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Divided Loyalties on the Early American Frontier - an Editorial Review of "Tinker"

Divided Loyalties on the Early American Frontier - an Editorial Review of "Tinker"

Divided Loyalties on the Early American Frontier - an Editorial Review of "Tinker"

Book Blurb: For readers of Outlander and Stephanie Dray, Tinker is a propulsive Whiskey Rebellion tale of defiance and rebellion, love, and divided loyalties on the early American frontier. Pittsburgh, 1794. The people of western Pennsylvania suffer under a hefty tax on whiskey. When the local militia takes up arms against the hated tax collector, his estranged daughter finds herself caught in the crossfire. Her safety threatened and her name in tatters, Caroline Neville begs

6 days ago6 min read

A Gripping WWII Historical Novel of Sacrifice and Moral Clarity - an Editorial Review of "Only Breath and Shadow"

A Gripping WWII Historical Novel of Sacrifice and Moral Clarity - an Editorial Review of "Only Breath and Shadow"

A Gripping WWII Historical Novel of Sacrifice and Moral Clarity - an Editorial Review of "Only Breath and Shadow"

Book Blurb: Only Breath & Shadow: in the atmospheric world of 1930s Vienna, Only Breath & Shadow is the final instalment of Andrew Tweeddale’s Castle Drogo series. Blending meticulous historical fact with a heart-pounding fictional narrative, this novel is perfect for fans of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See or Robert Harris's Munich and literary historical fiction exploring the humanitarian efforts of the Kindertransport . Unique Blind Perspective - The story

Apr 126 min read

Spiritual Elements Arise from a Prehistoric Worldview - an Editorial Review of "Singing Bones"

Spiritual Elements Arise from a Prehistoric Worldview - an Editorial Review of "Singing Bones"

Spiritual Elements Arise from a Prehistoric Worldview - an Editorial Review of "Singing Bones"

Book Blurb: Nearly 8,300 years ago, a sudden climate collapse reshaped the earth. Winters grew longer and colder, harvests failed, coastlines flooded, and the ground itself became unstable. For the Téuta, a settled Neolithic village that had endured for generations, survival became uncertain. Eini is born with troubling visions of disaster—warnings her people dismiss as superstition. As the climate worsens and violence spreads among desperate neighbors, Eini spends her lifeti

Apr 115 min read

Family Secrets Unravel in the Shadow of the Pyramids - an Editorial Review of "Records of a Voyage"

Family Secrets Unravel in the Shadow of the Pyramids - an Editorial Review of "Records of a Voyage"

Family Secrets Unravel in the Shadow of the Pyramids - an Editorial Review of "Records of a Voyage"

Book Blurb: "This historical mystery is compelling from the very first line." – Independent Book Review "Records of a Voyage is a moving story spanning the years 1885 to 1936. It shows how family secrets can have lasting effects over generations, and the social challenges that women faced during that era." – Readers' Favorite From the cotton mills of Lancashire to the sands of Egypt, Records of a Voyage tells the story of one family’s unraveling secrets. In 1885, Sara Ann Ar

Apr 105 min read

One Woman Protects Pirate Gold in Manhattan's Profitable Shadows - an Editorial Review of "The Willow"

One Woman Protects Pirate Gold in Manhattan's Profitable Shadows - an Editorial Review of "The Willow"

One Woman Protects Pirate Gold in Manhattan's Profitable Shadows - an Editorial Review of "The Willow"

Book Blurb: Manhattan, 1712. By day, Abigail Spragg is a respectable businesswoman living along Manhattan's Hudson River. By night, she guards one of the colony’s most dangerous secrets—the Pirate Bank, a hidden vault beneath her home where the plunder of the world’s most feared pirates lies buried in silence. For years, the bloodstained wealth has haunted her investments. Now, it calls her to action. A letter arrives from the vanished pirate king himself—“Long Ben.” Better k

Apr 86 min read

It is 1942 and America is Under Seige - an Editorial Review of "Wolves at the Gate: Guerilla War"

It is 1942 and America is Under Seige - an Editorial Review of "Wolves at the Gate: Guerilla War"

It is 1942 and America is Under Seige - an Editorial Review of "Wolves at the Gate: Guerilla War"

Book Blurb: The year is 1942 and America is under siege. After invading the Hawaiian Islands and South Carolina, the Axis are on the move. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s panzer army blitzes north to capture Washington D.C. and force a United States surrender, while the Japanese land on the west coast to make their own territorial claims on America. Guerrillas rise up against the invaders, buying General George Patton’s Third Army time to prepare a desperate counterattack. The i

Apr 75 min read

A Time Traveler Upsets the Court of Henry VIII - an Editorial Review of "Time Agents"

