Heroica - @alisonmorton.bsky.social 's troika of courageous ladies #newrelease #althist www.annabelfrage.com/2026/05/15/h...

Ah, short stories, the ones I thought I couldn't do. My new book, HEROICA, consists of just those. but how did I get there?(Hint: arm twisting, cajoling and persuasion by @helenhollick.bsky.social ;-) ) ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/05/my-s... #newrelease #historicalfiction

Located in Caddam Wood just outside Kirriemuir in Scotland, this forest track has been identified as a Roman road. If it is, it would be the most northerly stretch of Roman road in the entire world. #RomanSiteSaturday

Heroica – Ms Morton’s troika of courageous ladies By Anna Belfrage www.annabelfrage.com/2026/05/15/h... @alisonmorton.bsky.social @abelfrageauthor.bsky.social #BookLaunch

Heroica - Ms Morton's troika of courageous ladies www.annabelfrage.com/2026/05/15/h... @abelfrageauthor.bsky.social @alisonmorton.bsky.social

This dropped on my kindle today as I collect some holiday reading I know I will enjoy. NEW in the Roma Nova series - and I've read all the others. Very enjoyable mix of alt history and thriller - always a smooth read.

Thinking of Virunum, the model for Roma Nova, today on HEROICA #publicationday. The three women characters are ready to sacrifice for Roma Nova, even to die for it. books2read.com/HEROICA #newrelease #historicalfiction #althist

Ah, May. You have brought great essays over the last two years.

'In Vienna in 1932, 19 year old Angelika dreams of becoming an opera singer. Beautifully written. Haunting." #EditorsChoice: The Diva’s Daughter by Heather Walrath, reviewer Vicki Kondelik

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Statia Mitela – HEROICA Statia Mitela who features in 'The Idealist',  the third HEROICA story, a dual timeline story, is undoubtedly rash. But she's also courageous and altruistic. Unlike the two other heroines featuring in HEROICA, she isn't serving in the military, but is a senator and head of…

Don't miss Alison's upcoming #thriller! #booksky

Honoria Mitela – HEROICA In the second HEROICA story, Honoria Mitela is a Pretorian Guard soldier in 17th century Roma Nova. She's achieved the rank of prefect (praefectus), a senior commander. Grades and ranks still reflect the classic Roman Empire ones, something that will change in the 19th…

A BARGAIN! The beginning of an excellent alt history series!

Currently 99pence/cents, INCEPTIO tells the story of a young woman who turns to face her nemesis and in doing so comes into her own. books2read.com/INCEPTIO #thriller #althistory

Carina Mitela – HEROICA Carina Mitela is a captain in the Pretorian Guard Special Forces (PGSF), the intelligence and operations service of Roma Nova when we meet her in the first story of HEROICA. But, of course, that's not all she is. We need to know where she came from, what does she want and…

HEROICA excerpt Here's a taster from Revolution?, the first story in HEROICA Roma Nova, 2020 ‘You are joking!’ ‘You think subversive activity threatening Roma Nova is a joke?’ Legate Conradus Mitelus, head of the Praetorian Guard Special Forces, and for good or bad, also my husband, frowned at me.…

Stunning discoveries about Roman infants in York show how children were loved and revered. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #RomanEmpire #AncientRome

Elisabeth Storrs: Fables and Lies I'm honoured and delighted to welcome Elisabeth Storrs to the blog today – a longstanding historical fiction writing friend. Elisabeth has a great love for history and myths. She is the award-winning author of A Tale of Ancient Rome trilogy which was endorsed by…

HEROICA – Why three stories? HEROICA has a strange origin. Revolution?, the first part, started as a little story I wanted to write for myself – an indulgence. Then it grew and grew. The heroine, Carina, goes off piste as usual (see the first four Roma Nova thrillers!) and her investigation became…

A new Roma Nova collection of short(ish) stories will be out on 14 May. Three women face different challenges in three centuries – is courage enough? Pre-order the ebook now! books2read.com/HEROICA #shortstories #historicalfiction #alternatehistory

The runes are always right! The #RUNES series – where love echoes through eternity and transcends time! #Vikings #timeslip #timetravel #romance #weekendreading Starting with:- tinyurl.com/rrf6r2e

Coming soon on #blogtour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: ✨HEROICA by Alison Morton✨ Discover three thrilling stories about three Roma Nova women across three centuries! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog... #AlternativeHistory #HistoricalFiction #ShortStories @alisonmorton.bsky.social

Delighted to welcome @deborahswift.bsky.social to my blog with her new book 'The Enemy's Wife'. Set in wartime Shanghai, it's a story of courage, sacrifice and hope. Highly recommended! alisonmortonauthor.com/2026/04/16/d... #historicalfiction @cathiedunn.bsky.social #TheEnemysWife

If you're looking for escapist thrillers with a Roman tone, off-piste heroines, loyalty, doing the right thing even if not quite legal, a family with bad eggs and true heroes, tough men with vulnerabilities, snappy dialogue, you're in the right place. www.alison-morton.com/2023/09/20/s...

