The Rules in Rome With Hitler’s forces firmly entrenched in Europe, countless heroes seek to end the madman’s reign. Bastien Ley is one of the best. Working in Italy for the Office of Strategic Services, he’s been tasked with sabotaging German convoys. When his team kills an officer headed for Rome, the man’s similarity to […]
Category: Historical
Spotlight: The Last Witness by Jerry Amernic @jerryamernic #thriller
February 13, 2015
The Last Witness by Jerry Amernic Print Length: 336 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0990421651 Publisher: Story Merchant Books (October 29, 2014) Genre: Historical Thriller Language: English Format: Paperback and Kindle Editions Synopsis The year is 2039, and Jack Fisher is the last living survivor of the Holocaust. Set in a world that is abysmally […]
Review: September Sky by John A. Heldt @johnheldt
February 8, 2015
Title: September Sky Author: John A. Heldt Series: American Journey No. 1 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Genres: Romance-Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Adventure Synopsis When unemployed San Francisco reporter Chuck Townsend and his college-dropout son, Justin, take a cruise to Mexico in 2016, each hopes to rebuild a relationship after years of estrangement. But […]
Synopsis On Patrick Griffin’s deathbed, he asks his daughter Brigid to do the unthinkable–leave the Township of Melbourne with a dangerous convict. If she grants his request and risks trekking into the desert with a stranger, she could lose everything she’s come to know. Ultimately, she could end up alone, with nothing but her father’s […]
Title: The Blood of the Fifth Knight Author: E.M. Powell Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 355 Genre: Historical Mystery/Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audiobook Synopsis England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for her failed attempt to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful […]
Spotlight – Dark Sun, Bright Moon by Oliver Sparrow @bookpubservices
January 27, 2015
Synopsis “Dark Sun, Bright Moon describes people isolated in the Andes, without the least notion of outsiders. They evolve an understanding of the universe that is complementary to our own but a great deal wider. The book explores events of a thousand years ago, events which fit with what we know of the region’s history,” […]
Spotlight: La Contessa and the Marquis by Lindsay Downs
January 24, 2015
Synopsis When Bianca Maria Ledford Goretti, La Contessa de Massa, flees back to her homeland and the safety of her godmother, The Duchess of Gorham, little does she realize who’s arms she lands in. Lord Rainer Cross, Marquis of Hathaway, is a well-known and dangerous rakehell within the ton. Little does he suspect his […]
Passing through Perfect by Bette Lee Crosby It’s 1946. The war is over. Millions of American soldiers are coming home and Benjamin Church is one of them. After four years of being away he thought things in Alabama would have changed, but they haven’t. Grinder’s Corner is as it’s always been—a hardscrabble burp in the […]
Spotlight: Boardinghouse Stew by E.E. Smith
January 11, 2015
Boardinghouse Stew by E.E. Smith Synopsis “Times like these are about as unpredictable as boardinghouse stew!” observes Teddy, one of the six boarders in Mrs. Mumson’s seedy, down-at-the-heel boardinghouse in Sacramento. It was certainly an apt description of the early days of World War II when no one knew what was going to happen. In […]
Spotlight: Little Miss Sure Shot by Jeffrey Marshall @oakleynovel
December 4, 2014
Title: Little Miss Sure Shot: Annie Oakley’s World Author: Jeffrey Marshall Pages: 147 ISBN: 978-0-9845-5060-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-3110-5771-6 Available in Paperback $8.95 on Amazon / BN.com Available as an eBook $3.95 Synopsis Little Miss Sure Shot is a fictionalized account of the life of Annie Oakley, drawing heavily on the real timelines and events of […]