Free and Discounted Historical Fiction on Kindle
Historical fiction books are novels that are set in specific points in history, typically featuring characters of the author’s own imagination. These compelling stories weave together true historical facts with unique insights from the perspective of the fictional characters, making you see past events in an entirely different light.
The Munich Girl
What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and uncovers a tangled web of family secrets that challenges every belief she has about right and wrong. “Historical fiction ... Read more
The Awakening of Claudia Faraday
England, the 1920s. Short skirts, no corsets, and radically changing attitudes to social behaviour. Claudia, fifty-something, mother of three and out-datedly respectable, has some catching up to do. And catch up she does. Thanks to the likes of Marie Stopes and the Bloomsbury set Claudia is about to discover that life can begin at fifty. ... Read more
Little Fires in the Darkness
1942 Czechoslovakia. One family is torn apart by Nazi terror. Men are arrested. Children are stolen. Women are sent to death camps. From the ashes of Lidice to the horrors of Auschwitz and Ravensbrück, a shattered family fights to survive against impossible odds. Their only hope? To live long enough to reunite—and see justice served. ... Read more
Mrs Morphett’s Macaroons
Putting on a play in early 1900s London’s West End is no piece of cake. Not least when the writer and the producer are novices and are – or aren’t – romantically entangled. There is a script to be licked into shape, backers to be found, and appeased, bickering actresses to be tamed and a ... Read more
Talmadge Farm
Talmadge Farm is a sweeping drama that follows three unforgettable families navigating the changing culture of North Carolina at a pivotal moment in history. A love letter to the American South, the novel is a story of resilience, hope, and family – both lost and found. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: When Light Breaks Through: A Salem Witch Trials Story
When Light Breaks Through takes us through the witch trials and beyond to tell a compelling, expansive story of what happened in Salem Village. In 1692, Ann Putnam is a ringleader in the witch trials that bring devastation to the village and bitter divisions among its people. In 1697, Joseph Green takes on the ministry ... Read more
Free: On Distant Shores
See why over 15,000 avid readers downloaded ‘On Distant Shores’ earning this riveting, historical gem, a prestigious Amazon #1 Best Sellers Award. From the Great Irish famine to the turbulent shores of the new world, this epic tale of love, lust, ambition and revenge will captivate fans of fast moving, well-crafted historical fiction. A genuine, ... Read more
The Golden House
In 1939 Maine, the Golden House promises healing, discretion—and a cure for those society considers unfit. When Oliver Orwell and his troubled mother, Anna, become patients, they discover that compassion can conceal cruelty and trust can become obsession. Behind the institution’s elegant gates, some secrets are never meant to escape. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Learning to Breathe Again
Two women. Lives they didn’t choose. A friendship that dares them to want more. Miami, 1933. Mary Simons was supposed to fill her scrapbook with photos of her baby’s first smiles and handwritten milestones. Instead, she records respiration rates and temperatures, hoping science can save what love can’t. When her baby dies, the future she ... Read more
When Songs of Children Filled the Air: A Post 9/11 Alternate History Novel
A sleepless night saved her life. Now, she has to survive the aftermath. On the morning of September 11, Allison was running late for work. That twist of fate saved her from the towers but left her a widow navigating an unrecognizable, militarized America with her two children. As the nation quickly slides into a ... Read more
Incurable Trump
All the key characters have bylines in this sizzling satire about the most corrupt president of the United States this century. While Trump daily does the outrageous, his popularity is tanking but he still claims victory is at hand in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is open and that people love him so much ... Read more
Lost Child
A spellbinding tale of abandonment, rejection, and survival. An abandoned baby girl was raised in an orphanage and sent to the Midwest on an orphan train, where she was placed out as a farm laborer. Unwanted and unloved, she fought to survive in a lonely, abusive environment. A story of female triumph and perseverance. How ... Read more
Free: Charade With a Duke
A maid’s secret. A duke’s heart. A love neither was meant to find. In Regency England, a woman named Annabelle, has lived her life as a maid with calloused hands and quiet dreams of a better life. But when an unexpected opportunity to charade as her mistress appears, she decides to step into a world ... Read more
My Mother’s Friend: A WWII Home Front Forbidden Love Story (The Echoes of War Saga Book 1)
What if a talented young woman meets an equally talented German prisoner of war, and what if they fall in love? For her debut novel, Sally Jameson Bond draws on her passions for World War II history, music, and her home state of Iowa to weave an endearing story of forbidden love, lies, and loss. ... Read more
Free: In the Day of the Flood
A novel for readers who love immersive ancient tales When she breaks a sacred law to save an abandoned baby, Deghóm is cast out into a world facing ruin. She was raised to serve the sky, her voice echoing through the caves of the hill country. Now a salt river is tearing open the land ... Read more
The Munich Girl
Anna Dahlberg uncovers a shocking connection between her family and Eva Braun, forcing her to question everything she believed about her past. As she traces the intertwined lives of two women during wartime Germany, she is drawn into buried secrets, moral conflict, and a history that reshapes her understanding of love and loyalty. $0.99 on ... Read more
Soldier for the Union
Based on true accounts, Soldier for the Union is a gripping historical novel about the secret heroism of women who fought in disguise on the blood-soaked front lines of the Civil War. Rich in historical detail while vividly rendering the realities of Civil War medicine, Soldier for the Union honors the courage of those who ... Read more
Bargains of Fate
Based on true events from the American Regency era, this riveting sequel to Masque of Honor explores the thin line between power and integrity, love and lust, honor and death. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Healers’ War
