by Alena Mentink | Mar 5, 2025 | Books
With another book that just released, now seems like the perfect time to talk about why I choose to write historical fiction. There could be a couple answers for that. The History, of Course. I love diving into the past and exploring the way things used to...
by Alena Mentink | Mar 4, 2025 | Books, Home to Osceola
With most of my books, I can remember the moment an idea took fire and started spinning itself into a book. One scene jumps to life vividly, and then bit by bit, the rest of the details of the story follow. Not every author works that way. To each their own...
by Alena Mentink | Feb 27, 2025 | Books, Home to Osceola
Today I want to introduce you to the characters who appear on the pages of A Time of Proving. The characters are one of my favorite aspects of this book because they each have a life and voice of their own. Time would give out on me to talk about all of them, so...
by Alena Mentink | Feb 26, 2025 | Books, Home to Osceola
The day is here! Release day for A Time of Proving! I’m thrilled to finally be able to share A Time of Proving with you. It’s been a year since A Choice of Love released, so I’m sure you’re more than ready for the sequel....
by Alena Mentink | Feb 25, 2025 | Books, Home to Osceola
After reading the back cover copy of A Time of Proving, you may be thinking that both main characters are fresh with this book. For Miriam, that’s true. This book marks the first time she appears in the Home to Osceola series. During A Bargain to Keep she was...
by Alena Mentink | Feb 22, 2025 | Books, Home to Osceola
I have a few different methods of how I decide to read a book. Depending on whether I’m looking at a physical book on a shelf, an online book, or, honestly, all the unread books on my kindle, I have various approaches to selecting which book will be “the...
