This convent of nuns could sure use a miracle.
Spain, 1526. Enter Sister Ernestine, on the run from her past and hiding a secret that could change history. She thinks she can leave all that behind when she joins a quiet little convent, but her skills with numbers and accounting are desperately needed after the reverend mother makes a decision that threatens the future of the abbey. But with a dangerous enemy on her trail and a crooked priest seeking the convent’s downfall, her task seems impossible.
With the clock ticking, can Sister Ernestine protect her past and survive the rising threat within the abbey’s walls?
Perfect for fans of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind, Ernestine is a must-read for anyone who loves a richly-drawn historical setting, a strong female protagonist, and a story that will stay with them long after the final page.
"If you are a historical fiction reader this book is for you. . . . I couldn't put it down and am now in need of a nap as I stayed up late last night so I could finish it! "
- Amazon reviewer, Five Stars
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"Beautifully crafted story with memorable characters. Brava!"
- Amazon reviewer, Five Stars
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Kate Reynolds is a novelist and the author of Ernestine, winner of the 2021 Best Indie Book Award (BIBA) for historical fiction and a semi-finalist for the 2021 Historical Fiction Booklife Prize. The book was also chosen as a 2021 Best Book Awards (historical category) in the American Book Fest. IN 2023, the audiobook version of Ernestine, narrated by the inimitable Meliora Dockery, took home the bronze medal.
Kate’s twenty years of professional writing experience have taught her the value of research—a reader has every right to expect accuracy in a novel. Her latest novel, Pheemie’s War, is a coming-of-age story set in World War II Phoenix, Arizona. She has traveled extensively in Spain where most of her books are set and has also spent many happy years residing in Arizona.
Now she lives and works in Bluffton, South Carolina with her husband and cat named Ernest Hemingway. Ernest fondly assists in the writing process by shuffling important papers from the desk to the floor.
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