A Painting for the Viscount: A Clean Regency Romance (Ladies of Accomplishment Book 1) by Sariah Drake (25 Reviews)    Price verified 19 minutes ago

A Lord on the brink of ruin... An aspiring artist, with a dark secret... A sham marriage to solve all their problems. He is in want of money. In dire need of funds, Henry Thornton struggles to provide for his five sisters after the untimely demise of their parents. Facing the debtor's prison, Henry becomes a reluctant fortune hunter. Little does he anticipate that Rosalind, the daughter of a wealthy duke, would hand him the lifeline they both desperately seek. She is in want of a husband. Facing the life of a solitary ...

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The Berlin Family's Secret: A Historical WW2 Novel (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories Book 1) by Baruch Cohen (723 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

They were loyal subjects of the Reich... until it came knocking on their door. Berlin, 1942. As bombs fall over Europe during the darkest days of World War II, the Kerner family is torn apart by a shocking revelation that, if found out, could spell their doom. Frantz Kerner and his three grown children have each found their own way of serving their Fatherland. But when Frantz reveals a long-hidden secret, the foundations of their world are shaken to the core as they are forced to confront their loyalty to the Nazi regime - and to ...

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All That Time Allows: The Prequel To The James Saga by Annette Austin (13 Reviews)    Price verified 7 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 ...

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Midnight Proposal: A Regency Romance by Gloria Gay (93 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Veronica Glendalion thinks that she has only one chance in a thousand that the Earl of Westal will agree to her proposal. But as her aunt assures her, one chance in a thousand is better than the terrible fate that awaits her. The evil Earl of Callincant has vowed Veronica will be his bride, by force if she will not comply. And as he controls Veronica's father by providing for her father's addictions, time is running out for her. Once the earl forces Veronica into marriage and takes her to his country estate, she will be his ...

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Legacy of the Musketeers (The Novella Range Book 1) by Ian Shimwell (Shimwell's Stories) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 8 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

Apprehension and Desire by Ola Wegner (360 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Pride and Prejudice variation. What if Elizabeth Bennet had agreed to Darcy's marriage proposal offered to her at Hunsford parsonage, sincerely thinking it was the best thing she could have done in her situation? As his fiancée and later wife, can she fall in love with Fitzwiliam Darcy who is still very much arrogant, rude, and not reformed man? Will she be able to look over her own prejudice and apprehension, and see a worthy man who loves, and desires her? ...

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The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger Book 3) by John Gardner (Lume Books) (234 Reviews)    Price verified one minute 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Mona Lisa's Secret: A Historical Fiction Mystery & Suspense Novel (Joey Peruggia Book Series 1) by Phil Philips (3,786 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

A Historical Art Theft Mystery & Suspense Novel A Joey Peruggia Adventure Series - Book 1 From #1 Bestselling Author Phil Philips Da Vinci Code meets Indiana Jones! Over 3 million page reads Joey is the great-grandson of Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole the original Mona Lisa in 1911. Along with his girlfriend, Marie, an art connoisseur, he stumbles across his father's secret room, and finds himself staring at what he thinks is a replica of da Vinci's most famous masterpiece. BUT IT IS NO FAKE The Louvre has kept this secret ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Girl on the Midway Stage: A Novel of Love, Ambition, and Scandal at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (The Dancer Chronicles Book 1) by DeAnna Cameron (Fine Skylark Media) (44 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

LOVE, AMBITION & SCANDAL COLLIDE AT THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR Dora Chambers may be the newest Lady Manager at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, but it isn't quite the plum position she expected. Instead of afternoon teas and fancy dinner parties, she finds herself on the dusty Midway Plaisance, tasked with overseeing the Egyptian dancers whose shimmies and scant costumes are stirring up a scandal. Fueled by the Fair's progressive spirit and heady enthusiasm, Dora rises above her disappointment and embraces a determination to ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Emperor's Jade by Robert Mitchell (88 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

FOR OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS THE SECRET HIDING PLACE OF THE JADE SEAL HAS BEEN JUST THAT - A SECRET.The dragon seal of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, will be the most valuable ancient artefact to come from the Middle Kingdom, if they can find it. The accidental destruction of a small antique porcelain pillow reveals the secret of the seal, leading the young Australian teacher and his Scottish friend away from their peaceful college at Nandaihe on the shore of the Bo Sea, drawing them up into the freezing bleakness of the ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Her Voice of Reason by Ola Wegner (306 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Pride and Prejudice variation. Faced with her father's sudden illness Elizabeth Bennet needs to revaluate her decision to reject Fitzwilliam Darcy's marriage proposal. Will she accept the man whom she professes to hate in order to rescue her family from destitution? Will she be able to see another side to disagreeable and proud Mr. Darcy?

