The Test Pilot’s Wife is the bittersweet saga of Lura Lee Dunn and WWI flying ace Eugene Hoy Barksdale. Written in the spirit of The Aviator’s Wife and The Second Mrs. Astor, this historical fiction novel features cameos from such notable characters as Jimmy Doolittle and Amelia Earhart.
WWI is waning in Europe, but Lieutenant Barksdale’s near constant aerial combat missions have taken their toll. Homeward bound—his physical wounds are healing, while haunting mental wounds linger.
Lura Lee Dunn is an aspiring concert pianist, whose own personal battle is just beginning. The women’s suffrage movement is on the rise, emboldening her to break free from her prominent father’s outdated expectations. Unexpectedly, at a posh Hollis House gala, she meets a young pilot, one just home from fighting the Jerries over France. There is no ignoring Barksdale’s quick wit and Southern charm. But try as she might to avoid the young aviator, Lura finds herself drawn to him.
Barksdale quickly rises in the ranks as one of America’s top test pilots. Soon, Lura hears accounts of the young pilot’s dramatic exploits—breakneck aerial races, parachuting from planes, and so many death-defying crashes—that the man seems to border on the suicidal.
Lura readies to leave—to study at Chicago’s renowned Perfield Music School. Tying her fate to the enigmatic pilot, will only bring disaster into her life. But even as dark clouds form in the skies above, she cannot ignore the pull, or the need, to stay.
Advance Reader Reviews:
Best Historical Fiction Book I’ve Read in Years!
I love wwi and wwii historical fiction. I read the Aviator’s Wife last year and found myself craving more of this type of book. Mark Wayne McGinnis is a new author for me, but I will definitely be checking out his other books. What a fantastic family sage historical fiction book!- Kelly S
The Test Pilot’s Wife
I’m drawn to aviation historical fiction books. I’ve read the Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin as well as The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Sherve. The Test Pilot’s wife is an adventure historical fiction book that follows the lives of Hoy Barksdale and Lura Lee Genz during the 1920s. The book covers romance, the struggles of the suffrage, south vs north, aviation, and family drama. There are many books out there that talk about these things, but this book is special… it really touched me and with each page I read I found myself more enthralled in the story.
Best WWI Historical Fiction Book I’ve Read in Ten Years!
Mark Wayne McGinnis has captured the 1920s to a tee. I felt as if I were there plopped in the middle of New York in the early part of the twentieth century. I’ve read The Aviator’s Wife and The Personal Librarian, and I thought this book, The Test Pilot’s Wife was right on par with these two best-selling historical fiction novels. If you love books about pilots or historical fiction books for women, you will love this one. - Katie H.
Love The Test Pilot’s Wife!
What a nice surprise. This was my first time reading this author, and I’m so glad I took a chance on him. I love New York historical fiction, especially the early 20th Century. I could tell right away that this novel, The Test Pilot’s Wife, was well-researched and that it was likely edited by multiple professional editors. The writing reminded me of Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict. Perfection.
New York Historical Fiction.
What a fun adventure historical fiction novel. There were many unexpected twists and turns. I loved how much detail the author went into placing the characters into a time and place in the 1920s. I have read Mark’s other books, which are largely in the Military science fiction genre… Scrapyard Ship, USS Hamilton, The Simpleton, etc., but his latest was just as entertaining…. In a very different way. Five well-deserved stars for The Test Pilot’s Wife.
"A deep and allegorical journey" -SFFAddicts
When a fisherman unwittingly discovers clues about other people wielding great technologies, fear and uncertainty of exposure throw both societies into conflict, and forces a clutch of artificial intelligence stewards to confront their obligations to humanity. As real and virtual worlds collide, so too do the worldviews that have caused this centuries-long stand-off.
Future-primitive Tellurians have enjoyed a peaceful coexistence with nature for centuries after the moment of technological collapse, described in ancient texts as Cloudburst. Only the studied elders are aware of a diaspora virtual civilization who secretly covets their energy ...and their bodies.
Tieri-Na rejects stories she's heard about abductions in the hinterlands. Life in the far north can be harsh, unforgiving. But nature shares her bounties with those who learn her ways. To Tieri, the forest is freedom from the hustle of the village… until the day she too goes missing.
