Rehoboth crasterized front coverI’ve been busy the past few days!  I realized that one of my favorite series–the Keepers of the Ring, a series about early American colonial history–was no longer available in paperback. So I pulled out those files, spruced them up a tiny bit (do you have any idea how many time I’d written “he stood to his feet?  Aggghh!)  and reformatted them.  Then I had the fun and pleasure of designing new covers. I wouldn’t have even attempted this if I hadn’t taken an online class in basic graphic design.  🙂

So now the books are beginning to appear on Amazon.com and other online retailers.  And yes, your local bookstores can order them, too, if you don’t want to get them online.  Drop me a note if they have any problems.  🙂

Roanoke front cover

So now I have onHartford front cover Jamestown front coverly to finish Rehoboth and Charles Towne, and the series will once again be complete.  The most fun of this has been skimming the stories as I reformat them–it has been so long since I wrote them (17 years!), that I had completely forgotten what most of the stories were about.  But soon those old names began to register in my memory, along with my affection for the characters.  I think they’re amazing tales because so much of them is based on actual history. Our nation has a fascinating–and often bloody–history, and the British invaders were not always the heroes.  But people like John Eliot still make me shiver in admiration.

If you haven’t read these books, I hope you’ll check them out.  And if you run across a “she stood to her feet,” please forgive  the unnecessary words.  🙂

 

Angie

12 Comments

  1. Holly

    Wow! I may have to repurchase these. I won a copy of Roanoke when I was in Jr. High and it was the book that got me interested in reading. This series was and still is my favorite.

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  2. Eileen Rife

    Loved this series! Will be looking for the new and improved version.

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  3. Janice Garey

    These do look good. So glad to see what you have done with them. History was my worst subject in school, but I think I would enjoy it from your perspective. 🙂 I was fascinated by the mystery of Roanoke when I saw the open air production.

    Are you accepting submissions with your new venture?

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  4. PJ Kirby

    That is one of my favorite series. I have read through it a couple of times. We were watching a show recently where they were figuring out what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke and I immediately thought of what happened in your book.

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    • Ruby Fields

      Good evening Ms. Hunt,
      I am a very big fan of yours and I would like to say that I appreciate you so much. Your books are very inspiring and I have learned so much. Your books have so much vivid detail, I could picture the story in my mind. This actually relates to what my grand daughter is learning in her class now haha, so she can relate to your books at anytime. Thank you for being such a great writer and I look forward to reading more of your books soon!
      Thanks! 🙂

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  5. Heather Reid-Bell

    It is this series that introduced me to A Hunt – author!! I have them on my Kindle, so I don’t have the lovely graphics but they are a wonderful series and as a non American I appreciated the insight into some history as well as wonderful stories. Many thanks.

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  6. Heather Reid-Bell

    Oh, I forgot to say that I read them in the last 12 months!!

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  7. Ruby Fields

    Good evening Ms. Hunt,
    I am a very big fan of yours and I would like to say that I appreciate you so much. Your books are very inspiring and I have learned so much. Your books have so much vivid detail, I could picture the story in my mind. This actually relates to what my grand daughter is learning in her class now haha, so she can relate to your books at anytime. Thank you for being such a great writer and I look forward to reading more of your books soon!
    Thanks! 🙂

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  8. Jane

    Roanoke was the first book I read written written by you. Thanx for the great work you do

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  9. Martha D

    That is great news. I had trouble finding all of the original books in this series for the library. Patrons love them.

    Call me crazy, but I love the “old writing” like “he stood to his feet.” It sounds stronger, more deliberate. Or maybe I’m rebelling against my old managing editor days when I was forced to edit to space! 🙂

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  10. Patti Hartley

    Just read Hartford and I loved it.I love the characters and would be interested in any others that followed.Native American History is something I enjoy reading

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    • Angie

      There are two additional books, Patti–REHOBOTH is number four, and CHARLES TOWNE number five. Enjoy!

      Reply

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