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July 15, 2018

holiday reading - free book

For all of you who'd like to use the upcoming holiday weeks to spend a few days filled with romance and adventure in the 17th century, have look at kindle today and tomorrow.

the French Orphan can be downloaded - and yes, you can do it with a clean consciousness - not like the many pirated versions that are online and make life for us authors even more difficult.

I wish you a lot of fun, just a reminder, it's a book written for adults, not for kids.

enjoy!

The French Orphan (The French Orphan, #1) by Michael Stolle
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Published on July 15, 2018 13:21 Tags: 17th-century, england, free-book, historical-fiction, reviews, romance

May 20, 2018

Free book for Pentecost

For all of you, who've been inspired by the royal wedding yesterday (I liked the headline 'Just Harryed') , why not grasp the opportunity and load down a romantic story for free onto your kindle?

Live the adventures of Pierre and his friends, his first love and the challenge to outsmart the devious Cardinal Richelieu - and sinister cousin Henri, of course.

Just note, it's not a book suitable for children.

happy reading!

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December 31, 2017

FREE KINDLE BOOK TODAY

As the French Orphan series is becoming more and more popular, a last free book for 2017.

Happy New Year to all of my readers and thank you for the tremendous support that you've given me!

Happy New Year - Bonne Année!

Michael

The Queen's Maid of Honour (The French Orphan, # 4) by Michael Stolle
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Published on December 31, 2017 03:21 Tags: 17th-century, england, free-book, historical-fiction, reviews, romance

November 19, 2017

Searching Marie

I'm head over heels in the latest story of the French Orphan and it's great fun to be writing about Pierre and his friends once again.

Marie is missing and as usual, the friends are needed to help Pierre.

As story unfolds we're travelling back to London, seething the summer heat to find our villain - let's hope they look for the right one.

I'll keep you posted :)

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Published on November 19, 2017 07:18 Tags: adventure, england, france, historical-fiction, new-book, romance

September 30, 2017

FREE BOOK TODAY

totally forgot :)

scheduled a free kindle promotion for today:

The French Orphan (The French Orphan, #1) by Michael Stolle

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Published on September 30, 2017 01:53 Tags: 17th-century, england, free-book, historical-fiction, reviews, romance

September 28, 2017

Travelling to the Third Reich

Some days ago I was travelling in the Eastern part of Germany.

I stayed in a hotel, located charmingly among lush green hills close to the former border that divided Eastern and Western Europe.

When I entered the building - though renovated and modernized - I felt like walking back in time. The building dated back to the Third Reich and with its sculpted granite columns and solid forged lamp holders it still breathed the spirit of an area that idolized the supremacy of the Aryan race.

I quickly found out that the building once had been a training ground for young engineers to be schooled for the maintenance of the German Luftwaffe, during WWII a BMW plane factory was operated close-by.

In my vivid mind I imagined these young, eager men (and yes, even a few women), swarming what then must have been their dining hall and dormitories. Jokes and laughter must have been flying around, maybe a secret kiss exchanged in the surrounding forests.

Sad to know that many of them must have become victims of a regime that fed its children to the most brutal war the world has ever witnessed.

My only hope is that those men and women who hold power now, don't forget what only happened two generations ago.
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Published on September 28, 2017 07:22 Tags: germany, history, travel, world-war

August 16, 2017

The story goes on

First of all thanks for the two reviews that have been posted on Amazon recently. It's very much appreciated that you took the time and effort!

In June almost 100.000 pages have been read on Kindle alone, I take this as the greatest compliment of all.

But as I promised, the story will go on and I haven't remained idle during my holidays and the next sequel is progressing.

My heroes are still in France but they'll need to leave for war-torn England once again and then... well, that's my little secret.

Cheers and best wishes for a relaxing summer holiday to all of my readers

The French Orphan (The French Orphan, #1) by Michael Stolle

The Secrets of Montrésor (The French Orphan, #2) by Michael Stolle
Under the Spell of The Serenissima (The French Orphan, #3) by Michael Stolle
The Queen's Maid of Honour (The French Orphan, # 4) by Michael Stolle
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Published on August 16, 2017 14:48 Tags: adventure, england, france, historical-fiction, new-book, romance

August 6, 2017

FREE BOOK TODAY

with a little help of my friends....

the famous lyrics written by the Beatles - I could use some as well.

As an indie author I'm living on the power of reviews and whereas I can see that thousands of books have been downloaded and read (including the sequels) - some more ( preferably not too bad) Amazon reviews would be a great help to promote my books.

Enjoy today's free book - and if you have some time to spare, give me a hand by sending a review to Amazon. com

Cheers!
The French Orphan (The French Orphan, #1) by Michael Stolle
The Queen's Maid of Honour (The French Orphan, # 4) by Michael Stolle
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Published on August 06, 2017 14:26 Tags: 17th-century, england, free-book, historical-fiction, reviews, romance

June 24, 2017

FREE BOOK Saturday

The French Orphan (The French Orphan, #1) by Michael Stolle

enjoy!
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Published on June 24, 2017 00:35 Tags: 17th-century, england, free-book, historical-fiction, romance

June 23, 2017

FREE BOOK

The Queen's Maid of Honour (The French Orphan, # 4) by Michael Stolle

enjoy!
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Published on June 23, 2017 11:26 Tags: 17th-century, england, free-book, historical-fiction, romance