The HBS Author's Spotlight SHOWCASES Kris Tualla's New Book: Sempre Avanti: ALWAYS FORWARD.
Romance Author Kris Tualla is a a dynamic award-winning and internationally published author of historical romantic suspense.
Sempre Avanti: ALWAYS FORWARD
A Novel About The Tenth Mountain Division in WWII
Author: Kris Tualla
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“Sempre Avanti: Always Forward” is the first historically correct *novel* about the WWII ski troopers who, despite multiple trials and setbacks, evolved into the US Army’s elite 10th Mountain Division ~ and follows their triumphant campaign as they push the German Army out of Italy.
Skiing was Jack Franklin’s passion, so when the Army came recruiting for the newly formed Ski Troopers he was all in. Training at high altitudes in the Rocky Mountains at Camp Hale in Colorado was brutal, but the 14,000 soldiers who trained there became an elite corps, the 10th Mountain Division, ready and eager to take on Hitler in the Italian Alps.
Along the way, Jack formed a long-distance relationship with the woman who recruited him ~ but her East Coast socialite background was as opposite his West Coast blue-collar life as it could possibly be. With him facing battle against Nazi Germans in the Alps, and her going overseas with the Red Cross, there was nothing for them to do but hope and pray they would both survive.
There’s only one way to fight a war: sempre avanti ~ always forward.
Excerpt from Sempre Avanti: ALWAYS FORWARD
Once F Company reached the bottom of the vertical face of Riva Ridge, Jack took a moment to catch his breath and watch the incredible view above him.
Scaling the vertical ridge, and lit only by the searchlights reflecting off the low-hanging clouds overhead, were hundreds of silent soldiers looking much like an invasion of giant ants at a huge nighttime picnic.
The first men up used picks to test cracks in the granite and pound steel pitons into them at scalable intervals, their blows muffled with wads of fabric. Snap links were attached to the pitons and ropes were run through the snap links. Soldiers used the ropes, plus their own scrambling skills, to climb the remaining one thousand feet to the top of the ridge.
The foggy haze hanging over the lower elevations of the ridge helped conceal the ascending mountaineers. Searchlights above them continued to scan, their reflection off the clouds unintentionally lighting the climbers’ way.
And all Jack could hear was the faint metallic ping of the snap links and the occasional scrape of a boot against the rock.
He sent his squad up and once again took the rear position, so if any of them got stuck he could give the man a hand. With an odd sense of disbelief, he grabbed hold of the rope and began his own climb.
The physical exertion was daunting. Jack’s arms burned as he held the rope, blindly searching for foot holds by sliding the toes of his boots along the granite wall. Foot by dearly won foot, he moved upward.
When he looked to his side he saw dozens of men—mountain trained men—climbing with quiet, singular determination. Below he saw dozens more soldiers emerging from the patchy fog below and following his ascending path. At that moment a strong sense of pride and camaraderie swelled in Jack’s chest.
Not only were the mountain troops finally doing something they trained for, but they were doing a damned fine job of it.
Author Genre: Romance
Website: Historical Romance & Suspense by Kris Tualla
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Author Description: Kindle Top-100 author Kris Tualla, a dynamic award-winning and internationally published author of historical romantic suspense, writes with a fast-paced and succinct style. Her plots are full of twists, passion, and very satisfying outcomes! Kris started in 2006 with nothing but a nugget of a character in mind, and has created a dynasty with "The Hansen Series" and "The Discreet Gentleman Series."
Kris is an active member of Romance Writers of America, the Historical Novel Society, and Sisters in Crime. She is an enthusiastic speaker and teacher, and is often asked to speak about her Norsemen:
"In the Historical Romance genre, there have been literally countless kilted warrior stories told. Well, I say it's time for a new breed of heroes! Come along with me and find out why: Norway IS the new Scotland!"
Big, blond, buff and beautiful men, with eyes the colors of seawater, and the wild, untamable blood of their Viking ancestors flowing through their veins. Do you feel it? The Hansen Men of Arendal, Norway - whose stories extend from the end of the Vikings in1070 through the modern day - are just such heroes.
Author's Book List
Finding Norway: The Norsemen's War
- Kyle & Dahl - The Hansen Series Book Three1950 – Arendal, Norway
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was available to all the women who served, though relatively few took advantage of it.
Widow and single mother, Kyle Hansen, takes a break from working on a master's degree in psychology and finally takes her 5-year-old son Thor to Arendal, Norway to meet their extended family for the first time. What she finds there not only brings her back to life, but provides her son with both a history and a surprising inheritance.
