HEIMAT by Paul Marzell (16 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

In 1929, four young German friends embark on a life-altering journey from the remnants of post-WWI Germany to the promise-filled streets of America. Dreaming of returning to their beloved hometown of Neisse as triumphant American citizens, their fate takes a dramatic twist in the heart of Berlin's teeming train station. A daring rescue of an American diplomat binds them in an enduring friendship, setting them on a path through the shattered illusions of the American dream, the harrowing depths of the Great Depression, and the challenging process of assimilating into a new culture. As the world plunges into the chaos of World War II, their lives diverge in ways they could never have imagined. Matthias finds himself in the paradoxical role of building ships in an American yard, aimed at the destruction of their homeland. Feliks, driven by a sense of duty, joins the US Army to fight against the Japanese in the Pacific, later aiding the Polish resistance in their homeland. Josef, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

TEMPEST: Bermuda 1609 by S. Wright (87 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

If you like heart stopping Historical fiction... you will be gripping the chair until you know they made it! Leaving a tragic past behind, John set out on an adventure to the New World. Passionately in love with his new wife, and looking forward to a new start as they boarded the ship to Jamestown, nothing could have prepared them for the tragedy that was to come. On a tumultuous sea where rivalries, politics and racial discrimination were rife, John's beautiful lover, to protect a closely guarded secret, makes a tragic error of judgement. It would change everything. Their lives were on the line. Even if they were lucky enough to survive the ferocious hurricane, could they survive the consequences of her actions? An action adventure to remember!

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Rebel (Shadows over the Black Land Book 1) by Monika Mangal (69 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

First part of a riveting trilogy set in the closing years of the nineteenth pharaonic dynasty When Tawosret becomes the second Great Royal Wife of the newly crowned Pharaoh, Seti, she doesn't look forward joyfully to a life by the side of her much older husband. Unaccustomed to the ways of the royal court, she initially struggles to meet the expectations that come with her elevated status and to find her place in a family that soon turns out to be far from perfect. Just how deep the rift between the factions is becomes clear when an uprising on an unprecedented scale shakes the very foundations of Seti's rule. The insurgents are headed by no other than his own son, Amunmesse. Having proclaimed himself king, Amunmesse leads an impressive army from Nubia northwards in a steady, unstoppable advance. It takes him only a few months to bring the better part of the country under his complete control. Seti, whose own influence is henceforth restricted to the delta and a small part of the ...

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Arklight: Task Force Crusader by J.M. Myrick (24 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Powerful enemies threaten. Everlasting judgment begins. Reoutfitted and recovered from the costly Battle of Nashville, Spear Team launches a crusade to uncover the truth. This time, they know their enemy: a brutal and cruel special operative known as Magnus O'Keefe. Desperate to locate the next piece of the ultimate weapon, Arklight launches a mission to retrieve the infamous Spear of Destiny. Soon after, they learn of another bygone piece of the puzzle that has been unearthed, bringing to light an astonishing history, lost in the annals of conspiracy and lore. A long-forgotten Nazi regime will stop at nothing to finish what they started under Hitler's genocidal rule. Rising from the ashes, the Fourth Reich's Order of the Black Sun covertly initiates the final solution, using a weapon of unimaginable destruction.Bridging over two thousand years of human history, two timelines converge into a singular event; while Spear Team struggles against Magnus, the Alsos Mission Team ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Cuckoo in the Nest by Diane Mitchell (34 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Evicted from their Devon home in the autumn of 1850, John Price is forced to take to the road with his wife Mary and their two young children, one cold winter's night finding them trudging the lanes of Gloucestershire in search of shelter. Their meagre resources exhausted, John reluctantly decides he has no option but to leave his family at the gates of the Workhouse, finding work at the Grange, the home of Major Carruthers. Moving into a tied cottage, the lives of the Price family become caught up in the fortunes and misfortunes of the Carruthers and their near neighbours, Sir Ian Stuart and his wife Lady Margaret. But the many lies and violent deaths John witnesses over the years are to make him rue the day the Major took him in.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Five Days in September: The Invasion of England 1940 by P R Burrell (RoadRunner Publications) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Five Days in September (Second Edition) September 1940, the Battle of Britain is over, the Luftwaffe has air superiority over England and the invasion of England has been set in motion. Jimmy Webb and his two lifelong friends, Penny Packard and Harry Hughes, who live in the southeast of England, in a clifftop village between Dover and Folkestone, are all involved in the defence of Britain, despite being only 17 years old. Jimmy is in the resistance, a member of an Auxiliary Patrol, Harry is a member of the Home Guard whilst Penny has been recruited as a local intelligence agent, a member of the Auxiliary Units Special Duties Branch tasked with reporting on enemy actions, troop movements and the morale of the populace. Karl Dressler, leader of an SS Assault Group of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, the crack unit of the Waffen-SS, has been tasked with securing and holding the area between Dover and Folkestone, an area that includes the invasion headquarters. ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Mr Darcy and The Marshalsea: A Pride and Prejudice Continuation (Mr Darcy's Chronicles Book 18) by Jackie Wellman (Edgar Roy) (20 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Darcy and Lizzy receive news that Lydia plans to move to London shortly. Her husband, Mr Wickham, is determined to become rich quickly in the glittering capital. Of course, Mr Wickham does not become rich and is soon dispatched to The Marshalsea, London's notorious debtors' prison. Thinking that Darcy and Lizzy will (and indeed should) come to their aid, he dictates a letter for his wife to write and send to her sister. Darcy and Lizzy are in a quandary. They want to help but Darcy cannot forget Wickham's treatment of Georgiana, his dear sister. Furthermore they know that if they simply pay the debt, Wickham and Lydia will have learnt nothing. They travel to London and visit Wickham and Lydia. Shocked by the melancholy state into which Lydia has fallen, they know something must be done. But what? This is a funny and affectionate continuation of Jane Austen's beloved novel.

Genre: Historical Fiction

A Destiny to Dance: The Chronicles of the Great Oak: Book 2 by Jenny Davis (Amazon Digital Services) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 31 minutes ago

A Destiny to Dance Book II: The Chronicles of the Great Oak Margaret Simmons has known all of her life that her family is not like others. Her family has secrets. Her family has had terrible loss. It has years of pain and longing for loved ones. And her family has a sacred duty--to protect the Great Oak. But Margaret learned she had another duty when her lost sister returned through the Great Oak. "A girl born from the Tree had a Destiny to Love, so her sister danced through the tree to gift it to her... " Margaret had to leave everything... her family... the entire world she knew, to take her sister's place in the future. This way her sister, Melanie, could stay in Margaret's time of 1944, and be with the young man she had fallen in love with. She had to do it for her sister. She had to do it for her parents. And she hoped, she was somehow doing it for herself as well. Margaret quickly finds that the Great Oak has a plan for her, but she must go through the tree several times to ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Falconer's Apprentice by Malve von Hassell (7 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

The Falconer's Apprentice is a story of adventure and intrigue set in the intense social and political unrest of the Holy Roman Empire in the thirteenth century. That bird should be destroyed!" Andreas stared at Ethelbert in shock. Blood from an angry-looking gash on the young lord's cheek dripped onto his embroidered tunic. Andreas clutched the handles of the basket containing the young peregrine. Perhaps this was a dream -- Andreas, an apprentice falconer at Castle Kragenberg, cannot bear the thought of killing the young female falcon and smuggles her out of the castle. Soon he realizes that his own time there has come to an end, and he stows away, with the bird, in the cart of an itinerant trader, Richard of Brugge. So begins a series of adventures that lead him from an obscure castle in northern Germany to the farthest reaches of Frederick von Hohenstaufen's Holy Roman Empire, following a path dictated by the wily trader's mysterious mission. Andreas continues to improve his ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Fairlyden by Gwen Kirkwood (434 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

