A Golden Round: 'The McComas Trilogy' - Book 3 by Lee Carey (Sandfiddler Publishing) (18 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Keith and Flea move fifteen years into their futures. They face challenges using learned wisdom and compassion during the rapidly-changing '60's & '70's. Two best friends leave a West Virginia coal town to pursue their careers. A Texas dairy farmer's life lessons and unexpected gifts set them on the right course. Will they apply Chet's teachings? Will fame or fortune shift them from their paths? Will they succeed? Keith and Flea know what they want, but will they be obedient to their desires? This is the final book of The McComas Trilogy, a historical novel that follows 'If Bullfrogs Had Wings' (Book 1) and 'Out of the Rough' (Book 2). The completion of this trilogy was bittersweet for me. I knew once it was finished that these two characters and the movie I've been watching in my mind would end. I'll never forget them and what I learned. These two fellows truly wrote this series. So now, I turn them over to my readers and trust they will enjoy and learn from Keith and Flea. "Thank ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Her Patriotic Duty: An emotional and gripping WW2 historical novel (On the Home Front Book 1) by Rosie Meddon (Canelo Saga) (836 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

In a world of secrets, can Esme find the courage to be her true self? Happily in love, Esme Colborne is about to marry Richard Trevannion, descendant of one of the oldest families in England. But when Esme learns she is adopted - from a working class family - she cannot allow Richard to marry so far beneath his station. Fleeing the life she knew, a chance encounter leads Esme to work as a 'decoy woman', testing British undercover operatives who may otherwise reveal secrets in a moment of weakness. As dangerous as it is thrilling, she is soon captivated by this world of subterfuge - one wrong move, however, and Esme could lose everything. With her feelings for Richard as strong as ever, should she go back to him and reveal the truth of her birth? Is she brave enough to risk having her heart broken again? An enthralling Second World War saga for fans of Rosie Archer and Annie Murray.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Clydebank Blitz by Robert Blain (19 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Over two horrifying nights in March 1941, the Luftwaffe bombed Glasgow's Clydebank Shipyards. The destruction and loss of life was enormous, with the death toll widely believed to be higher even than that of the German bombing of Coventry. Seen through the eyes of two Scottish engineers, this short work of fiction seeks to capture the dreadful unfolding of events on the unsuspecting people of Glasgow.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Waiting For Moonlight: A Battle Of Britain Drama by Clive Jefferys (McCormick Vigar) (64 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Southern England. Summer. 1940. A young soldier, Ken Kendrick, is shell-shocked after escaping Hitler's invasion of France. Now stationed near the country town of Sidcup, he is befriended by the Vigar family during a brief respite from duty. Although attracted to Betty, their shy teenage daughter, Ken draws the attention of her glamorous older sister, Ginny. By angering her upper class suitor, Raymond Delafort, a tragic chain of events is set in motion. After a year of unprecedented victories across Europe, the Nazis expect to defeat the British quickly. The air battle commences and the RAF reels from every blow dealt by the mighty Luftwaffe. As a German bomber ace plans a devastating attack, everyone must face the horror of battle in their very own homes. How will the Vigars and the Delaforts survive the approaching storm? Can Ken conquer the horrors that haunt him, before they are made real again by war? What is Ginny's secret and how far will she go to get what she ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Trail Beyond (Trails Book 1) by Sally Hull (161 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Traveling in a covered wagon along the Oregon Trail, Rachel Nathan must learn to swallow her prejudice against the Irish and those who are not the financial elite. When an accident claims the life of her father, she marries an Irish preacher in order to provide for herself and her younger brother. She knows nothing of trail life. Over night Rachel has gone from being the wealthy banker's daughter to the wife of this poor, Irish preacher named Patrick O'Riley, bound for Oregon in a covered wagon train. All of her experience warns her that she has married beneath herself, but Patrick's gentle kindness begins teaching her otherwise. She and her new husband and brother are left behind the wagon train when small pox breaks out, along with two other families. Only God can now get them safely to Oregon. This is book 1 of the series of Trails, but can stand alone without the following 3 books.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Highlander’s Hidden Truths: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan (145 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

He needs her trust, but can she trust her brother's murderer? Lady Heather Owens grew up with one notion: the Scots are the enemy. This is encouraged by the recent murder of her brother, for her father insists that the Scottish healer killed him. Yet, when she visits him in the dungeons, she has a change of heart... Known for his healing capabilities, Laird Owen McCulloch is abducted by the English Earl to save his son. But no healer could save a man who was already on his way to the otherworld. Despite being accused by her own father, Heather believes Owen when he argues his innocence. Risking her life to free him, they have to flee and stay together to avoid her father's wrath. But her brother's dying words will haunt them both... and his secret is stashed in a Scottish woman's heart... Highlander's Hidden Truths is a steamy Scottish historical romance novel of 60,000 words (around 300 pages). No cheating, no cliffhangers, lots of steam and a happy ending.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Tyburn Guinea: A Fragment by Richard Blake (Hampden Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 2 minutes ago

