Historical

The Greatest Work of All

by Felipe Biavo & Elaine Cristina Albino de Oliveira – Babelcube Inc. (March 07, 2017)

When Peace reigns and China is newly reformed, the Circle of Alchemy ? the seven most powerful alchemists in the kingdom ? are summoned by emperor Qin Shihuang and given the task of producing the elusive Elixir...

Goin' East

by Alex Montrasio & Mauro Gussoni – Alex Montrasio (January 12, 2021)

A tragic episode in the history of Chinese immigration to America gives the cue to narrate the epopee of a family through a century of Chinese and American history.

In this short story you will be familiar with...

The Duke I Tempted

by Scarlett Peckham – Nyla (July 31, 2018)

He?s controlled. Meticulous. Immaculate. No one would expect the proper duke to be a member of London?s most illicit secret club. Least of all: his future wife.

Having overcome financial ruin and redeemed his...

Further Exploits of Sherlock Holmes

by David Stuart Davies & Matthew Booth – Sparkling Books Limited (July 01, 2016)

This exciting anthology brings together the work of two much admired Sherlock Holmes writers. In these stories Holmes and Watson are engaged in daring exploits applying their razor-sharp intelligence in new...

Lady

by Christopher Hayes-Brown – Austin Macauley Publishers (October 31, 2017)

On his eighteenth birthday David is given a six-month-old German Shepherd puppy, and immediately a bond is formed between David and Lady, as he calls her. They become inseparable, working together on the family...

The Moment of Tenderness

by Madeleine L'Engle – Grand Central Publishing (April 20, 2020)

Discover stories that inspire a "great capacity for wonder" (New York Times) from the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time: named one of the spring's most anticipated books (Good Housekeeping), this collection...

The Great Gatsby: A Novel

by F. Scott Fitzgerald & Adam Simpson – Black Dog & Leventhal (January 04, 2021)

A beautifully illustrated version of the original 1925 edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic Great American novel.

Widely considered to be the greatest American novel of all time, The Great Gatsby is the story...

A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth

by Daniel Mason – Little, Brown and Company (May 04, 2020)

"Unique and beguiling... Mason's first short story collection is a treasure trove of lush scene setting in faraway times and places, from the wilds of England to the Malay Archipelago... A perfect and fitting...

London Gambit

by Tracy Grant – Nyla (May 05, 2016)

On a moonlit London night, Suzanne Rannoch slips away from a glittering Mayfair party to assist a wounded man who has escaped Paris one step ahead of Royalist pursuit. In fever-wracked delirium, the man warns...

Château Duval

by Felicity Knight – Austin Macauley Publishers (January 08, 2021)

Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s in a middle-class Anglo-French family in rural England, Genevieve Martin follows in the family tradition of completing her education at Oxford, where she studies French and...

The Accursed

by Vivien Ferrars – Austin Macauley Publishers (December 31, 2020)

Piemonte, 1894. Maria, the impoverished daughter of a once affluent farming family, faces a painful choice: live as a poor relation in her brother?s wife?s household, or marry a newcomer to the county, the game...

Agoge

by Alejandro León & Henger Maizo – Babelcube Inc. (November 19, 2020)

In ancient Greece, the Spartans, who belonged to the city-state Sparta, lived in a different way than the rest of the cities that formed the Greek State. Spartans were extreme: their moto was freedom or death,...

A Partial Sun

by Lawrence Reid Bechtel – Bqb Publishing (October 01, 2019)

Author Lawrence Reid Bechtel has captured the story of Isaac Granger, a slave from Thomas Jefferson's plantation as told through the eyes of amateur historian Reverend Charles Campbell.

In 1852, after much searching...

Redemption

by Jon Stafford – Bqb Publishing (November 11, 2015)

In his follow-up book to Reluctant Warriors, author Jon Stafford traces the impact of World War II on regular American men and women swept up by events thousands of miles away from home, and ponders how the...

River People

by Margaret Lukas – Bqb Publishing (February 01, 2019)

River People is a powerful novel with unforgettable characters.

In Nebraska in the late 1890s, seventeen-year-old Effie and eleven-year-old Bridget must struggle to endure at a time when women and children have...

Keeper of the Red Shawl

by Marie Sarginson – Austin Macauley Publishers (January 08, 2021)

This romantic novel begins in the Victorian Era and is based on the eventful life of my grandmother, Frances. It tells the tale of the four men who helped or hindered her path to freedom. Fate was unkind to...

