Category: Historical Fiction

The Last Sketch

They both hold tight to a terrible secret. When they cross paths in war-torn Europe, will their destinies lead to ruin… or victory over evil? Poland, 1944. Wanda Odwaga will never stop resisting. As the Nazis occupy her beloved homeland, the twenty-three-year-old artist vows to do whatever it takes to help the underground movement mobilize against Hitler’s forces. But she’s devastated when the Gestapo storms her house in search of rebel leaders, killing her heroic father and leaving the f... [Read More...]

Jane Digby’s Diary

Based on a true story . . . Bright, beautiful, and bold, Jane Digby led a remarkable life. Born to privilege in 1807 at Dorset, England, she soon scandalized Europe with her reckless pursuit of freedom. She sacrificed home, family, and respectability for her passions. Kings, princes, barons, brigands, lords, and sheiks were among her lovers. A gifted artist and musician, as well as a superb horsewoman, she spoke several languages, read widely, wrote eloquently, and embraced all manner of cultur... [Read More...]

Greetings from Asbury Park

We celebrate the Greatest Generation for their courage and honor. This is how they loved. Fifteen-year-old Mariella yearns for a new life. Since the Germans arrived in Rome, food has been scarce, and danger lurks around every corner. On top of that, she’s haunted by a childhood tragedy and weighed down with the responsibility of caring for her siblings. Everything feels impossible. But when she meets Jack, a handsome American soldier with a crooked smile, her future doesn’t seem so dark. Sh... [Read More...]

Free: The Refiner of the Realm: Of Queens and Clerics

1993 Join the adventure as Mary, Gareth, and Brad’s quest to learn the truth of the Stone of Scone takes them to Edinburgh Castle, high on its windy hill. 1068 Experience Margaret’s struggles as the remnant of the English royal family, fleeing William the Conqueror, is blown onto the wild, rocky shore of Scotland. Can the beautiful, gentle Margaret, vowed to become a nun, accept the hand of the uncivilized King Malcolm? Can she actually carve a haven of civility among these rough, barbarous... [Read More...]

Encounters Unforeseen

The traditional literature about the history of Columbus’s voyage & first encounters with Native Americans remains focused on the European perspective. This book dramatizes these events from a bicultural perspective, fictionalizing beliefs, thoughts, & actions of the Native Americans who met Columbus side by side with those of Columbus & other Europeans, based on a close reading of Columbus’s Journal, other primary sources, & anthropological studies. $1.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Pianist in a Bordello

What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election. And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his ab... [Read More...]

The Night Medicine

Blackfoot tribal member Dean Wolfsblood is the guardian of a centuries-old medicine pipe that makes time travel possible. Upon arrival in 1868, Dean, Badger, and Kai discover deceit, murder, buffalo hunters, and a kidnapping waiting for them as they travel across Blackfoot territory to the gold mining town of Helena, Montana. Can they survive history and each other long enough to make it back or will the past change their futures forever? A compelling time travel adventure into the Old West fro... [Read More...]

Jitsuroku Ju: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi

Told in the context of a life long feud between Musashi and his arch rival, Sasaki Kojiro Ganryu, this epic life story centered around revenge is a version of Miyamoto Musashi’s life story you do not want to miss! A dramatized epic and republishing of Walter Dening’s Life of Miyamoto Musashi with new commentary and updated historical context! $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

One Must Tell The Bees

“President Lincoln is assassinated in his private box at Ford’s!” When those harrowing words ring out during a children’s entertainment in Washington on the evening of April 14, 1865, a quick-thinking young chemist from England named Johnnie Holmes grabs the 12-year-old son of the dying President, races the boy to safety, and soon finds himself enlisted in the most infamous manhunt in history. One Must Tell the Bees is the untold story of Sherlock Holmes’s journey from the streets of ... [Read More...]