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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
A Friendship That Surpassed Time and Boundaries - an Editorial Review of "These Sacred Lands"
Book Blurb: In the 1870s, the bond of friendship between a Lakota warrior, Shadow Hawk, and a U.S. cavalryman, Joshua Mackenzie, is...
DK Marley
Aug 11, 20226 min read
A Notorious 1926 Mid-Western Murder - an Editorial Review of "Face Down in Rising Sun"
Book Blurb: Clara Olson was a small-town girl from rural Crawford County, Wisconsin who longed for more than the experiences of growing...
DK Marley
Aug 10, 20224 min read
Passion and Peril in Alternate Victorian England - an Editorial Review of "The Name I Chose"
Book Blurb: A story of passion and peril in alternative Victorian England. It's the late 19th century. Bold inventions usher in a new...
DK Marley
Aug 9, 20229 min read
The Power of Poetry to Survive War - an Editorial Review of "War Sonnets"
Book Blurb: In the sweltering jungles of the Philippines, a young American Soldier and a Japanese fighter use the power of poetry to...
DK Marley
Aug 4, 20225 min read
World War and Suffering Through a Child's Eyes - an Editorial Review of "The Last Daughter"
Book Blurb: A compelling novel based on a remarkable true story in World War II. In the early dawn hours of September 8, 1939,...
DK Marley
Aug 3, 20226 min read
An American Indian's Search for Belonging - an Editorial Review of "The Lonely Spirit"
Book Blurb: The Lonely Spirit is a short story collection sprawled across the Old West. As the only half-Comanche U.S. Marshal, L.S....
DK Marley
Aug 1, 20225 min read
An American Actor's Literary Life - an Editorial Review of "Where the Possums' Dance..."
Book Blurb: Actor/writer/painter Brandon R Maggart seems to have written Where Possums Dance and the Willow Sings for readers whose...
DK Marley
Jul 30, 202210 min read
A Struggle for Faith for a Young Innocent Girl - an Editorial Review of "No Safe Haven"
Book Blurb: Tillie Pierce is a thoughtful, fifteen-year-old young woman, living with her family in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It’s 1863,...
DK Marley
Jul 27, 20225 min read
The First Peace Treaty of an Ancient World - an Editorial Review of "A Hittite and a Shaman"
Book Blurb: An outbreak of war is imminent between Ancient Egypt and the Hittite kingdom Nefertari, the queen of Ramses II, receives a...
DK Marley
Jul 25, 20225 min read