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Friday, September 30, 2022
[New post] Guest Post: Mally Becker – THE COUNTERFEIT WIFE
thebookdivasreads posted: " Hello, my fellow book lovers. I don't know about you, but I'm loving the cooler weather. I enjoy curling up on my favorite reading chair with a blanket, a cup of tea, and a good book (or two). Of course, I curl up on my favorite reading chair every se" The Book Diva's Reads
Hello, my fellow book lovers. I don't know about you, but I'm loving the cooler weather. I enjoy curling up on my favorite reading chair with a blanket, a cup of tea, and a good book (or two). Of course, I curl up on my favorite reading chair every season, but Fall and Winter just seem different. My reading tastes also seem to change with the weather, as I gravitate more towards historical fiction at this time of the year. If you're always on the lookout for something new in the historical fiction arena, then you're going to love today's guest author visit. Please help me welcome back Mally Becker, author of The Counterfeit Wife. Ms. Becker will be providing us with an introduction to her latest book. Thank you, Ms. Becker, for coming back to visit, I'm eager to learn more about your latest book. I'll now turn the blog over to you.
I'm excited and honored to be featured here today!
My name is Mally Becker, and I'm the Agatha Award-nominated author of The Turncoat's Widow and The Counterfeit Wife, which is out now wherever books are sold.
The Turncoat's Widow introduces General Washington's two most reluctant spies, young widow Becca Parcell and former British POW Daniel Alloway. Pressed into Washington's service, this unlikely duo uncover a plot that threatens the new nation.
Combining mystery, a touch of romance, and history, The Counterfeit Wife opens months later as Becca and Daniel accept a new assignment from George Washington. Masquerading as newlyweds, they head to Philadelphia to uncover a ring of counterfeiters who are upending the wartime economy.
There, Becca comes face-to-face with a half-remembered woman from her childhood, which forces her to question everything she thought she knew about her past. When that woman becomes a suspect in the murder of one of the counterfeiting suspects, Becca and Daniel find themselves speeding to discover the real villain before he can kill again.
I can hear you asking why on earth Becca and Daniel needed to masquerade as a married couple.
It would have been quite a challenge for an unmarried couple to find "alone time" in the 18th century, a historian assured me. Society banned meetings between unmarried men and women without a chaperone.
Yet Becca and Daniel are amateur sleuths, in their 18th-century way. Without an ability to speak in private, how could they share their impression of suspects or evaluate the information one or the other uncovers?
A fake marriage seemed to me to be their only option. Martha Washington thinks it might work so long as they maintain all the proprieties, as she puts it in my story. General Washington is not as certain but approves the ruse, nonetheless.
When you read my books, The Counterfeit Wife or The Turncoat's Widow, I hope that they entertain you. But I also hope that you feel as if you've stepped back in time, attending a society party at City Tavern, breaking into an 18th-century printer's shop, or chatting with the wealthiest women in Philadelphia.
And I hope above all else that you feel a connection to my female characters especially. Customs may change; clothing certainly does. But I think the things that make us human and our emotions are a constant throughout time.
I especially strove to bring to life women like Becca who chart their own course. Because there have always been women who cheerfully ignore society's restrictions: women spies; women business owners; female poets; even women who led 18th-century riots.
I included a few of those historical women in The Counterfeit Wife, including Benjamin Franklin's adult daughter, Sally, and the wife of Pennsylvania's governor, Esther Reed. She wrote that American women were "born for liberty" and led a group of women who knocked on every door in the city to raise money for the all-but-broke Continental Army.
As a friend of the Washingtons, Becca is invited to tag along on one of the group's fundraising trips with Sally Franklin Bache, Benjamin Franklin's adult daughter who was, in fact, an important member of the Ladies Association. The dramatic meeting between Becca and a woman who lives there sets in motion an important part of my book's plot.
You can learn more about me and my books at www.mallybecker.com. I hope to see you there!
The Counterfeit Wife
by Mally Becker
September 19 - October 14, 2022 Virtual Book Tour
Synopsis:
Philadelphia, June 1780. George Washington's two least likely spies return, masquerading as husband and wife as they search for traitors in Philadelphia.
Months have passed since young widow Becca Parcell and former printer Daniel Alloway foiled a plot that threatened the new nation. But independence is still a distant dream, and General Washington can't afford more unrest, not with food prices rising daily and the value of money falling just as fast.
At the General's request, Becca and Daniel travel to Philadelphia to track down traitors who are flooding the city with counterfeit money. Searching for clues, Becca befriends the wealthiest women in town, the members of the Ladies Association of Philadelphia, while Daniel seeks information from the city's printers.
But their straightforward mission quickly grows personal and deadly as a half-remembered woman from Becca's childhood is arrested for murdering one of the suspected counterfeiters.
With time running out – and their faux marriage breaking apart – Becca and Daniel find themselves searching for a hate-driven villain who's ready to kill again.
Praise for The Counterfeit Wife:
"The Counterfeit Wife by Mally Becker has it all — adventure, romance and deceit … [w]ith smooth-as-ice prose and pitch-perfect dialogue."
Tina deBellegarde, Agatha- and Derringer-nominated author of the Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery Series
"The Counterfeit Wife is a not-to-be-missed adventure that gives new meaning to rebel and loyalist, spy and spouse."
Lori Robbins, award-winning author of the On Pointe and Masterclass Mystery series
"As the young country struggles for independence, so does Becca, and she will have you turning pages well into the night … I highly recommended The Counterfeit Wife and I'm already anxious for the third of the series."
Eileen Harrison Sanchez, award-winning author of Freedom Lessons—A Novel
Book Details:
Genre: Historical Mystery Published by: Level Best Books Publication Date: September 2022 Number of Pages: 300 ISBN: 9781685121587 Series: A Revolutionary War Mystery Book Links:Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads
Author Bio:
Mally Becker combines her love of history and crime fiction in mysteries that feature strong, independent heroines. She is the Agatha Award-nominated author of The Turncoat's Widow, which Kirkus Reviews called, "A compelling tale... with charming main characters." Her first novel was also named a Silver Falchion finalist and a CIBA "Mystery & Mayhem" finalist.
A member of the board of MWA-NY, Mally was an attorney until becoming a full-time writer and an instructor at The Writers Circle Workshops. She is also a member of Sisters in Crime and the Historical Novel Society. Mally and her husband live in New Jersey, where they raised their wonderful son and spend as much time as they can hiking and kayaking.
Mally Becker combines her love of history and crime fiction in mysteries that feature strong, independent heroines. She is the Agatha Award-nominated author of 
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