The Hidden Branch is my final Alex and Briggie adventure. Each week for the next six weeks until its publication, I will be posting a trivia question here and on my website http://www.ggvandagriff.com
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to answer this week’s question.
From my first Alex and Briggie novel, Cankered Roots:
What was the definitive clue that convinced Alex that her grandfather was NOT Harold Simpson?
Respond by going to “Contact Me” page on my website. (I want all my responses in one place)
If there is more than one correct answer submitted, I will do a drawing.
Each winner will receive a copy of my new novel, The Hidden Branch, as soon as it is published. The winner will be announced next Monday when I post the next question!
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Good luck!
The Last Waltz is an epic historical romance that has been in the works since I was commuting by bus to work when I was 27 years old. (33 years ago). I was a student in Austria, and that time changed my life. Although, I received my bachelor’s and master’s degree in the study of history, economics, and politics of Central Europe, I knew I didn’t have the skills to write the novel when I was so young, but I plotted it and worked on it on and off over the years. This year, it was finally ready for publication. It has many messages, but one of the most important is how democracies can fail. I feel it is very relevant to our government today.
I am actively seeking ten bloggers to receive free copies of The Last Waltz who will review the book on their blog within the first six weeks of receiving it. Here is a little taste:
In December 1913, the city of Vienna glitters with promises of the future for nineteen-year-old Amalia Faulhaber. Daughter of a prominent merchant, she is schooled in the fine art of flirtation by her aristocratic grandmother and in issues of conscience by her socialist uncle. Then, almost without warning, life takes a dramatic turn as simmering political unrest escalates into World War I, the most deadly war the world has yet known.
Amalia is devastated when the Prussian baron Eberhard von Waldburg breaks off their engagement to return to Germany and a commission in the army. But while Europe descends into darkness, Amalia is forced to confront even greater challenges. Disillusioned and heartbroken, she discovers a budding passion for democracy that sets her life on a new and unpredictable course.
Her family torn apart and impoverished by war, Amalia struggles to find her way in a changing world. Should she marry an idealistic young doctor who shares her political views or the wealthy Baron von Schoenenburg, who promises to provide safety and security in a violent, tumultuous time? Her growing political conscience sets her apart in the social circles of Vienna, but is it worth the personal cost to her and her family? And what can she do when her beloved Austria rushes headlong to embrace Hitler, threatening to destroy everything she loves?
In this gripping tale of love and war, a dazzling young socialite of the old world contends with deeply contradictory notions and personal crises to become a woman who would be extraordinary in any age.
When your review appears, you will receive a box of Kara Chocolates!
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