George (The Teenage Years)

by Gilly – Austin Macauley Publishers (January 08, 2021)

This is an introduction of George to the masses. He is the representative of a whole lost generation (lost to the government and the British public) who have recently been in the news as the revelation of who...

The Prodigal Daughter

by J. Clarke McIntosh – Austin Macauley Publishers (December 10, 2020)

Where is the mandate dictating that the study of Scripture should be onerous or stodgy? Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres of literature because it entertains, teaches, and conveys truths, often...

Coal Valley Silk

by Lynelle Woods Graham – Austin Macauley Publishers (December 10, 2020)

Coal Valley Silk is based on true events characterizing a young boy growing up in the productive coal-mining town of Coal Valley, Alabama. He bares for a lifetime the undue reproach for his family?s biased...

As the Poppies Bloomed

by Maral Boyadjian – Salor Press (April 01, 2015)

Double Bronze Winner, 2015 Foreword INDIEFAB Book for the Year AwardsFinalist, Best New Fiction Category, 10th Annual National Indie Excellence AwardsFinalist, Best New Fiction Category, 2015 USA Best Book AwardsHonorable...

Rise of the Maquis

by Charles.G. Fournel – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

With Europe in turmoil due to the tyrannical reign of Germany, a small group of brave resistance soldiers fight from the inside to save France from being taken over completely. Together, this ragtag group of...

The Bitter and the Sweet

by Rosi Morgan-Barry – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

In all great novels the main characters shine with brilliance. Jane Austin?s 'Pride and Prejudice' is no exception: Elizabeth Bennet was her author?s favourite heroine; Mr Darcy every woman?s favourite hero....

Reluctant Warriors

by Jon Stafford – Bqb Publishing (November 11, 2014)

World War II, 1939-1945, was easily the most destructive war in history; claiming the lives of from fifty to sixty millions of people. This historical fiction takes us "behind the scenes" in the lives of everyday...

Alienation

by Azzedine Kechroud – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

The author lived through two atrocious wars. The first one during his childhood, the war of Algeria?s independence against French colonisation, the second being the Civil War which occurred after independence....

Leavenworth City

by Michael J. Urban – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

Leavenworth City is a novel that will take you on a journey back though time. Its captivating history told through a fictional character from 1854 to 1861 will have you glued to the pages. This is an adventure...

Ivanhoe Mill

by Alan Charles Harrison – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

Ivanhoe Mill is from a long ago period, it has characters of mixed interest, each section of the book has love, tragedy, plots of cruelty and devious problems that affect many of the community.

The Manor House,...

Secret Love

by Cathryn de Bourgh & Enrique Herrera – Babelcube Inc. (November 07, 2020)

Angelyn de Poitiers is the heir to an ancient lineage, and after her father dies, she knows all that's left in this life is to fulfill his last will. For that reason she travels to the castle of Saint Auxerre...

Maple Buds

by Daniel T McNay – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

This novel follows the protagonist Isaac, a British soldier, as he struggles to survive in North America during the largely forgotten War of 1812. Isaac?s journey takes him from Europe and sends him on a troubling...

Of Time and Men

by Lewis Jones – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

This is a story that, at once, is a moving, exciting and panoramic view of life. A story of people, their lives, hopes and dreams. It is also a story of their exploitation and their death. The story is raw,...

Sands of the Sea

by John R. Christensen – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

Sands of the Sea offers a sparkling collection of both current and historical fiction. Crisp, well-shaped stories, strong characterizations, a fast pace, and unusual locals combine to draw the reader in. Here...

The Pemberley Papers

by Yvonne Finnegan – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

Prepare yourself for dreadful revelations about Jane Austen?s most beloved fictional great house, Pemberley in Derbyshire! When contemplating the storyline of Pride and Prejudice, have you ever wondered how...

Whispers Through Time

by Joni Scott – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

This historical drama, part true, part fiction, is based on the mysterious lives of the author?s maternal grandparents?, Walter and Winifred, spanning most of the twentieth century.

Encompassing the Boer Wars,...

Hetty

by Claire Gathercole – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

This is the story of a young woman?s dilemma in World War II. How can she and those she loves survive the problems they face?

Our story opens as Hetty prepares for Will?s return from a Japanese prisoner-of-war...