Genre: Historical Fiction

Unbridled Love: Elizabeth's Story by Erika Phillips (9 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

He's the stable boy. She's a Lady. Titles will not keep them a part... Lady Elizabeth Carlton would rather spend her time riding her horse instead of learning how to be a proper lady. When her family marries her off to an older Duke in need of an heir. Beth feels like she has been sold to the highest bidder, like a mare for breeding. Will Hastings was the stable boy at her family's home and now he's the groomsmen at her new estate. He awakens in her a passion she has never known before. Will their love be enough to break ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Gunfight at Old Tascosa by Trent Rosser (3 Reviews)    Price verified 49 minutes ago

Based on actual events Shortly after the death of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett made his way to the town of Tascosa in the Texas Panhandle. While there he trained cowboys from the LS ranch and became friends with Johnny Lang. They were trained to help stop a future war that was breaking out. A war much like the Lincoln County war that Garrett had participated in, but this one would be on a much deadlier scale. While stopping the war before it begins, some of the Texas Rangers become bullies, while others like Johnny become heroes. When ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Second David Trials and Tribulations (The Empire of Israel Book 3) by Joseph Ganci (27 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Vast wealth and greed! Envy, trickery, lust, murder, and underhanded power grabs! Family death pacts, royal incest, and assassination attempts! Ensnared human sacrifice, and stark battles with Goliath's four vengeful Philistine brothers! Harrowing escape from a rebellious takeover of David's Jerusalem capital! This isn't your 21st-century tabloid headlines -- it's all in the same Bible that you THOUGHT you knew. David and Solomon! - Bathsheba and Absalom! - General Joab (David's chief henchman), and Nathan, the fabled prophet! Joseph ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

A Lady's Touch of Sin: A Historical Regency Romance Book by Lucy Langton (484 Reviews)    Price verified 2 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, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Shards of Summer by Kelly Jameson (Jameson Writing Solutions, LLC) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Shards of Summer takes you on a trip to the beach that you won't soon forget. Flashing back to the mid-1940s--the perfect decade for a gritty noir--Shards immerses you in that era's prevailing feeling of postwar disillusionment, a sense of female dominance, and a sultry atmosphere. Shards of Summer invokes the great pulp dramatists of the day, like James M. Cain, but Kelly Jameson brings a fresh perspective to a well-worn, male-dominated genre, going beyond character archetypes and revealing layer upon layer of female (and male) ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Reaper of Washington County by Steven Banner (10 Reviews)    Price verified 19 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The House of Closed Doors by Jane Steen (18,179 Reviews)    Price verified 12 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Sarah Finds Freedom: The Maxwell Bride Series Book 2 (The Maxwell Brides Series) by Krissyann Granger (Tug Hill Publishing Company LLC) (861 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

"HEADING OUT WEST AS A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE IS A DAMN STUPID IDEA... " ~Sarah 1886, Boston. Sarah Forbes is a cowgirl at heart, but if she obeys her father's wishes she'll be living in a gilded cage. When she witnesses a crime and needs to flee the city, a mail-order bride agency seems like her only ticket to freedom and safety. But life throws her an unexpected responsibility and complicates everything. Can she rise to the challenge, and find freedom? Caine Maxwell is a widower with a deep fear of loss. His controlling ways and ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Last Letter (The Letter Series Book 1) by Kathleen Shoop (2,658 Reviews)    Price verified 12 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Pretty Little Flowers by Joyce Kay (9 Reviews)    Price verified 5 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Ambrose, Prince of Wessex; Trader of Kiev. (Ambrose series Book 1) by Bruce Corbett (89 Reviews)    Price verified 2 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 5 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Poverty Creek (The Liberty Hill Series Book 2) by Sonja Heisinger (29 Reviews)    Price verified one hour 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Saints And Sinners: In the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Mercia and Lindsey by John Broughton (Next Chapter) (81 Reviews)    Price verified 2 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Rattlesnake: (a short story) by Michael Hebler (Night After Night Publications, LLC) (40 Reviews)    Price verified 12 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 25 minutes 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.

