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Winner and Runner-up for the 2023 Book of the Year Contest
First off, let me congratulate all of the category winners and say that the quality of the books presented this year made the decisions...
DK Marley
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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Category Winners for the 2023 HFC Book of the Year contest
Below are the category and category winners for the 2023 HFC Book of the Year contest. All award badges will be sent via email over the...
DK Marley
Dec 31, 20233 min read
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The Women of Tombstone - an Editorial Review of "Cowgirls and Indians"
Book Blurb: When the Ponca Indians encroach upon the Oklahoma settlement of the Cherokees, in 1881, a faction of the Cherokees leave for...
DK Marley
Dec 30, 20235 min read
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Mixing the Profound with the Hilarious - an Editorial Review of "Offers of Atonement"
Book Blurb: "We shall need a corpse." When Captain James Hartcourt’s best friends ask him for an unusual favour, he doesn’t hesitate....
DK Marley
Dec 29, 20236 min read
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Love and Loss in WWII Australia - an Editorial Review of "The Bravest Soldiers"
Book Blurb: A mother's love. A new love. As the Pacific War looms ever closer to Australia, will waiting and wondering break their...
DK Marley
Dec 28, 20234 min read
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Palpable Tension in 1930s Tel Aviv - an Editorial Review of "Seeds of the Pomegranate"
Book Blurb: coming soon Book Buy Link: coming soon Author Bio: coming soon Editorial Review: "Seeds of the Pomegranate" captivates...
DK Marley
Dec 27, 20235 min read
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The Story of a Beautiful Albino - an Editorial Review of "Barnum's Angel"
Book Blurb: To some, Lily was just a beautiful little girl. To others, she was a freakish albino who ate live chickens in a freak show....
DK Marley
Dec 26, 20236 min read
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A Journey of Bravery and Broken Hearts - an Editorial Review of "Salt of the Earth"
Book Blurb: Based on true events, a forgotten story of courage, conviction and love. 1917: Europe is on the cusp of seismic change. In...
DK Marley
Dec 26, 20236 min read
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Love Lost, Love Found - an Editorial Review of "Lovisa Öhn"
Book Blurb: Lovisa Öhn is a story of family, war, lost love, love found. In part one of this sweeping saga, four brothers leave their...
DK Marley
Dec 25, 20236 min read
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A Pending War with the Russian Empire - an Editorial Review of "Johan Sparrman"
Book Blurb: In 1807, Johan Israelsson is a hard-working young farmer in northern Sweden. Then, rumors of a pending war with the Russian...
DK Marley
Dec 24, 20235 min read
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A Pawn in a Dark and Dangerous World - an Editorial Review of "Stones of Wrath"
Book Blurb: The answer to a three thousand year old mystery lies buried within the ruins of Sheffield Manor Lodge. The Manor once held...
DK Marley
Dec 23, 20237 min read
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The Choice of Life or Death - an Editorial Review of "The Spurrier's Wife"
Book Blurb: When the choice is life or death, there is no choice at all. Fleeing Rippon, Catherine and her family race to board a ship...
DK Marley
Dec 23, 20234 min read
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Daring to Dream of Champagne - an Editorial Review of "Madame Pommery"
Book Blurb: A Toast to Resilience: Madame Pommery's Unyielding Spirit 1860, Reims, France. Grief hangs heavy, threatening to drown...
DK Marley
Dec 22, 20236 min read
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An Herbal Healing Quest in Medieval Spain - an Editorial Review of "Finding the Way"
Book Blurb: A coming of age journey along the Camino de Santiago in medieval Spain. Book One in the Seekers Series...
DK Marley
Dec 22, 20234 min read
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The Tumultuous World of WWII - an Editorial Review of "The Finding"
Book Blurb: Coming soon! Book Buy Link: Coming soon! Author Bio: Coming soon! Editorial Review: "The Finding" offers a complex and...
DK Marley
Dec 21, 20236 min read
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Longlisted Authors for the 2023 HFC Book of the Year Contest
Congratulations to all these authors who have been longlisted for the 2023 HFC Category and Book of the Year contest to be announced on...
DK Marley
Dec 21, 20235 min read
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War is Easy, Peace is Hard - an Editorial Review of "Teach the Children to Pray"
Book Blurb: Teach the Children to Pray is an intimate portrait of a young woman’s coming of age, set in Germany during the Thirty Years...
DK Marley
Dec 20, 20235 min read
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The Boy Who Would Be Empress - an Editorial Review of "Imperatrix"
Book Blurb: Captured by pirates and sold to a Roman aristocrat as a sex slave, Sporus attracted the attention of no less a personage than...
DK Marley
Dec 20, 20238 min read
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Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Beautiful Ghost"
Book Title: Beautiful Ghost Series: Sequel to Copper Sky Author: Milana Marsenich Publication Date: November 8, 2022 Publisher: Open...
DK Marley
Dec 20, 20233 min read
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Trouble Lurks in the Low Country - an Editorial Review of "Homespun"
Book Blurb: *Shelf Unbound finalist for 2023 Best Indie Book Award. *American Fiction Awards 2023 finalist in the category of family...
DK Marley
Dec 19, 20235 min read
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