In Green Pastures

by Rosie Simpson – Austin Macauley Publishers (November 30, 2020)

In 1917, war rages on in Belgium and France, and German bombs fall on East London. Two sisters, Florence and Nell, living in Stratford, arrange to leave the city for the tranquillity of the North Essex countryside....

When a Rogue Meets His Match

by Elizabeth Hoyt – Forever (November 30, 2020)

Return to New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt's signature drama and intrigue, where two enemies will discover if their marriage of convenience can survive -- 'til death do they part.

Ambitious, sly,...

The Truth About Dukes

by Grace Burrowes – Forever (November 09, 2020)

A new duke and a woman with a secret in her past get a second chance at love in this delightful and charming Regency romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the Windham series.

Robert Rothmere is...

A Good Duke Is Hard to Find

by Christina Britton – Forever (June 29, 2020)

Fans of Netflix's Bridgerton series will be swept away by a Regency romance of broken engagements, second chances, and stolen kisses from the author whom Publishers Weekly calls "irresistible".

After her third...

Liberation

by Imogen Kealey – Grand Central Publishing (April 27, 2020)

Inspired by the true story of World War II's greatest heroine, this international bestseller and "cinematic treat" tells the story of Nancy Wake and the impact she had on the world (Publishers Weekly).

Hero....

A Duke by Any Other Name

by Grace Burrowes – Forever (April 27, 2020)

A brooding duke finds his beautiful new neighbor way too intriguing for his liking in this delightful Regency romance.

"Grace Burrowes is terrific!" --Julia Quinn

Nathaniel, Duke of Rothhaven, lives in seclusion,...

The Highland Rogue

by Amy Jarecki – Forever (March 23, 2020)

A courageous Highlander falls for a strong-willed lass on the treacherous high seas in this action-packed Scottish romance.

After a vicious attack on his ship, Sir Kennan Cameron washes ashore on a deserted...

Lost Boy Found

by Kirsten Alexander – Grand Central Publishing (March 09, 2020)

Perfect for fans of the NYT bestseller Sold on a Monday, this Southern historical novel based on the true story of a boy's mysterious disappearance examines despair, loyalty, and the nature of truth.

In 1913,...

The Mercies

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Little, Brown and Company (February 10, 2020)

After the men in an Arctic Norwegian town are wiped out, the women must survive a sinister threat in this "perfectly told" 1600s parable of "a world gone mad" (Adriana Trigiani).

Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old...

Forever and a Duke

by Grace Burrowes – Forever (November 25, 2019)

It's a clash of the classes in this beauty and the geek Regency romance that's "fun, flirty and just a little nerdy," and an instant USA Today bestseller. (BookPage)

Wrexham, Duke of Elsmore, is overrun by family...

The Highland Earl

by Amy Jarecki – Forever (June 24, 2019)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets Outlander in this action-packed Scottish romance where a marriage of convenience leads to secrets that could be deadly.

With two young sons to care for and a large estate to run, John Erskine,...

When Nietzsche Wept

by Irvin D. Yalom – Basic Books (August 05, 2019)

In nineteenth-century Vienna, a drama of love, fate, and will is played out amid the intellectual ferment that defined the era. Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of...

One Good Deed

by David Baldacci – Grand Central Publishing (July 22, 2019)

In this fast-paced historical thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci introduces Archer, a WWII veteran forced to investigate a small-town murder -- or risk returning to prison.

It's 1949....

Chimes of a Lost Cathedral

by Janet Fitch – Little, Brown and Company (July 01, 2019)

A young Russian woman comes into her own in the midst of revolution and civil war in this "brilliant" novel set in "a world of furious beauty" (Los Angeles Review of Books).

After the loves and betrayals of The...

The Vexations

by Caitlin Horrocks – Little, Brown and Company (July 29, 2019)

This "enthralling" debut novel and Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year circles the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie in La Belle Époque Paris and examines love, family, genius, and the madness...

A Rogue by Night

by Kelly Bowen – Forever (May 27, 2019)

2018 RITA award-winning author!

From the author who Sarah MacLean calls "a charming, clever, and engaging storyteller" comes the next regency romance in the witty and sexy Devils of Dover series!

Baron. Physician....

When a Duchess Says I Do

by Grace Burrowes – Forever (April 01, 2019)

Treat yourself to a delightful Regency romance with a fairy-tale twist "much in the manner of Mary Balogh." (Kirkus)

Duncan Wentworth once tried his hand at rescuing a damsel in distress long ago, and he's vowed...