Alai-Tiul longs for answers. Other villagers believe teachings about the perils of technology, yet he can’t help but wonder if there’s more to the old stories. What really happened centuries ago after Cloudburst wiped out everything… and everyone? If that history was so terrible, then why are the ancient wind towers, givers of unlimited energy, revered without question? To his inquiries, the elders reply,
“Meddle not with what we do not understand.”
But Alai does meddle, curious about the past and its people. When he discovers a metal cube in the forest, he exposes a secret. A secret about the world he shouldn’t know, and through his meddling, one that may disrupt the fate of humanity.
Aur Child immerses the reader in a world of hope and uncertainty, where merchant ships sail the winds between future-primitive villages and artificial intelligences harbor the exiles of virtual worlds, and presents a fresh approach to post-apocalyptic Earth, blurring the boundaries between right and wrong, good and evil, and heroes and villains.
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A secret liaison. A baffling murder. Can one woman solve the crime without joining the body count?
Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. So, when her closest workmate reveals a salacious affair with a married man, Pauline refuses to risk her career by listening to the scandal. But she’s shaken to her core when the police arrive with news of her best friend’s homicide.
Desperate for justice, Pauline’s insistent poking into the investigation only makes her the prime suspect. And now to clear her name, she must unravel a web of deadly clues entangling her in a sinister plot. Can Pauline catch the killer before they strike again?
In The Beginning, There Was a Murder is a riveting mystery novel. If you like whip-smart heroines, intriguing twists and turns, and nail-biting danger, then you’ll love P.C. James’s sensational story. Also Available in Large Print.
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A secret liaison. A baffling murder. Can one woman solve the crime without joining the body count?
Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. So, when her closest workmate reveals a salacious affair with a married man, Pauline refuses to risk her career by listening to the scandal. But she’s shaken to her core when the police arrive with news of her best friend’s homicide.
Desperate for justice, Pauline’s insistent poking into the investigation only makes her the prime suspect. And now to clear her name, she must unravel a web of deadly clues entangling her in a sinister plot. Can Pauline catch the killer before they strike again?
In The Beginning, There Was a Murder is a riveting mystery novel. If you like whip-smart heroines, intriguing twists and turns, and nail-biting danger, then you’ll love P.C. James’s sensational story. Also Available in Large Print.
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TV news reporter Violet Rosati thought she’d be married with kids and living in the suburbs by now. Instead, she’s single, thirty-one, and starting a new job at a TV station in Portland. Her move to Maine brings her closer to her boyfriend, Jude, who she hopes will propose soon. He knows and accepts everything about her—even her darkest secret.
However, her new church brings an unexpected surprise. While in confession, she realizes the priest is her ex-boyfriend, Tristan. She hasn’t seen him in seven years and never told him about her pregnancy. He treated her terribly and broke her heart. Now he’s a priest?
As she faces old wounds, she finds Father Tristan to be kind, empathetic, and apologetic. Old feelings reemerge. But he’s a priest, and she loves Jude. How can she be drawn to a priest when she has such a wonderful boyfriend? Confused and torn, she struggles to forgive, love, and find redemption. Turning to her faith for direction, she learns that forgiving herself may be the hardest part of all.
Can she move on and find the life she wants with Jude? Or does she confront her feelings for Father Tristan and risk the lives they’ve both chosen?
Your share of your health insurance premium and the amount you are paying for your yearly deductible, co-pays, and prescriptions are soaring. Don’t forget that your employer’s share of your premium is coming out of your salary. And unfortunately, you are not alone. What can you do to avoid unnecessary costs and encourage American healthcare reform?