Dahl Holter, handsome leading man and talented director, travels to Arendal to become godfather to his friends Teigen and Selby Hansen’s son. When he arrives at Hansen Hall, he’s surprised to encounter the beautiful American widow who was married to Teigen’s older brother. Dahl and Kyle grow unexpectedly close until he must make a life changing decision regarding his future with the widow and her son. Kyle must also make choices for herself and Thor now that she’s found Norway at last.
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Enemies & Traitors
- The Hansen Series - The Norsemen's War - Teigen and Selby Book OneOslo, Norway ~ 1942
Nazi Germany occupied Norway from 1940-1945...
High school chemistry teacher, Teigen Hansen, managed to dodge Nazi attention until the day he was asked to sign Vidkun Quisling’s Declaration of Loyalty and swear to teach Nazi ideals. Mass refusal put 1,000 male teachers in prison. When they still refused, 500 of them were sent to a Nazi labor camp deep inside Norway’s Arctic Circle. When Teigen is released after seven months under frigid and grueling conditions, he immediately joins Milorg—Norway’s Resistance—and becomes part of the Royal Shakespearean Acting Troupe, a traveling group of resistance workers under cover.
Because of past experiences Selby Sunde hates men, so she has no problem “dating” Nazi officers and plying them for covert information. Her resolve is rocked when Teigen Hansen joins the troupe. Untrained yet determined, he never does what she expects—but always what’s right. As their Milorg assignments grow increasingly dangerous, it’s Teigen who saves her life as together they work to defeat Norway’s enemies & traitors.
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Battles Abroad
- The Hansen Series - The Norsemen's War - Tor & Kyle Book Two1944 – Camp Hale, Colorado - the Tenth Mountain Division
American soldiers skied behind German lines in the Italian Alps...
Tor Hansen was set to compete in the 1940 Winter Olympics before Hitler started a massive war. But when the Nazis occupied Norway in a 5-hour siege on April 9, 1940 Tor enlisted in the Norwegian Army. Now the American Army needs it’s soldiers to learn Alpine skiing and Tor is tapped to go to Camp Hale in Colorado to train a regiment of novice skiers — a task he is ready and eager to tackle.
Kyle Solberg has spent her entire life in the tiny town of Viking, Minnesota, so when the opportunity arises for her to join the WAC and act as the translator for a Norwegian captain she leaves her fiancĂ© behind and takes it. Kyle loves her new life but the Norwegian captain proves problematic. When Americans help German POWs escape from Camp Hale, Tor proves his worth as a soldier. So much so, that he’s mustered out with the Americans to join the dangerous fight in Italy.
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A Modern Viking
- The Hansen Series - Sveyn & Hollis Book 3When thrust back into his physical body in the same mortally injured state it was when he left it, Sveyn Hansen is in more pain than he could imagine was survivable. And when paramedics transport him to the hospital he has no ID, no birth certificate, no vaccinations, and no explanation of where he came from. Hollis McKenna leaves her own hospital bed to rescue him, claiming the confused and confusing man was raised as a Gypsy – the only explanation that was possible. Now, Hollis must find a way for this 11th Century Viking to become a legal and functional resident of the 21st Century.
Added to their situation is Sveyn’s confession to Hollis that he only manifested to direct descendents of his father. Though she thinks he is mistaken, a visit to her parents reveals the long-held secret that Hollis was adopted. While she deals with that blow, and begins to research her own history, Sveyn proves surprisingly capable of dealing with the present time.
A conflict between two families claiming ownership of a 1938 original painting by a Jewish art restorer from Berlin, Germany gives Hollis more information than she expected, before another threat to her life prompts Sveyn to take Hollis to Las Vegas and seal their relationship for good.
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A Restored Viking
- The Hansen Series - Sveyn & Hollis Book 2Following an unprecedented event where Viking apparition Sveyn Hansen manifests enough of a presence to save Hollis McKenna’s life, the resulting security videos of her barely visible “guardian angel” cause a flood of interest in the Arizona History and Cultural Museum from spiritualists, cable-television ghost hunters, and exorcizing priests. Hollis must somehow deal with the influx, while still preparing the Kensington collection for the upcoming opening of the museum’s new wing, and wondering all the while how much of the Viking’s presence might be detected and proved.
At the wing’s opening gala, Hollis’s ex-boyfriend of ten years shows up unexpectedly, claiming his short-lived marriage was a mistake and he wants to reunite. Though skeptical of Matt’s ability to commit to her, Hollis knows that Sveyn, a mere apparition with no control over where or when he manifests, offers her no future of any kind. But as Sveyn’s connection with Hollis deepens, he begins to manifest in real ways—regaining his physical senses, and catching other people’s notice.
