historical Archives - Derinda Babcock

Nov 20, 2020 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: Christmas short story, contemporary, Destiny series, historical, Hunting for Destiny, novella, Voices from the Past

Celebrating: Hunting for Destiny and “Voices from the Past” finish the Destiny series. In Dodging Destiny, Book 1, readers meet Lexie Logan, the Bells, Johnsons, and Wests. In Search of Destiny, Book 2, follows the lives of the people Lexie leaves behind in the nineteenth century. Josephine “Josie” and her twin, Annie, meet the Bells and Sean West while traveling the Oregon Trail. Olivia Aubry meets Jonathan in Oregon after the Civil War. The female Bell, Johnson, and West descendants solve the mystery of who Lexie Logan is and why their folks are so secretive about her in Hunting for…

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Apr 21, 2016 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: Civil War, decisions, destiny, dodging, historical, in search of, Lexie Logan, nineteenth century, novel, Oregon Trail

In Search of Destiny: Book Two in the Destiny Trilogy If you read Dodging Destiny, did you wonder what happened to the people Lexie Logan left behind in the nineteenth century? I did. Originally, Dodging Destiny was written to be a stand-alone novel, but all of my beta-readers told me I couldn’t stop with the first novel. They wanted to know what happened to the characters when the Civil War broke out. They wondered how Lexie’s experience changed her after she returned to the twenty-first century. I listened and began to research. Book Two, In Search of Destiny, is now available for…

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Dec 18, 2013 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: Christmas, Civil War, historical, pioneer, PTSD

A Christmas Promise and Soldier’s Heart by Tamera Lynn Kraft Tamera Lynn Kraft has always loved adventures. She loves to write historical fiction because there are so many stories in history. Soldier’s Heart and A Christmas Promise are her first published works. Tamera has recently celebrated her thirty-fourth anniversary with her loving husband, Rick. She has two grown and married children and two grandchildren. Tamera has been a children’s pastor for over 20 years. She is the leader of a ministry called Revival Fire For Kids where she mentors other children’s leaders, teaches workshops, and is a children’s ministry consultant and children’s evangelist. She…

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