Barbara Eppich Struna
Author Barbara Eppich Struna.
When the author and her husband Tim, a professional artist, turned forty in the late 1980s, they moved with their three teenagers from Ohio to Cape Cod into a sea captain’s house, circa 1880. The Cape’s history and brilliant natural light drew them in; this was a place where Tim would paint and Barbara could write.
A storyteller at heart, Barbara’s imagination took flight after she unearthed a mysterious pattern of red bricks under ten inches of soil behind her barn, and found a beautiful blue-flowered pottery shard on the tidal flats of Brewster. She conjured up a connection to an old Cape legend about Maria Hallett and her pirate lover Sam Bellamy, captain of the wrecked ship The Wyhdah.
These unanticipated events catapulted Barbara onto a journey that led to the writing of
First Place – Historical Fiction, Royal Dragonfly Awards 2014, #1 Amazon Best Seller
#1 Amazon Best Seller
The Old Cape Hollywood Secret,
First Place – Historical Fiction, Royal Dragonfly Awards 2017,
Honorable Mention – Hollywood Book Festival 2017,
Silver Award Fiction/Mystery/Suspense – IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards – 2018,
Finalist Eric Hoffer 2018 Book Award
Finalist/Suspense – 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
She is an International Best Selling Author, a Member in Letters of the National League of American Pen Women, International Thriller Writers, Panelist – Thrillerfest 2016, Sisters In Crime: National, New England, LA, and President of Cape Cod Writers Center. Always a journal writer, she is fascinated by history and writes a blog about the unique facts and myths of Cape Cod.
In 1898, the Portland Gale tore across Provincetown on Cape Cod’s coast. Walter Ellis, a descendant of legendary Maria Hallett, loses his ship and fishing livelihood. Forced to leave his family behind, he seeks gold in Alaska but never returns. Present day Nancy Caldwell travels to Alaska to visit family. She discovers an old letter destined for Provincetown but never sent. Back home on Cape Cod, a 1780s house, a hidden ‘pigeon’s blood’ ruby ring, and a past nemesis complicate Nancy’s search for what happened to the missing fisherman. Using dueling timelines between centuries, the historical fiction, “The Old Cape Blood Ruby,” follows Nancy as she untangles the lost message’s clues, in a quest filled with love, heartbreak, and treasure.
There is treasure in Brewster on Cape Cod!
Will Nancy Caldwell and her niece Jane find it? Or is Max Appleton desperate enough to risk everything and uncover the riches first?
In her new historical fiction, The Old Cape Map, best-selling author Barbara Eppich Struna takes you from Cape Cod to Millbury, Massachusetts and back. With timelines in 1900 and present day, this adventure is filled with suspense, secrets, and Spanish gold.
Contact Info:
Instagram#barbara_struna
barbara.estruna@gmail.com