Emilee Hines

Emilee Hines, Author

Though she is a native Virginian, Emilee Hines finds she is always learning new and interesting things about the history of her home state. She is a graduate of Lynchburg College and has a master's degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has taught in Virginia and Kenya. She enjoys writing, traveling, and exploring western North Carolina in her Mustang.

Emilee's New Adventures!

Easter Sunday 2011 at friend's house

The following books are available via Amazon.com or any major bookstore

Coming soon another romance, "A Place to Love".

	Recently published and Available from Amazon. In Kindle $2.99 or Print Format $9.99 While you swore to love each other forever, and it might feel as if you’ve been together forever, life on earth is unfortunately finite. Either you or your spouse is guaranteed to pass away first; will the surviving one of you be able to manage the household, maintain finances and make the appropriate arrangements for a funeral or memorial service? Til Death Do Us Part can help couples prepare for such an inevitability (and improve their organization, finances and communication to enjoy now and for years to come). It can also walk a new widow or widower through the first days and months following the loss of a spouse. Full of useful information and anecdotes from dozens of surviving spouses, this book can help you prepare for the end of life, and make the most of living.
	Recently published and Available from Amazon. at the badly behaved characters who shaped the history of America and its capital through their deeds and misdeeds. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Washington, D. C., History features seventeen short profiles of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheros, from the history of the nation's capital. Emilee Hines reveals the dark side of some well-know and even revered characters from America's past both part-time Jerks and others who were Jerks through and through.
	Recently published and Available from Amazon in Kindle ($5.99) or print format Callie Spencer's first choice was born of a survival instinct: her need to escape her stepfather and his plans for her. Her mission is to make it to New Orleans and her aunt Rachel, who she hope will recognize her by her late mother's ring. But the road from western Virginia to southern Louisiana is treacherous, especially in 1814: thieves, Kaintucks and British troops are just a few of the dangers Callie faces, and a battle is coming that will endanger them all. When she meets Andrew Logan, Callie is drawn to his strength and bravery. But Andrew has his own ambitions ... and his own secrets. Now Callie must make a choice: can she trust him?
	Available from Amazon.com in Kindle ($5.99) or print format When Geoffrey Landon brings a marriage proposal and paid passage to Virginia from Richard Selden. Amelia knows it’s meant for her sister, but pretends to be the betrothed. Wanting to escape an upcoming arranged marriage, she lies to Geoffrey and her family and sails to Virginia on the eve of the American Revolution. If war comes, she may be trapped by events, considered an enemy and forced to return to England. On the voyage, she loses her heart to the charming, cynical Geoffrey, who has his own reasons to distrust her. Amelia dares not tell him the truth—until it is too late.
	Recently published and Available from Amazon. Editorial Review: Part of our new and growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends of Virginia explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Virginia's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Virginia history.
	Virginia: Mapping the Old Dominion State through History: Rare and Unusual Maps from the Library of Congress (Mapping .... Through History) (Hardcover) Authors: Vincent Virga and Emilee Hines A stirring trip through the history of the Old Dominion State through gloriously detailed, fascinating maps from the Library of Congress 50 full-color historical maps from the Library of Congress Informative captions on each map's origins Essays by Virginia author Emilee Hines on how maps reflect the history, culture, and sensibilities of the state and its residents through time A foreword by Vincent Virga describing the library's collection and the state's maps A choice selection of modern maps depicting birds-eye-views of towns and cities About Mapping States Through History This is the first series to assemble—in full color, state-by-state—an in-depth collection of rare, historically significant maps of the cities, states, counties, towns, and events that make up each of America's fifty states. Produced in collaboration with the Library of Congress and edited by renowned photo editor and author Vincent Virga, these books offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through the maps and their narrative captions. Each map thus becomes a virtual time machine that tells us much about the places we live in today. Compelling historical essays by a local writer complement Virga's foreword to further help weave the cartographic record into a drama of settlement and change. Available from Amazon $18.96
	Vince’s friends think he’s crazy to move to small-town Burnt Station, and after a while, Vince and his wife, Annette, begin to agree. As the new lawyer, Vince gets all the quirky cases nobody else wants. His clients include a teenage kleptomaniac, a pot user who streaks the college campus, the judge’s wayward wife, and even the mayor after the town fire department burns the wrong house in a practice. Vince is kidnapped by inept bank robbers after a customer blows out the side of the bank with a supposedly dud grenade. Annette’s boozing uncle has to be taken home from jail regularly, and Vince’s manipulative aunt moves in just as they are renovating an old house. The newspaper editor publishes incorrect stories about Vince that are more outrageous than what’s really happening. This droll novel will keep you laughing from beginning to end. One reader's review of Burnt: Here is a great story that gets to a wide range of small town and family interactions that are familiar to so many of us. The story line is great and the author keeps the story moving to entice you to read more. It is a light and entertaining read that I would recommend to all. I read it in one sitting with only the necessary breaks one afternoon. Available from Amazon or from Author at $12.95 plus $3 shipping
	To traditional British school systems in Africa, add 150 young American teachers, most of them single, and the result is change and adventure. British rule had brought English language, laws, government, education, and customs to East Africa, but three countries-Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda-in the 1960s were on the brink of independence and making their own future. This is the story of one young teacher's travels and adventures from the Congo border to the Indian Ocean, from Victoria Falls to the remote Northern Frontier of Kenya. Teaching in Kenya, she interacted with and came to respect her African students and British colleagues. This is a love affair with East Africa and its people-African, Asian, and European. It is exciting, inspiring, sad, and, most of all, unforgettable. Also available from Amazon or from Author at $12.95 plus $3 shipping
	Synopsis of this second edition Well known for its historic buildings, battlefields, and beaches, Virginia has a colorful and dramatic past. It Happened in Virginia tells the stories of intriguing people and events from the history of this beautiful state, from the first American revolution in 1676 to the capture of a Soviet spy in 1985. Learn how Joel Sweeney invented the banjo and went on to be called “the Pied Piper of Appomattox.” And how Professor Thomas Jonathan Jackson, a teacher at a small military school, earned his own nickname: Stonewall Jackson. Read about a cigarette rolling machine that sparked a vast tobacco fortune, a massive bank embezzlement by the unlikeliest of robbers, and the election of the nation's first African-American governor. available from Amazon at $11.66 plus $3.29 shipping
	More than Petticoats: Remarkable Virginia Women profiles the lives of thirteen resourceful Old Dominion women, all of whom displayed remarkable courage, hope, and love during times of social and political turmoil. Some of these women are well known, such as Pocahontas, who crossed racial and cultural lines to establish friendships with the Jamestown colonists; Martha Washington and Dolley Madison, First Ladies of the young Republic; and Civil War spies Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew. Others less familiar but equally ambitious include banker and philanthropist Maggie Lena Walker, outspoken politician Nancy Astor, and labor organizer Lucy Randolph Mason. Witnesses to momentous events in American history -- colonization, revolution, civil war, and social reform -- these women are linked by their determination, their fortitude, and their bravery. Read about their exciting lives in this collection of brief and absorbing biographies. available from Author at $12.95 plus $3 shipping