A Time Traveler Upsets the Court of Henry VIII - an Editorial Review of "Time Agents"

A Time Traveler Upsets the Court of Henry VIII - an Editorial Review of "Time Agents"

Book Blurb: The popular award-winning Time Agents series continues!! When rogue time jumper Muriel O’Hanlan accidentally lands in England in 1525, she knows it won't be easy to survive through the winter while she waits for the next lightning storm to jump out again. Once she catches the eye of Henry VIII, the stakes only go higher. Arriving in the midst of Henry’s dissatisfaction with Queen Katherine of Aragon, but before Anne Boleyn steals his heart, the beautiful Muriel co

Apr 66 min read

An Explosive Tale of Twisted Loyalties in Postwar London - an Editorial Review of "Murder & Masquerade"

An Explosive Tale of Twisted Loyalties in Postwar London - an Editorial Review of "Murder & Masquerade"

An Explosive Tale of Twisted Loyalties in Postwar London - an Editorial Review of "Murder & Masquerade"

Book Blurb: An explosive tale of conspiracy, betrayal and twisted loyalties in postwar London. London, 1946. The war is over — but not the danger. Irish policeman and former resistance leader Brendan O’Connor thought his battles ended with the fall of the Reich. But when a deadly fascist plot surfaces, threatening Britain’s fragile democracy, he’s dragged back into the fight. Worse still, O’Connor’s reluctant partner is a man he hates: a former SS general, now granted immunit

Apr 56 min read

Into the Wilds of Rural Sonoma County - an Editorial Review of "Occidental: a Town Divided"

Into the Wilds of Rural Sonoma County - an Editorial Review of "Occidental: a Town Divided"

Into the Wilds of Rural Sonoma County - an Editorial Review of "Occidental: a Town Divided"

Book Blurb: Christopher Thomassen Folkmann defects from the U.S. Navy, evading his pursuers and escaping into the wilds of rural Sonoma County. With the new alias of Dutch Bill Howard, he seeks control of a meadow amidst a redwood forest, going up against lumberman Boss Meeker. The fight never lets up during the second half of the nineteenth century with the establishment of Occidental and Howards, two towns sitting side-by-side, divided by a fence and bad blood. Railroaders,

Apr 46 min read

The Tale of an American Revolutionary Soldier - an Editorial Review of "In the Hot Fight"

The Tale of an American Revolutionary Soldier - an Editorial Review of "In the Hot Fight"

The Tale of an American Revolutionary Soldier - an Editorial Review of "In the Hot Fight"

Book Blurb: Let tyrants shake their iron rod, And Slav'ry clank her galling chains, We fear them not, we trust in God, New England's God forever reigns. William Billings -- Chester From completely unknown and unrenowned author, Robert Masters, comes the 'memoir' of Jonas Newton Belknap, common, ordinary soldier of the American revolution. If you like war stories, Jonas has plenty to tell, including how he lost his innocence to a 'bad' woman in the military camp at Cambridge,

Apr 38 min read

Crossing Oceans Disguised as a Boy - an Editorial Review of "Sailing Against the Tide"

Crossing Oceans Disguised as a Boy - an Editorial Review of "Sailing Against the Tide"

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

Mar 316 min read

Revealing the Life of a Forgotten Woman - an Editorial Review of "The Venetian Lady of Skradin"

Revealing the Life of a Forgotten Woman - an Editorial Review of "The Venetian Lady of Skradin"

Revealing the Life of a Forgotten Woman - an Editorial Review of "The Venetian Lady of Skradin"

Book Blurb: Her name was Catarina Dandolo Šubić — a Venetian noblewoman who crossed the Adriatic in the fourteenth century to become the Lord’s Lady of Skradin, a river town in Croatia. Her life, nearly forgotten by history, unfolds here for the first time in centuries. Born in the Republic of Venice, shaped by life in the towns of Dalmatia, and forged in Croatia beside her husband, Catarina grew into her role as a noblewoman and a partner in rule. Yet even as she did, the fo

Mar 195 min read

A Thrilling San Francisco Murder Mystery - an Editorial Review of "The Twisted Road" by A. B. Michaels

A Thrilling San Francisco Murder Mystery - an Editorial Review of "The Twisted Road" by A. B. Michaels

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

Mar 186 min read

Memories of Sicily Into the Heart of America - an Editorial Review of "My Sicilian Father"

Memories of Sicily Into the Heart of America - an Editorial Review of "My Sicilian Father"

Memories of Sicily Into the Heart of America - an Editorial Review of "My Sicilian Father"