'Romance with a capital R.' - Manchester Evening News It is nineteenth century Scotland and change is on the way. Sandy Logan is a man of his word and when Mattie Camerson's father dies, he intends to honour his promise to marry her. But dark forces are at work and Mattie finds herself betrothed to the son of cruel Jacob Reevil. Before the marriage can take place, Jacob and his son corner Mattie alone in the shed. Sandy comes to her rescue, but his actions have terrible consequences and he and Mattie are forced to flee. They trek for many miles and eventually find refuge at the rundown farm of Fairlyden, nestling in a peaceful valley. Mattie quickly wins the heart of its owner, Daniel Munro who needs to produce an heir or else Fairlyden will fall into the hands of the unscrupulous Earl of Strathtod. Mattie and Sandy work hard on the farm to make a living and to restore the fertility of the land but Mattie is still haunted by the Reevils. To escape her betrothal, Mattie must ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Thomas Marchant: a novella by Pamela Stephen (3 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

When he returns home after graduating from Trinity College Cambridge in 1720, Thomas Marchant wants to channel his passion as an innovator and engineer into devising and improving steam-driven engines for mining. He has plans running in his head to expand the family business, and make a name for himself at the start of a momentous period in British manufacturing history. But a twist of fate is about to change the direction of his life and with the help of his friends and neighbours, he must learn to live with the consequences of it. This freestanding story is the second of three about the lives of a group of characters in 18th century West London.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Return of her Dear Viscount: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Alice Kirks (164 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Rose Price, maid in the service of the Earl and Countess of Harrowby, is an intelligent woman with a fiery spirit. When she learns that Henry Ryder, the Earl's son and her childhood friend, returns home, her heart skips a beat. However, she will soon realise that he is not the kind and caring person she once knew, and she will feel foolish for ever having feelings for him... Could Rose be the one who will guide Henry back to his forgotten gentle soul? Or will she realise that falling for him was the greatest mistake in her life? While Henry is shying away from Rose, pretending there has never been a connection between them, he soon realises just how much she has always meant to him. When he discovers that his friends have humiliated Rose, causing her to run away, he feels furious, but also guilty. Will Henry convince Rose that he is capable of change and worthy of forgiveness, showing her the true colours of his heart? Or has his misbehaviour cost him her love? In the midst of ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Mistress of Tredegar by Marnie Perry (24 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Sir Frain Bedortha has long since admired and coveted Tredegar castle and it is now within his grasp. But to his fury he is prevented from taking it by an ancient document signed by Arthur Pendragon. Unwilling to take the castle by force and risk all out war Frain decides to wait on word from his liege lord, the King of Wessex. However, Frain demands a hostage, what he gets is Brannagh Penlion chatelaine of Castle Tredegar and mistress of the earl, its lord. At first furious and resentful Frain soon discovers there is more to this woman than a mere servant. As his suspicions grow so does his desire for this haughty, seemingly cold woman and soon finds himself drawn to her in a way he has never been to any woman. Brannagh Penlion has risked everything to prevent Frain Bedortha from taking possession of Castle Tredegar, her freedom, even her life. Taken as hostage for the good behaviour of her people she expects discomfort, hardship and resentment from Sir Frain and his people, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Bad vs Evil by David Rountree (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Murder, burglary, muggings, counterfeiting, train robbing, safe-blowing, and other nefarious gang activities terrorized the local population. Law enforcement and the inept justice system couldn't deal with the problems, so, finally, the outraged citizens in two Indiana communities conspired to resolve the crime issue themselves. However, many considered their ultimate solution to be far worse than the problem.

Genre: Historical Fiction

With a Trusting Heart by Dawn Kinzer (Morningview Publishing) (31 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Will trust be the winning ticket to mending two wounded hearts? The 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is taking place in Seattle with participants from all over the world when Lizzie Clark accepts a position at an orphanage in the city. After suffering heartbreak and loss, she is determined to make a life for herself independently. Jack Butler's mother abandoned their family when he was a young boy. Loyalty to his father cost him fulfilling his own aspirations, so Jack strives to take their family farm in a new direction. A newborn is left at the orphanage with a note asking Lizzie to take care of him. Why did the woman abandon her child? And why is Jack, a handsome local farmer so interested in helping Lizzie search for the infant's mother? When shocking revelations disrupt their plans, Lizzie and Jack are faced with life-changing decisions. Will they open their hearts to trusting again? This story was inspired by events that took place at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Realm of the Witch Queen: Lunar Fire Book 2 by Tamara Rendell (Renwulf Creations) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

A Saga of The Savage Innocence and Power of Ancient Druidism PART TWO of Lunar Fire Lahana, an innocent young princess, is traded for an appeasement treaty with a tyrannical king. On arrival, she is immediately caught in a web of evil sorcery and a sex cult - overwhelmed and mesmerised and drugged. Her inner power awakens to fight and escape this dark kingdom. Her freedom journey takes her to sanctuary with a powerful Druid priest whom awakens her true destiny within her deepest soul's yearnings. After trials and tribulations, she becomes a powerful queen and destroys the evil king's realm and rebirths a new civilisation out of the ashes of a dark age into an era of peace and prosperity. Her coming of age is full of love and pain until, finally, her true soul mate embraces her vision, and together they triumph over injustice and ignorance. Ideal for lovers of Norse, Celtic, and Arthurian sagas.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Looking Glass Friends by E. L. Neve (Nothing but the Story via Amazon) (125 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Winner of 15 BOOK AWARDS: a Lyrical love Story, inspired by real letters "This novel features an original and fascinating premise... Readers will be compelled to keep reading until the very end." ~ Booklife by Publishers Weekly. When our souls fall in love before our bodies meet... LOOKING GLASS FRIENDS is a story about finding your soul's reflection, the ideal person put on this earth just for you. But what if you are already married? What if you have kids? This quest for happiness lies at the heart of all our lives. Many of us face the choice that turns the pages of this story. Many of us know that our life will be utterly different in twenty years depending on the choice we make today. It is an intersection that changes everything forever. This award-winning novel seeks to show that what seems insurmountable can be done... and should be done. Discover its poetry and wisdom for yourself. 2018 Hollywood Book Festival WINNER 2018 Great Northwest Book Festival WINNER 2018 Beach Book ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Legacy of Mavis McCall (Silver Cross Ranch Legacy Series Book 3) by Faye Roberts (Forget Me Not Romances, a division of Winged Publications) (67 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

Imagine opening a long-forgotten trunk to find diaries written by your foremothers. Four generations of thoughts, heartaches, challenges and triumphs. What lessons did they write inside the yellowed pages? What lessons could they gift you now? THE LEGACY OF MAVIS MCCALL - Book Three of the Silver Cross Ranch Legacy It takes a bit of conniving and a few subtle lies, but Mavis finds what she's been searching for when, against her father's wishes, she's accepted to study at the Colorado College of Agriculture. She can't imagine how life could get any better. Halcyon days are filled with knowledge, good friends, acceptance for who she is, and a sweet but secret love. Yet, all too often, secrets have a way of turning to bite back at the hand that fed them. The world shifts on its very foundation when the Great Depression is followed by yet another catastrophic world war. War that destroys hope and shatters dreams. For Mavis, the fight becomes personal. She enlists in the Women's Army ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Mail Order Bride: The Imposter Bride: Clean and Wholesome Historical Romance (Brother's Mail Order Brides Book 5) by Faith Johnson (Clean Romance Publishing) (104 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

