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MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n Once again Carrie Turansky has provided me with several hours of captivating entertainment in her latest novel “Shine Like the Dawn”. The historical Edwardian romance is the story of close childhood friends who have been separated by tragedy and reunited years later. Although one of them wants to move on with their friendship, the other is afraid to trust.<\/p>\n The plot was beautifully written and drew me in immediately. Strong characters and plenty of drama and suspense kept me reading. Secrets revealed and surprising plot twists added to my enjoyments and observing a sweet romance as it unfolded was a bonus. A story of forgiveness and restoration, “Shine Like the Dawn” is the perfect book for those who enjoy historical romance with a touch of suspense. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book that was provided by Celebrate Lit. A favorable review was not required and all views expressed are my own.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n Click to purchase<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n In a quiet corner of northern Edwardian England, Margaret Lounsbury diligently works in her grandmother\u2019s millinery shop, making hats and caring for her young sister. Several years earlier, a terrible tragedy reshaped their family, shattering an idyllic life and their future prospects. But Maggie is resilient and will do what she must to protect her sister Violet. Still, the loss of her parents weighs heavily on her heart and she begins to wonder if what happened that day on the lake\u2026might not have been an accident. <\/u><\/u><\/p>\n When wealthy inventor and industrialist William Harcourt dies, his son Nathaniel, who is Maggie\u2019s estranged childhood friend, returns from his time in the Royal Navy and inherits his father\u2019s vast estate, Morningside Manor. He also assumes partial control of his father\u2019s engineering company and the duty of repaying an old debt to the Lounsbury family. But years of separation between Nate and Maggie have taken a toll and Maggie struggles to trust her old friend.<\/p>\n Can Maggie let go of the resentment that keeps her from forgiving Nate\u2014and reconciling with God? Will their search for the truth about her parents\u2019 death draw them closer or will it leave them both with broken hearts?<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to purchase your copy.<\/strong><\/p>\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n GUEST POST FROM CARRIE TURANSKY: I\u2019ve had fun dressing Edwardian style for book launch tea parties and other book events. It made me feel very special to wear these lovely hats. What do you think of Edwardian Hats? Would you like to wear one?<\/p>\n Thanks to friends at the Vintage Dancer website for some of this information.<\/p>\n \u00a0 BLOG STOPS:<\/strong><\/p>\n February 21: New Horizon Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 21: Bookworm Mama<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 21: Book Bites, Bee Stings, & Butterfly Kisses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 22: Tell Tale Book Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 22: Book by Book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 22: History, Mystery and Faith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 23: Bibliophile Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 23: Smiling Book Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 23: A Readers Brain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 23: Faithfully Bookish<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 23: Lane Hill House<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 24: Back Porch Reads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 24: The Scribbler<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 24: I Hope You Dance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 25: Stuff & Nonsense<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 25: The Power of Words<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 25: A Greater Yes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 26: cherylbbookblog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 26: Moments Dipped in Ink<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 26: Splashes of Joy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 27: Genesis 5020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 27: inklings and notions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 27: D\u2019S QUILTS & BOOKS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 28: Karen Sue Hadley<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 28: A Simple Life, really?!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 28: Neverending Stories<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 1: Daysong Reflections<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 1: Connie\u2019s History Classroom <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 1: Debbie\u2019s Dusty Deliberations<\/a><\/p>\n March 2: These Splendid Sentences<\/a><\/p>\n March 2: Singing Librarian Books<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 2: Blossoms and Blessings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 3: Pause for Tales<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 3: blogging With Carol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 3: Mary Hake<\/a><\/p>\n March 4: Radiant Light<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n March 4: For The Love of Books<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 5: Christian Bookaholic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 5: Rachel Scott McDaniel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 6: History, Hope, Laughter & Happily-ever-after<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n March 6: Baker Kella<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n GIVEAWAY:<\/strong><\/p>\n To celebrate her tour, Carrie is giving away all 4 books: Shine Like the Dawn, The Governess of Highland Hall, The Daughter of Highland Hall, and A Refuge at Highland Hall.! 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\n<\/a>CARRIE TURANSKY<\/strong> is an award-winning author of more than a dozen novels and novellas. She has been the winner of the ACFW Carol Award, the Crystal Globe Award, and the International Digital Award, and a finalist for the Inspirational Readers Choice Award and the Maggie Award of Excellence. A prolific writer of contemporary and historical romance, women\u2019s fiction, short stories, articles, and devotionals, Carrie lives in central New Jersey with her husband Scott. They have five adult children and four grandchildren.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nHats, Glorious Hats!
\nBy Carrie Turansky<\/h3>\nOne fun part of my research for Shine Like the Dawn<\/em><\/strong> was learning about hat making in the early 1900s. My heroine, Maggie Lounsbury is a milliner who designs women\u2019s hats. She learned this skill from her grandmother who owns a small shop in the village of Heatherton. Maggie has an artistic eye and she enjoys making stylish hats, but she doesn\u2019t like the overdone designs some of their customers request, so that creates some humorous conflict in the story.<\/p>\nHats in the Edwardian era were large and often covered with feathers, flowers, lace, netting, berries and bows. The \u201cbird nests,\u201d as Coco Chanel called them, were held on with large hat pins stuck through piles of hair on the crown. These hats were called Gainsborough or Picture hats because of the way they framed a lady\u2019s face. They often featured huge dried flower arrangements and sometimes included real leaves and twigs! No doubt the Garden hat was a fitting name.
\n1907 The Merry Window hat became very popular after the leading lady in the play by that same name wore a hat that was even taller and wider than usual. Some people complained these hats were too big and obtrusive in public places like the theater or picture shows. But English women loved them and wore them to all kinds of events.<\/p>\nThe popularity of using large feathers and stuffed birds on hats caused concern for the welfare of birds. Many protective laws took effect and milliners had to use more ribbon and tulle and only large ostrich feathers to decorate hats. Those ostrich feathers came from birds that were raised on farms and their feathers were collected as they fell out naturally.
\nThe movement toward smaller hats began around 1913 when hats still had high crowns but smaller brims. Straw boaters, small top hats, and mini versions of picture hats were very common.<\/p>\nMotion pictures had the greatest influence on Edwardian hat fashion. After the release of The Three Musketeers many ladies wanted to wear tricorne and bicorne shaped hats. They were still very large but now had shapes other than just round. Hat brims were folded up on the side, at an angle, or all around to create drama. Veils disappeared in the early 1900s only to come back again as a long scarf that wrapped over the hat and under the chin for the new sport called motoring.<\/p>\nStop by Carrie\u2019s Facebook author page and view her live videos February 21 \u2013 25, 3:00 pm Eastern. She\u2019ll be talking about the story behind Shine Like the Dawn and giving away a fun prize each day to one person who leaves a comment. Even if you can\u2019t catch the live video you can still enter for 24 hours after it\u2019s posted. She is also hosting a book launch celebration and giveaway on her blog February 25 \u2013 March 6<\/span><\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLike to my Facebook Author page: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Link to my Book Launch Blog Post: http:\/\/carrieturansky.com\/<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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