Book Blurb: My Sicilian Father is a sweeping, multi-generational historical novel that traces the odyssey of a Sicilian immigrant family as they navigate the trials, triumphs, and transformations of 20th century America. Beginning in the sun-drenched hills of Sicily, where olive groves and stone villages whisper of centuries of tradition, the narrative follows a proud patriarch who leaves behind his ancestral homeland in search of opportunity across the Atlantic. His journey

Mar 148 min read

The Women Who Refused Confinement - an Editorial Review of "Abandoning the Script" by Linda Rosen

The Women Who Refused Confinement - an Editorial Review of "Abandoning the Script" by Linda Rosen

The Women Who Refused Confinement - an Editorial Review of "Abandoning the Script" by Linda Rosen

Book Blurb: "Engaging and immersive, Rosen delivers a deeply moving plot with a heartfelt conclusion." -Rochelle Weinstein, bestselling author of We Are Made of Stars Lucy never wanted the life that's been thrust upon her-the wedding band or the baby in the crib. A woman of ambition, she longs to pursue her dreams on stage, but her husband insists on locking her in a gilded cage under his control. And in 1922, alternatives are almost nonexistent and certainly not acceptable,

Mar 126 min read

In the Shadows, There is Truth - an Editorial Review of "Dual Convergence: Witness to History"

In the Shadows, There is Truth - an Editorial Review of "Dual Convergence: Witness to History"

In the Shadows, There is Truth - an Editorial Review of "Dual Convergence: Witness to History"

Book Blurb: In Umbra, Veritas “In the shadows, there is truth.” Teddy, known to some as "Bull," short for "Bull Moose," for how he charges into battle, carries the same name. He wears the same medal. The spirit of the Rough Rider, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 1st U.S.V., walks beside him. U.S. Army Colonel Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt IV (Ret.) — Special Forces, Vietnam Veteran, former covert operative, Medal of Honor recipient, and great-nephew of the 26th President—

Mar 116 min read

Secrets Are a Matter of Survival - an Editorial Review of "The Seer"

Secrets Are a Matter of Survival - an Editorial Review of "The Seer"

Secrets Are a Matter of Survival - an Editorial Review of "The Seer"

Book Blurb: "A passionate, heartwarming novel that effortlessly imbues its historical setting with elements of magical realism...An engrossing, touching novel, perfect for lovers of women's fiction." -- Kirkus Reviews In 1890s Missouri, secrets are a matter of survival. Clairvoyant Sarah Richardson screams as her older sister Katherine is forced into a straitjacket and thrust into a carriage bound for the St. Louis City Lunatic Asylum. She is devastated to learn Katherine has

Mar 96 min read

This is not Washington, This is Rome. An Editorial Review of "My Agrippa" by William Twersky

This is not Washington, This is Rome. An Editorial Review of "My Agrippa" by William Twersky

This is not Washington, This is Rome. An Editorial Review of "My Agrippa" by William Twersky

Book Blurb: Old certainties have vanished. Laws are flouted, norms discarded. The Senate, once the Republic’s proudest institution, cowers under the shadow of brute force. This is not Washington. This is Rome, 27 BCE. As Rome bleeds itself dry with civil wars and ruthless ambition, two figures who were previously relegated to historical footnotes fight to hold things together. Octavia, sister to Rome’s rising first emperor, and Agrippa, that emperor’s loyal friend and brillia

Mar 95 min read

A Test of Courage in a Country Tearing Itself Apart - an Editorial Review of "The Woman Who Drew a War"

A Test of Courage in a Country Tearing Itself Apart - an Editorial Review of "The Woman Who Drew a War"

A Test of Courage in a Country Tearing Itself Apart - an Editorial Review of "The Woman Who Drew a War"

Book Blurb: She survived a war by drawing it. The cost was everything else. Pulled from an ordinary life into the violent undercurrents of a nation at war, Isabella’s rare talent for drawing becomes both her refuge and her danger. What begins as a means of survival soon draws her into a hidden world of secret commissions, shifting loyalties, and constant risk, where a single sketch can mean protection, betrayal, or death. As armed conflict spreads, Isabella is forced to move

Feb 265 min read

Staying Ahead of a Kill Order - an Editorial Review of "Burn Notice"

Staying Ahead of a Kill Order - an Editorial Review of "Burn Notice"

Staying Ahead of a Kill Order - an Editorial Review of "Burn Notice"

Book Blurb: "In the shadows, there is truth." It’s 1984, at the height of the Cold War, and Colonel Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt IV is a man on the run. A Special Forces legend, fourth-generation soldier, and great-nephew of a president, he led a team of CIA ghosts into the darkest corners of Southeast Asia. When Colonel Roosevelt refused to carry out the last phase of a top-secret mission, powerful men buried him under fabricated charges. The road to redemption is treacherous.

Feb 246 min read

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