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Kelly Hashway

Kelly Hashway

About

Kelly Hashway fully admits to being one of the most accident-prone people on the planet, but luckily she gets to write about female sleuths who are much more coordinated than she is. Maybe it was growing up watching Murder, She Wrote that instilled a love of mystery, but she spends her days writing cozy mysteries. Kelly’s also a sucker for first love, which is why she writes romance under the pen name Ashelyn Drake. When she’s not writing, Kelly works as an editor and also as Mom, which she believes is a job title that deserves to be capitalized.

Godwine Kingmaker: Part One of The Last Great Saxon Earls

Godwine Kingmaker: Part One of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<p><span><span>Harold Godwineson, the Last Anglo-Saxon King, owed everything to his father. Who was this Godwine, first Earl of Wessex and known as the Kingmaker? Was he an unscrupulous schemer, using King and Witan to gain power? Or was he the greatest of all Saxon Earls, protector of the English against the hated Normans? The answer depends on who you ask. He was befriended by the Danes, raised up by Canute the Great, given an Earldom and a wife from the highest Danish ranks. He sired nine children, among them four Earls, a Queen and a future King. Along with his power came a struggle to keep his enemies at bay, and Godwine's best efforts were brought down by the misdeeds of his eldest son Swegn. Although he became father-in-law to a reluctant Edward the Confessor, his fortunes dwindled as the Normans gained prominence at court. Driven into exile, Godwine regathered his forces and came back even stronger, only to discover that his second son Harold was destined to surpass him in renown and glory.</span></span></p>

Story Behind The Book

I wrote this book after watching my own dog's strange response to the vacuum cleaner. I thought maybe she saw the vacuum as a new breed of dog.

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<span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12px;color:#7d633b;"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">&quot;This is a fun story young children will love to read.&quot;--V.S. Grenier, Editor-in-Chief of </span></span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:small;"><em><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Stories for Children Magazine</span></em></span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">.</span></span></span><div><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12px;color:#7d633b;"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;"><span style="line-height:20px;font-size:16px;color:#2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">&quot;Help! Dash thinks he's being replaced by the brand-new Sweeper. With an extra long leash, and a closet-bed all his own, Sweeper seems to be taking over the house. </span></span></span></span><span style="line-height:20px;color:#2a2a2a;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">What dog hasn't felt threatened by a new vacuum? </span></span><span style="line-height:20px;font-size:16px;color:#2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Dog lovers of all ages will smile all the way through this dog's eye view of the dog-sweeper conflict in </span></span><em style="line-height:20px;font-style:italic;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">May the Best Dog Win, </span></span></em><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">a delightful new picture book by Kelly Hashway.&quot;--Rebecca Fjelland Davis, author of </span></span><em><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Chasing Alliecat</span></span></em><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">.</span></span></span></div>