Please note: This is an unrevised and unfinished fragment of a novel by Richard Blake. London 1696 War. Treason. Espionage. Financial chaos. Speculation. Sarah Goodricke writes plays. It pays the rent. It keeps her in tobacco and laudanum. She has a play to finish. Then she gets caught up in a hanging procession to Tyburn. She agrees to perform a last service for one of the convicts. It goes wrong. It goes terribly wrong. Sarah runs. Sarah thinks she is safe. But can she hide in a city filled with plotters, all desperate to lay hands on the packet of letters she has carried away from Tyburn? This unfinished fragment of a novel by Richard Blake is offered free in e-book format as a sample of his finished works. Do not be disappointed if it leaves you in suspense. One day, someone may pay him to finish it... Praise for Other Novels by Richard Blake: "Fascinating to read, very well written, an intriguing plot and I enjoyed it very much." (Derek Jacobi, star of I ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Death and the Chapman: A totally gripping historical crime thriller (Roger the Chapman Mysteries Book 1) by Kate Sedley (1,146 Review)    Price verified one hour 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 vanished without a trace from London's Crossed Hands Inn... Roger's interest is piqued and at the request of the alderman he sets off for the bustle and excitement of London, to find out just how Clement disappeared. It is a journey that carries him to a confrontation with the highest power in the land, and puts his life in mortal peril. The first of the gripping Roger the Chapman mysteries, the memoirs of an insatiably curious ex-monk who seeks out justice ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Wings of Grace (Kiwi Land Girls Book 1) by Tania Roberts (Red Rose Publishing) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Learning about life the hard way By 1941 World War II has left New Zealand farms bereft of young men. Whipsnade Farm, home of the McKnight family becomes a training farm for several young women who leave the city to volunteer as land girls. Grace is 22, and freshly arrived on a country farm down in Canterbury as a Land Girl, helping fill the shortage of manual labor during the war. Arriving with her best friend Betsy, who is newly engaged and fretting about her fiancé Roland, but terribly attracted to the son of the farm manager, she takes all of Graces patience and care to ensure that she doesn't end up making some challenging life decisions to regret later. Meanwhile, Moira is sassy, ready for anything, and seemingly hell bent on finding a man to indulge her fancies and learns through some hard lessons about real rural life, and whether she's really cut out for being the wife of a farmer. They discover Ben, a recent army recruit who is AWOL and hiding from soldiers determined ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Out of the Rough: 'The McComas Trilogy' - Book 2 by Lee Carey (Sandfiddler Publishing) (21 Reviews)    Price verified 5 minutes ago

Keith DeLong and polio-stricken best friend, Flea, overcame individual hurdles in the first novel, 'If Bullfrogs Had Wings'. This sequel is set two years later and contains more events of striving against the odds to get 'Out of the Rough'. Family, friendship, and mountain-grown determination bring one individual out of the darkness to grasp the rainbow of his dreams. Keith's life is smashed by a series of terrible trials out of his control. watches his dreams smashed by a series of events, out of his control. This historical novel shows the life of an eighteen-year-old dealing with harsh realities and making tough choices for his family. Obstacles ranging from loss, fear, abandoning dreams, and a dance with death are much more than Keith ever imagined. Life deals the cards - Keith plays them. With mountain-grown determination, he overcomes and reaches his dream. This is fully realized as he and Flea walk side-by-side on the green grass of victory. This trilogy is my personal ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Forgotten Tales: Three Christian Novellas by Summer Lee (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Bundle of three Forgotten Tales Christian novellas by Summer Lee, including: THE MAID FROM MOAB Thousands of years ago, Elimelech, his wife, Naomi, and their two sons flee Bethlehem's famine when they move to Moab. When Elimelech dies, Naomi encourages her sons to marry local women. Unexpectedly, her sons die, too. Now, Naomi and her childless daughters-in-law must fend for themselves. Quickly becoming destitute, Naomi announces her return to Bethlehem -- she tells the daughters-in-law to return to their own families and seek new husbands. Orpah leaves. However, Ruth won't forsake Naomi. Wherever Naomi goes, Ruth will go, too. While gleaning grain, Ruth catches the eye of Boaz, a wealthy landowner. When Naomi realizes who he is, she figures out a way that Ruth may be able to marry him. However, there's a serious obstacle to the couple's future -- one that could prove to be their undoing. As Ruth falls in love with Boaz, she seeks God's will, even as her woman's heart cries out for ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

