{"id":1658,"date":"2026-05-16T20:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:21:55","slug":"excerpt-tour-moccasin-trace-by-hawk-mackinney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/excerpt-tour-moccasin-trace-by-hawk-mackinney\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt Tour: Moccasin Trace by Hawk MacKinney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/draft.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/6965626878172492534\/8583312169666217897#\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;data-original-href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSbCup0WFrpRDSMywusLD58XhLL3hxvIIP9qV8gJhHAtXHB2dpBMj6qiNhyphenhyphenqoii6XQwlDCObChR0qRZcewdCVWJXr_GJ4KK8I5MNsIGiSuFqHwlQNgP9sljHJVCSDVrv7AvuOXOjGvxAX88A0f_tRLW7xalKfz7ZfgI0sjf5YAzAi_goJxAfK_nYA9M2BI\/s1200\/TourBanner_Moccasin%20Trace.jpg&quot;,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSbCup0WFrpRDSMywusLD58XhLL3hxvIIP9qV8gJhHAtXHB2dpBMj6qiNhyphenhyphenqoii6XQwlDCObChR0qRZcewdCVWJXr_GJ4KK8I5MNsIGiSuFqHwlQNgP9sljHJVCSDVrv7AvuOXOjGvxAX88A0f_tRLW7xalKfz7ZfgI0sjf5YAzAi_goJxAfK_nYA9M2BI\/s400\/TourBanner_Moccasin%20Trace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"670\" data-original-width=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Blurb Blitz Tour for MOCCASIN TRACE by Hawk MacKinney, a historical fiction available now from Speaking Volumes Publishing. The tour will run June 1 &#8211; June 19, and this tour will not include interviews or guest blogs; however, a blurb, exclusive excerpt and author bio will be provided to every host for inclusion on their blog. No reviews are being requested for this tour.<\/p>\n<p>Hawk MacKinney will be awarding a $15 Amazon\/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner during the tour, and a $15 Amazon\/BN gift card to a randomly drawn host.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/draft.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/6965626878172492534\/8583312169666217897#\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;data-original-href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjI3Z170SQiFOYUdTyJ8fSJNIM30yGmWA_xgfXyeFAFkvlTWCRIHNgzVXb1DYcPbnw6DbnCUIA0di7P6ASF_r98WHOK5EGwhrRawF3g1UWHeKMZ-CzYgdionVt-iG4fu81A1cjcXVLJYNEmEkSrzv_CUNuhr5XNLCE6QqKNKSEc8ECBf3vGaQrDgIT4GqbV\/s2700\/BookCover_Moccasin%20Trace.jpg&quot;,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjI3Z170SQiFOYUdTyJ8fSJNIM30yGmWA_xgfXyeFAFkvlTWCRIHNgzVXb1DYcPbnw6DbnCUIA0di7P6ASF_r98WHOK5EGwhrRawF3g1UWHeKMZ-CzYgdionVt-iG4fu81A1cjcXVLJYNEmEkSrzv_CUNuhr5XNLCE6QqKNKSEc8ECBf3vGaQrDgIT4GqbV\/w133-h200\/BookCover_Moccasin%20Trace.jpg\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2700\" data-original-width=\"1800\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2026it was about the land.<\/p>\n<p>It is July of 1859, a month of sweltering dog days and feverish emotional bombast. Life is good for widower Rundell Ingram and his hazel-eyed, roan-haired son, Hamilton. Between the two of them, they take care of Moccasin Hollow, their sprawling ancestral plantation home in the rolling farming country outside Queensborough Towne in east Georgia. Adjoining Ingram lands is Wisteria Bend, the vast slave-holding plantation of Andrew and Corinthia Greer, their daughter Sarah, and son Benjamin. Both families share generations of long-accepted traditions, and childhood playmates are no longer children. The rangy, even-tempered Norman-Scottish young Hamilton is smitten with Sarah, who has become an enticing capricious beauty\u2014the young lovers more in love with each passing day, and only pleasant times ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026but a blood tide of war is sweeping across the South, a tide that will forever change everyone and everything.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"BLOG_object_iframe_sanitized\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/widget_object.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"700\" data-original-html=\"&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;700&quot; marginheight=&quot;0&quot; marginwidth=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdqhRTmJ_j8G4CvrjmziZ7RzXi2SZV-_-RnIwBNa_MjRn0caQ\/viewform?embedded=true&quot; width=&quot;600&quot;&gt;Loading\u2026&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" \/><br \/>\nJune 1:<br \/>\nJune 2:<br \/>\nJune 3:<br \/>\nJune 4:<br \/>\nJune 5:<br \/>\nJune 8:<br \/>\nJune 9:<br \/>\nJune 10:<br \/>\nJune 11:<br \/>\nJune 12:<br \/>\nJune 15:<br \/>\nJune 16:<br \/>\nJune 17:<br \/>\nJune 18:<br \/>\nJune 19:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Blurb Blitz Tour for MOCCASIN TRACE by Hawk MacKinney, a historical fiction available now from Speaking Volumes Publishing. 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