Hi! I’m Ramona K. Cecil and I
live in southern Indiana. I’m a wife, mother, grandmother, and author of
historical romance novels for the Christian market. My husband and I have been
married for forty-seven years and are now empty-nesters. We have two grown
daughters and three young-adult grandchildren. We make our home in Seymour,
Indiana, the “small town” made famous in rocker John Mellencamp’s song of the
same name. I’ve always loved history, especially the history of my Hoosier
state. Like The Time for Healing, many of my stories are set in Indiana’s past.
When not writing, my hobbies include reading, gardening, and visiting places of
historical interest.
My latest book, The Time for
Healing, releases August 7th with Pelican Book Group. This
award-winning story is inspired by a real life event—The Pigeon Roost
Massacre—that happened in 1812 about thirty miles south of where I live. Here
is a little bit about it:
Winner - Best in
Fiction Indiana Faith and Writing Contest 2014
Ginny Red Fawn McLain is determined to hold fast to her
adoptive Shawnee culture despite her sudden reentry into her white birth
family. She rejects their Christianity, fearing the tenets of the white man’s
religion will prevent her from practicing as a Shawnee medicine woman. But her
heart refuses to shun her uncle’s young friend and apprentice minister,
Jeremiah Dunbar.
Jeremiah Dunbar has never doubted what he would do with his
life—he’d follow in his father’s footsteps as a minister of the Gospel. But a
mission trip west to the Native American tribes makes him begin to question his
future plans. At the discovery of his fellow missionary’s long lost niece
living among the Shawnee, Jeremiah is immediately smitten. But unless Ginny Red
Fawn McLain joins Christ’s fold—something she adamantly resists—Jeremiah will
have to choose between the woman he loves and the work God has called him to
do.
Ginny
and Jeremiah struggle to discern the will of God, the Great Spirit, for their
lives, and if fitting their love into His plans is even possible. Dreams and
cultures clash amid an atmosphere of contempt and distrust, threatening to make
their love the last casualty of the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
Purchase links for The Time for Healing:
Barnes&Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-time-for-healing-ramona-k-cecil/1134332259?ean=9781522302322
Thrift Books: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-time-for-healing_ramona-k-cecil/24295657/#isbn=1522302328
Book Despository: https://www.bookdepository.com/author/Ramona-K-Cecil
Ramona's Contact Information: Website: www.ramonakcecil.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RamonaCecil
Be sure and say Hi! to Ramona in the comments. She's giving away an e-book!
This story looks really good. I've added it to my to-purchase list.
ReplyDeleteHi, LoRee! Thanks! I do think you'll enjoy The Time for Healing. An interesting aside tidbit: My resource for much of the Shawnee culture info in the book came from the book Kohkumthena's Grandchildren The Shawnee by Dark Rain Thom, a Shawnee medicine woman and wife of author James Alexander Thom. Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the drawing!
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