NOT BY BREAD ALONE: A Short Story of the French Revolution by Debra Borchert (Caniche Publishing) (12 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Many causes contributed to the French Revolution, one of which was the unfairly levied salt tax: La Gabelle. Peasants resorted to smuggling salt to feed their starving families. Many women and children were arrested and imprisoned. Not by Bread Alone is one family's tale of survival.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Fate of Our Sorrows: The Story Begins (The White Witch's Daughter Trilogy) by J. C. Wade (13 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

"I had a dream," said Edyth, staring at the dust motes floating in the sun-drenched room. "There was a great fire. The ash floated in the air and blanketed the ground like snow." Carlisle, England -1287- Nine year old Edyth De Vries does not know she's different. She does not yet understand what fate has in store for her. But after a terrifying nightmare becomes a reality, she questions who she is, and what her visions could mean. Join Edyth in this prequel novella to its companion piece, The White Witch's Daughter, as she navigates the complexities of self-discovery, only nine short years before her life takes a most devastating turn.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Paul Larsh An Original Frontiersman by Jeffery Larsh (246 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Paul was a young French Canadian drawn to a life in the wilderness and trained in the ways of the Wendat and the Shawnee. His dream was to be a coureur de bois, and in 1753, he left his home in Montreal and traveled alone by canoe to the western frontier of New France. Alice was a young woman of English descent living in the remote Jackson River settlement near Fort Dinwiddie, Virginia. In 1756, she was captured by a raiding party led by the Delaware war chief Bemino and taken to a Shawnee village along the Ohio River. Based on a true story, this is an account of how the paths of the young frontiersman from Quebec, and the young widow from Virginia, intersect and determine the course for their lives and the lives of future generations. Written with a vividly historical backdrop and rich human interaction, this is a gripping tale of adventure, survival, tragedy, strength, and love. Journey back to the 18th century and experience how the ordinary people, British, French, and Native, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Highlander's Captive: An Enemies-to-lovers, Forced marriage, Bound by fate Scottish Historical Time Travel Romance (Called by a Highlander Book 1) by Mariah Stone (Stone Publishing B.V.) (4,606 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

?????????? "Absolutely loved it: Time travel, Outlander vibes, handsome strong Scottish men. Such a well told story with a lot of action and adventure, plenty of passion and steam." "We are man and wife. I have every right to take ye. Ye're mine." While chaperoning a high school trip to the Scottish Highlands, American search-and-rescue officer Amy MacDougall descends into Inverlochy Castle dungeon. Deep in the crumbling ruins, she touches a faerie rock and travels through time to 1307. And right into the midst of a castle siege! Infiltrating the castle, Highlander Craig Cambel imprisons Amy. A MacDougall, she's his clan's sworn enemy. But when King Robert the Bruce forces him to marry the fierce beauty, he surrenders to desire. Amy needs to return to the twenty-first century, but her feelings for Craig are growing stronger every day and she feels guilty to keep this terrible secret from her Highlander. Will the pull of centuries divide them, or can destiny bind them across the ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Ravenmaster's Revenge: The Return of King Arthur by Jacob Sannox (291 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

King Arthur is back, but can he stop the Ravenmaster? It is the autumn of 2019. Merlin's wayward apprentice has escaped from the Tower of London with his raven familiars. Legend foretells that the White Tower, then England, will fall. Can King Arthur, a weary veteran of the English Civil War, Waterloo and the Somme, prevent the Ravenmaster from exacting his revenge? An SPFBO 2019 semi-finalist.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Dogfight: A J-3 Pilot's Call to War by Michael Bierwiler (6 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Eighteen year-old Red Hines is training to be a J-3 pilot on a grass airfield when World War II breaks out. He joins his instructor in a civilian observation mission over the shipyards of Beaumont, Texas searching for U-boats known to be plying the Gulf of Mexico. Fate intervenes when he becomes a P-51 Mustang pilot in the Army Air Corps and gets shot down over Germany. His only hope for escape is to locate his estranged paternal grandfather in Axis-held Prussia, and find their way back home to Texas together.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Catching Up by Mary Lay (Mary Lay Stories) (40 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

To live in the shadows or join her generation in the bright lights of 1925 - this is Caroline's dilemma as she stands on the edge of turning twenty-one. After negotiating a small allowance from her father for the following year, Caroline resolves to accept any invitations that might come her way, principally from her two old school friends. She becomes a photographer's assistant, but a threat of a scandal means she is forced to leave. Concerned that she won't meet the terms of her father's allowance, Caroline secures another position enabling her to mix more with the lower classes, to her mother's exasperation. Caroline's adventures continue, taking her across the country and into contact with some colourful characters. Will she end the year with money in the bank? Or will she give up her new freedom and settle down with one of her admirers?

