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Bring Into Bondage

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Find out more about book two in the Freddie and Kathy 1920s series, Bring Into Bondage, available at the fine retailers below. The book runs about 250 pages, and costs $14.99 for the paperback, and $3.99 for the ebook.

Synopsis for Bring Into Bondage

It’s July, 1925, and Freddie Little arrives for what he hopes will be a very special date with his girlfriend, Kathy Briscow, only to find her in a tizzy and packing. There’s been trouble brewing on the family farm in Hays, Kansas, and now Ma Briscow has summoned Kathy home because her father is deathly ill. It’s about the only thing that could get Kathy in Freddie’s plane. The two fly to Kansas and are greeted by a shotgun blast.

It’s all sorted out very quickly, and Pa is still very sick but has survived the worst. Vandals, however, have been attacking the farm repeatedly. Kathy and Freddie decide to stay and find out what’s going on before someone gets hurt even worse than when Pa got dunked in the creek.

Family and other secrets

Not that Kathy’s family doesn’t have their own secrets. Her brother Joshua has returned home with a new bride that he forgot to tell his family about. And Kathy’s youngest brother, Gamaliel, has an even darker secret. In town, there’s nastiness afoot, as Freddie meets a frightened young boy with tell-tale bruises, and then the boy turns up dead on the Briscow farm.

Kathy and Freddie get caught spooning behind the barn, and Pa Briscow gets his shotgun out. Even the threat of being goosed down the aisle isn’t half the trouble Freddie and Kathy face, when there’s another body found and Freddie gets arrested for murder.

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Writing Bring Into Bondage

When I first wrote the rough draft on book one in this series, Fascinating Rhythm, I was recovering from a broken elbow. Bored and not able to do much, I watched several silent films as part of my research for that first book. Then Freddie and Kathy sprang to life. The next thing I knew, I’d talked a friend from church to come take dictation so that I could pull together an outline even though I couldn’t hold a pencil.

Once I finished Fascinating Rhythm, I quickly realized that it was not finished with me. Freddie and Kathy had another story to tell. So I started writing, and couldn’t stop with this one, either. I have to admit, running on that kind of a roll is a total rush. I had a blast.

It took a lot of years before I did the rewrite, discovered new, wonderful research sources (OMG! Sanborn maps!). I even made a trip to Hays, Kansas, while passing through the area before going to grad school. Actually, two trips. We had gotten a couple hours away before we discovered that I’d left my money and camera back at the Hays Historical Museum. Ooops. We did rouse somebody, who retrieved it for us.

I started the first draft to book three right after I finished the draft to this one. Then threw it out, but that’s a story for The Last Witnesses.

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