Ripped Off! is your guide to better understanding the problems of the American healthcare system—and what you can do for yourself and how to help enact change. Gilbert Simon, MD, has been a primary care physician for over 50 years. He has seen how the corporate takeover of medicine created a costly, bloated, complex, profit-driven bureaucracy. He explains that the current system is out-dated, unsustainable and that we have come to the time for major reform. Ripped Off! shows you how healthcare spending will only increase until major legislative and administrative changes are made and how, like other industrialized countries, America can provide high-quality and equitable service to all of its citizens. After reading this book, you will:
Recognize the need for healthcare reform
Feel confident demanding a better and more affordable healthcare system
Discover the truths of overspending with American healthcare
Call for a new system that keeps you healthy while keeping your paychecks higher
Ripped Off! demands the need for a more cost-effective healthcare system. It answers questions like, “How can a universal healthcare system work?” and “How can we find the money to do it?” It is time to make a change and save billions of taxpayer dollars. With this book, you can gain the knowledge and courage to make effective healthcare reform a reality before it’s too late.
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The world wanted Patience Crowley dead. From the time she was a baby it sent things to kill her, sinkholes to suck her into the ground, speeding, cars to run her over, a punk kid with a gun, and even a crazed school janitor to throw her into an incinerator, but for all these grisly attempts on her life, Patience Crowley survived, because there was a darker more malevolent force that wanted her alive, and if it had its way, Patience Crowley might be The Curse!
From the twisted mind that brought you Viral House, The shadow of Jasper County, and Stories by the night light,
comes the tale of a woman in a man's world, fighting to be the worst that she could be!
Property Quadrants It is a concept I was inspired to create in relation to property investing after reading Robert Kiyosaki’s “Why the rich are getting richer” book that explains his cash flow quadrants. Property Quadrants examines the four ways that real estate investing works and takes the reader through real life stories of how I have helped people turn their lives around using the formulas outlined in the quadrants. The real life examples also list all the numbers on passive income portfolios and explain how to get there.
My inspiration is around shedding the shackles of stress and struggle. I have made millions, lost millions and had to start all over again with nothing. My path back to making millions after experiencing the struggle of loss, has inspired me to write this book in order to show people how to secure their financial future through real estate.
The way I see it is that property is either your biggest cost making you cash poor or your biggest asset making your cash rich. Property Quadrants shows how anyone, no matter where they are starting from, can use property to become cash rich and help others do the same.
Quadrants one and two explain cash poor property, how making an emotional purchase means that you have to pay your mortgage or mortgages out of your wages. Effectively this leads the majority of people to being cash poor and living a life of struggle. That is why 80% of investors only have one investment property.
Quadrants three and four explain cash rich property. Quadrant 3 demonstrates how to work with property to make active income. As well as lump sums of cash to buy the lifestyle you want and get the deposit for investment property.
Quadrant four outlines my formula to buy passive income property. Once you have passive income, you secure your future as you no longer rely on a job and you can pay your family home off quicker and buy those quadrant two properties without draining your pockets.
An expert shares everything you need to know about running a successful estate sale, guiding you through the entire process with sensitivity and a refreshing matter-of-factness
From first client contact to signed contract, and from setup to day-of-sale to takedown, Victoria Gray—an experienced estate sales manager and founder of Estate Sales by Victoria—guides you through what it takes to run a successful estate sale. With a thorough exploration of the legal, financial, familial, and business issues, Gray lays out the nuts and bolts of an estate sale with sensitivity to emotions that might arise during the process. Gray also delves into the spiritual energy that she has sensed in different houses throughout her twenty-seven years in the business.
With insightful tips and an easy-to-follow process, you will be equipped to:
• Set up appointments with potential clients seeking an estate sale manager
• Create a contract for the sale
• Set up the sale, including pricing and arranging items for maximal efficiency and profit
• Manage the sale, from client to customer
• Take down the sale and distribute the proceeds
• Build your customer base and keep it
Gray’s efficient, no-nonsense advice will help you to tackle your first estate sale with little fuss and a full sense of preparation. Whether you want to establish your own estate sales business or conduct an estate sale for a loved one, this guide provides everything you need to know from an experienced manager who has seen it all.
Do you believe society needs genuine, healthy masculinity?
Masculinity, in any form, has been viciously attacked for decades with serious unintended consequences. We need boys to grow into responsible, productive men and fathers. We need their strength to face down evil, and they need a guide to help them navigate this new wilderness, to find and define their masculinity in the gender-confused world of today.
This memoir is filled with modern male friendships, advice, career tips for Christian men, and stories about Savage’s own experiences on a quest for answers. Savage hopes this will not only be able to help inform individuals, but that this work of God’s will writing for men will be a group ministry discussion- starter for adult Christian men.
