Sterling Reviews for Small Publisher's Fiction

Heartland Reviews rates small-press novels Inside the Silver Light and Devil May Care on a par with the offerings of major publishers.

January 15, 2005 -- Superbly crafted and shows us that there is a lot of craziness out there are the opinions in the January edition of online reviewer Heartland Reviews (www.heartlandreviews.com) for two novels from Storywright Books.

Inside the Silver Light by Leah Martin gets a five heart review, Heartlands highest rating, while suspense novel Devil May Care by Riley Evans receives a four heart plaudit. Both offerings from the tiny startup press are rated favorably in comparison to Heartlands reviews of novels from major publishers.

Of Inside the Silver Light, the independent reviewer says, Inside the Silver Light is a superbly crafted novel centered in South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Lakota reservation. An Indian wife seeks revenge for the death of her best friends from her white husband, a rancher who is holding on to his beef operation as best he can. Two white lady mission teachers struggle: one to find the man of her dreams in time for her biological clock and the other to get men to leave her alone. Add in illicit relationships with members of the American Indian Movement and the support of a wealthy Hollywood actor and youll find out why trouble is brewing in the badlands.

The author weaves a complex story about love, hate, revenge, and redemption with startling insightful strands of Native American spirituality, culture, and the unique environment of the rez. Her previous experiences as a teacher in a Jesuit Mission school at Pine Ridge opened a window into this world through which she artfully draws the reader to demonstrate an understanding of modern day Native American issues. We rated this a high five hearts.

About Devil May Care, Heartland says This is a story of the heartlandKansas. State Police Investigator Nikki OKeefe crosses swords with TV Evangelical and body builder Jack Jackson, to determine where a grave site full of dead babies came from. The lines of good and evil are crossed by local Satan worshipers and definitely smudged by the so-called good guys. Nikki is assisted by a sympathetic local sheriff and a hot-shot fellow investigator who comes from her own Kansas City Italian neighborhood.

Nikki is torn constantly by the glass ceiling, the good-old-boy network, and the crazy locals. The author shows us that there is a lot of craziness out there, even in the heartland. We rated this book four hearts.
   
Excerpts from both novels, direct-order discounts, and other stories from the authors are available at www.storywrightbooks.com.

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