When the true nature of her complicated situation comes to light, Hollis discovers how dismal her situation actually is… until a nearly-fatal accident changes everything.
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An Unexpected Viking
- The Hansen Series - Sveyn & Hollis Book 1Sveyn Hansen was a Viking in 1070—until Norway’s king declared the country Christian, sparking deep-rooted conflict. Sveyn, caught in a violent clash and run through by a sword, lay bleeding on the ground while at his head the priest gave him last rites. But at his feet, the devil was pulling Sveyn toward a different end. A blinding flash and deafening boom shook Sveyn to his bones. Once he could see and hear again, he wasn’t certain what had happened. Only that he was not dead. And he was no longer alive.
Hollis McKenna was contracted by the Arizona History and Cultural Museum after they received a bequest from 105-year-old Tempe resident Ezra Kensington the Fifth, a decades-long hoarder and self-styled anthropologist—along with twelve million dollars to build a wing to house his treasured collection. Hollis’s overwhelming job is to weed through the hoard to see if it contains anything museum worthy.
Hollis’s boss, insisting she take a break after months at the task, sends her to a relaxing weekend event. When Hollis shows up, she spies a cover model standing off to the side. Surprised that no one is conversing with the gorgeous six-foot-plus man wearing the Viking costume, she winds through the crowd to speak with him herself. He insists that Hollis hold her “lighted rectangle” to her ear while she converses with him. Frustrated at his repeated insistence, she holds out her phone and demands to know why.
“Because you are the only one who can see me.”
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A Nordic Knight and his Spanish Wife
- The Hansen Series - Jakob & Avery Book 3Jakob Petter Hansen, a knight in service to Henry the Eighth’s wife, Queen Catherine of Aragon, is married to her childhood friend and chief Lady-in-Waiting, Lady Avery Galaviz de Hansen. Lady Avery owns a burgeoning trade business and the first ship is expected to dock in London any day. When it does, it brings two unanticipated visitors: one very dear to Jakob ~ and one very dangerous to Avery.
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A Nordic Knight of the Golden Fleece
- The Hansen Series - Jakob & Avery Book 2Still reeling from a spurned marriage proposal and the sudden disappearance of Lady Avery Albergar, Jakob Hansen arrives in Barcelona, Spain to attend the Order of the Golden Fleece as the trusted representative of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway. He knows Avery is somewhere in Spain, but when he enters Barcelona for the first time he is surprised to find her in a funeral procession ~ for a dead husband.
Avery was hiding in the Tudor Court for years, acting as Queen Catherine's chief lady-in-waiting. Faced with the financial disaster her estranged and deceased husband left behind, Avery realizes Jakob may be her only friend ~ unless her lies have turned him away for good.
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A Nordic Knight in Henry's Court
- The Hansen Series - Jakob & Avery Book 1Jakob Hansen, a knight in service to King Christian II of Denmark and Norway for fifteen years, is being sent to Barcelona, Spain as the king's representative at the 1519 gathering of The Order of the Golden Fleece. On the way, he delivers a gift for England's two-year-old Princess Mary, daughter of young Henry VIII - and meets the enigmatic Lady Avery Albergar, the "Ice Maiden" of Queen Catherine's court. While Jakob is pressed into keeping Henry's secrets, it becomes clear that Lady Avery has some dark secrets of her own.
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Leaving Norway
- The Hansen Series - Martin & Dagny Book 4Martin Hansen left his family's home in Arendal to sail for America and follow his dreams. On the ship he meets the enigmatic Dagny, traveling with a man who calls himself her brother. Martin and Dagny become good friends ~ until passengers' stolen jewels are found in her trunk. Martin believes so strongly in Dagny's innocence that he provides her with an alibi ~ though it ruins her reputation. Now shunned by the other passengers, Martin and Dagny try to prove the identity of the true criminal, while facing unexpectedly deadly circumstances when leaving Norway.
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Kirsten's Journal
- The Hansen Series - Martin & Dagny and Reidar & Kirsten Book 3Kirsten Sven finally consented to marry Reidar Hansen, and to follow the erstwhile Continental Captain nine hundred miles west ~ from her parents’ regal home in Philadelphia, to the wilderness of the Missouri Territory. Adjusting to rural life on his five-hundred acre land grant proved to be a challenge for the pampered Nordic princess, as the newlyweds spent their first year in a single-roomed cabin. This is Kristen’s journal, touching on the joys and struggles during her first five years of her life with Reid, the building of their permanent home, the birth of their first son, Nicolas, and the founding of a community.
