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A Budding Socialite Haunted by War - an Editorial Review of "The Last Fatal Hour"

A Budding Socialite Haunted by War - an Editorial Review of "The Last Fatal Hour"

A Budding Socialite Haunted by War - an Editorial Review of "The Last Fatal Hour"

Book Blurb: For Leona Gladney, former woman soldier of the Union Army, life goes on despite the echoes of the battlefield in her heart. Now a suffragist and budding socialite in Brooklyn Heights, she yearns for a literary life and family. But her husband’s business partner embezzles their money and disappears. The society matrons of Brooklyn Heights turn a gimlet eye on Leona after the suspicious death of a wealthy friend. Leona will do anything to find justice for her friend

Jul 224 min read

Discovering Wealth Beneath Tribal Lands - an Editorial Review of "Daughter of Warriors"

Discovering Wealth Beneath Tribal Lands - an Editorial Review of "Daughter of Warriors"

Discovering Wealth Beneath Tribal Lands - an Editorial Review of "Daughter of Warriors"

Book Blurb: "As haunting as it is beautifully written, this sweeping yet intimate story of a woman’s love and loss in a world that both envied and shunned her is at once heartbreaking and triumphant—a moving testament to the imperfect resilience of the human spirit." -- PAUL MARGOLIS, AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER, AND PRODUCER Lucy Eagleton is a “Daughter of Warriors,” but even the strongest Osage lineage cannot shield her from the evils the white conquerors brought to them: deadly d

Jul 195 min read

No Ordinary Pawn - an Editorial Review of "The Queen Among Kings"

No Ordinary Pawn - an Editorial Review of "The Queen Among Kings"

No Ordinary Pawn - an Editorial Review of "The Queen Among Kings"

Book Blurb: She came to England expecting chivalry and courtly grace. What she found was betrayal, corruption, and a king more interested in favorites than his crown... Isabella of France, once the daughter of kings, became a queen stripped of lands, wealth, and influence—left to navigate a treacherous court and a husband whose obsession with Hugh Despenser threatened to ruin the kingdom. But Isabella is no ordinary pawn. With intelligence, courage, and a heart tempered by lo

Jul 184 min read

The Most Dangerous Weapons Are the People - an Editorial Review of "The Hazard Trade"

The Most Dangerous Weapons Are the People - an Editorial Review of "The Hazard Trade"

The Most Dangerous Weapons Are the People - an Editorial Review of "The Hazard Trade"

Book Blurb: In British-occupied Newport, Rhode Island, the most dangerous weapons are the people the enemy refuses to see. Newport, Rhode Island is the crown jewel of the colonies—one of the most beautiful cities, one of the wealthiest, with the finest natural harbor in the new world. Rhode Island is a hotbed of rebellion, and the British have made an example of it: brutally occupying the city, blockading the harbor, and cutting off trade. More than half the population has fl

Jun 165 min read

A Strong Balkan Woman Hiding Her Identity - an Editorial Review of "Sirma"

A Strong Balkan Woman Hiding Her Identity - an Editorial Review of "Sirma"

A Strong Balkan Woman Hiding Her Identity - an Editorial Review of "Sirma"

Book Blurb: For the lovers of strong female leads, based on true historical events. 19th-century Eastern Europe. Sirma's world is shattered to pieces when she bears witness to the abuse and murder of her two best friends by a gang of mountain outlaws. The village elders do nothing because they fear the wrath of Hamza Bei. Not long after, the same outlaws raid Sirma's village, and she is fed up with keeping quiet. She disguises herself as a man and takes the lead of her own ga

Apr 295 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

A Boston-based American Captured by Muslim Pirates - an Editorial Review of "An American Slave in Barbary"

A Boston-based American Captured by Muslim Pirates - an Editorial Review of "An American Slave in Barbary"

A Boston-based American Captured by Muslim Pirates - an Editorial Review of "An American Slave in Barbary"

Book Blurb: A Homeric American Novel An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones is the story of a first-generation American student whose commercial ship is captured in the summer of 1801 by Muslim pirates. He spends the next sixteen years as a captive in Algiers. He rises to become a confidant to the Dey of Algiers, who is desperate to know what made the American shopkeepers and farmers believe they could defeat the British war machine, and how they

Feb 75 min read

Wrestling for Control of Miami Beach in the 1920s - an Editorial Review of "The Fight for Miami"

Wrestling for Control of Miami Beach in the 1920s - an Editorial Review of "The Fight for Miami"

Wrestling for Control of Miami Beach in the 1920s - an Editorial Review of "The Fight for Miami"

Book Blurb: A gangster. A dreamer. One city up for grabs. In The Fight for Miami , award-winning author Joseph Kovler delivers a pulse-pounding historical thriller set in the glitter and grit of 1920s-30s Miami Beach - where the American Dream goes to war with the American Underworld. Al Capone, fresh from Chicago's bloody empire, sees Miami as his next conquest. Carl Fisher, the visionary who built the city from sand and swamp, will risk everything to keep it a "sundown town

Feb 54 min read

Growing Up in Communist China - an Editorial Review of "The Winding Dirt Road"

Growing Up in Communist China - an Editorial Review of "The Winding Dirt Road"

Growing Up in Communist China - an Editorial Review of "The Winding Dirt Road"

Book Blurb: Hoarded in the depth of memories of the past decades, this has been a work long overdue. Written as an antithesis to all first-hand and second-hand propaganda written by both Chinese and foreign writers for China in the good part of 20th century in a fictional form, this collection, through different times and lands, gives insights into how human docile nature and characteristics are manipulated and brought about cultural and social corrosion over the century. The

