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Mary Ann Bernal
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Author of historical fiction, sci-fi, & action novellas. Known for The Briton and the Dane series. Recent works: Crusader’s Path, Forgiving Nero, & AnaRose series. US military advocate.
Website: www.maryannbernal.com
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Mary Ann Bernal @maryannbernal.bsky.social · Jul 27
I’m deeply grateful to the readers who’ve supported The Briton and the Dane series since its launch. Writing these stories has been an incredible journey, and your encouragement means the world.

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Borders close. Secrets unravel. Escape from Berlin leads five chilling tales of survival and betrayal. Watch the cinematic trailer & read the full collection:

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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Crusader’s Path: The People’s Crusade — Ordinary people marched with hope and faith, risking everything for a cause larger than themselves.
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Crusader’s Path: Faith, Fire, and Blood — The People’s Crusade Post 3 of 5 While nobles gathered their armies, Peter the Hermit led a very different force: t...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Born of Norse blood on Saxon soil, Helga walks a path between love and loyalty.
Read her powerful character interview from The Briton and the Dane.
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Between Two Worlds with Helga of East Anglia — An Exclusive Character Interview
In this special interview, we meet Helga of East Anglia, a Norsewoman whose life is entwined with loyalty to her people and unexpected ties...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Book Spotlight: A Most Unlikely Man: A Tale of Resistance by J.P. Rieger. Why not visit my blog and have a look?
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Book Spotlight: A Most Unlikely Man: A Tale of Resistance by J.P. Rieger
Isadore Levinsky is a survivor. No stranger to concentration camps, he’s been freighted by boxcar to yet one more, possibly his last, befo...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Book Spotlight: The Traitor’s Son by Wendy Johnson. Why not visit my blog and have a look?
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#HistoricalFiction #RichardIII #HouseOfYork #WarsOfTheRoses #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
Book Spotlight: The Traitor’s Son by Wendy Johnson
Caught between a king and a kingmaker, young Richard Plantagenet knows he’ll have to choose... 1461: Richard Duke of York, King by Right, ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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"One of the best books I have ever read! Almost the whole of English history, told through the eyes of generations and generations of the same family." Review

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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Book Spotlight: Seeds of the Pomegranate by Suzanne Uttaro Samuels. Why not visit my blog and take a peek?
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Book Spotlight: Seeds of the Pomegranate by Suzanne Uttaro Samuels
A gritty story of a woman learning to survive in 20th-century Gangland, New York   In early 20th-century Sicily, noblewoman Mimi Inglese, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Book Spotlight: The Cameo Keeper by Deborah Swift. Audiobook read by Diana Croft. Kindly visit my blog and have a look.
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Book Spotlight: The Cameo Keeper by Deborah Swift. Audiobook read by Diana Croft.
Rome 1644: A Novel of Love, Power, and Poison   Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always  ― Dante Alighieri   In the heart of...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Nero: Victim or Monster? — The Young Emperor. Can compassion survive betrayal and ambition?
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Nero: Victim or Monster? — The Young Emperor Post 3 of 5 The first years of Nero’s reign showed promise: he lowered taxes, supported the arts, and even provi...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The fate of men may rest in a single message.
Meet Wulfgar of Wessex, King Alfred’s trusted messenger, in this exclusive character interview from The Briton and the Dane.
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#CharacterInterview #HistoricalFiction #MedievalDrama #HistoricalAdventure
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Today’s Book Spotlight: What Remains is Hope by Bonnie Suchman. Why not visit my blog and have a look?
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Book Spotlight: What Remains is Hope by Bonnie Suchman
Beginning in 1930s Germany and based on their real lives, four cousins as close as siblings—Bettina, Trudi, Gustav, and Gertrud—share the ...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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SEPULCHRE BY THE SEA, a short Gothic novel based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem ANNABEL LEE. Crypts, bones, evil Angels, a maiden in distress, a disabled MC...and a love that ends in obsession and horror. #darkromance #kindleunlimited

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November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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New on the blog! Step inside the rebellion with Krista, Voice of the Rebellion from Planetary Wars: Rise of an Empire. Her choices lit the spark of hope the galaxy needed.

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Exclusive Character Interview: The Resistance Speaks – Krista, Voice of the Rebellion
In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Krista, a courageous operative of the Freedom Fighters. As the first point of contact for Soph...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Today’s Book Spotlight is on A Virtuoso in America: Adrian by Fred Raymond Goldman. Why not visit my blog and have a look?
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Book Spotlight: A Virtuoso in America: Adrian by Fred Raymond Goldman
How do you reconcile a decision you made in the past when the world erupts in war, threatening the life of someone you love and believe yo...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Today’s Book Spotlight is on Ravenscourt by Samantha Ward-Smith. Kindly visit my blog and have a look.
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Book Spotlight: Ravenscourt by Samantha Ward-Smith
He wanted to be gone from the dark enclosing room, with its mocking misery, to be gone from this house of nightmares, of shattered dreams,...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The Secret World of Pageant Pigeons: By the 1850s, the London Columbarian Society was holding pageants, attracted none other than Charles Darwin, who attended a meeting and began studying pigeons for what later became basis for On the Origin of Species buff.ly/XXJ4Vpi
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The Failures of Henry VIII, Guest Post by @JudithArnopp: Tyrants aren’t born, they evolve, just as saints do, their characters are slowly shaped over time. The early Tudor chronicles provide no hint of the embittered man Henry was to become. historicalfictionblog.com/the-failures...
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards
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All the King's Bastards: A Succession of Chaos
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November 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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The Good Queen, the tale of Matilda of Scotland, wife of Henry I. Her legacy includes her daughter, Empress Maud. With a saintly mother and a father who defeated Macbeth, Matilda sought to unite Saxons and Normans.
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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SEPULCHRE BY THE SEA, a short Gothic novel based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem ANNABEL LEE. Crypts, bones, evil Angels, a maiden in distress, a disabled MC...and a love that ends in obsession and horror. #darkromance #kindleunlimited

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November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The King Just Won’t Stay Down: There are at least four stories regarding the death of Richard II—and they are as far apart as you can get. buff.ly/3YMizd6
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Robert, Duke of Normandy, doesn’t ask for loyalty—he commands it.
Watch his virtual character interview from Crusader’s Path and witness the weight of leadership in a time of war.
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Command, Ambition, and Legacy: A Virtual Character Interview with Robert, Duke of Normandy
He’s a prince, a warrior, and a man burdened by destiny. Now, Robert, Duke of Normandy, speaks for himself in a format as commanding as his ...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Henry IV was not a happy man. Not only did he struggle with rebellious subjects, but his health failed and he had to deal with his ambitious son. Books 3 & 4 in THE PLANTAGENET LEGACY. buff.ly/2xMXJTW Also on #KU
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#NewRelease!
January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards $2.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Tudor 📚💙📚
www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Ba...
All the King's Bastards: A Succession of Chaos
Amazon.com: All the King's Bastards: A Succession of Chaos eBook : Lawrence, G. , Design, Warren: Kindle Store
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November 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The Medieval Babes book series Norman Collection...
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Juliane mybook.to/MYENEMY
Matilda mybook.to/goodqueen

FOUR NORMAN LADIES, 4 STORIES BASED ON REAL PEOPLE AT THE TIME OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST. Poison, war, revenge! #KINDLEUNLIMITED
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