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The Fight for Freedom is Far From Over - an Editorial Review of "Caritas"

The Fight for Freedom is Far From Over - an Editorial Review of "Caritas"

The Fight for Freedom is Far From Over - an Editorial Review of "Caritas"

Book Blurb: In this powerful conclusion to the Pocket Full of Seeds Trilogy, Caritas brings this epic and emotional journey full circle—following the critically acclaimed books, Libertas and Firmitas, praised as “historical fiction at a stellar level.” — 1846 — Horace and Fredericka have escaped slavery and endured the punishing journey of the Oregon Trail, but their fight for freedom is far from over. The West offers no refuge, only new threats amidst the turmoil of the Whit

Jan 75 min read

The Real Rhythm of Rural Life During WWI - an Editorial Review of "One Summer at Helgeveld Farm"

The Real Rhythm of Rural Life During WWI - an Editorial Review of "One Summer at Helgeveld Farm"

The Real Rhythm of Rural Life During WWI - an Editorial Review of "One Summer at Helgeveld Farm"

Book Blurb: In 1949, Will Parlor glimpses a woman across a crowded Chicago street and is carried back to the summer that changed him forever. In 1917, at seventeen, he took a job as a worker on an Illinois farm. There, he’s drawn into the Dutch-American Helgeveld family, especially daughters Vlinder and Corrie. Will also befriends Moses and Isaiah Butler, African American brothers up from Alabama, seeking freedom and opportunity in an America still rumbling after the Civil Wa

Dec 23, 20255 min read

Two Young People Engulfed by a World War - an Editorial Review of "Both Sides of the Pond"

Two Young People Engulfed by a World War - an Editorial Review of "Both Sides of the Pond"

Two Young People Engulfed by a World War - an Editorial Review of "Both Sides of the Pond"

Book Blurb: In January of 1939 when Barbara Greene, a beautiful and successful young British actress, met Joe Kennedy Jr., son of the American Ambassador, she could not have expected that their relationship would lead to her emigrating to America and piloting a plane around the eastern states to publicize Bundles for Britain, let alone her hasty decision to marry an American. Nor could her brother, Kent, have foreseen his bitter retreat from Dunkirk when he left England in Ja

Dec 22, 20256 min read

Eight Men Behind Enemy Lines in WWII - an Editorial Review of "Silver Wings Falling Down"

Eight Men Behind Enemy Lines in WWII - an Editorial Review of "Silver Wings Falling Down"

Eight Men Behind Enemy Lines in WWII - an Editorial Review of "Silver Wings Falling Down"

Book Blurb: MISSING IN ACTION—EIGHT MEN BEHIND ENEMY LINES... After Pearl Harbor, W.T. Eaves swaps the West Texas oil fields for the skies, earning his silver wings as a bomber pilot in the Army Air Corps. While training in Galveston, the beautiful, dark-eyed Jean captures Eaves’ heart and they marry—just months before he’s sent to war. Called to aerial combat in the Fifteenth Air Force, Eaves and his B-24 crew run the gauntlet of flak and battle the Luftwaffe to deliver thei

Dec 20, 20255 min read

The Psychological Toll of War - an Editorial Review of "The Choice Within"

The Psychological Toll of War - an Editorial Review of "The Choice Within"

The Psychological Toll of War - an Editorial Review of "The Choice Within"

Book Blurb: Save. Kill. Live. Die. How much do I give? 1944 , and war rages in the Pacific. Two young recruits from opposing sides destined to cross paths without ever meeting, changing their lives forever… Honolulu —Devoted nurse Lieutenant Jeannette Crawford has been working tirelessly, with dedication and wisdom beyond her years, to help wounded US servicemen on home soil face their greatest enemy—time. Wanting to do more, she volunteers to serve on a hospital ship, hoping

Dec 19, 20256 min read

Widowhood and Second Chances at Love - an Editorial Review of "Marianne: A Sense & Sensibility Sequel"

Widowhood and Second Chances at Love - an Editorial Review of "Marianne: A Sense & Sensibility Sequel"

Widowhood and Second Chances at Love - an Editorial Review of "Marianne: A Sense & Sensibility Sequel"

Book Blurb: Coming soon! Book Buy Link: Follow the author for this release at www.alicemcveigh.com Author Bio: Alice McVeigh has been published by Orion/Hachette in contemporary fiction, by UK's Unbound in speculative fiction (writing as Spaulding Taylor) and by Warleigh Hall Press in historical fiction. Her books have been in the last seven for the UK Selfies Book Award (2024), been a runner-up for Foreword Indies' "Book of the Year" and joint runner-up in Writers Digest Int

Oct 23, 20255 min read

A Story of Courage in the Face of Tyranny - an Editorial Review of "Scapegoat"

A Story of Courage in the Face of Tyranny - an Editorial Review of "Scapegoat"

A Story of Courage in the Face of Tyranny - an Editorial Review of "Scapegoat"

Book Blurb: Bruges, 1558—a city of faith and ferocity, grandeur and terror, where whispers can turn to accusations, and justice serves...

