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Denise Domning

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http://www.goodreads.com/denisedomning

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Bozeman, Montana, The United States

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female

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http://www.denisedomning.com

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Historical Fiction, Romance

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August 2011

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Thank you all for giving Winter's Heat a thrilling ride on the Amazon best-seller list. As a thank you to all of you for buying these guys of mine, I'm offering my novella An Impetuous Season free. You can reach it here on Goodreads as an epub or if you're a Kindle user get it on my website.
Thanks so much for your gift to me!

As you can imagine, after writing eleven historical romances, the last thing I thought I’d be doing was co-writing someone's memoir, especially someone whose path would never have crossed mine except for the writing project.

It's all the fault of my homepath's wife, Barbara Ketover. At almost every visit Barbara, who knew very well I wrote fiction, would insist I had to meet this woman and write her book. She finally wo...more Thank you all for giving Winter's Heat a thrilling ride on the Amazon best-seller list. As a thank you to all of you for buying these guys of mine, I'm offering my novella An Impetuous Season free. You can reach it here on Goodreads as an epub or if you're a Kindle user get it on my website.
Thanks so much for your gift to me!

As you can imagine, after writing eleven historical romances, the last thing I thought I’d be doing was co-writing someone's memoir, especially someone whose path would never have crossed mine except for the writing project.

It's all the fault of my homepath's wife, Barbara Ketover. At almost every visit Barbara, who knew very well I wrote fiction, would insist I had to meet this woman and write her book. She finally wore me down and Monica Sarli and I connected. The result? The Men Wars, Volume One, Men-ipulation (now available as a Kindle,, a Nook, an iBook and a paperback).

Thank heavens it only took me five years to research Monica’s life as compared to the twelve years I spent studying the Twelfth Century before completing my first novel.

I thought after I wrote this book I'd go back to writing novels, but a screenplay may be in my future! I'll keep you posted.

As far as my own books go, my first Medieval novel, Winter's Heat, received the Romantic Times award for Best First Historical Novel of 1994. That led me into a series of books that take place in the Twelfth century, the time of Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart. In them I follow the lives of the five FitzHenry brothers. After Winter's Heat came Summer's Storm, then Spring's Fury. That book was nominated for Best Medieval of 1995 and its sequel Autumn's Flame was nominated for the same award for 1996. Kristin Ramsdall of the Library Journal lists the final book of the series, A Love For All Seasons on her recommended reading list, including it in the Library Journal's 1997 annual publication "What Do I Read Next". Although all of these are out of print with their original publisher, they are now available through Kindle and iUniverse. I'm working on bringing out the rest.

From there I thought I'd dabble a little with the Elizabethans. Publisher's Weekly liked Lady in Waiting, the first of these two books, calling it "well written, well researched, with an accurate portrayal of Elizabeth I". Lady in White, an Elizabethan ghost story, followed in October, 1999.

Once finished with the Elizabethans, I went back to the 13th Century for Avon Books and a pen name--it was the first time I didn't have to get married to change my name. I chose Hampton because I like Hampton Court Palace in England. The first book, The Warrior's Damsel came out in May, 2001, the second, My Lady's Temptation, in February, 2002, while the final book of the trilogy, The Warrior's Game, with its marvelous purple cover, appeared in January of 2003. The last Denise Hampton book appeared on Thanksgiving, 2003. Almost Perfect was my very first Regency Era romance and my last. It's just too modern a time period for me.

So what am I doing now? Well, I'm living out the book "Under the Tuscan Sun" only doing it in Sedona, Arizona instead of Tuscany and doing it green. You see, I don't live with Ed Begley Jr, I live with the other Ed and he's much worse! Check out my blog about my experiences becoming a farmer's wife at denisedomning.com. (less)

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The New Buckeye Chicks

So, here they are, the new bits of fluff that will, hopefully, become the core of our new flock of chickens. These little guys are Buckeyes, the only breed of chicken known to be developed by a woman, one Nettie Metcalf of Warren, Ohio (hence “Buckeyes”). This was in 1896. Go Nettie! We bought the chicks from Dave’s Buckeye Chickens. I’ll note here that communication isn’t Dave’s strong suit, b...

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Books by Denise Domning

Average rating: 3.81 · 363 ratings · 46 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Winter's Heat 3.80 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Autumn's Flame 4.02 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Spring's Fury 3.87 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Summer's Storm 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Love for all Seasons by Denise Domning (Goodreads Author), Denise Domining 3.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Warrior's Maiden 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings	My rating:
	Lady in Waiting 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Lady in White: Lords of Midnight 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Warrior's Wife 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Almost Perfect 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:

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Series by Denise Domning

The Graistan Chronicles (5 books)
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The Elizabethan Lady Series (2 books)
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3.69 avg rating — 35 ratings

The Warrior Series (2 books)
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3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings

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