by SMThornton | Sep 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
My Review: Hand of Fire is an expertly researched book that blends both the history and mythology of the Trojan War. I’ve always been intrigued by the character of Briseis, inspiring as she did Achilles’ temporary withdrawal from the fighting, and here she...
by SMThornton | Aug 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I apparently like to torture myself by never writing the same style of book more than once. While all four of my novels focus on history’s forgotten women, the way I’ve told those stories has differed from book to book. The Secret History told...
by SMThornton | Jul 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I write this, I’ve just finished writing the second to last chapter on The Conqueror’s Wife, my fourth novel starring Alexander the Great and his menagerie of wives, mistresses, and lovers. (Not to mention plenty of battle wounds, torturing slaves, and...
by SMThornton | Jun 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
My Review: Curses and Smoke is a book I would have loved to read in junior high or high school, but that didn’t stop me from devouring it even as an adult. The story of Tag and Lucia’s romance really heats up (sorry, couldn’t resist!) even as...
by SMThornton | Jun 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
My review: In Becoming Josephine, Heather Webb’s marvelous debut has spun the tangled web of a lively and intriguing Josephine, carrying the reader through her early life in Martinique to her near-death escapes during the French Revolution’s Terror, and...