*** Click the BUY Button to Grab this great deal NOW *** From the desk of your Favorite Amazon Best Selling Author Faith Johnson Enjoy this wonderful Mail Order Bride Story about the Meredith Brothers Falling In Love and Getting Married (Or do They? Read more to find out... ) Tabitha Morrison has lived and worked in the wealthy Smith household since her father abandoned her as an infant. She was raised by the household maids to be quite adept at various tasks, and her life as a servant is all she has ever known. So when she is ready for a different life, she makes a bold decision. She will leave the world she knows and travel west as a mail-order bride. Jacob Meredith is a kind man, and Tabitha is grateful for that. However, it seems he and his family have gotten the wrong idea about her. They believe she is from a wealthy family, and Tabitha is too embarrassed to tell the truth. What if they send her back home? Now, she has to pretend hard work is unknown to her and allow the ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Adventures of Dirty Dottie: Finding Joy (Keys of Life) by Carolyn Schield (Uriel's Justice LLC) (2 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

From the authors of the Number One Best Seller, Keys of Life trilogy comes Adventures of Dirty Dottie: Finding Joy. Unwrap the Enigma: To the outside world, Dirty Dottie is a woman who exudes strength and confidence, bringing men to their proverbial knees. T her friends and family. she is simply Dottie, a woman who soothes troubled souls with her angelic singing and hides away her inner vulnerabilities. Underneath it all, she is a woman who has made it her life's mission to defend right. Unlock the Past: Dottie reunites with old pals Han and Bill. As they reminisce, Dottie shares a cryptic message left by her long-deceased husband. But, where there is good, evil is lurking in the shadows. Uncover the Mystery: While investigating clues to the message's meaning, Dottie and her two-man army embark on a late-night mission to find an ancient treasure. Unaware that they are in a race against time, they must place together the clues to locate the relic before it falls into the hands of a ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Listen To The Colours by J.L. Dupont (28 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

One war, five years, three lives - two childhood friends separated by Nazi ideology, and a twelve-year-old French boy who's not like other boys. Three distinct struggles to come to terms with loss and suffering and the absurdity of war. Until in the waning months of the war, Germany's deployment of its secret V1 weapon irrevocably entangles their lives in the forests of Normandy. Listen To The Colours is the author's second novel, inspired by the memories of those who witnessed the construction of the V1 ramps in the forests of Normandy. They suffered in silence, and helped change the course of the war.

Genre: Historical Fiction

All That Time Allows: The Prequel To The James Saga by Annette Austin (13 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

Lies, passion, and intrigue - welcome to Havers End! This enticing historical fiction story begins The James Saga. Edward James has a firm grip on the Havers End slave plantation. From the outside, the James family is a respectable, wealthy Southern family but behind many closed doors, there are deep seated divisions. Lawrence James is bound to take charge of the plantation. However, he detests slavery and his stance puts him at odds with his father, Edward. Madeleine James is happy that her older brother has a sensual romantic courtship with Eleanor Southland. Yet, Lawrence has doubts about the relationship - especially when he catches sight of a young female slave. The oldest sister, Belvedere Rossiter, is undecided concerning her future. Does she remain with her husband, Nicholas, or can she start a new life? If you want to find out more, please order your copy with one click today.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Legacy of the Musketeers (The Novella Range Book 1) by Ian Shimwell (Shimwell's Stories) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

At last, after 165 years, the sequel to The Man in the Iron Mask... 17th Century France, two years after D'Artagnan's death: Deep beneath the Palais de Versailles, Aramis is shocked and astonished by the directives of D'Artagnan's Legacy. To follow, he must betray his honour; his King and, perhaps most damning of all, his fellow Musketeers. The Sun King will be eclipsed by darkness once more... Or can the ageing Musketeers really reunite, for one last time - for the glory of France?

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger Book 3) by John Gardner (234 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

It's time to bring their man home. Just as the Soviets recruited Philby in the 1930s, so British Intelligence suborned a young Russian boy during the days of the British Mission to Russia at the end of World War One. Over the decades that boy has grown to be the main British asset within the clandestine world. The secret of his identity has been handed down from one Director General of British Intelligence to the next. 'Stentor', as he is coded, now occupies a place of prime importance within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB. But he is an old man, ready for retirement. It is time for the Herbie Kruger to fulfil an old promise and bring the Russian to England and a home he has never seen... In The Quiet Dogs John Gardner again provides a skilfully constructed thriller, as intriguing, exciting and detailed in character as its widely acclaimed predecessors. Praise for John Gardner: 'A master storyteller at the height of his power' - Len Deighton, acclaimed author ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

A Lady's Touch of Sin: A Historical Regency Romance Book by Lucy Langton (484 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

When her mother finds out that she was involved in a frantic love triangle, Marta Schnitzler is instantly being cast from her Austrian home. What awaits her is her Aunt Margaret, a tittering woman with an earnest responsibility to find Marta a match, against her wishes. While the blue-eyed beauty desperately tries to escape from her future misery, a very dashing man shows up in her life, but, to her misfortune, he is not the one her Aunt has chosen for her. But when her Aunt insists so much on a particular engagement with a Duke, should she just give up to the tantalizing stranger she just met or should she fight to satisfy the burning passion she holds for him? Baldwin Terrence is a successful businessman and the future heir to his ducal estate. When his best friend's cousin comes unexpectedly to visit, he finds himself surprisingly stricken by her stunning eyes, and the connection between them is electrifying. Her beauty is irresistible and tests his willpower at every turn. ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Reaper of Washington County by Steven Banner (10 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Young Sean Callahan appears to be lost. His father who was a legendary Lawman, has just passed away. He did however train his son to be a leader and to follow in his footsteps. In the year 1894, he began working on the sea vessel the Intrepid. With the whaling trade slowing. He sets his sights on something else. The one thing Sean knows he can't run away from... His uncle is the courageous Captain James Callahan who runs the Boston Office for U.S. Marshals. He gives Sean a new start in life, by becoming a marshal himself. Later ordered to an obscure town seeming hidden in Rhode Island. His mission is to find out what happened to four missing women. Under the watchful eye of retired Major Jeremiah Lancaster. He tries to understand what everyone appears to be hiding, in a town filled with folklore and superstition. With seemingly no clues. He must track down who is responsible or return home a complete failure. His new boss, Colonel Robert Goldberg is running for a seat on the United ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The House of Closed Doors by Jane Steen (18,179 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced. Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth" Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at a Poor Farm and discreetly adopted. Until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out. Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and rethinks her decision to abandon her own child to fate. But even if she manages to escape the Poor Farm with her baby she may have no safe place to run to.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Last Letter (The Letter Series Book 1) by Kathleen Shoop (2,658 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

"Gripping historical fiction -- A tale of two women finding meaning behind all that went wrong in their lives. A timeless tale of redemption with the best plot-twist at the end I've seen in a long, long time. Can't wait for book two!" New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Melissa Foster Katherine wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't found the letter... In the summer of 1905 Katherine Arthur's mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them running for the prairie, into the unknown. Taking her family, including young Katherine, to live off the land was the last thing Jeanie Arthur had wanted, but she would do her best to make a go of it. For Jeanie's husband Frank it had been a world of opportunity. Dreaming, lazy Frank. But, it was a society of uncertainty--a domain of natural disasters, temptation, hatred, even death. ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Pretty Little Flowers by Joyce Kay (9 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

What I wouldn't give for you. I would sacrifice everything. I would give my life. All you have to do is ask and I would stand upon the peak of a great mountain and fall to my certain death. In Victorian England, everything is done according to the rules of society, but when the Duke of Fetterfield dies, his daughter discovers a freedom that had been denied to her; the freedom to marry for love. And when Mr York comes back into her life, she believes her prayers have finally been answered. But her father's death also uncovers a shocking secret that could destroy them all. Pretty Little Flowers by Joyce Kay is about the choices we make, and how those choices force us to confront the truth of who we are.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Ambrose, Prince of Wessex; Trader of Kiev. (Ambrose series Book 1) by Bruce Corbett (89 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

