11/22/19 HFVBT BOOK TOUR: 

CHILD OF LOVE AND WATER

Child of Love and Water by D.K. Marley

Publication Date: October 19, 2018

The White Rabbit Publishing

eBook; 291 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

The year is 1722. A child is born on the isolated island of Ospo off the Georgia coast. In the midst of General Oglethorpe's vision for this new land, and the emerging townships of Frederica and Savannah, four lives entwine together on this island like the woven fronds in a sea-grass basket - the orphaned Irish girl born free of hate or prejudice, a war-ravaged British soldier seeking forgiveness and absolution, a runaway Gullah slave girl desperate for a word of kindness on the wind, and a Creek Indian warrior searching for answers about this intrusion onto his homeland. What they learn from this wild innocent girl, and from each other, will change their lives forever.

A new birth, a new country, and the elements - Water, Wind, Fire, and Earth - entwine to teach one thing: Love conquers all. Love sees beyond borders. There is no ignorance in love.


Thoughts:

“Child of Love and Water” by DK Marley is such a beautiful read that is deep, poetic and absolutely vibrant in a richly imaginative world and characters where Water, Wind, Fire and Earth all collide into an intersection of Love.

I have not read many books like this, and certainly unlike any Historical Fiction I have picked up. This was certainly a very unique read that I needed and highly recommend for those looking for an imaginative world rich in stories of exceptional characters from a beaten British soldier, a broken Gullah slave girl, a torn Creek Indian warrior and a legendary child of a Quaker preacher.

The setting of the story is in the untouched and isolated island of Ospo in the coastal island of Georgia, and where this child was born, from Katie who was 19 yo at the time and a Quaker preacher named Nathaniel Meade who soon passed away, named Muirin which is a Gaelic name that means Water. The characters all converge together and they cannot be more different from one another.

This story is unlike other and I applaud the beautiful and thought-provoking writing Marley gifts us in this book that I highly recommend.

 

 

Available on Amazon

About the Author

D. K. Marley is a historical fiction writer specializing in Shakespearean themes. Her grandmother, an English Literature teacher, gave her a volume of Shakespeare's plays when she was eleven, inspiring DK to delve further into the rich Elizabethan language. Eleven years ago she began the research leading to the publication of her first novel "Blood and Ink," an epic tale of lost dreams, spurned love, jealousy and deception in Tudor England as the two men, William Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe, fight for one name and the famous works now known as the Shakespeare Folio. She is an avid Shakespearean / Marlowan, a member of the Marlowe Society, the Shakespeare Fellowship and a signer of the Declaration of Intent for the Shakespeare Authorship Debate. She has traveled to England three times for intensive research and debate workshops, and is a graduate of the intense training workshop "The Writer's Retreat Workshop" founded by Gary Provost and hosted by Jason Sitzes. She lives in Georgia with her husband and a Scottish Terriers named Maggie and Buster.



For more information, please visit D.K. Marley's website. You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Goodreads.

Blog Tour Schedule

Tuesday, November 12

Review at Gwendalyn's Books

Wednesday, November 13

Excerpt at Passages to the Past

Thursday, November 14

Review at Books and Zebras

Saturday, November 16

Review at Reading is My Remedy

Tuesday, November 19

Excerpt at Books In Their Natural Habitat

Thursday, November 21

Review at @ya.its.lit

Friday, November 22

Review at Nursebookie

Sunday, November 24

Review at A Darn Good Read

Tuesday, November 26

Excerpt at The Book Junkie Reads

Thursday, November 28

Review at Coffee and Ink

Friday, November 29

Review at Al-Alhambra

Interview at Jathan & Heather

Giveawa

During the Blog Tour, we are giving away a copy of Child of Love and Water by D.K.Marley! To enter, please use the Gleam form below.

Giveaway Rules

- Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST on November 29th. You must be 18 or older to enter.

- Paperback giveaway is open internationally.

- Only one entry per household.

- All giveaway entrants agree to be honest and not cheat the systems; any suspicion of fraud will be decided upon by blog/site owner and the sponsor, and entrants may be disqualified at our discretion.

- The winner has 48 hours to claim prize or a new winner is chosen.



Child of Love and Water Tour

Child of Love and Water Tour