President Pierce's signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law sets off a chain reaction of events that pits slavers and abolitionists on a collision course as both parties push to populate the new territory of Kansas before it gains statehood in the Union. Monty Tolliver...

The Secret Child by David Thomas Kay is a historical paranormal novel and the third book in the Circles of Time series, preceded by book one, The Sword of Saint Isidores, and book two, The Ring of Mann. Kay's saga is centered around the legacy...

A Death In Tel Aviv by Richard J Reese follows Karl-Heinz Stimmer, a SS man as he makes his escape from punishment and hides in plain sight in Tel Aviv, Israel. Given the moniker of Die Wespe, Karl-Heinz is the Nazi Rachel never forgot. Karl...

Doolittle’s Men is a historical work by Paul D. Burgess. It follows several pilots and their support crew as they take part in the Doolittle Raid, an immediate retaliation by the USA against Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbour during World War Two. Using vivid descriptions...

Her Own Revolution by Debra Borchert is an immersive historical story set in the 1790s during The French Revolution. Though the new French government’s motto includes freedom for all, Geneviève Fouquier-Tinville believes the only thing women are free to do is to starve. She wishes...

It’s the middle of the eighteenth century, the English are at war with the French, and the English have set their sights on ridding the colonies of any French settlers. Rose is Acadian, not really French, but the English view her and her family as...

There Was a Garden in Nuremberg by Navina Michal Clemerson is a harrowing yet page-turning story that may well one day become a timeless classic. Twelve-year-old Max Mannheim who is spirited and observant has witnessed how the rise of Adolf Hitler as the new Chancellor...

This week I had the pleasure of reading George P. Tymitz’s powerful and historical work, Key Number 17. A tale spanning decades, it shares the journey of Olek Creshenko and his grandson as they explore Olek’s past to find the courage and strength for his...

No Man's Land is a heart-wrenching story by Francis J. Shaw about the soldiers who fought in WWI. It is narrated mainly from Doctor Newman's point of view. The year is 1921 and Doctor Newman travels to Yorkshire to deliver a message to Annie. Unfortunately,...

Italians are divided as Benito Mussolini's overtures toward Nazi Germany create tension, and rumors of a possible war gain momentum by the day. Caught up in this turmoil is the young and vivacious Antoinette, who has left her family and home to seek fame and...