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Exiled Duke: An Exile Novel by K.J. Jackson (AWD Publishing) (2,602 Reviews)    Price verified 9 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Only The Leaves Whispering (The Last Hundred Book 1) by Jim Ellis (47 Reviews)    Price verified 19 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Stone and Steel (Colossus Book 1) by David Blixt (Next Chapter) (214 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

"Historical fiction at its best." - S.J.A. Turney, author of Caligula and Marius' Mules Judea, AD 66. A Roman legion suffers a catastrophic defeat at the hands of a band of Hebrews. Knowing Emperor Nero's revenge will be swift, they must decide how to defend their land against the Roman invasion. Caught in the turmoil is Judah: a mason who now finds himself rubbing shoulders with priests, revolutionaries, generals and nobles, drafted to help defend the land of Galilee. Denied the chance to marry, he turns all his energy into ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

White Crow (The House of Crow Book 1) by John W. Wood (292 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

In the 19th century West begins the saga of a powerful family. After mountain man Isaiah Crow arrives in Alta California, he saves a group of people from local bandits. As luck would have it, they are family and Vaqueros from the rancho of Don Hernando Batista, one of the most powerful families in Southern California - and very anxious to take their new friends to meet the Patron. After Señor Batista introduces his daughter Francisca to Isaiah, the two soon fall in love. From this union a child - Jedadiah - is born. He will learn ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Letters from Bath; Or, A Friend in Exile (The Merriweather Chronicles) by Meredith Allady (74 Reviews)    Price verified 15 minutes 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 ...

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Lady Hathaway's Proposal (Hathaway Heirs Book 1) by Suzanna Medeiros (1,408 Review)    Price verified 9 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Faithful in Love (Cliff Walk Cousins Book 1) by Cecily K. Wolfe (30 Reviews)    Price verified 3 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Mysteries, A Novel Of Ancient Eleusis by David Sheppard (Tragedy's Workshop) (21 Reviews)    Price verified 45 minutes ago

Available for the first time complete in one volume. Previously published in two volumes as Daughter of Darkness and The Dadouchos. In 480 BC, fifteen-year-old Melaina's biggest worry, she thinks, is wishing to follow Artemis and remain virgin when her mother and grandfather want her to marry and became a priestess. But when the Persians invade, the gods themselves have plans for Melaina, including carrying a divine child and divining for the Greek fleet in a battle to determine the salvation or ruin of all Greece.

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Lost Tales of Mercia (Sons of Mercia) by Jayden Woods (266 Reviews)    Price verified 59 minutes 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 ...

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The Duke's Spirited Spinster: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Arabella Wells (Cobalt Fairy) (125 Reviews)    Price verified 19 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

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

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Goliath (American Grace) by David Xavier (Bucklebury Books) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 5 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 4 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, ...

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The Adventuress: A Novelette (One Virtue and a Thousand Crimes Book 1) by Mira Kanehl (34 Reviews)    Price verified 3 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Duke's Bride: Regency Romance (Regency Brides Book 1) by Joanne Wadsworth (2,428 Reviews)    Price verified 4 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 ...

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White Witch: Texas Devlins Book One by Lyn Horner (66 Reviews)    Price verified 49 minutes 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 ...

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In Darkened Corners: A Lindisfarne Series Short Story (The Lindisfarne Series) by Johanna Craven (1 Review)    Price verified 3 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 - ...

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A Gentleman's Daughter (Sisters of the Revolution Book 1) by Diana Davis (Daughters of Columbia Books) (515 Reviews)    Price verified 39 minutes 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 ...

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Kings Pinnacle (March Hare Novels Book 1) by Robert Gourley (82 Reviews)    Price verified 15 minutes 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 ...

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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 ...

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Lady of the Moon (The Silver Wheel Book 1) by Mary Gillgannon (89 Reviews)    Price verified 2 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 ...

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 2 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 ...

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Origins Of The Magdon: Anthology: The Magdon Series Prequel Novelettes (The Magdon an adventure series Book 1) by Tobey Alexander (16 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Summer 1911 and a teenage Archy is given a once in a lifetime opportunity to work on an archaeological dig. Arriving at Vercovicium, an ancient Roman Fort, Archy's live will never be the same again as he discovers an underground crypt filled with impossible remains. From his first encounter as a young man, the Origins Of The Magdon: Anthology brings together fie instalments of key times in Archy's life. Having discovered the remains of an ancient creature, Archy is thrust upon a path that will lead him into the darker parts of our ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Hanging Tree by James Roy Daley (Books of the Dead Press) (24 Reviews)    Price verified 12 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 49 minutes 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 3 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, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Varangian by Stuart G. Yates (512 Reviews)    Price verified one hour 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Death by Greek Fire (Decimus Julius Virilis Book 1) by B.R. Stateham (Next Chapter) (46 Reviews)    Price verified 49 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Ishtah - The Prostitute's Daughter by Ella Hansing (44 Reviews)    Price verified 2 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 2 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Cast the First Stone: A captivating Yorkshire saga of friendship and family secrets (Yorkshire Sagas Book 1) by Margaret Thornton (Canelo Severn House) (962 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

A secret from her past threatens the new life she has built... Fiona Norwood, the new rector's wife, has caused quite a stir in the close-knit parish community of Aberthwaite. With her glossy blonde hair, fashionable clothes and lavish use of make-up, she is not what the rural Yorkshire community expected, and her ideas to modernise the parish do not go down well with some of the more traditional members of the congregation. Fiona is at the centre of the gossip and rumour in the community and it is only a matter of time before ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Discerning Grace (The White Sails Series Book 1) by Emma Lombard (1,723 Review)    Price verified 4 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 ...