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Finding Sovereignty
- The Hansen Series - Martin & Dagny and Reidar & Kirsten Book 2Reid Hansen has been at war for eight years. Injured in an explosion, he is taken to the Sven mansion to recover. Kirsten Sven has reasons not to marry, in spite of her unwanted attraction to the army officer. Reid declares his love for her, but she sends him away by revealing her dark secret. Once Reid procures a land grant in the Missouri territory, he journeys 900 miles back to Philadelphia, finally determined to convince Kirsten to take him as her husband, unaware her marriage to another man is imminent.
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In the Norseman's House
- The Hansen Series - Rydar & Grier and Eryndal & Andrew Book 3Scots knight Andrew Drummond promised to take his wife, Eryn, to Arendal, Norway to meet her only living relative: a Norse sailor he became acquainted with in tiny Durness, Scotland. Three years after their marriage, he is finally keeping his promise. Rydar Hansen despises Lord Andrew. The knight was rude and condescending when they met ~ and Rydar hasn't forgotten. The only reason he agreed to the visit, is his curiosity over his newly found cousin. But his wife, Grier, is uncertain about welcoming the knight, whom she hasn't seen since refusing his marriage proposal four years earlier.
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Loving the Norseman
- The Hansen Series - Rydar & Grier and Eryndal & Andrew Book 1Grier MacInnes buried three fiancés in the Black Death; soon she'll be replaced by her cousin's teen bride as Lady of Durness Castle. After two decades in Greenland, Rydar Hansen is desperate to return to Norway and reclaim his inheritance ~ if he still has one. Thrown together by a North Sea storm, they don't speak the same language. But apart from each other, they have no future.
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Loving the Knight
- The Hansen Series: Rydar & Grier and Eryndal & Andrew Book 2Lady Eryndal Bell is a fraud. A bastard orphan, she has claimed the Bell estate in the aftermath of the Black Death. When Lord Andrew Drummond, courtier to King David II, arrives Eryn hides her treasonous deception from the knight, despite his passionate proposal. After Drew discovers her lies, will he convince the king to spare her life? And will either one move beyond their stubborn pride and painful pasts to salvage love ~ before it's too late?
All would be fine if Lord Andrew Drummond hadn’t made an unexpected visit on behalf of King David II, held in the Tower of London as prisoner of England’s King Edward III. Drew, as the Scottish king’s main connection with the country he reigns over, has been traveling all over Scotland at the king’s behest. He is to assess the damage from the Black Death that has devastated the country; the country King David expects to raise the ransom to secure his freedom.
The knight is impressed with the smooth running of Castleton, as well as its Lady. Eryn is tall, graceful, and confident. After months of viewing the horror caused by the Death, he is only too happy to pass some peaceful time at Castleton, before he returns to the king with his troubling report.
Eryn knows that assuming a title that was not hers is a punishable offence, even to death. And Drew is certain this lovely lady is hiding something. But the pull between them is causing more problems. Her fear of being discovered, and his determination to uncover her secret, adds even more tension to their developing attraction.
Loving the Knight kept me up nights. It was difficult to put the book down, many chores went undone. Kris Tualla has woven a tale of love and fear with splendid results. The anxiety and loneliness of Eryn came through so effectively, it tore at my heart. Her determination to keep Castleton afloat, even using treasonous methods at times, brought remarkable strength to this character. Drew’s feelings of protection and concern, and growing love for this enigmatic woman won me over whole heartedly.
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A Matter of Principle
- The Hansen Series: Nicolas & Sydney Book 3St. Louis, Missouri 1821
Nicolas Hansen has returned from Norway determined to change the world. But when he runs for State Legislator in the brand-new state of Missouri, the enemies he made over the past two years aren't about to step quietly aside.
Sydney has made enemies of her own, both by marrying Nicolas and by practicing midwifery. When a newspaper reporter makes it his goal to destroy them, Nicolas must rethink his path once again. But this time, it's a matter of principle.
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A Prince of Norway
- The Hansen Series - Nicolas & Sydney: Book 2Christiania, Norway 1820
American-born Nicolas Hansen has been asked to candidate for his great-grandfather's throne. His new wife Sydney isn't about to let him go to Norway and face that possibility alone. The moment they arrive at Akershus Castle, the political intrigue and maneuvering begin.
Can Sydney trust anyone? Will Nicolas resist the seduction of power? Or will he claim the throne for himself? Most importantly: will their young marriage survive the malicious mischief of the ambitious royal family?
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A Woman of Choice
- The Hansen Series - Nicolas & Sydney: Book 1The Missouri Territory, 1819…
A woman is viciously betrayed and abandoned by her unfaithful husband.
She is rescued by a widower uninterested in love. In desperation, she becomes engaged to his best friend.
One woman, three very different men. Life is about choices.
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