Historical Fiction

From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided....

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well....

Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house party when the festivities lead to murder....

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin....

Two sisters, separated by years and experience, each embark on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in WWII France.

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan....

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon....

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age....

Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives....

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin....

From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression....

When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home....

In every life there is a turning point - a moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton....

1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright....

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name....

From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier comes a sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—a daring, moving tale of memory and fate....

Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats....

he New York Times best-seller with more than one million copies sold worldwide. Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive - and to reunite....

A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls....

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history....

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books....

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon....

For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl....

During a fishing trip on the Mississippi River with his three grandsons, Bob Peterson diverts their excursion to a nearby island to wait out a storm. It’s there that he retells the story of his own life growing up on an island with his two brothers just prior to the brink of WWI. It all began in 1916 on Arrowhead Island, named for its crooked V-shape and the Indians that used to live there. Young brothers, Ron, Arthur and Bob must forage for their food to keep Pops and the family fed as they live the carefree life of three Huckleberry Finns. One day they stumble upon an old pine box ...

With her first husband dead and the war still ferocious, Victoria finds herself nursing injured soldiers on the Burma front. There she meets charismatic American, Captain Taylor King and, impulsively, marries a man she barely knows. But when Victoria becomes pregnant with his child, she must leave the only security she knows to start a new life as Henry’s wife in Boston. But Taylor is not the loving, gentle husband Victoria hoped for and the arrival of an unexpected visitor changes their lives forever.

Victoria Bahani, the privileged seventeen-year-old, daughter of the Rajah of Marpur and an English woman, has always believed she would marry an Englishman. And when she meets Captain Henry Hindley-Jones she knows he’s exactly the kind of man she’s been thinking of. But when war breaks out everything changes for Victoria. With Henry away fighting, Victoria must try and find her own path in life and also do her duty for her king and country. Signing up to be a nurse in the Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Corp, Victoria must leave behind the country she loves for a life of danger and duty.

Winchester, 1925. When heiress and amateur sleuth Cressida Fawcett is invited to her aunt’s mansion on Cloister Close, she is looking forward to a quiet stay in the historic town. The views of the cathedral are heavenly–and her aunt’s maid, Nancy, makes devilishly good ginger biscuits! But it seems Cressy and her pug Ruby won’t be allowed to rest in peace… On a tour of the crypt, they are shocked to stumble across the body of Anthony, the gentle, devoted verger. And a wild-eyed Nancy is standing over him, bloodied candlestick in hand…

First rule of nannying: don’t sleep with the boss. Oops, too late. All I wanted was a one-night stand. A chance to lose my v-card to a hot guy I’ll never see again. But when I walk into my nanny interview, the man behind the desk is the same one I shared sheets with. And his daughter Audrey loves me. Picks me, out of all the other women jockeying for the position. It turns out being her nanny is easy, but keeping things professional with her dad? Impossible. I feel Jordan’s eyes on me in every room. And when he kisses me again, I can’t resist. It doesn’t stop there. We can barely ...

The insanely hot doctor I shared a steamy night with four years ago, is now my boss. And he has no clue that he’s the father of my little girl. I get the shock of my life when my one-night fling from four years ago shows up at the hospital. Dr. Damien Blackwood is now going to be my boss. Juggling my roles as a single mom and nurse, the last complication I need is Damien back in my life. In an unexpected twist, he suggests a fake engagement to safeguard his family's image. Our pretend dates feel a little too real, making me question what's genuine and what's for show. It's stirring up ...

While on holiday in the Appalachian Mountains, expert genealogist, Thom Bailey is awakened by a surprise guest in the dead of night. Just over the border in Knoxville, FBI Agent Ashley Rose is ordered to investigate a mysterious murder, at the Body Farm. In London, Scotland Yard is on the hunt for an elusive American on his personal vendetta tour. Follow Thom, Ashley, and the returning characters from The White Elephant, while they sort through a series of bizarre riddles all linked to a sinister plot. Join their heart-pounding quest through historic gold mines, low-country cypress swamps, ...

