by Barbara Cothern | Oct 25, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Religious Fiction, Sponsored
Vera St. John’s life has always been at least partially defined by the looming shadow of her mother, Mary. A troubled woman with an infamous past, Vera loved and feared her mother in equal parts. After she is removed from her mother’s care, Vera focuses on trying to...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Sep 26, 2017 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
War Cry is a Courtney Family epic, the fifteenth novel in the series. New in this series is Saffron Courtney, daughter of Leon Courtney, the big-game hunter in Africa. In this post war story, Saffron is growing into an inquisitive young lady who rides horses like the...
by Whitney Smyth | Sep 12, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller, NW Publishers, Sponsored
Catherine is a bit of a recluse – a voluntary shut-in who spends her days painting portraits. She is forced to leave her comfort zone when she gets word that her sister, Sister Mary Gretchen, has died, and the Mother Superior won’t tell her more until she arrives at...
by Mary-Lynne Monroe | Aug 24, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Sponsored
The historical novel Choose to Rise: The Victory Within by M. N. Mekaelian opens its story in a Chicago university in May 1971. Vartan Hagopian, an old professor with a splitting headache steps into his past while starting class. His unusual behavior causes the...
by Alexander Meyers | Aug 17, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Sponsored
Roberta Reed is diametrically opposed to her father, Robert Reed, the CEO of Reed Public Relations. She cares deeply for the environment, and even considers herself a hippie during her youth. Her father, on the other hand, has devoted his life to corporate subterfuge,...
by Don Messerschmidt | May 15, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
In rural England, shortly after World War I, Scotland Yard’s Inspector Ian Rutledge is called in to solve a series of suspicious deaths amongst a small group of men who drove fast and fancy motorcars. A year earlier, on the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme in...