A Day to Remember

A new series of exciting novels featuring historic American disasters that changed landscapes and multiple lives. Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered.

When the Flames Ravaged

By Rhonda Dragomir

July 6, 1944

World War II Gold Star widow, Evelyn Benson, is taken in by her brother and soothed by the love of his wife and children. Evelyn refuses to cower in grief, so on a sweltering July day in 1944, the family attends the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford. When a blaze ignites the big top, Evelyn fears she will lose all that remains of her life, while Hank Webb, who hides from his murky past behind grease paint as Fraidy Freddie the clown, steps out of the shadows to help save lives and return hope to Evelyn.

Paperback / 978–1-63609–786-2

When Hope Sank

By Denise Weimer

April 27, 1865

The Civil War has taken everything from Lily Livingston, leaving her to work for her uncle at a squalid inn along the Arkansas riverfront that is overrun by spies and bushwhackers. Her only hope of escape is a marriage promise she is uncertain will be fulfilled. When on April 27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana, overloaded with soldiers, explodes and sinks, Lily does all she can to help the victims, including Lieutenant Cade Palmer. But what would the wounded surgeon think of her if he knew she could have prevented the disaster—and may have knowledge of another in the making?

Paperback / 978–1-63609–829-6