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Cynthia Ripley Miller

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Cynthia Ripley Miller is the author of On the Edge of Sunrise, the first novel in the Long-Hair Sagas, a series set in Late Ancient Rome and France. She has lived and travelled in Europe, Africa, North America and the Caribbean, taught history and currently teaches English. Her short stories have appeared in the anthology Summer Tapestry, The Scriptor, and at Orchard Press Mysteries.com. Cynthia writes a blog, Historical Happenings and Oddities: A Distant Focus. She lives with her husband, twin cats, and German Shepherd in a suburb of Chicago.

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	On the Edge of Sunrise (The Long-Hair Saga, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Freya, Goddess of Love

On the Edge of Sunrise, my debut novel, is set in late ancient Rome. My hero, Garic, is a Frank, a Germanic barbarian warrior. In the early 5th century, the Franks believed in the Germanic/Nordic gods. One of the goddesses was Freya, goddess of love, but she also had a militaristic side to her and a connection to the dead. Some believed she led the Valkyries to the battlefields where she chose... Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 08, 2015 15:04 • Tags: goddess-love-romance-history

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