

Winner of a "Highly Recommended" Award - "Discerning Grace" by Emma Lombard
Book Blurb: As the first full-length novel in The White Sails Series, DISCERNING GRACE captures the spirit of an independent woman whose...
DK Marley
Sep 22, 20222 min read


Trust and Betrayal in 1940s Canada - an Editorial Review of "Castle Gordon"
Book Blurb: After her husband is gunned down mere weeks before the end of WWII, Anna Castle Gordon arrives in a small Canadian town on...
DK Marley
Sep 18, 20225 min read


A Spectacular Time-spanning Love Story - "Highly Recommended" Award, "The Prisoner of Paradise"
Book Blurb: A trip of a lifetime. A 433-year-old murder. An ancient order that will kill to silence the truth. FINALIST - AMERICAN...
DK Marley
Sep 17, 20222 min read


What if the Confederacy Won the War? - a "Highly Recommended" Award Winner, "Confederacy of Fenians"
Book Blurb: IN THE WAKE OF THE CONFEDERATE VICTORY AT GETTYSBURG, Britain declares war on the United States and invades from Canada....
DK Marley
Sep 17, 20221 min read


A Different Sort of Time Travel - an Editorial Review of "Tangled Spirits"
Book Blurb: “Tangled Spirits offers a unique insight into the world of 10th century Japan, and one that held me spellbound with its...
DK Marley
Sep 16, 20225 min read


Of Love, Loss, and Racial War in Sun-drenched Africa - an Editorial Review of "Harvest of Fear"
Book Blurb: Harvest of Fear is a gripping historical novel that brings to life a family, a farm, and a racial war – in Africa. Johan...
DK Marley
Sep 13, 20226 min read


The Fearlessness and Boldness of a Young Scotsman - an Editorial Review of "The Douglas Bastard"
Book Blurb: King Robert the Bruce and the Black Douglas are dead — and Scots once more must fight for their freedom. Young Archibald, the...
DK Marley
Sep 9, 20224 min read


Two Mothers Desperate Fight During WWII - an Editorial Review of "Our Daughter's Last Hope"
Book Blurb: Amsterdam, 1940 Herta lives a contented life until Nazi Germany invades the Netherlands. As Jews, she and her family face...
DK Marley
Sep 8, 20225 min read


A Design for Extermination - an Editorial Review of "The Architect of Auschwitz"
Book Blurb: The Architect of Auschwitz is a page-turning book whose characters will live in your thoughts long after you finish reading...
DK Marley
Sep 7, 20226 min read


Whose Son Will Be King? - an Editorial Review of "The Importance of Sons"
Book Blurb: Whose Son will be King? In 1491, France conquers Brittany. As part of the peace treaty, fifteen-year-old Duchess Anne must...
DK Marley
Sep 6, 20226 min read


A Victorian Woman's Inability to Catch Her Breath - an Editorial Review of "My Search for Air"
Book Blurb: Plainsville, Pennsylvania, is a town as dull as it sounds, and for high-spirited Lilith Brown, it is a torturous existence....
DK Marley
Aug 31, 20226 min read


Three Women's Lives Merge Within Jerusalem - an Editorial Review of "Bitter for Sweet"
Book Blurb: This is the story of Herod the Great’s mother and how she brought the Arabic world of Nabataea and the Latin world of Rome to...
DK Marley
Aug 30, 20229 min read


A Chaste and Entertaining Regency - an Editorial Review of "The Wastrel's Daughters"
Book Blurb: A chaste, entertaining Regency novel. Left with nothing but debts after their father’s death, Anne and Polly Selby have no...
DK Marley
Aug 26, 20226 min read


War and Magic, a Fatal Combination - an Editorial Review of "White Raven"
Book Blurb: As World War II dawns over the United States, the newly-formed Office of Strategic Services calls upon the Conjurus, people...
DK Marley
Aug 25, 20228 min read


A Genius, Wizard, or Charlatan? - an Editorial Review of "John Law: Money to Burn"
Book Blurb: This is the story of John Law, a pied piper who led rich and poor alike across the barriers of reason and plunged them into...
DK Marley
Aug 25, 20228 min read


Enemies and Allies in the Last Indian War - an Editorial Review of "Bone Necklace"
Book Blurb: In the summer of 1877, the bedraggled remains of the Nez Perce tribe took on the U.S. Army and, despite being badly...
DK Marley
Aug 24, 20226 min read


Held Captive in a World of Sicilian Mafiosos and Cancer - an Editorial Review of "The Last Ziti"
Book Blurb: 1984 was a tough year for San Diego. The mayor was in big trouble; hundreds of high school kids were busted for drugs; a man...
DK Marley
Aug 24, 20229 min read


Two Women, Separated by Centuries, and a Secret - an Editorial Review of "The Bookmark"
Book Blurb: The legendary Marquis de Lafayette, A forgotten Moravian woman who became his nurse, And a bookmark with a secret... 1777....
DK Marley
Aug 23, 20225 min read


Cruelty: The Daughter of Revenge and Hate - an Editorial Review of "A German in a Foreign Land:
Book Blurb: THE FRITZ FAMILY journeys to the Banat region of Hungary to start a new life. Stefan and Sophie find happiness and sorrow in...
DK Marley
Aug 13, 20227 min read


An Olympian Historical Fantasy Adventure - an Editorial Review of "The Laughing Gods"
Book Blurb: Mage Alexio Sopholus has cut his ties with both his rulers and the Brotherhood of Mages. However, conditions conspire to draw...
DK Marley
Aug 12, 20227 min read












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