{"id":426,"date":"2026-05-04T22:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daletaylorbooks.com\/?page_id=426"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:30:50","slug":"free-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daletaylorbooks.com\/?page_id=426","title":{"rendered":"Free Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Free Books by Dale Marie Taylor<\/h3>\n

Find copies of books by Taylor at StoryOrigin. Please leave a review of the book at StoryOrigin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Apple Hill Series<\/h3>\n

— A Home for Easter,<\/em> Hester’s Journey<\/em> and For the Love of Minnie<\/em><\/p>\n

A Home for Easter<\/em><\/h3>\n

A Home for Easter<\/em> (complete book at Story Origin)<\/p>\n

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A Home for Easter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Easter, whose name was given to her by her devoted Christian Cherokee mother, finds herself fleeing capture during the Trail of Tears.<\/p>\n

A Home for Easter (complete book) <\/a><\/p>\n

A Home for Easter (three chapter excerpt)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hester’s Journey<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Hester and her sister Awinta brave a snow storm and outrun an outlaw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hester joins her Uncle Wahali at Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil war of the 1860s. She finds herself applying her healing skills to the most unlikely characters while she’s ducking bullets and men.<\/p>\n

Hester’s Journey (complete book)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Hester’s Journey (three chapter excerpt)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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For The Love of Minnie<\/em><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

African American Minnie finds herself caught between the love of two men — James, the white father of her children, and Henry, the gambler who stakes a claim on her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Love of Minnie (complete book)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Love of Minnie (three chapter excerpt)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two men vie for Minnie’s affections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Flight of the Heart Series<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Carrie’s Song<\/em><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Award-winning Carrie’s Song — The Flight of the Heart Series<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie’s Song features Carrie who struggles during the late 1890s to help recently freed slaves and their children to read and write while attending classes at Fisk University. She marches for the rights of women to vote and against the lynching of people of African descent. When she meets Edward of Knoxville, Tenn., she realizes that she has met someone special. Music is at the center of their world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie’s Song (complete book)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie’s Song (three chapter excerpt)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Music was Carrie’s world <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Music They Made<\/em><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Edward sinks to the bottom of the Cuban Bay following the explosion of the USS Maine. It’s 1898 and Edward has gone to Cuba lend his efforts to the Spanish American War. But he loses his memory because of the explosion. Will he make his way back to Carrie? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Music They Made (Complete Book)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Music They Made (three chapter excerpt)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carrie and Edward migrate to Chicago <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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