Aug 1, 20255 min read

The Wife of Tutankhamen - an Editorial Review of "Quest for Ma'at"

The Wife of Tutankhamen - an Editorial Review of "Quest for Ma'at"

The Wife of Tutankhamen - an Editorial Review of "Quest for Ma'at"

Book Blurb: After her mother, the Queen of Egypt, is murdered, Ankhesenamun finds herself alone. Her husband, Tutankhamun, is disabled...

Jun 4, 20255 min read

An Unvarnished Memoir of the Vietnam War - an Editorial Review of "Into the Thick of It"

An Unvarnished Memoir of the Vietnam War - an Editorial Review of "Into the Thick of It"

An Unvarnished Memoir of the Vietnam War - an Editorial Review of "Into the Thick of It"

Book Blurb: coming soon Book Buy Link: coming soon Author Bio: coming soon Editorial Review: After fifty-eight-years I still remember the...

May 29, 20254 min read

Huguenot Persecution by the Catholic Hierarchy - an Editorial Review of "Greet Suzon for Me"

Huguenot Persecution by the Catholic Hierarchy - an Editorial Review of "Greet Suzon for Me"

Huguenot Persecution by the Catholic Hierarchy - an Editorial Review of "Greet Suzon for Me"

Book Blurb: King Louis XIV is determined to unite the French nation in a single church. Gédéon, the oldest child of a Huguenot family in...

Sep 5, 20246 min read

Beneath the Ocean Hides a Secret - an Editorial Review of "Eye Contact Over Truk"

Beneath the Ocean Hides a Secret - an Editorial Review of "Eye Contact Over Truk"

Beneath the Ocean Hides a Secret - an Editorial Review of "Eye Contact Over Truk"

Book Blurb: A forgotten battle. A live-aboard dive vessel. Will exploring what lies under the coral tear these men apart? America, 1985....

May 22, 20247 min read

A Classic Hardboiled Detective Noir - an Editorial Review of "Baker Street Irregular"

A Classic Hardboiled Detective Noir - an Editorial Review of "Baker Street Irregular"

A Classic Hardboiled Detective Noir - an Editorial Review of "Baker Street Irregular"

Book Blurb: The allies have carved up the former empire of the short-lived, thousand-year Reich. Fractured post-war Berlin is a city...

Oct 19, 20225 min read

War Makes Widows and Orphans - an Editorial Review of "Kinship"

War Makes Widows and Orphans - an Editorial Review of "Kinship"

War Makes Widows and Orphans - an Editorial Review of "Kinship"

Book Blurb: Coming Soon! Book Buy Link: Coming Soon! Author Bio: Merry White Benezra was a resident over an eight-month period at a Zen...

Oct 14, 20224 min read

Loyalties Divided in the Plantagenet Era - an Editorial Review of "The Guild of Salt"

Loyalties Divided in the Plantagenet Era - an Editorial Review of "The Guild of Salt"

Loyalties Divided in the Plantagenet Era - an Editorial Review of "The Guild of Salt"

Book Blurb: AD 1173. England is on the brink of war. Loyalties are divided across the nation and nobody is safe. Young acolyte, Ralph...

Oct 13, 202210 min read

The Search for Hope in the Midst of Chaos - an Editorial Review of "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Search for Hope in the Midst of Chaos - an Editorial Review of "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Search for Hope in the Midst of Chaos - an Editorial Review of "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

Resharing from Inkling Reviews Book Title: Cloud Cuckoo Land Author: Anthony Doerr Author Bio: Anthony Doerr has won numerous prizes for...

Jul 31, 20225 min read

Another Sensational Jax Diamond Mystery - an Editorial Review of "Framed"

Another Sensational Jax Diamond Mystery - an Editorial Review of "Framed"

Another Sensational Jax Diamond Mystery - an Editorial Review of "Framed"

Book Blurb: It’s a deadly game of who’s who, and who isn’t. A B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree Things get pretty sticky for PI Jax Diamond...

Jul 13, 20224 min read

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