SYNOPSIS
From a childhood of parental loss, religious repression, and sexual shaming, Katie Thompson suffers deep wounds and persistent self-doubt. Her desire to find meaning through education and a career is threatened by those who push her to conform to a more traditional path. In her desperate search for love, Katie makes disastrous choices about men, leading her to the brink of self-destruction. Her journey through Katie, Bar the Door is the universal quest for healing and hope as she struggles to save herself and her dreams.
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Southern Minnesota, August 1862. Smoke fills the horizon and blood soaks the prairie as the Sioux fight to drive white settlers from their ancestral homeland. Sarah Wakefield and her young son and baby daughter are fleeing for their lives when two warriors capture them. One is Hapa, who intends to murder them. The other is Chaska, an old acquaintance who promises to protect the family. Chaska shelters them in his mother’s tepee, but with emotions running so high among both Indians and whites, the danger only intensifies. As she struggles to protect herself and those she loves, Sarah is forced to choose between doing what others expect of her and following her own deep beliefs.
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As a clever girl in stodgy, mercantile Baltimore, Betsy Patterson dreams of a marriage that will transport her to cultured Europe. When she falls in love with and marries Jerome Bonaparte, she believes her dream has come true—until Jerome’s older brother Napoleon becomes an implacable enemy.
Based on a true story, The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte is a historical novel that portrays this woman’s tumultuous life. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, known to history as Betsy Bonaparte, scandalized Washington with her daring French fashions; visited Niagara Falls when it was an unsettled wilderness; survived a shipwreck and run-ins with British and French warships; dined with presidents and danced with dukes; and lived through the 1814 Battle of Baltimore. Yet through it all, Betsy never lost sight of her primary goal—to win recognition of her marriage.
Exerpt One: Their First Dance
Except Two: At the President’s Mansion
Excerpt Three: Stalked by British Warships
Excerpt Four: On the Way to Niagara
Excerpt Five: Shipwreck
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Ruth Hull Chatlien 
Congrats on the cover- love to read an excerpt- !
Thanks. I’ll start posting excerpts next week. Check back!
Congratulations and long life to your continuing career!
Thank you.
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Dear Ms Chatlien, I came across your name and it piqued my interest. You see my favorite high school teacher was Mrs. Chatlien who taught sophomore English literature. She always wore dresses or long skirts . She wore glasses and had red hair. By the end of the school year she confided in her class that she had alopecia and that she wore a wig and had to pencil in her eyebrows. She chose me as her student helper to correct papers and help her record grades. I was very shy and this privilege made me have more confidence in myself. I will always remember her with gratitude and great affection. Do you know if she was related to you? Very sincerely, Robin Langley
Dear Robin,
Yes, I do know Mrs. Emilie Chatlien. She’s my mother-in-law. I’m so glad to hear that she had such a positive influence on your life. You may be surprised to know that she is still alive; in fact, she celebrated her 94th birthday last Monday.
I will tell her that I heard from you when I see her at Easter.
Ruth
I love both covers. They are so different and show each is a unique story.
Thank you!