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DK Marley
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Guiding a Young Catalina of Aragon - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Duty of Daughters"
BOOK EXCERPT The queen dropped her spindle onto her lap, now swinging her approval to her third daughter. “My Joy,” she said, using María’s nickname. Queen Isabel used it so often her siblings had taken to using it, too. “You’re right to remember well the teachings of the church. But God places us in a peculiar position – a position where we serve Him by offering up ourselves. That is the duty of our royal blood.” “But will not our husbands be our heads, Mother?” Infanta Marí
DK Marley
Jul 233 min read
A Budding Socialite Haunted by War - an Editorial Review of "The Last Fatal Hour"
Book Blurb: For Leona Gladney, former woman soldier of the Union Army, life goes on despite the echoes of the battlefield in her heart. Now a suffragist and budding socialite in Brooklyn Heights, she yearns for a literary life and family. But her husband’s business partner embezzles their money and disappears. The society matrons of Brooklyn Heights turn a gimlet eye on Leona after the suspicious death of a wealthy friend. Leona will do anything to find justice for her friend
DK Marley
Jul 224 min read
Discovering Wealth Beneath Tribal Lands - an Editorial Review of "Daughter of Warriors"
Book Blurb: "As haunting as it is beautifully written, this sweeping yet intimate story of a woman’s love and loss in a world that both envied and shunned her is at once heartbreaking and triumphant—a moving testament to the imperfect resilience of the human spirit." -- PAUL MARGOLIS, AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER, AND PRODUCER Lucy Eagleton is a “Daughter of Warriors,” but even the strongest Osage lineage cannot shield her from the evils the white conquerors brought to them: deadly d
DK Marley
Jul 195 min read
No Ordinary Pawn - an Editorial Review of "The Queen Among Kings"
Book Blurb: She came to England expecting chivalry and courtly grace. What she found was betrayal, corruption, and a king more interested in favorites than his crown... Isabella of France, once the daughter of kings, became a queen stripped of lands, wealth, and influence—left to navigate a treacherous court and a husband whose obsession with Hugh Despenser threatened to ruin the kingdom. But Isabella is no ordinary pawn. With intelligence, courage, and a heart tempered by lo
DK Marley
Jul 184 min read
DK Marley
Jul 160 min read
Release Day for "Golden Flight" by Lisajoy Sachs
It's release day for "Golden Flight" - Book Two in the Bright Ones series!! For fans of the first book, "Bright One", follow Berta on her coming-of-age journey of survival... AVAILABLE IN TRADE HARDCOVER & PAPERBACK, EBOOK, AND LARGE PRINT!! And coming soon - the deluxe edition!! In 1933, as antisemitism spreads across Europe, fifteen-year-old Berta leaves Czernowitz on a journey that will change her life forever. Married to a man three times her age, Berta is forced to surre
DK Marley
Jul 142 min read
Cover Reveal for "The Minister of Fashion" by Jill George
Congratulations to Jill George for her upcoming release of "The Minister of Fashion: Marie Antoinette, Rose Bertin, & Wearing Influence in a World of Peril" - designed by White Rabbit Arts at The Historical Fiction Company.... To learn more about her October release, please visit www.jillgeorgewrites.com
DK Marley
Jul 131 min read
A Land Torn by Crusade and Rebellion - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Soldiers of Christ"
BOOK EXCERPT Gorodische, Novgorod Republic, June 1242 Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was angry. He paced around the hall ranting at the dozen or so assembled courtiers and aides who shuffled uncomfortably, staring at the ground in an attempt to evade his ire. At one of the tables the monk Miroslav rebandaged my wounded shoulder, which seared like hot coals, fresh blood coursing down my arm. I clenched my teeth together, watching the prince to distract my mind from the sh
DK Marley
Jul 104 min read
The Untold Story of a Californian First Lady and Playwright - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Mrs R Pacheco"
BOOK EXCERPT During the eighteen-seventies, Californians took risks everyday. Molly and Lizzie rode up Filbert Street in a horsecar packed with shoppers. It was winter, and the day was miserably wet and cold. Molly shivered, pulled her wrap tight against the wind, and listened to her sister complain about life in San Francisco. “I don’t know how much longer I can put up with it,” Lizzie said. “I’ve repeatedly told Henry how I worry about living here, and now we have our baby
DK Marley
Jul 63 min read
Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Spirit of the Times"
BOOK EXCERPT CHAPTER 1 The Mirror of Fate The town of Balasagun in Moghulistan district, Central Orient 4th of October 1336 in the Year of the Rat The soft rays of the autumnal afternoon sun shone through the crown of the ger onto the Mirror of Fate. There it was, facing Karia on the table, a lit candle on either side of it. A short time ago, as custom dictated, the newlyweds had stared into it, revealing their future. She had yearned to gaze into the oval-shaped mirror and h
DK Marley
Jul 63 min read
The Complex Moral Struggles of WWII German Women - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Fables and Lies"
BOOK EXCERPT Chapter Five Berlin, Sunday, 27 August 1939 The Adlon’s lobby was vast, with vaulted ornamental ceilings and a gigantic chandelier. The bannisters of the sweeping staircase were inset with bronze reliefs. Potted palms and Persian rugs added an exotic atmosphere. Well-heeled people bustled past, greeting friends, or headed for the reception desk. Freyja felt like an impostor. The Silesian girl masquerading as a society woman. Voigt was sitting on a leather Chester
DK Marley
Jul 33 min read
For Fans of Kristin Hannah and Kate Quinn - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Making of Marigold McGrath"
BOOK EXCERPT “Mr. Murrow?” “Yes Marigold.” “Before I came here, I worked for a relief agency at Woburn House. Uh, in light of the news last week, I was hoping sir, you might give me this Friday.” Ed Murrow leant forward and put out his cigarette. “What do you have in mind?” “I’d like to photograph the children’s arrival, sir. I could photograph it, sir.” He studied her for a moment and then smiled. “We work in radio, Marigold. Radio.” Marigold straightened her back. “Well, th
DK Marley
Jul 14 min read
Where No One is Quite Sure Where They Belong - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Unbelonging"
BOOK EXCERPT To help clear the way, Frank Sasaki obtained permission to return to Seattle in April to check on the status of their restaurant and their home on Fourteenth and Yesler. He was relieved to learn about a drop-off in violence against Japanese. But with war still raging in Asia at that time, anti-Japanese sentiment was ever present. At the invitation of his pastor at the Japanese Congregational Church, he’d attended a public hearing at Seattle City Hall on resettlem
DK Marley
Jun 293 min read
She Yearned for the Sun - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Queen of Shadows"
BOOK EXCERPT Alma felt safer the moment she entered her city. One of the guards at the city gate recognised her and asked her to give his regards to her mother. She slowed her pace along the familiar streets, passed by the huge cathedral just as the bells in the Giralda rang out the noon hour, and came to an abrupt stop at the sight of her childhood home. The gates stood wide open, people spilling out from the courtyard within to stand in the street. She pushed her way throug
DK Marley
Jun 243 min read