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 19 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Housekeeper's Daughter (The Woodicombe House Sagas Book 1) by Rosie Meddon (1,058 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

A story of family, secrets and love set in the beautiful Devonshire countryside at Woodicombe House. Kate Bratton dreams of more. It's 1914, and her life is mapped out ahead of her: continue working as a maid in the beautiful Woodicombe House, settle down with Luke the gardener and, of course, start a family. Desperate to run away in search of adventure, Kate's plans are curtailed by the arrival of the Russell family at Woodicombe House. Tasked with becoming a ladies-maid for their daughter, Naomi, Kate gets a glimpse of the other ...

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 one hour 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Love Letters: A Sweet Medieval Historical Romance (Conquered Hearts Book 1) by Emily Murdoch (57 Reviews)    Price verified 39 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Death and the Chapman: A totally gripping historical crime thriller (Roger the Chapman Mysteries Book 1) by Kate Sedley (Canelo Adventure) (921 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

One man's disappearance is another man's destiny... The birth of a new medieval detective. The political situation in 1471 is complex and the war between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions rages on. But for Roger the Chapman, who has recently given up a monk's cell for freedom to be found peddling his wares on the open road, life goes on much as normal. Until, that is, he gets caught up in the strange disappearance of Clement Weaver, only son of a wealthy Bristol alderman. It seems that Clement is not the only one to have ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Queen of the Valley: Sneak Peek by Lorena Hughes (Kensington Books) (18 Reviews)    Price verified 19 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Tale of Nefret (Desert Queen Saga Book 1) by M. L. Bullock (20 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Twin daughters of an ancient Bedouin king struggle under the weight of an ominous prophecy that threatens to divide them forever. Royal sibling rivalry explodes as the young women realize that they must fight for their future--and for the love of Alexio, the man they both desire. But Alexio has already given his heart but will destiny divide them forever? Nefret and Pah compete in a high stakes game that unfolds on the sands. Explore ancient Egypt, experience Egyptian magic and witness one of the world's most romantic stories ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Dead Brain (Pursued Around the World 100 Years Ago Book 1) by George R. Booker (1 Review)    Price verified 2 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 2 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Island of Glass (The Age of Magic:The Glassmakers Book 1) by Ruth Nestvold (55 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

It's a dangerous thing, creating glass slippers for a prince... Seventeen-year-old Chiara Dragoni is a master glassmaker of Venice, a position that is both a privilege -- and a trap. For the glassmakers of Murano are forbidden to ever leave the islands of the Venetian lagoon. When Chiara's uncle is caught on the mainland and thrown into the dungeon of the Doge's Palace, she must use all her talents, including magic, to help free him. But the gift she creates for a prince of Venice has unintended consequences. And now Chiara must ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Water and Other Stories by Daron D. Fraley (261 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours 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 8 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Handfasters (Lowland Romance Book 1) by Helen Susan Swift (Next Chapter) (3,436 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Scotland, 1811. Coming from the Highlands to Edinburgh in search of a husband, Alison Lamont finds herself in all sorts of trouble. Thrown out of a fashionable ball for a stolen kiss, Alison flees from a riot in the notorious Old Town and meets Willie Kemp, an eccentric boatbuilder. While she falls deeply in love with Mr. Kemp, her aunt wishes her to marry the obnoxious but rich John Forres. Alison takes drastic measures to solve her dilemma, including a long trip through the snow-covered Pentland Hills. But who left the mysterious ...

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 19 minutes 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Liberty Hill (The Liberty Hill Series Book 1) by Sonja Heisinger (Windswept Publishing) (307 Reviews)    Price verified 3 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Eddy and the Tidepools: a sweet summer short story by Kellyn Roth (Wild Blue Wonder Press) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 19 minutes 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 5 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 3 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

A Battle Against Traitors: A Historical Western Adventure Book by Henry McConley (324 Reviews)    Price verified 12 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 ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Quest for Eternal Life: The Last Librarian Book 1 by John C De Groot (Amazon) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 19 minutes 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? ...

Genre: Historical Fiction