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Jewish Book Tour on Instagram

November 12, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

book cover Consuelo

Welcome to my first post on my books as part of the #Jewishbookstagramtour. The Duel for Consuelo—book two in the Tendrils of the Inquisition series—weaves poetry, the Enlightenment, and the […]

Filed Under: Crypto-Jews, Mexico, Uncategorized Tagged With: #DuelforConsuelo, #HistoricalFiction, #Jewishbookstagramtour, #womensfiction, historical fiction, Jewish, Mexico, Women writers

An old law leads to forced marriage–can this bride be saved?

June 29, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

 Barcelona, 1584 Dear Madam Mariana,  I dare not ask this question of anyone I know but–I must seek counsel.  In Jewish law, when a man dies, his brother is obligated […]

Filed Under: advice, Jewish law, love, sons, Uncategorized, widows Tagged With: #eggs, #fertility, #fertility foods, #halitzah, #indiewriter, #levirate marriage, #levirate union, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #mandrakes, #Pride and Prejudice, #womensfiction, advice, Jewish, widows, Women's Dreams

Josefina and Father Alonso, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!

June 11, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

[A blast from the past! Josefina de Castillo, happily married to Manuel Castillo, rediscovers her passion for a redheaded priest. And worse yet, he’s now a Bishop!] Mexico, 1690 Estimada […]

Filed Under: advice, Books on Parade, love, Mexico, Sor Juana Tagged With: #josefinassin, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #MadamMariana, #newbook #womensfiction #Latina, #SorJuana, #womensfiction, inquisition, Josefina's Sin, Madam Mariana, Sor Juana

How to not marry Igor, or, He got the estate, now he wants me!

May 20, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

CP Lesley Song of the Sisters

[In which Madam Mariana travels back to Moscow, 1543, to help the lovely Russian noblewoman, Darya Petrovna, avoid her cousin Igor’s grasping ways: He got her daddy’s estate, and now […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, From Russia with love, Journeys, love, Russia, Uncategorized Tagged With: #indiewriter, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #MadamMariana, #newbook #womensfiction #Latina, #womensfiction, advice, historical fiction, historical romance, Women's Dreams

Bridget has a verrry British question!

April 1, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

[Bridget Jones’s account has been hacked by the mysterious D. Steele, and in honor of #AprilFoolsDay, Madam Mariana received this question early this morning. What does this D. Steele take […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Journeys, love Tagged With: #AprilFools, #BridgetJones, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #Rewind, #satire, #womensfiction

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