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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
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
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
Passing Through History Without a Trace - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Lost Voices"
BOOK EXCERPT A city is not a place you enter, but a series of experiences closing around you. You only realise how far in you are when it’s too late. Leeds greeted them with noise, filth, and ceaseless movement. Houses pressed in, streets thick with smoke, dung, and bodies—beggars, thieves, merchants, wounded soldiers moving without distinction. Robert’s coin vanished before nightfall—lifted cleanly, without witness. Gone as if it had never been his. After Robert’s loss, they
DK Marley
Jun 221 min read
Release Day for "Mrs R Pacheco" by Rose Ann Woolpert - a Revealing Tale of a First Lady of California
BOOK BUY LINK: https://geni.us/kMXN It is 1859, and the glittering promise of the California Gold Rush has faded into dust, leaving behind a land suspended between ambition and uncertainty. Into this shifting world steps Mary Catherine "Molly" McIntyre, a young woman newly unmoored by loss, carrying both the weight of family duty and the quiet, persistent call of her own dreams. Based on the remarkable life of Mary McIntyre Pacheco, Mrs. R. Pacheco unfolds as an intimate port
DK Marley
May 261 min read
What if Emily Dickinson and Vincent van Gogh Fell in Love?
New release from Historium Press - "Some Starry Night" by Irene Latham - now available at Amazon and other retailers worldwide! Under the pale glow of a Parisian spring in 1886, two restless souls move toward the same horizon-unaware that their meeting will ignite a love as luminous and fleeting as the stars themselves. Vincent van Gogh arrives in Paris with little more than paint-stained hands and an aching determination to create something worthy of the world. Living in the
DK Marley
Apr 151 min read
If You Ever Felt Like You Didn't Belong...
Releasing today... New from Historium Press: "Unbelonging" by David J. Jepsen Seattle, 1945. The war is ending-but for many, the hardest battles are just beginning. In a city transformed by global conflict, four families struggle to find their place amid rising tensions, buried prejudice, and shifting identities. Victory overseas has brought hope, but at home, fear, suspicion, and inequality continue to shape everyday life. A female defense worker, newly awakened to injustice
DK Marley
Apr 152 min read
Your Next Guilty Pleasure - Building an ARC Team
BUILDING AN ARC TEAM FOR the re-release of D. K. Marley's novel KINGFISHER and the new release of the sequel ANTIPODES! PRE-ORDER STARTING SOON ON AMAZON!! LIMITED SPACE FOR ARC TEAM!! SIGN UP TODAY: Please fill out the form at the link below, and a digital ARC for both books will be sent to your email. PLUS, get an exclusive look at the book trailer and custom song developed exclusively for the Kingfisher series!! SIGN UP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDpP
DK Marley
Apr 91 min read
Crossing Oceans Disguised as a Boy - an Editorial Review of "Sailing Against the Tide"
Book Blurb: She crossed oceans disguised as a boy. History forgot her-but now her story demands to be told. In 1766, Jeanne Baret, a brilliant herbalist from rural France, defied every expectation of her time. Disguised as a boy to escape the restrictions placed on women. She joins a global expedition led by explorer Louis de Bougainville and her mentor, the botanist Philibert Commerson. Aboard L'Étoile, Jeanne faces grueling sea voyages, the constant threat of discovery, and
DK Marley
Mar 316 min read
Murder and Intrigue in San Francisco - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Twisted Road"
BOOK EXCERPT Chapter One “ Bloody Tuesday” Nineteen years old, with the long, skinny limbs of a colt, Jimmy Walsh crouched behind a lamppost and shivered in the early morning fog. He dropped the brick he’d been clutching and hesitated before picking it up again. "This ain't right," he said, just loud enough for his nearest comrade in arms to hear. "It's like waitin' for Beelzebub to unleash his hounds of hell." Several yards away, the wooden barn that housed the city's electr
DK Marley
Mar 305 min read
A Thrilling San Francisco Murder Mystery - an Editorial Review of "The Twisted Road" by A. B. Michaels
Book Blurb: Jonathan Perris Can’t Save His Clients…Until He Saves Himself 1907 Rising from the devastation of a massive earthquake and fire, San Francisco is once again on the move. But a strike by streetcar drivers threatens to halt the Golden City in its tracks. Protests turn to violence and violence leads to death. Soon a young guard is convicted of willfully killing a protester and the public is out for blood. Jonathan Perris, an immigrant attorney from England, has opene
DK Marley
Mar 186 min read
Get Your Hands on These Two New Releases!