In the shadows of grief, will love find a way to bloom? When Hannah Lapp's cousin Esther returns to their Amish community, still grieving the loss of her fiancé Jacob, Hannah's world is turned upside down. As fate would have it, Hannah finds herself drawn to the handsome new carpenter in town, Caleb Yoder—the late Jacob's brother. Though an instant connection sparks between them, Hannah hesitates, worried about reopening the scarred wounds of Esther's past. But as Hannah and Caleb grow closer, she can’t deny the connection between them. And as Esther finds solace and purpose ...

—Southern Historical Fiction at Its Best... A Visit to the Rural South that will Bless Your Heart— —VOLUME 2 ANTHOLOGY (6 volumes in all). Faith & Family Friendly— - Daughters (novella 1): Sudden widowhood left her totally unprepared, just as most things in her life had done. It had not been her fault, but it would truly be her fault if she condemned her daughters to the same life. And she wasn’t going to let that happen...no matter the cost. - Love and a Locomotive (novella 2): Lennie M. Marshall was named after Grandad, Leonard Marshall. By age 12, Lennie could shoot a rattler ...

THE YELLOW CAT AT THE PARSONAGE (A Novella) The only house on Church Street, besides the River Bend Community Church, was the parsonage, inhabited by a young minister and his wife. They were the ones who were engaged in taking care of the spiritual needs of their little town. Also living there was a yellow cat engaged in taking care of the young couple. That, and a few other activities, kept the cat very well occupied. MAIN STREET CAFE (A Novella) It is well known that it is possible to start from the bottom and work your way up into being somebody, but what if youhave to start from below ...

I spent my youth trying to escape a horrible home life. The one bright spot was the young genius in my class. First, he saved me, then he took me. But as my powers began to manifest, I knew he couldn’t protect me forever. Instead of letting him be at risk, I fled. Life has never been as miserable as it was in my house, but I’ve never felt the same happiness. So when I encountered several shifters while running from a maniac it was just parr for the course. The hot detective who saved me numerous times was clearly an alpha – an alpha bear shifter. What will he do when he realizes I’m...

SISTERS ARE FOREVER (A Novella)Carl and Lorena Morgan decided that their five beautiful sons made a complete family. There was, however, a family situation that made them rethink their decision. The problem was, were they strong enough in their love of family to risk this preposterous thing? Only time would tell. LIKE AN EAGLE (A Novella)At the funeral, the preacher had promised that she could “rise up with wings like an eagle,” but how could that be possible? Pregnant as she was and living on a thirteen-acre strip of hillside land, what hope was there for her and her seven children ...

Katherine Hardin can’t believe she’s just agreed to give a man control over her—three wishes, any time, any place of his choosing. After all, she’s a prominent professor at Edward J. Kumm University. But just after her fortieth birthday, she was blindsided by sudden, thigh-clenching lust for a 22-year-old senior whose bold stares said he saw her as more than his professor. To cover her desire, Katherine grilled him with questions all semester in front of the class. Now Jarrett Jones has appeared, demanding she make amends, and she can’t resist fulfilling her fantasies of him.

A long time coming After years of waiting, Inga Nansen becomes her father’s “First Mate.” With Captain Lars at the helm, the raging seas hold no fear for her. Inga loves life aboard the Flower of Alaska. Yet when a laughing stranger captures her heart, Inga must chart her course: continue sailing her beloved seas with her father, or spend her life in Tarnigan, a snowy village in the harsh and unforgiving Alaskan wilderness. Although Dr. Arthur Baldwin has finally accepted God’s forgiveness for the despicable act that shattered a friend’s life and his own, he cannot forgive himself...

—The 1889 OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH... MIDWESTERN HISTORICAL FICTION AT ITS BEST— —VOLUME 2 ANTHOLOGY (4 volumes in all). FAITH & FAMILY-FRIENDLY— - GUIDING WINDOW (Novella 1): Many nomads and wanderers have traveled over the face of the planet. Many of them traversed the distance from the wild Atlantic to the plains of the Midwest. Some are drawn forward by restlessness. Others by fear. Some few are drawn by an unknown force they are powerless to withstand. One mighty group of people from history traveled under the guidance of a cloud, but that was long ago in Bible days. Many were pushed...