On to Plan B:Due to a computer crash, I won’t have the posts I was planning to have about historic houses in Virginia. If you’re visiting as part of the Magical Holiday History Tour though, feel free to leave a comment about Gone with the Wind.“There...
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal.”– From a headstone in Ireland Andrea Hunter stared at the back of the boy—young man really—as he leaned against the white column on the porch, sleeves rolled up to his elbows,...
Just got word that a book review of my historical fiction novel Noble Cause ran in Sunday’s edition of the Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star. Part of the review says:”Author Jessica James ably blends the reality of war and its honor, bravery and...
The author with the John Esten CookeAward for Fiction, standing beside aportrait of Col. John Mosby who wasthe inspiration for the main characterin the novel Noble Cause.As some of you may know, I recently received the John Esten Cooke Award for Fiction from the...
Yes, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War commemorative edition of the historical fiction novel Shades of Gray is finally here!The new title is Noble Cause: A Novel of Love and War. It is a hardcover edition, and came about as a result of numerous romance...