Jessica James is an award-winning author and travel writer who loves old houses, history and traveling the backroads of America. She has penned 18 novels that range from patriotic suspense/thrillers to Southern historical fiction, and has won more than a dozen literary awards. Her books can be found in hundreds of libraries, including Harvard and the U.S. Naval Academy.An avid traveler and student of history, James enjoys writing about the places she visits during her research trips on the blog pastlanetravels.com. James' highly-anticipated release of the new Shades of Gray Civil War Serial Trilogy is out now in both print and electronic editions.Book and AwardsLacewood (2019)John Esten Cooke Award for Southern FictionFinalist Great Detroit Area RWA BookSellers BestFinalist HOLT AwardFi...