A young prince of Wessex is captured by Viking raiders. He and his friends manage to escape captivity in Denmark, and begin an epic journey to Norway and then Sweden. The rest of the story is loosely based on the Primary Russian Chronicles. There, they join a Viking expedition to conquer Novgorod, and, within a year, they travel down the mighty Dnieper river to settle in Kiev.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Bloody Rain - Murder, Madness & the Monsoon by Rick Spilman (Old Salt Press) (77 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

Bloody Rain is a short story set on a sailing ship in the 1880s. The Queen Charlotte was anchored fore and aft off the Calcutta wharves in the Hoogly River, waiting for cargo. She was a fine, three masted iron bark; trim, low and fast on a reach - in all respects, the perfection of the shipbuilder's art. If she had a single great flaw, it was on her quarterdeck in the man that the owners had chosen as captain. Captain John McPherson maintains absolute control over his ship and those who sail upon her. The only one that he cannot control is himself, slipping into murder and madness in the face of the relentless monsoon.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Poverty Creek (The Liberty Hill Series Book 2) by Sonja Heisinger (29 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

In Gold Rush California, a civil war is raging... between two people. The Southern Mines, 1849 - After conquering the jungles of Panama, Lucius Flynn and Evelyn Brennan set sail for the Land of Dreams, but they couldn't be more at odds. Determined to make a fortune and put an end to their arranged marriage once and for all, they join a company of ragtag prospectors and embark on the dangerous road to Prosperity, a boomtown in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Surrounded by intriguing new friends and golden opportunities, the Wild West just might bring Lucius and Evelyn together... until Nell Watson arrives. Charming and seductive, the famous dancer sets her sights on Lucius, while Evelyn becomes more and more entangled with a married man. In Poverty Creek, vigilantes, cowboys, and hopeless romantics converge in a world where lawlessness and drudgery disguise themselves as freedom and grandeur. Where beauty is treacherous, and dreams are fallible. The western adventure continues in this ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Saints And Sinners: In the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Mercia and Lindsey by John Broughton (Next Chapter) (81 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Saxon times were not called the Dark Ages for nothing. It was a violent, unrecognizable world of kill or be killed. In seventh century England, tribes and so-called kings vie for power and blood flows throughout the land. Aethelred - ruler of Mercia - is being pressed from all sides, and his wife Osthryth dies under unknown circumstances. Osthryth's ring falls into the hands of warrior noble Aethelbald, who is accused of her murder and forced to leave Mercia by his conniving cousin Coeolred, who has eyes on the throne. When Aethelred abdicates and the weakling Cenred assumes power, Coelred sees a path to become the king. With a court rife with would-be successors, can Aethelbald survive and become Bretwaldas - the 'Britain-ruler' - and sweep aside the underkings to unite the land? Based on true stories, John Broughton's Saints and Sinners shines a light on the murky Dark Ages, and recreates a Britain on the cusp of momentous change.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Doctor's Snowflake Bride by Lacy Williams (75 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Minnie Bannister's mail-order bride journey takes an unexpected twist when she encounters a charming stranger instead of her intended husband. Bound by his doctor's oath to help those in need, Jed Dawson cannot ignore the plight of the beautiful Minnie stranded during a raging blizzard. Minnie is the missing link that will help him bond with his preteen son, who is still mourning his late mother. With Christmas just around the corner, Minnie and Jed discover that sometimes the greatest gifts come in the most unexpected packages, and that love can be found even when it seems like everything is working against them. Will they have the courage to embrace the love that has blossomed between them, or will they let their chance at happiness slip away? Read this heartwarming Christian historical romance from the author of wagon train novels A TRAIL SO LONESOME and WILD HEART'S HAVEN.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Rattlesnake: (a short story) by Michael Hebler (Night After Night Publications, LLC) (40 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Once narrowly escaping a town gone mad, a man threatens a boy with his life to get to the truth about his missing son.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Blood of the Druids: Prequel to the Foundation of the Dragon series by Robb Pritchard Price verified 19 hours ago

Prequel to the bestselling Brethren. AD 61. From the Isle of Mona the mysterious, centuries-old order of the druids have long resisted Roman rule. The Governor of Britannia, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, cannot let such an affront to his authority stand. The full might of the brutal Twentieth Legion amasses over the straits, waiting for the waters to calm. The native Ordovice tribe must fight not only for their lives, but for their connection to their gods... Based on a true story.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The White Horse and the Eagle: The myth of Daedalus reimagined. by Roger Rimkaudlis (13 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

I was told the story of Daedalus and Icarus was a myth. If we were meant to fly, the gods would have given us wings. For I am the cursed boy with three names. The lowest of the low. Born on that inauspicious day, the reviled son of a slave of Rome. Betrayed to a fate worse than death, I defied an Emperor and soared with eagles . All to journey to the hill of the white horse, with nothing but the promise around my neck. I believed the impossible, for truth became lie and myth became real.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Exiled Duke: An Exile Novel by K.J. Jackson (AWD Publishing) (2,602 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

He exiled her long ago. Now she's the only one that can crack his cold heart. A desperate woman trades everything for a chance of escape. Penelope Willington is an innocent -- innocent to a fault -- and she never should have stepped foot into the rookeries, much less sought out the man that had once been her whole world -- when she was ten. But that was a long time ago. Desperate times call for extraordinary actions, and Pen can't afford to miss her one and only chance to find a future free of the vile man determined to force her under his thumb and into his bed. Her survival depended on his cruelty. After his parents died, Strider Hoppler was forced to exile the one other person in the world he loved -- Penelope Willington. He did it to save Pen, did it cruelly, and he never once looked back. Not until sixteen years later, when she strolled into his lair in the heart of the East End of London. A cold ruler of the underworld. She entered a world she had no right to be in ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Only The Leaves Whispering (The Last Hundred Book 1) by Jim Ellis (47 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Jock MacNeil, the eldest son of a Highland Catholic family, leaves school at thirteen to follow his father's footsteps and become a blacksmith. But after a family tragedy changes his plans, Jock joins CSS Alabama and heads to the New World. He befriends the retired Royal Navy Surgeon, James Gunn, and David Llewellyn Assistant Surgeon of Alabama. Living among the seamen, Jock learns how to take responsibility - and how to defend himself. But can Jock survive the perilous journey, and what awaits him in the Civil War on the other side of the Atlantic?

Genre: Historical Fiction

Letters from Bath; Or, A Friend in Exile (The Merriweather Chronicles) by Meredith Allady (74 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

A short incident from the time of Jane Austen, told in a series of letters from Bath, England. Ann Northcott reluctantly accompanies her mother to the famous Spa, and there finds what entertainment she can by plotting various subtle ways in which to be disobliging, indulging in unskilled matchmaking, and writing accounts of it all to her best friend Julia. A prequel story to Friendship and Folly: The Merriweather Chronicles, Book I. Warning: While this is a 'stand alone' incident, it is probably best appreciated by those who have actually read the 'sequel'. Caveat Emptor! Approx. 23,000 words.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Lady Hathaway's Proposal (Hathaway Heirs Book 1) by Suzanna Medeiros (1,408 Review)    Price verified 19 hours ago

She will do anything for a few nights in his arms. Twelve years have passed since Miranda Hathaway ended her courtship with Andrew Osborne and married the older, but much wealthier, Viscount Hathaway. It is only one week after her husband's death and Miranda cannot ignore the temptation to have a taste of what she threw away all those years ago when she followed her parents' wishes. But to entice the man she never stopped loving, she will have to act quickly. Now the Earl of Sanderson, Andrew is no longer the same man who once believed in love. When Miranda asks him to help her conceive a child -- one whom she means to pass off as the next Hathaway heir -- he sees her deceit as proof that she is not the same woman he once knew. However, he cannot ignore the temptation to finally have her in his bed. Miranda knows she is infertile, but her deception gives her three weeks with Andrew. He plans to use that time to finally consign Miranda Hathaway to the past, while she hopes to build ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Faithful in Love (Cliff Walk Cousins Book 1) by Cecily K. Wolfe (30 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