Hooray! Happy book birthday to INSURRECTIO, the story of an amoral populist taking power and one woman's struggle to oppose it. youtu.be/DpBVLxTGrQ0 “INSURRECTIO – a taut, fast-paced thriller and I enjoyed it enormously. Rome, guns and rebellion. Darkly gripping stuff.” – Conn Iggulden

History Month doesn't finish in March! Historical fiction is perfect for all year. Check out this fabulous selection from @bookfunnel.bsky.social books.bookfunnel.com/historical-a... #historicalfiction #bookstoread

Amazons: Myth, Fear, Long Memory The Amazons stride through ancient myth with spears, bows, and a reputation that unsettled the ancient world. These warrior women, said to live beyond the edges of the known Greek world near the Black Sea, were described as superb horse-archers, fiercely…

Amazons: Myth, Fear, Long Memory The Amazons stride through ancient myth with spears, bows, and a reputation that unsettled the ancient world. These warrior women, said to live beyond the edges of the known Greek world near the Black Sea, were described as superb horse-archers, fiercely…

For #WomensHistoryMonth, a few thoughts to set the discussion going... #herstory www.alison-morton.com/2026/03/16/w...

Via Flaminia – crossing the spine of Roman Italy www.alison-morton.com/2022/02/23/t... And where *did* the saying “All roads lead to Rome” come from? #viaflaminia #RomanEmpire #roads

#OTD 29 March 1194 The Lionheart visits Sherwood Forest charlenenewcomb.com/2017/03/otd-... #history #historicalfiction

💫🌹📖KINDLE UNLIMITED🌹📖💫 The enduring mystery of the Princes in the Tower. "A gripping account filled with treachery, intrigue, and family drama." Historical Fiction Company Book of the Year #Medieval #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited geni.us/GodmothersSe...

Ancient Roman gemstone with grasshopper chariot - Boing Boing boingboing.net/2026/03/27/a...

Spring has sprung! From the cherry tree in my garden.

Today, author Alison Morton introduces Aurelia & Carina Mitela – feisty heroines from Roma Nova. Meet two remarkable characters whose loyalty and integrity leads them into danger! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/awar... #AlternateFiction #WomensHistoryMonth @alisonmorton.bsky.social

May I offer a thriller with a Roman twist? In an alternative 20th century, Praetorian Aurelia is hunting a silver smuggler who threatens to ruin Roma Nova. But Aurelia is caught between saving her country, her lover or her child. books2read.com/AURELIARomaN... #alternativehistory #thriller

Rosemary Hayes – Code of Honour I'm delighted to welcome Rosemary Hayes back to the writing blog. She has written many books for children in a variety of genre, from edgy teenage fiction, historical fiction and middle grade fantasy to chapter books for early readers and texts for picture books. …

To DRM or not to DRM? *The* question for #authors who publish with Amazon. We spend months researching, writing and honing a 1000,000 word story, so should we open our work up for free download or at least *try* to protect it? You decide! alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/12/20/t... #writinglife

Via Flaminia – crossing the spine of Roman Italy www.alison-morton.com/2022/02/23/t... And where *did* the saying “All roads lead to Rome” come from? #viaflaminia #RomanEmpire #roads

"Thrillers" is such a wide category. Stories can be psychological, crime, espionage, historical, domestic, international, speculative and even mine which are alternative Roman historical thrillers. That's not even straying into mystery or suspense! #thrillerbooks #readingthrillers

For #WomensHistoryMonth, a few thoughts to set the discussion going... #herstory www.alison-morton.com/2026/03/16/w...

"I truly love the way [the author] brings powerful, character-driven stories to life within the framework of history. In Rogues and Kings, the past never feels like a lecture or a timeline to memorize—it feels lived in." #bookreviews #historicalfiction 💙📚 books2read.com/RoguesKings

Women’s history? Or her story? Wikipedia defines women’s history as follows, ‘Women's history is the study of the role that women have played in history, together with the methods needed to study women. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights throughout recorded…

I thoroughly enjoyed Char Newcomb's latest novel, beautifully combining myth, fact and historical fiction. #GreatHistoricalFiction #HistoricalFiction #NewReleast #MedievalSky

Double Pursuit ebook in the Mélisende contemporary thriller series is 99pence/99cents until Thursday 13 March. Mel – Ex-French special forces Jeff – A tough London Met cop Gun-running, corruption, murder and a nemesis from the past. books2read.com/DoublePursuit #crimethriller

Writers about writing Writers can't help talking about writing, especially when they meet other writers. When I was invited by Morgen Bailey to take part in the online Self Pub Fest in January, I enthusiastically said yes! Self-Pub Fest is a quarterly in person book festival celebrating…

IWD and the Roma Nova way International Women’s Day is a moment to celebrate women’s achievements, recognise the struggles that shaped them and look ahead to the work still to be done. Across the world, some women have stepped into leadership, challenged expectations and reshaped societies.…

Experts said, "Start on page 1 with a murder." So I did. ;-) Double Identity, the first Mélisende European #thriller is the result. books2read.com/DoubleIdentity Murder, deception, racketeering, an ex-French special forces heroine + a tough London cop with attitude. Yep, there are sparks... #books

Writing tics – The beasties! A writing tic is something you write over and over again without realising it. Perhaps you're in the zone and the words are flowing, especially on your first draft.  You’re bashing the story out and before you know it your favourite writing tic is all over the place.…