{"id":788,"date":"2017-10-25T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T04:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/?p=788"},"modified":"2017-10-19T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:02:19","slug":"heart-stone-john-jackson-historic-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/2017\/10\/25\/heart-stone-john-jackson-historic-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"HEART OF STONE by John Jackson #historic #fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-stone.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-785\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-stone.png?resize=474%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"stone\" width=\"474\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-stone.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-stone.png?resize=300%2C118&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Heart of Stone<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">by<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">John Jackson<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumbnail_Cover-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-787\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumbnail_Cover-1.jpg?resize=474%2C756&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"stone\" width=\"474\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumbnail_Cover-1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumbnail_Cover-1.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Genre: Historic Fiction <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Release Date: 24<sup>th<\/sup> October 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Publisher: Crooked Cat Books<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dublin, 1730<\/p>\n<p>When young and beautiful Mary Molesworth is forced to marry Robert Rochford, widowed heir to the earldom of Belfield, she finds that her idea of love is not returned. Jealous, cruel and manipulative, Robert ignores her after she has provided him with a male heir, preferring to spend his nights with his mistress. Power-hungry, Robert builds up a reputation that sees him reach for the highest positions in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Caught in an unhappy marriage, Mary begins to grow closer to Robert\u2019s younger brother, Arthur. Acknowledging their love for each other, they will risk everything to be together. But Robert\u2019s revenge threatens their lives and tears them apart.<\/p>\n<p>Will Mary and Arthur find a way to escape Robert\u2019s clutches?<\/p>\n<p>Based on real events, Heart of Stone is a tale of power, jealousy, imprisonment, and love, set in 1740s Ireland.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">BUY LINKS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2imoHtd\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2imoHtd<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2xPutL9\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2xPutL9<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">ABOUT JOHN JACKSON<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JOHN-JACKSON.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-786\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JOHN-JACKSON.jpg?resize=250%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"stone\" width=\"250\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JOHN-JACKSON.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JOHN-JACKSON.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following a lifetime at sea, John Jackson has now retired and lives in York and has now turned his hand to writing fiction.<\/p>\n<p>An avid genealogist, he found a rich vein of ancestors. They included Irish peers, country parsons, and army and navy officers. They opened up Canada and Australia and fought at Waterloo.<\/p>\n<p>John is a keen member of the Romantic Novelists Association and graduated through their New Writers Scheme. He is also a member of the Historic Novel Society and an enthusiastic conference-goer for both.<br \/>\nHe describes himself as being &#8220;Brought up on Georgette Heyer from an early age, and, like many of my age devoured R L Stevenson, Jane Austen, Edgar Allen Poe and the like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His modern favorite authors include Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Lindsey Davis, Liz Fenwick and Kate Mosse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Facebook:\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=597036631\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=597036631<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Twitter: @jjackson42<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Goodreads Author Page: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17103004.John_Jackson?from_search=true\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17103004.John_Jackson?from_search=true<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Instagram:<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/john5642\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/john5642\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Blog: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/johnjacksonauthor.com\/\">https:\/\/johnjacksonauthor.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heart of Stone by John Jackson Genre: Historic Fiction Release Date: 24th October 2017 Publisher: Crooked Cat Books Dublin, 1730 When young and beautiful Mary Molesworth is forced to marry Robert Rochford, widowed heir to the earldom of Belfield, she finds that her idea of love is not returned. Jealous, cruel and manipulative, Robert ignores &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/2017\/10\/25\/heart-stone-john-jackson-historic-fiction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HEART OF STONE by John Jackson #historic #fiction<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,270,168,271,3],"tags":[8,272,9],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79kK0-cI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":789,"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions\/789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.ca\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}