When a handsome stranger brings unexpected romance to her charmed life, will a sheltered Christian heiress fight the odds for a chance at true love? Blessed from the moment of her birth, Faith Davenport is adored by everyone and has led a life guided by her charitable, Christian parents. At ease with her family's expectations and her own strength of belief, she finds joy in exploring the creative aspects of her Uncle Will's architecture business as his assistant. Nico d'Amici is thrilled with the opportunity to apprentice to Will Travers, well-known for his practical and unique architectural designs, but discovers a deeper emotion when a friendship with Travers's kind, beautiful, and intelligent niece intensifies. Faith's best friend, her cousin Thomas, intervenes, but his efforts to keep them apart are nothing compared to accusations of theft that threaten not only the friendship between the three of them but Nico's very freedom. Faith's charmed life is complicated by her romantic ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Lost Tales of Mercia (Sons of Mercia) by Jayden Woods (266 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

In the years near 1000 A.D., the Vikings and their king, Sweyn Forkbeard, constantly attack Engla-lond. A weak king, Ethelred II, rules the Anglo-Saxons. He tries to pay off each Viking attack with a steep tax called the "Danegald," but again and again the pagans return. A masked vigilante called the Golden Cross tries to aid the people of Engla-lond and rally them to warfare, but this rebel is constantly way-laid by the king's most trusted advisor, Eadric Streona. Eadric Streona, Ealdorman of Mercia, is a charming master of the king's court who always manages to get what he wants; but what he wants remains a mystery to all. Ten short stories explore this setting through the eyes of ten different characters, from a blushing maid and bold mother to a daring soldier, an unready king, and many others. Some characters are fictional, but most are real figures of history. Altogether, the Lost Tales introduce the people who will fight, love, and betray each other until the rightful king ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Duke's Spirited Spinster: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Arabella Wells (Cobalt Fairy) (125 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

After her disastrous courtship, Lady Anna swore to never trust again. And despite her brother's best efforts to marry her off, she vows to remain a spinster! Duke Edmund despises everything the ton stands for. But he has a duty to fulfill, even if a spirited spinster is determined to stand in his way... As the vexing Duke starts haunting her every thought, she struggles to keep her distance. But the spell is broken when a foe threatens to reveal Anna's darkest secret. A secret no one knows about... except for Edmund. *If you like powerful Dukes, loving Duchesses and a marvelous depiction of the majestic Regency and Victorian era, then The Duke's Spirited Spinster is the novel for you. Get "The Duke's Spirited Spinster" today to discover Arabella's splendid new story!

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Forgotten Island Clan: Prologue (Heirs of the Stone Age) by Olivier Rebiere (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Untouched for thousands of years, Australia continues to host some of the oldest and most captivating cultures on our planet to this very day: those of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. By the close of the 18th century and within a mere few decades, colonization abruptly terminates a way of life as ancient as the world itself, rupturing traditions and propelling entire communities into warfare, decline, and hopelessness. However, to the south of the expansive Australian continent, a vast and isolated island endures an even more dreadful fate: the utter vanishing of its original nation. Tasmania serves as the stunning setting for the prehistoric series "The Forgotten Island Clan," which envisions the foundation and endurance of a fictional clan across countless millennia, spanning both before and after the island's separation from the mainland. In the wake of climatic and ethnic changes, each book offers a chance to reveal the customs, beliefs, and wisdom of the ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Goliath (American Grace) by David Xavier (Bucklebury Books) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Readers are always looking for a story they'll remember long after they finish. A story written from the heart that they can relate to in enduring and heartfelt ways. Goliath Denver 1920. A newly elected governor shakes up the trolley fare and the trolley drivers threaten to strike. George and Margie Middleton don't need much but are caught up in the drama. And when an infamous strikebreaker comes to town what follows could upend their lives and threatens much more.

Genre: Historical Fiction

If the Tide Turns: Sneak Peek by Rachel Rueckert (Kensington Books) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition before the full length novel comes out! Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path... 1715, Eastham, Massachusetts: As the daughter of a wealthy family, Maria Brown has a secure future mapped out for her, yet it is not the future she wants. Young, headstrong, and restless, Maria has no desire to marry the aging, mean-spirited John Hallett, regardless of his fortune and her parents' wishes. As for what Maria does want -- only one person has ever even asked her that question. Samuel Bellamy, an orphaned sailor searching for work, meets Maria by chance, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Adventuress: A Novelette (One Virtue and a Thousand Crimes Book 1) by Mira Kanehl (34 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

What if you had an inner calling that went against all society expected of you? 1813 The New Orleans legacy Jean Laffite roams the city, the Gulf of Mexico, Barataria, the Mississipi and the Lafourche rivers in this 19th century fiction book. His business? Smuggling and general piracy. When Inspector Gilbert decides to tackle the smuggling affairs, Jean takes action. But then a courtesan interferes with his plans -- even gains the favor of his crew. Will the New Orleans woman be his downfall? The Adventuress is the first in the historical fiction novella series One Virtue and a Thousand Crimes that features the compelling Cosma Wolfe and infamous Jean Laffite. They meet their New Orleans rivals in the sizzling smaller golden age of piracy. A pirate merger of Sherlock Holmes and Outlander. Unlock The Adventuress to read Wolfe's latest adventure today!

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Duke's Bride: Regency Romance (Regency Brides Book 1) by Joanne Wadsworth (2,428 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

A fiercely loyal lady, along with her brooding duke come head-to-head in a battle of wills! An unforgettable Regency Romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Joanne Wadsworth. He must steal a lady... then steal her love. Desiring a man and never being noticed as more than his best friend's little sister has Lady Ellie Trentbury finally consigning herself to the truth. She must move on, and preferably with a man who lives far away from her home in London where she need never be reminded of the duke who stole her heart. An elopement with an honorable American shipping merchant sounds perfect. The Duke of Ashten has no choice but to bound into his best friend's carriage when he discovers little Ellie is inside and intent on eloping with a man to Gretna Green who she barely knows. He can't allow her to make such a terrible mistake, yet convincing her might mean giving into his desire for the golden-eyed enchantress who has followed him around since he was a lad. Her pouty lips ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

White Witch: Texas Devlins Book One by Lyn Horner (66 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Action, terror and a heroine with second sight! You'll find all of that and more in White Witch. This novella opens Lyn Horner's award-winning series, Texas Devlins. Jessie Devlin is what her Irish ancestors might call a "white witch." She has a disturbing ability to glimpse the future. When she foresees Chicago on fire, it's a soul-searing experience. Far worse is the terrible night in 1871 when she and her family and thousands of Chicagoans run for their lives from the towering flames. Worst of all are the horrific nightmares Jessie suffers for months after the destruction. However, when Jessie's dreams suddenly begin showing her a strange man with gentle, loving eyes who saves her from a fiery death, she becomes convinced they are destined to meet and fall in love. But will her father give her time to find her dream hero or will he force her into marriage with the wrong man? How can she save herself from such a fate?

Genre: Historical Fiction

In Darkened Corners: A Lindisfarne Series Short Story (The Lindisfarne Series) by Johanna Craven (1 Review)    Price verified 18 hours ago

Holy Island of Lindisfarne England It's 1715 and war is on the horizon. Jacobite armies are forming around Britain, determined to put their king back on the throne. Julia Mitchell wants no part in the Rising. With a child to raise and no husband to speak of, she has struggled to build a life of her own. She'll not risk that hard-fought security for the Jacobite cause. But the tiny village of Lindisfarne is full of secrets, and Julia soon learns she is vital to the Jacobites' plans. Remaining neutral is no longer an option - perhaps it never was.

