh, and while you’re there, be sure to enter the What Era? contest I’m running during the blog tour (March 19th through April 2nd) for Songbird Under a German Moon.

To enter the What Era? contest leave a comment on this post or send an email through my website connect page and answer this question: What era in history do you wish you’d lived in and why? You could win one of three signed copies of Songbird Under a German Moon!

You can also earn extra entries by signing up for my quarterly newsletter here, become a Fan on Facebook, or tweet about the contest on Twitter (use hashtag #songbird)

The idea for Songbird was born when an editor at Summerside asked if I’d be interested in writing a retro, historical novel. The first idea that popped into my mind was a story I’ve been wanting to write for a while about USO singers. Ever since I started researching WWII I wanted to write about the entertainers who risked their lives to bring a little joy to the soldiers. I knew I wanted it to be in Germany after the end of the war.

Here’s the synopsis: The year is 1945. The war is over and 21-year-old Betty Lake has been invited to Europe to sing in a USO tour for American soldiers who now occupy Hitler’s Germany. The first nights performance is a hit. Betty becomes enthralled with the applause, the former Nazi-held mansion they’re housed in and the attention of Frank Witt, the US Army Signal Corp Photographer. Yet the next night this songbird is ready to fly the coop when Betty’s dear friend, Kat, turns up missing.

Betty soon realizes Franks photographs could be the key to finding Kat. Betty and Frank team up against post-war Nazi influences and the two lovebirds’ hearts may find the answers…in each other.

But will they have a chance for their romance to sing? The truth will be revealed under a German moon.

And be sure to download the discussion guide and read an excerpt here!

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  4. 1860s, as that is the time of little house on the prairie series, and I was pulled into that time era. “Laura” was so wonderful describing the times and scenes. The Long Winter had snow almost to the tops of the houses. I was reading it in July, and expected to see snow drifts outside. Sign of a great writer!
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  5. I’ve always been drawn to the 1940s. I love reading about that time in history. I’m not sure if I’d want to live during the time of a World War but I do find it fascinating.

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  8. Regency or middle ages…The clothes say it all! Plus, who wouldn’t want a dashing duke, or prince to fall in love with them? Plus, I’ve loved Jane Austen ever since I was in High School. Middle Ages are awesome just because of the castles and knights and kings, and jousting tournaments. Chaucer kinda got me into it all with his Canterbury Tales. (which most people find dull, but I’m a Lit nerd!)

    I’m a subscriber and fan on facebook!

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  10. I would like to live in the 50’s in a Beaver Cleaver like family. Life seemed so much more simpler then.

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  11. I signed up for your newsletter

    I am a Facebook Fan

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  14. I would love to have lived (at least temporarily…modern times are probably best) in the 1880’s. I would love to have worn the long gowns and ride in a horse and buggy.
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  16. I have always loved the 1860’s. I don’t know if I would like to live during that time – it was a hard time, children died, but I love the simplitiy of the time.

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  17. thanks for this lovely givveaway. Your book sounds captivating and wonderful. The era I would have enjoyed experiencing would have been the regency era. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  18. I’d like to have lived during the turn of the century-late 1890s, in NYC. It was such a gentle time, so cultured, so polite. Of course I would have like to have been wealthy then.

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  19. I always hated history until the 11th grade in high school when I had a wonderful American history teacher, and I have loved the colonial days through the American Revolution ever since. But my Dad served in World War II, so I’m also interested in that period. I’m looking forward to reading your book, Tricia.

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  20. I would have to pick the Regency Period. I signed up for your newsletter and became a fan on Facebook.

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  22. The era I am interested in researching right now is the early 20th century. I would like to know what it was like for my grandparents and maybe find answers to family mysteries. Also I would observe the great migrations from Europe to Argentina where I grew up. So it would help to go back in time and live in that world.

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  23. I’m excited for your new book! I have read your other novels and really enjoyed them.

    I would have liked to live in the American West in the Post-Civil War era. Although it would certainly not be an easy time, it would have been fascinating to live in the West and to observe the interactions between different people, especially those coming from the Reconstruction in the South.

    I also subscribed to your newsletter.

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  24. I truly think I have had a past life in the Victorian era…I love reading books set in that time period(Anne Perry) and feel like I could move right in. Thanks.

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  26. Sounds like a good story. That time period held a lot of changes for women and the country.
    It is really hard to decide which time period/era I’d like to live in. I am curious about so many. I might choose the post Civil War period to early 1900’s. I guess that would basically be Victorian for the most part. It was a time of expansion, change and widening opportunities for women. It was also a time where much of the country was still opening for settlement, so the pioneer spirit was thriving. Advances were being made in medicine, transportation, and in many other areas. A lot to experience and be a part of.

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  30. This book sounds great! About the era….hmm….I think the 1950’s would be a good era. People seemed to be happy over all. God, church, were still the norm for families. Life was slower, not so fast-paced.

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  33. I have always been intrigued by the Pioneer/Wild West days. Some of my favorite books are set in those times. To be some of the first people to settle in the American West would’ve truly been an adventure!

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  36. I would have luved to raise my children during the 1950’s!

    Every decade has it’s pros & cons, however, this seemed to be more of a simplistic time to me.

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  37. Your book sounds wonderful!

    I would like to have lived in the 60’s! They had fun music and clothes, and it always looks so exciting in movies, like “Hairspray” haha!

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  39. I’ve always wanted to live in the early 1800’s. The early years of the United States and all of the culture of that time just fascinate me.

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  40. What era in history do you wish you’d lived in and why?

    I could find a reason to live in any era! I love history! I think, right now, my heart goes to the Civil War Era…I have a thing about slavery and would love to have been one to help along the underground railroad!

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  42. I love history and think the Victorian era must have been lovely and romantic, except that I am quite attached to indoor plumbing (especially the loo), air-conditioning (especially here in south Florida), and the miracles of modern medicine (without which I might not be here today)…so I guess THIS is my favorite era.

    Blessings!

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  45. I love reading about the civil war era, but wouldn’t want to have lived back then. I’m afraid I love all of the modern conveniences we have today and all of the technology.
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  46. I think I would like to live in the 1920’s with the flappers. It just seems like an era when women were beginning to explore their independence.
    This book sounds great and I would love the chance to win and read it:)
    email bangersis(at)msn(dot)com
    Thanks!

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