Category: Historical Novels

• My Goodreads Book Reading Challenges

  There are book challenges that I have joined on Goodreads, but it’s not working for me, so in 2023, I did not enter any. I read whatever interested me and enjoyed them rather than attempting to reach a certain number of books and rushing to meet the quantity of books for my challenge. I want…

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  2 Jan 2024

  #Books, #mustreadbooks, Biography, Goodreads, Historical Novels, Memoirs, Reading Challenge

  #BookChallenge, #BookClub, #BooksAndAuthors, #Fiction, #Iamreading, #Iamwriting, #NewYearGoals, #WWIIBooks

• “The Wentworth Legacy” is now on Kindle Unlimited

    The Wentworth Legacy is now on Kindle Unlimited. Check it out here. Spencer Wentworth’s carefree life does not prepare him when he inherits a huge fortune with an attached responsibility. When the stock market collapses in 1929, the family fortune suffers a huge loss and is in the brink of bankruptcy. He has to…

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  24 Feb 2018

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #GildedAge, #Kirkus, #LongIslandGoldCoast, #lovestory, #mustreadbooks, #PoweredByIndie, #RoaringTwenties, #Romance, Blogging, Books, Historical Novels, Kirkus Review

  Books, Gilded Age, Historical Novels, New York, Prohibition, Roaring 20s

• How my father spent Christmas Eve 1941

  Dec. 24, 1941 As they were nearing Tarlac, they were hearing explosions close by. There were more explosions it seemed. Looking further out, they could see clouds of black smoke billowing up in the sky, then more explosions. Every so often, they would stop on their trek and waited till the explosion stopped. It just…

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  23 Dec 2017

  #amwriting, Blogging, Christmas, Historical Novels, War in the Philipines, WWII

• The Wentworth Legacy Giveaways

  Enter for a chance to win a copy of The Wentworth Legacy: A Long Island Novel (Kindle Edition) by Rosalinda R Morgan.   Winners will be randomly selected after Giveaway has ended, up to 2 winners.   Requirements for participation: ·         Resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia. ·         18+ years…

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  2 Aug 2017

  #amblogging, #GildedAge, #LongIslandGoldCoast, #lovestory, #RoaringTwenties, Blogging, Historical Novels

• A Great Summer Read – “The Iron Butterfly”

  Just in time for the summer reading. “The Iron Butterfly” by Rosalinda R Morgan is discounted to $1.99 on Kindle for a limited time this summer. Get your copy today at Amazon and enjoy a great read. “The Iron Butterfly” is a gripping tale about the intense devotion and ordeal of Regina Buendia, a young…

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  15 Jul 2017

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #Feminism, #mustreadbooks, Blogging, Historical Novels, Single Parenthood

• BAHALA NA (Come What May) reduced price in time for Memorial Day

    With Memorial Day approaching, I am offering “BAHALA NA (Come What May)” on Kindle at a discounted price of $2.99 for a limited time starting today. “BAHALA NA (Come What May)” is dedicated to the men of the armed forces who fought bravely to protect my old country, The Philippines, against the Japanese forces. “BAHALA…

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  25 May 2017

  Blogging, Historical Novels, Philippine History, U.S. History, War in the Philipines, WAR MEMORIAL, WWII

• What was the inspiration for your recent novel, “The Wentworth Legacy”?

  I’ve been asked a few times about my inspiration for “The Wentworth Legacy” and so here it is. When we moved to Long Island in 1971, I was exposed to the life of the old money. My mother-in-law had remarried after her husband died to a member of what I considered the upper class of the…

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  20 Apr 2017

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #Books, #LongIslandGoldCoast, #mustreadbooks, #Romance, Blogging, Historical Novels

• “The Wentworth Legacy” reviewed by Kirkus

  I received this review today from Kirkus Reviews: “This plot-driven, emotionally complex tale effectively details Spencer’s determination to sacrifice his own happiness in favor of his family’s success. . . With harrowing intensity, Morgan also illustrates the pervasive anxiety just before a disastrous era hit. Overall, she delivers an engrossing love story while also depicting surprising…

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  7 Feb 2017

  #Kirkus, #LongIslandGoldCoast, #LongIslandNY, #mustreadbooks, #PoweredByIndie, #RoaringTwenties, #Romance, Book Promotion, Historical Fiction, Historical Novels, Kirkus Review

• Women’s March and “The Iron Butterfly”

  When I heard about the hullabaloo about the Women’s March, I could not help thinking about my grandmother portrayed in my book called “The Iron Butterfly” Unlike the boisterous women some of the marchers were, my grandmother tackled the equality rights silently some 90 years ago when equality rights were still unheard of. She had…

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  26 Jan 2017

  #Feminism, #Inspirational, #mustreadbooks, Goodreads, Historical Novels, Single Parenthood

• Kindle Deal for The Iron Butterfly at 99 cents ends today

  Kindle Countdown Deal for  “The Iron Butterfly” at 99 cents ends at 8:00 AM PST today, Nov. 13, 2016 The Iron Butterfly is a gripping tale about the intense devotion and ordeal of Regina Buendia, a young mother who suddenly finds herself all alone and penniless with nine young children to support after her husband died.…

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  13 Nov 2016

  #amwriting, Blogging, Book Promotion, Historical Novels, Inspirational, Philippine Culture, Positive Thinking, Single Parenthood