Genre: Historical Fiction

A Gentleman's Daughter (Sisters of the Revolution Book 1) by Diana Davis (Daughters of Columbia Books) (515 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

A gentleman's daughter. A marquess's son. Hate at first sight. A sweet historical enemies-to-lovers romance Cassandra Crofton was raised a gentleman's daughter. When her father dies, however, she and her beloved sister must leave the home they've always known. To add to her humiliation, Cassandra is forced to pass the journey to the American colonies with a snobbish popinjay who refuses to treat her with the respect she deserves. Lord David Beaufort is the youngest son of the Marquess of Dorset, but he wants to find his own place and purpose-and ignore this impertinent country gentleman's daughter who shows him nothing but contempt. In Philadelphia, however, Lord David finds himself seeking out opportunities to trade wits with the lovely Miss Crofton. When Cassandra's uncle becomes Lord David's landlord and mentor, she cannot escape him. But as Lord David becomes deathly ill, Cassandra is thrown into the role of nurse. The more time she spends taking care of him, against all odds, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Kings Pinnacle (March Hare Novels Book 1) by Robert Gourley (82 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

Alex Mackenzie was a Scottish lad born in 1754 in the Scottish lowlands on the border between Scotland and England. Alex, his father, and his two older brothers were members of the last band of Reivers (outlaws) that operated along the border. A few years before the start of the American Revolutionary War, Alex ran afoul of the British authorities; they were on his trail and wanted him dead. His only alternative was to leave Scotland for Ireland and then from there, sail to America. The colonies in America were supposed to be a place where people could get a new start in life and explore new opportunities. America was supposed to be a place where people could put down stakes and put old feuds behind them, or was it? "Och, that tears it; it's all gang agley" said Alex's father. "Ye are going to hae to set aff from Scotland for a wee bit, Alex, laddie." "Where should I go?" "Ireland," said John. "Ye can find wark at the Plantation of Ulster and get back on yer feet there. Ye might hae ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Chasing Columbus to the Mother of All Worlds : A Standalone Bloodline Novel by Anthony Vincent Bruno (4 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Was Christopher Columbus a hero, or a nonchalant fantasist who inadvertently delivered genocide to the shores of a naïve continent? Genoese born Marcus Tychon Triarius regards the 'Boss' as a man of enormous vison and courage. The youngster stows away aboard the Pinta, fleeing a European blood feud, but the New World is not distant enough for the man who murdered Marcus' father and who now seeks to kill Marcus, stranded somewhere beneath the canopy of the unforgiving Hispaniola wilderness. Marcus survives attacks by a demon in many guises and eventually marries a beautiful new arrival from Spain, unaware that his wife was sent his way by his father's aging murderer. Marcus happens across a cave of unblemished gold deep in the jungle interior and is determined to put it to good use, but the Conquistadors have other ideas. Sickness forces the Triarius family across the sea to Mexico where the Mother of all Worlds lays waiting in Guadalupe. When tragedy strikes anew, a man comes forward ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Lady of the Moon (The Silver Wheel Book 1) by Mary Gillgannon (89 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

As the Romans threaten to overrun Britain and conquer her people, Sirona, a young Drui in training, seeks to use her visions to change the course of history. Along the way she encounters great danger and has her deepest beliefs challenged. Aiding her are her fellow students, Bryn, who loves Sirona and wants to be a warrior rather than a Drui, and Cruthin, who is obsessed with seeking out the mysteries of the Otherworld. Lady of the Moon is the first part of The Silver Wheel, an epic tale of the Celtic Britons and their struggle against the invading Romans. Combining history, romance, magic and mysticism, Lady of the Moon celebrates the eternal, elemental forces that guide all our destinies.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Snowed in for Christmas: A Regency romance (Yuletide Travelers' Series Book 1) by Isabella Hargreaves (History in Focus) (95 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Can a carriage accident and a blizzard create a Christmas miracle? After the death of his brother, Robert not only becomes Viscount Landers, but also gives up his army career and agrees to marry his brother's beautiful fiancé to ensure the succession. When he's snowed in for Christmas with his shrewish betrothed and her attractive but practical cousin, Eleanor Carlisle, Robert realises he's engaged to the wrong woman. Eleanor, the impoverished daughter of a disgraced army captain, has loved her cousin's handsome and dashing fiancé from afar, until all three are stranded together. As the temperature plunges, the heat is on Viscount Landers to untangle the ties of duty and the wishes of the heart.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Freda's Folly: White Tree Publishing Edition by Margaret S. Haycraft (White Tree Publishing) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Freda Beresford is an aspiring young writer whose work is constantly rejected. Her young brother wants to go to university, but money is scarce. One day Freda receives a letter from a distant aunt, congratulating her on getting a story published in a leading literary journal. Enclosed is a large cheque and a promise to help Freda to a literary career. The money would mean that her brother can go to university, and Freda begins to feel famous at last. Unfortunately, Freda did not write the story, but she accepts the cheque and the deception starts. What begins as a light hearted novella, from one of White Tree Publishing's favourite authors of fiction, gets darker as Freda's deception has far reaching consequences. Readers will share Freda's unease as her initial deception leads her deeper and deeper towards the inevitable disgrace.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Hanging Tree by James Roy Daley (Books of the Dead Press) (24 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

In this short story the old west punishment comes swiftly. Especially when the crime is murder. Mort Clancy - a pathetic drunk - had one to many drinks at the local watering hole and he did something stupid: he shot the sheriff. Now there's a new law in town, and Mort's on his way to the hanging tree. But the hanging tree has a terrible reputation, and what dies on the tree doesn't always stay dead. Mort knows it. But is there anything he can do to change his fate?

Genre: Historical Fiction

Unknown (The Forsaken Book 1) by Phil Price (Next Chapter) (556 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

It happens every year. A select few disappear, never to return. From The Falkland Islands to the Himalayas, Puerto Rico to England - people are vanishing without trace or explanation. A young man who's lost everything stumbles across an ancient secret. Can he unlock the mystery? Will he find those who need him? ... can he escape the Unknown? Praise from readers: "Phenomenal." - Rachel Granoff, Amazon review "Excellent storytelling." - Anne-Marie Chamberlain, Amazon review

Genre: Historical Fiction

Ruby's Story (Ruby's Regulars Book 1) by Holly Schindler (InToto Books) (207 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

How Ruby returned to Sullivan, opening the supper club that became the stuff of Christmas Eve legends. On Christmas Eve, Ruby Westbrook finds herself alone in an empty train car, no longer the wide-eyed, ready-to-take-on-the-big-city dancer she'd once been. On a whim, she arrives back in her girlhood hometown of tiny Sullivan, Missouri. Against the backdrop of a city navigating mid-century social and technological upheavals, Ruby begins to relive her past and the love she lost there. Will memory drive her to make a leap of faith, changing the course of her life, and that of the entire town of Sullivan forever? Ruby's Story is the prequel to the Ruby's Place Christmas Collection: Christmas at Ruby's I Remember You Sentimental Journey The Gift That Is Ruby's Place

Genre: Historical Fiction

Varangian by Stuart G. Yates (512 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

In the new Rome, duplicity and death reign supreme. It's the mid-11th century, and the Byzantine Empire dominates the world. Within the walls of its great capital, Constantinople, treachery, debauchery and power politics are part of the lives of the ruling elite. Thrust into this mix is the Viking adventurer, Harald Hardrada. In the court of the deranged emperor, Michael the Fifth, danger lurks at every turn, and Harald soon becomes a pawn in the various factions' thirst for power. Can he survive this dangerous place, and turn his mind towards regaining what is rightfully his? Praise: - "The author weaves a fascinating and compelling story that captures the reader instantly. A compelling, heroic tale." - "Perfect blend of reality and fiction." - "An excellent historical thriller."