Get your hands on these two new releases from Historium Press! SOME STARRY NIGHT by Irene Latham - releasing April 14th Available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook PRE-ORDER LINK: https://geni.us/vbJeG Under the pale glow of a Parisian spring in 1886, two restless souls move toward the same horizon-unaware that their meeting will ignite a love as luminous and fleeting as the stars themselves. Vincent van Gogh arrives in Paris with little more than paint-stained hands and an
DK Marley
Mar 163 min read
Getting Ready for BookCon 2026 in New York City!
BookCon 2026 Returns to New York City: A Celebration of Storytelling, History, and New Voices Every year, readers gather in cities around the world to celebrate books, ideas, and the stories that shape our understanding of the past and present. In April 2026, one of the most exciting literary events in the United States returns to the stage: BookCon 2026 , a vibrant two-day festival bringing together readers, authors, publishers, and book lovers from across the globe. Held in
DK Marley
Mar 155 min read
Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "An American Slave in Barbary" by Larry Kelley
BOOK EXCERPT We were only about thirty leagues from the Straits of Gibraltar. Adjusting the sails and riggings of our twelve-man ketch, Intrepid, we made in the morning of August 2, 1801, seven days after we left Greece, ready our departure from the Mediterranean and entrance into the Atlantic. We were on our return voyage to Boston when our passage was blocked by two Muslim pirate ships. Each was a three-masted xebec, with crews of about one hundred and fourteen cannons. The
DK Marley
Feb 272 min read
Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "One Fine Voice"
BOOK EXCERPT Chapter 1 “Esther,” Daddy called. “It’s time to go.” I didn’t want to go. I wanted to stay and even though it was the first day of summer, I wanted to go to Meadow Springs School and sit next to Dorothy Hoover just like I, Esther Hopkins, had done ever since my first day of school. Why, the alphabet itself had pre-ordained that we would be best friends for life! But no one ever listened to what I wanted. My voice didn’t seem to matter. When I finally climbed into
DK Marley
Feb 261 min read
The Stories Behind a Destructive Fire - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Secrets in the Woods"
BOOK EXCERPT As we rode out of the town on the wagon, I noticed that the road ahead was made of logs side-by-side, rattling our teeth and making it nearly impossible to speak. The further away from the houses, the closer to the road the monstrous trees came. I had never seen trees so large or green in my life. The invasive smell of pine nearly erased the odor of smoke. It was dim and the trunks played tricks on my eyes, making me think I was seeing people or animals walking t
DK Marley
Feb 161 min read
Sworn Enemies Turned Lovers Face Challenges - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Gradarius: Roman Equestrian II"
BOOK EXCERPT ‘Luigsech of the Cornovii?’ Boudicca stopped short, shock widening her bright eyes. ‘What in the name of Andraste are you doing here?’ She smiled ruefully. ‘I could ask you the same. We’re a long way from the lands of the Iceni.’ Boudicca’s face darkened. ‘We were bringing the tribe’s yearly tribute to the Roman scum.’ She gestured to the water. ‘It belongs to the gods now.’ Luciana frowned, regarding the woman. Boudicca, her childhood foe in the Beltane chariot
DK Marley
Feb 94 min read
An Orphan Musician Finds Her Voice in Venice - an Editorial Review of "Poinsettia Girl"
Book Blurb: Venice, 1710, Poinsettia Girl is based on the story of Agata de la Pieta, an orphan musician of the Ospedale de la Pieta. Ten-year-old Agata's world is shaken at the sudden death of her mother. Left only with her egregious father, a working musician in Venice, her ailing grandmother sends her to the well-known orphanage, hidden from everything she's ever known. Agata auditions for the conservatory style music school where music is both salvation and spectacle. Hid
DK Marley
Jan 217 min read
She Crossed Oceans Disguised as a Boy - an Editorial Review of "Sailing Against the Tide" by Cindy Burkart Maynard
Book Blurb: She crossed oceans disguised as a boy. History forgot her-but now her story demands to be told. In 1766, Jeanne Baret, a brilliant herbalist from rural France, defied every expectation of her time. Disguised as a boy to escape the restrictions placed on women. She joins a global expedition led by explorer Louis de Bougainville and her mentor, the botanist Philibert Commerson. Aboard L'Étoile, Jeanne faces grueling sea voyages, the constant threat of discovery, and
DK Marley
Jan 818 min read