Genre: Historical Fiction

Jubilee: Book One of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Series by Conor Bender (119 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Readers of After Dunkirk & Beneath a Scarlet Sky agree, Jubilee is an explosive World War II tale that weaves a story high over the skies of France and England and down on the beaches of Normandy. "JUBILEE is a top-flight World War II thriller that pulses with energy and intrigue... " - Michele Rubin, Cornerstones U.S. From the beaches of Dieppe to the skies over Scotland, from the sub pens of Saint Nazaire to the lofty halls of the War Office. Before OPERATION OVERLORD, there was OPERATION JUBILEE. A cataclysmic waste of life lost on the whims of the political animals of the War Office. Arthur Cutter passed his breaking point long ago. Barely old enough to buy a beer, he was recruited by the SOE out of Oxford. Now, forced to go back behind the lines for one last mission, his journey to retirement will bring him face to face with the French Resistance and will help shape the French theater of war. Hundreds of miles away and twenty thousand feet above him, Ian Faraday, a ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

See Glass: A Political Conspiracy Thriller from WW2 endangering National Security now. A Novel of Intelligence & Espionage, Politicians and Killers. ... by Ido Graf (Nielsen) (327 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

An Amazon Charts International bestseller If you enjoy Nelson DeMille, Ken Follett, John Grisham or Dan Brown then you will love Ido Graf! This suspense novel recounts a political conspiracy to subvert the democratic process and National Security in the USA and the West by far-right groups and a serving President. But why?' It has a basis in fact. • "If ever a novel was ready to be made into a feature film it is this one - action, thrills, mystery, historical intrigue and romance, it has all the ingredients for the big screen. (See Glass)... grabs you from the very start as its clever prologue leads into 400 pages of rip-roaring adventure, the mostly short chapters - think James Patterson - meaning you often read for that little bit longer before turning out the bedroom light as you're gripped by the action. Our hero is a swashbuckling James Bond meets John Wick, our heroine a Lily James-type gorgeous damsel in distress and the story romps along at 100-miles-an-hour." Jeremy ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Bertie: (A Sweet Historical Western Romance) (Pendleton Petticoats Book 6) by Shanna Hatfield (Wholesome Hearts Publishing) (432 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

She needs an adventure He needs the warmth of her smile... Bertie Hawkins survived a traumatic ordeal that stripped away her sunny outlook on life and left her afraid of every shadow. Terrorized and tired of reliving the past, she accepts an offer to change her situation. Although she only intends to work through the summer, the peace she finds at Nash's Folly keeps her there every bit as much as her interest in a mysterious new ranch hand. Desperate to escape his memories, Riley Walsh buys a run-down farm in Pendleton, Oregon. To pay for the many necessary repairs, he goes to work for his neighbor, never intending to fall in love with the effervescent girl who helps around the house. Riley isn't the only one enchanted with Bertie. His own crazy mule and the neighbor's son both share his infatuation, driving him past the brink of jealousy. A sweet romance that embraces the trials and triumphs of yesteryear, Bertie blends laugh-out-loud adventures with heartwarming moments.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Another Time and Place: A Novel of World War II (Echoes of War Book 1) by Samantha Grosser (Sam Grosser Books) (1,565 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

A brief encounter changes two lives forever in an enthralling novel of love, loss and longing. England 1944. In the shadow of the war raging in Europe, Tom and Anna meet by chance. He is an American pilot on a 72-hour pass and she is a secretary, trapped in a life going nowhere. Surprised by each other, they begin a passionate affair. Their happiness does not last. Shot down over Europe, wounded and in hiding, Tom has no way of telling Anna he is alive. And Anna, left waiting in England, has no way of finding out. How can she know that Tom is struggling to return to her? Or that the thought of her is all that keeps him going on the long journey home? In a world where promises are hard to keep, all she can do is hope. Until she discovers her mother is keeping secrets, and then it is a race against time. From the hardships of a war-weary England to the dangers of occupied France, Another Time and Place is an emotional love story like no other. Perfect for fans of Deborah Swift, ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Are You Positive? by Stephen Davis (L&G Productions LLC) (120 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Ripped from the headlines of today's news, "Are You Positive?" is a fictitious courtroom drama in the style of John Grisham. 26-year-old Tyree Johnson stands accused of first degree murder in a prominent South Carolina courtroom. But his murder weapon is not a gun or a knife; in fact, there was no violent crime at all. His "victim," Beth Ann Brooks, dated Tyree for a few months, and they made love more than once. However, Tyree Johnson had been diagnosed HIV-Positive, and the prosecution claims that Beth Ann Brooks was infected with HIV by Tyree and died some months later. The defense, however, claims there is reasonable doubt that Tyree's HIV diagnosis was wrong - that, according to numerous scientific studies, the so-called "HIV tests" are fraught with errors, and have been ever since their inventor, Dr. Robert Gallo, lied on his patent application. Furthermore, Tyree's lawyer argues that there is no scientific evidence that HIV is transmitted by heterosexual intercourse, and that ...

Genre: Historical Fiction