Genre: Historical Fiction

Death by Greek Fire (Decimus Julius Virilis Book 1) by B.R. Stateham (Next Chapter) (46 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

After twenty years as a professional solider, Decimus Julius Virilis - distant kin to the Imperator himself - has been commissioned the third in command of the newly formed Legio XII Brundisium. It's his last assignment before retiring from Caesar Augustus' legions - and turns out to be much more dangerous than he anticipated. After being shipped off to Dalmatia to fight the rebels waging war against Rome, the untrained legion immediately blunders into a death trap deep in enemy territory, leaving the commanding officer and his lieutenants dead. Decimus is commanded by the heir apparent, Tiberius Caesar, to find the mastermind who planned the diabolical trap and is attempting to plunge the Roman Empire back into a civil war. But can the Roman tribune see the unseen and solve a crime others think is impossible? Set in the time of the Roman Empire, Death By Greek Fire is the first book in B.R. Stateham's 'Decimus Julius Virilis' series of historical mystery novels.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Ishtah - The Prostitute's Daughter by Ella Hansing (44 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Daughter of the most illustrious prostitute in all Arrapha, young Ishtah must find a way to endure her mother's fame. With the ceremony of the god Ashur beginning in a few short hours, will she risk the unknown in pursuit of her own happiness, or succumb once more to acceptance of a fate of shadows and eternal shame? Newly released, ISHTAH - THE PROSTITUTE'S DAUGHTER builds suspense brick by brick while submerging readers in the beauty and dread of a forgotten empire.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Fine as Frog Hair by Ashley Fontainne (RMSW Press) (39 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Can the past heal the future? Ninety-one-year-old Marvin Hermesch is determined to find out. After sneaking out of the retirement home on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon, Marvin embarks upon a journey. His memory is deteriorating fast, and he's having difficulty recalling the face of his deceased wife, Ruthie. As his short-term memory slips, it awakens memories buried deep from his younger days and vivid nightmares of his youth, including the horrors of World War II. Armed with an empty journal, some water, and his trusty old truck, Marvin heads to his childhood home in the backwoods of Grant County, Arkansas for one last journey; one final battle. Marvin fights to regain control of his mind and body by confronting the tragedies of the past in hopes of healing the future.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Discerning Grace (The White Sails Series Book 1) by Emma Lombard (1,723 Review)    Price verified 19 hours ago

As the first full-length novel in The White Sails Series, DISCERNING GRACE captures the spirit of an independent woman whose feminine lens blows the ordered patriarchal decks of a 19th century tall ship to smithereens. Wilful Grace Baxter, will not marry old Lord Silverton with his salivary incontinence and dead-mouse stink. Discovering she is a pawn in an arrangement between slobbery Silverton and her calculating father, Grace is devastated when Silverton reveals his true callous nature. Refusing this fate, Grace resolves to stow away. Heading to the docks, disguised as a lad to ease her escape, she encounters smooth-talking naval recruiter, Gilly, who lures her aboard HMS Discerning with promises of freedom and exploration in South America. When Grace's big mouth lands her bare-bottomed over a cannon for insubordination, her identity is exposed. The captain wants her back in London but his orders, to chart the icy archipelago of Tierra del Fuego, forbid it. Lieutenant Seamus ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

A Deal with a Devilish Duke: A Steamy Marriage of Convenience Regency Romance Novel (The Rules of Scandal Book 1) by Tessa Brookman (555 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

A marriage of convenience with a twist between a bluestocking and a rake... Lady Meredith is a shy bluestocking. All she wishes is to experience the scandalous joys penned in her romantic novels and perhaps even someday find her own 'storybook' lover. But when her father announces she is to marry the notorious Duke Ethan, her hope-filled future crumbles right before her eyes... Duke Ethan, known for his reputation as a notorious rake and gambler, finds his wealth dwindling. His solution? A brief, advantageous marriage to the subservient Lady Meredith, whose nature to never refuse plays right into his two-week marriage scheme, after which they'll part ways... Upon discovering Ethan's intentions with her, Meredith is furious. But in her hopeless situation, she sees an opportunity. If her marriage is to only last a mere 14 days, she will make the best use of it by fulfilling all her romantic fantasies with her 'temporary husband'... Even if it takes seducing him first...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Glass Dagger: The Tudor Queen's Glassmaker (The Tudor Queen's Glassmaker Series Book 1) by Peter Cooke (Petan Publishing) (160 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Being talented can be dangerous! Giacomo Bellini ignores Venetian societies unwritten rules for a nobleman and becomes a glassmaker like his grandfather. His romance with the daughter of a prominent senator, sets in motion a chain of events that leads to a false charge of treason. After a corruptly obtained conviction, he is sentenced to five years as a galley slave. Escaping to England, he changes his name to Jacob Bell. In London, his talent brings him acclaim, but his past catches up with him. His dishonest rival, Adrian Ragazoni, now Venetian Ambassador to London, is married to Jacob's love and plotting to kill the Queen. Jacob must defeat Ragazoni and his assassins, to save his love Maria and the Tudor Queen, Elizabeth I.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Love Letters: A Sweet Medieval Historical Romance (Conquered Hearts Book 1) by Emily Murdoch (57 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Anglo-Saxon England. Having built a rich empire and keen to win the favor of the royal court, Hilda and AEligard have little time for their daughter, Catheryn. But one man, Selwyn, is intrigued by the intelligent and high-spirited girl. Selwyn sends Catheryn a love letter as a joke, disguising it as though it is from one of her father's thanes. Catheryn is fascinated by the letter, and cannot imagine who would be capable of sending a poem of such imagination and beauty. When Selwyn offers to help Catheryn identify the mysterious suitor, she accepts, and they start to realise that they have more in common than they thought. Soon, Catheryn finds herself falling in love with Selwyn instead... But the strict hierarchy of Anglo-Saxon England stands in their way. Selwyn, a steward, could never be considered Catheryn's equal, let alone an eligible suitor. Will they manage to stay together despite the odds?Or will duty tear Selwyn and Catheryn apart?

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Queen of the Valley: Sneak Peek by Lorena Hughes (Kensington Books) (18 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition! Set amid Colombia's unparalleled beauty and inspired by the real-life 1925 Cali earthquake, this riveting novel by the award-winning author of The Spanish Daughter plunges three strangers into a perilous search for the missing owner of a legendary hacienda -- a man at the center of the explosive secrets each of them carries. Driven and recklessly daring, Martin Sabater follows his lifelong dream of owning a cacao plantation in Valle del Cauca. But on the night of a spectacular gala, he disappears -- and is never seen again. Now his hacienda is a budding Catholic hospital saving lives during an emerging epidemic. And novice nun "Sor Puri" is there to uncover the truth behind Martin's disappearance. But her real identity -- and her past with the heartbreakingly charismatic Martin -- will put far more than her perilous search at risk. A professional photographer, Lucas Ferreira is Martin's best friend since boyhood. He ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Dead Brain (Pursued Around the World 100 Years Ago Book 1) by George R. Booker (1 Review)    Price verified 19 hours ago

Max Wheeler is accused by his wife of murdering her lover and ends up in prison. When he can't stand it anymore, he breaks out. On the run from the police, he meets Boche Boche, who has lost his memory. Together, the two end up on a freighter that takes them all the way to South America. Immerse yourself in the adventures of a wrongly accused man and experience a time when computers and smartphones didn't exist... This is the first volume of the exciting Max Wheeler series - Pursued Around the World 100 Years Ago.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Acacia: Secrets of an African Painting by Paul Bondsfield (306 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