In The Savage Path, David Savage uses humility and humor to highlight the hard-won wisdom gleaned along his path— – successes, failures, friendships, and family. Much of what he shares comes from real wilderness adventures. This is a quest memoir about Christian men and how they can live a physically, mentally, and morally healthy life in modern society.
Come sit by the campfire, feel its warmth, and let it draw you into the intimate storytelling environment that only its flickering flame and the expansive night sky can provide. You are entering a sacred place to engage in the genuine pursuit of authentic manhood.
'Veritas Vincit' ... 'Truth Conquers'.
The World Governments lied to anyone who would listen, and then the
Great War happened. Now in 3000 AD control over humankind is complete.
Readers will ask questions, think critically, and find
themselves immersed in emotion in this post-apocalyptic dystopia thriller.
The World Council ensures survivors pledge a blind faith to a higher order. Obey
the prime directive..."The past cannot be discussed under penalty of death", yet
whispers persisted that there was a land where exceptionalism allowed one to dream to be free of control.
"What a superb novel!" - InD'Tale Magazine
Their love is destined to shatter the boundaries of time…
Archaeology grad student Alexandra’s world is turned upside down when her mother shares her deepest, darkest secret—that she doesn’t know the true identity of Lex’s father. The revelation sparks a change within Lex, and her dreams become far too real. She sees things she shouldn’t be able to see…knows things she couldn’t possibly know.
Terrifying things. Deadly things.
To distract her from the surreal changes taking over her life, Lex leaps at the chance to join an Egyptian excavation run by Oxford’s enigmatic Professor Marcus Bahur. But the distraction might be more than she bargained for.
While deciphering the secrets of a mysterious stone tablet, Lex falls headlong into a prophecy created by a dying god over four millennia ago. She must rely on her frightening new psychic powers to dig up the truth.
And it doesn’t take long for her visions to convince her that both Professor Bahur and his excavation are much more than they seem…
The past clashes with the present in this paranormal saga of ancient prophecies and warring gods. If you like Egyptian mythology, steamy romance, time-bending mysteries, and complex characters, then you’ll love this sprawling time travel adventure.
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The world wanted Patience Crowley dead. From the time she was a baby it sent things to kill her, sinkholes to suck her into the ground, speeding, cars to run her over, a punk kid with a gun, and even a crazed school janitor to throw her into an incinerator, but for all these grisly attempts on her life, Patience Crowley survived, because there was a darker more malevolent force that wanted her alive, and if it had its way, Patience Crowley might be The Curse!
From the twisted mind that brought you Viral House, The shadow of Jasper County, and Stories by the night light,
comes the tale of a woman in a man's world, fighting to be the worst that she could be!
Property Quadrants It is a concept I was inspired to create in relation to property investing after reading Robert Kiyosaki’s “Why the rich are getting richer” book that explains his cash flow quadrants. Property Quadrants examines the four ways that real estate investing works and takes the reader through real life stories of how I have helped people turn their lives around using the formulas outlined in the quadrants. The real life examples also list all the numbers on passive income portfolios and explain how to get there.
My inspiration is around shedding the shackles of stress and struggle. I have made millions, lost millions and had to start all over again with nothing. My path back to making millions after experiencing the struggle of loss, has inspired me to write this book in order to show people how to secure their financial future through real estate.
The way I see it is that property is either your biggest cost making you cash poor or your biggest asset making your cash rich. Property Quadrants shows how anyone, no matter where they are starting from, can use property to become cash rich and help others do the same.
Quadrants one and two explain cash poor property, how making an emotional purchase means that you have to pay your mortgage or mortgages out of your wages. Effectively this leads the majority of people to being cash poor and living a life of struggle. That is why 80% of investors only have one investment property.
Quadrants three and four explain cash rich property. Quadrant 3 demonstrates how to work with property to make active income. As well as lump sums of cash to buy the lifestyle you want and get the deposit for investment property.
Quadrant four outlines my formula to buy passive income property. Once you have passive income, you secure your future as you no longer rely on a job and you can pay your family home off quicker and buy those quadrant two properties without draining your pockets.