Feb 34 min read

A Blast From the Past to 1980 - an Editorial Review of "The Right Time"

A Blast From the Past to 1980 - an Editorial Review of "The Right Time"

A Blast From the Past to 1980 - an Editorial Review of "The Right Time"

Book Blurb: “In The Right Time: Back to the 80s , Lena Gibson deftly blends women’s fiction, romance, and magical realism to craft a can’t-miss story of love and identity.” –Travis Tougaw, author of the Marcotte/Collins Investigative Thrillers Thirty-year-old Andie is struggling. Despite a fresh start—escaping an abusive ex and making a new home—her old life reaches out to reclaim her. In desperation, she makes a wish and slips back in time. The 80s are safer and have a reput

Feb 17 min read

A-Bomb Tests and the Effect on Children in the 1950s - an Editorial Review of "Then Came the Summer Snow"

A-Bomb Tests and the Effect on Children in the 1950s - an Editorial Review of "Then Came the Summer Snow"

A-Bomb Tests and the Effect on Children in the 1950s - an Editorial Review of "Then Came the Summer Snow"

Book Blurb: Edith Higgenbothum is a 1950s housewife and mother in the “atomic town” of Richland, Washington. Edith’s husband, Herbert, is an engineer at Hanford, a secretive federal atomic weapons facility just north of town. Edith’s world, which is enshrouded in the myths, prejudices, and delusions of 1950s America, is thrown into turmoil and fear when her son Herbie powers up his father’s uranium prospecting Geiger counter. The device emits an ear-shattering barrage of clic

Jan 319 min read

An Exciting Historical Science Fiction Mystery - an Editorial Review of "Yonder and Far: The Tarot Terror"

An Exciting Historical Science Fiction Mystery - an Editorial Review of "Yonder and Far: The Tarot Terror"

An Exciting Historical Science Fiction Mystery - an Editorial Review of "Yonder and Far: The Tarot Terror"

Book Blurb: Violence. Politics. Magic. What could possibly go wrong? Yonder and Far are back with new mysteries, adventures and misadventures in 1800 Boston. Banished to Earth, our two heroes from the land of the Fae are still trying to get home. As they navigate the baffling human society, their quest is full of intrigue and danger. So, of course they bring their fortune-teller friend, Mary, into it. Along with Far’s armed band of Irishmen, the trio faces a new enemy – backe

Jan 298 min read

Under the Grip of Communism in Romania - an Editorial Review of "The Last Patient"

Under the Grip of Communism in Romania - an Editorial Review of "The Last Patient"

Under the Grip of Communism in Romania - an Editorial Review of "The Last Patient"

Book Blurb: Honorable mention in the 2025 Readers' Favorite book awards. THE LAST PATIENT is a sweeping historical novel that captures one family’s struggle for love, survival, and identity under the grip of Communism in Romania. Spanning fifty years of political upheaval, this saga explores how ordinary lives are shaped—and sometimes shattered—by extraordinary times. Kostea and Clara meet and fall in love shortly before World War II. As they get married, build careers, and

Jan 276 min read

The Choice Between Deception and Truth - an Editorial Review of "Soldier's Girl"

The Choice Between Deception and Truth - an Editorial Review of "Soldier's Girl"

The Choice Between Deception and Truth - an Editorial Review of "Soldier's Girl"

Book Blurb: “Could you kill a Nazi, Miss Lake? Or, in the moment of killing, would you remember his mother’s grief—and let yourself be killed instead?” It is the most extraordinary of job interviews, for the most extraordinary of jobs. In the final year of WWII, Sibyl, an English nurse, volunteers to help free Alsace—the beloved province of her childhood—from Nazi control. Her mission: to train and lead a band of resistance fighters, men commanded by Jacques, once her closest

Jan 118 min read

The Origin Story of the Count of Monte Cristo - an Editorial Review of "From the Ashes of Saint Domingue"

The Origin Story of the Count of Monte Cristo - an Editorial Review of "From the Ashes of Saint Domingue"

The Origin Story of the Count of Monte Cristo - an Editorial Review of "From the Ashes of Saint Domingue"

Book Blurb: Don't tell Napoleon you read this book! He would be furious. This book is about how his greatest rival came to be... Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the Black General of the French Revolution. Napoleon tried to bury Dumas' story in the annals of history, but he didn't count on the man's son writing down a secret revenge story against him, weaving truth into one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo. This book is the origin story of the

Jan 108 min read

She Crossed Oceans Disguised as a Boy - an Editorial Review of "Sailing Against the Tide" by Cindy Burkart Maynard

She Crossed Oceans Disguised as a Boy - an Editorial Review of "Sailing Against the Tide" by Cindy Burkart Maynard

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

Jan 818 min read

Secrets Along the Silk Road - an Editorial Review of "The Weaver's Tapestry"

Secrets Along the Silk Road - an Editorial Review of "The Weaver's Tapestry"

Secrets Along the Silk Road - an Editorial Review of "The Weaver's Tapestry"

Book Blurb: Her father vanished along the Silk Road. Now, his secrets from a painful past return with the appearance of a mysterious weaver. After her mother dies in childbirth, Saina’s distraught father sells her into servitude and disappears on the Silk Road . Now a young woman, she has gained favor serving the head wife in a bustling roadside inn outside the ancient trade city of Samarkand. When a mysterious weaver and his handsome grandson arrive from a distant city, brin

Dec 12, 20257 min read

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