All families have secrets, but some secrets are deadly. In this adventurous treasure hunt, two families' secrets collide across generations and continents. One family is from the Matabele people defending their very existence and the other from the colonial 'intruders' intent on domination of a wild land. Rumours of a great treasure of diamonds, buried deep in the African bush has swirled around the Braughton clan for generations and an old painting holds clues to these secrets no one understands... although many have tried. Loves, courage and loyalties are tested across a century of intrigue but James and Tara Braughton decide to solve the family riddle by travelling to southern Africa at a time of political change. Clues left them by Great Aunt Nellie who recently died point them in the direction of the treasure. But they discover more secrets on their journey from comfortable southern England to an untamed and unpredictable southern Africa, where the world of Mlimo, the ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Water and Other Stories by Daron D. Fraley (261 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Three inspirational short stories that will touch your heart: • PETITIONS: A short story about a homeless man's gift (contemporary fiction) • ANGEL'S SONG: A companion short story to the novel "The Thorn", book one of "The Chronicles of Gan" (speculative fiction) • WATER: Based on the account found in the Gospel of John, chapter 5, verses 1-16, and the painting by Carl Bloch, "Healing at the Pool of Bethesda" (historical fiction) If you like these stories, don't miss Daron Fraley's latest novelette, SON OF LIBERTY

Genre: Historical Fiction

Ravensdale (That Scoundrel Émile Dubois) by Lucinda Elliot (155 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

When the disgraced earl turned highwayman Reynaud Ravensdale becomes fascinated by the hoydenish Isabella Murray, she agrees to elope with him, on the condition that he helps her to become a highwaywoman. Isabella's parents want to marry her off to Ravensdale's cousin, the next in line to the title, while she suspects that he knows more about the killing which led to Reynaud Ravensdale's disgrace than he cares to admit. Isabella plans to carry out a few Robin Hood type raids with Reynaud, and then to escape abroad. That is, if it proves hopeless to clear his name of the old murder charge first. Meanwhile, the forces of law and order are closing in... This hilarious spoof uses vivid characters and lively comedy to bring new life to a theme traditionally favoured by historical novelists - that of the wild young Earl, who, falsely accused of murder by the machinations of a conniving cousin and prejudged by his reputation, takes up life as an outlaw. 'Ravensdale' is written as a prequel ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

An American Beauty: Sneak Peek: A Novel of the Gilded Age Inspired by the True Story of Arabella Huntington Who Became the Richest Woman in the ... by Shana Abe (Kensington Books) (63 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition! For fans of HBO's The Gilded Age and readers of Marie Benedict, Karen Harper, and Ellen Marie Wiseman, this sweeping novel of historical fiction from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Shana Abé is inspired by the true story of Arabella Huntington -- a charismatic, complex woman born to poverty who became one of the most powerful and wealthy figures of her time. 1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, Arabella stands apart. It's not merely her statuesque beauty and practiced charm. Even at seventeen, Arabella possesses an unyielding grit, and a resolve to escape her background of struggle and poverty. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and self-made multimillionaire, is drawn to Arabella from their first meeting. Collis is married and thirty years her senior, yet they are ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Liberty Hill (The Liberty Hill Series Book 1) by Sonja Heisinger (Windswept Publishing) (307 Reviews)    Price verified 19 hours ago

New York City, 1849--After her father is murdered, spoiled teenage heiress Evelyn Brennan can't imagine her life getting any worse... until she's forced into an arranged marriage with the one man she has sworn to despise for all eternity, the impetuous gambler Lucius Flynn. When Lucius drags his headstrong bride west in pursuit of California gold, she vows to make him suffer every step of the way. But as they embark upon a dangerous journey through the jungles of Panama, what doesn't break them may bind them together... until a handsome vagabond catches Evelyn's attention, and Lucius realizes he must prove he's more than the man Evelyn believes he is, before he loses her heart to another man forever. With exquisite imagery and a dynamite cast of characters, Liberty Hill is the rollicking, coming-of-age beginning of a western saga that brings the romance and lawlessness of the California Gold Rush to life. The first book in a fast-paced trilogy, it's the story of a time and place ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Eddy and the Tidepools: a sweet summer short story by Kellyn Roth (Wild Blue Wonder Press) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Eddy doesn't want to disobey his mom, exactly, but how come he can't go swimming with his big brothers? If they won't include him, he'll go on an adventure of his own.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Auschwitz Protocol (The Sikora Files Book 1) by Jack Carnegie (198 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Retired US Detective Emil Janowitz lied to his wife for nearly forty years. Having lost his entire family whilst an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau it was simply easier on his soul to invent a past than face up to the demons buried deep inside. Life was good, but then the mail arrived bringing a letter which would result in a voyage of discovery, denunciation and confrontation with the past. Life is a journey, history should not be forgotten, the evil still exists.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Forgotten Dragons: 300 Years Before Columbus - The story of the medieval Welsh explorers who discovered America. (The Madoc Chronicles Book 1) by Dai Pryce (65 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

300 Years Before Columbus Cherokee folklore tells of a brave group of pale-faced, moon-eyed explorers, who many generations ago crossed a great water to reach their lands. A prince named Madoc was their leader, and the story of their epic journey begins here... The North Wales princedom of Gwynedd mourns the death of its greatest leader, Owain. Not all grieve though, his son Dafydd, positions himself for an ambitious power grab. When Owain's bastard son, Prince Madoc unearths evidence of a murderous plot, his duplicitous half-brother Dafydd is one step ahead of him. Caught up in a sibling power struggle, the net closes on Madoc, but a chance meeting with an old friend from the Norse city of Dublin offers him an escape route, although there is a grave price to pay. Exiled in Dublin, a plan is hatched for a triumphant return to Gwynedd, but there are bumps in the road still to negotiate. One of the agents sent back to garner support for the cause is captured, while their host's ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

A Battle Against Traitors: A Historical Western Adventure Book by Henry McConley (324 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

William Becker has grown tired of his life as a member of the Gravediggers, a group of bank-robbing bandits. He is determined to improve his life choices, but it's a tough road out of such a close-knit gang without being killed. Robbing banks and stagecoaches seems relatively harmless until someone dies... He ponders different ways to tell the men he wants to settle down but he still knows that leaving this dangerous lifestyle behind will not be easy. When their last robbery goes horribly wrong, William finds himself facing a new crisis - one that could take away his freedom forever... Can William's quick thinking and determination help him survive his greatest challenge yet? When he meets Anna, William immediately starts dreaming of a future with her. Caught between two worlds, he soon finds solace in Anna's affection. When he gets to know her better, it only reveals she has even more layers than he thought at first. Unfortunately for him, his troubles have only just begun. In a ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Quest for Eternal Life: The Last Librarian Book 1 by John C De Groot (Amazon) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

WHAT A DEVASTATING REVIEW! When 'The Quest for Eternal Life' was reviewed by the Historical Novel Society the only good thing they could say was, 'De Groot's scholarship is excellent'. I seriously thought of trying crochet or picture framing or throwing myself of a cliff. Fortunately there aren't any cliffs nearby, but with seven books published and more on the way I took a deep breath and made changes to this book based on the review. I've also now made it FREE. So why not download it for FREE and perhaps let me have a review? Maybe then I'll go and find a cliff! Cleopatra and Mark Antony have died by their own hands as Octavian's Roman forces prepare to attack Alexandria itself. The Great Alexandrian Library, containing the greatest collection of scientific academic and historical documents the world has ever known is under threat of destruction. Only Amanishakete a Nubian Princess knows where the Royal Library, a complete copy of the Great Library, is hidden and she is the only ...

Genre: Historical Fiction