Inspired by the true story of Irish missionaries who remained in Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970), The Healers’ War follows three lives bound together by famine, faith, and survival in a besieged corner of Eastern Nigeria. As war encroaches upon their region, Irish missionaries refuse to flee, instead building feeding centers, clinics, and ... Read more
Medieval Sea Adventures of the Mediterranean – The Lovers of the Sea
The novels in the “Medieval Sea Adventures of the Mediterranean, Lovers of the Sea” have stories that stand alone and the novels can be enjoyed without reading the other two books of the series. However, the reader can experience the growth of the same characters across all the novels, if they read them chronologically. A ... Read more
Free: Kindling of a Firebrand: Fran Sweeney and the Fight Against Boston’s Fascism, A Historical Novel
This vital historical novel takes Fran Sweeney from Boston’s early 20th century Irish American neighborhoods to a life of action and influence where she fights powerful forces that threaten the democratic soul of her beloved city. During the Great Depression and the war that follows, pro-Nazi organizations flood Boston with propaganda and terror tactics. Inspired ... Read more
When The World Was Broken: A Haunting and True Holocaust Novel
Berlin, 1938. The windows are shattered. The synagogues burn. And time is running out.In Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, Jewish families are stripped of their livelihoods, their rights, and finally their safety. After years of hoping the madness would pass, Lina’s cousins realize the truth: if they do not leave now, they may never leave ... Read more
THE DOOMSDAY TIMETABLE (The Price of History Book 1)
From the Treaty of Versailles to the first bombs falling on Warsaw—the countdown to catastrophe, told through the forms that filed it into existence. “This is not peace. This is an armistice for twenty years.” A German diplomat spoke those words in 1919. He was wrong by only thirty-seven days. THE DOOMSDAY TIMETABLE is a ... Read more
War Torn Book 1
War Torn: A Riveting Tale of Love, Sacrifice, and Survival in the Heart of WWII Amid the horrors of war, can love cross enemy lines and survive the battle within? October 1942. Frances Meyer, a gifted violinist, faces an unthinkable choice: stay in Nazi-occupied France under the menacing gaze of an SS officer obsessed with her or risk ... Read more
The Making of Marigold McGrath
New York, 1937. Seventeen-year-old Marigold McGrath escapes grief and her father’s dangerous politics through photography. In wartime London, she falls for a Dutch student and documents the Kindertransport—until the Blitz forces her to decide what kind of witness she will become. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Talmadge Farm
“Talmadge Farm” is a sweeping drama that follows three unforgettable families navigating the changing culture of North Carolina at a pivotal moment in history. A love letter to the American South, the novel is a story of resilience, hope, and family – both lost and found. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Triumph and Tragedy
1945. World War II is now in its sixth agonizing year. In Europe, the Allies are closing in on Hitler’s horrific Third Reich, but victory remains elusive. In the Pacific, US forces are locked in a grinding island-by-island struggle against Imperial Japan. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Montana Gold Mine (Jubilee Walker Book 4)
In spring 1874, the American economy is descending into a depression, following the collapse of Jay Cooke’s financial empire. Amid the chain of bank and business failures set off by Cooke’s bankruptcy, Jubilee Walker struggles to keep Warner and Walker Outfitters solvent. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Montana Gold Mine (Jubilee Walker Book 4)
In spring 1874, the American economy is descending into a depression, following the collapse of Jay Cooke’s financial empire. Amid the chain of bank and business failures set off by Cooke’s bankruptcy, Jubilee Walker struggles to keep Warner and Walker Outfitters solvent. Jubil’s grand plans for developing Yellowstone National Park into a popular tourist destination ... Read more
The Munich Girl
What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and uncovers a tangled web of family secrets that challenges every belief she has about right and wrong. “Historical fiction ... Read more
Free: Charade With a Duke
A maid’s secret. A duke’s heart. A love neither was meant to find. In Regency England, a woman named Annabelle, has lived her life as a maid with calloused hands and quiet dreams of a better life. But when an unexpected opportunity to charade as her mistress appears, she decides to step into a world ... Read more
Mud Men: A Novel of America at War
Inspired by real-life stories and backed by author J. A. Nunn’s thorough research, Mud Men picks up where The Stuff What Actually Is left off, continuing to weave together the threads of race, social inequity, and American identity that shaped a generation. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Bain Rock: An 80s Fantasy
Bain Rock is a 1980s historical fantasy with witchcraft and lore, political intrigue, found family and sweet lesbian romance. June,1984. On the remote island of Inea, the militia has outlawed all magic, and rival witch factions are at war. A descendant of nineteen bloodlines of witches, Emma turns nineteen but fails to come into her ... Read more
KOSTYA: Inspired by a True Story
He survived genocide. Nazis. Stalin. Now he’s being hunted. As Kostya races across Russia to escape, love forces an impossible choice: break his promise—or lose everything. Inspired by a gripping true story. KOSTYA REVIEW: a well-written, emotionally intense novel that I couldn’t put down. An ending that is both surprising and deeply satisfying. $2.99 on ... Read more
My Mother’s Friend: A WWII Home Front Forbidden Love Story (The Echoes of War Saga Book 1)
Algona, Iowa. August 1944. Phee Swensson, a gifted young pianist, reluctantly finds herself touring the POW camp looming over her quiet hometown. Before the tour ends, she overhears one of the prisoners playing the piano on the camp theater stage and is stunned to hear his haunting melodies. Intrigued when the thoughtful man behind the ... Read more
Color of Fire: A Sweeping Caribbean Saga Book 3 (The Strange Eden Series)
“And I thought you were my savior in my darkest hour. How very wrong I was.” 1794: Devastated by the violent disappearance of her husband, Charles Sharpe, Eliza struggles to save Pleasant Hall from the hands of crooked creditors and the governor’s greed. In the aftermath of the attack, her husband’s enemies have branded him ... Read more
When The World Was Broken: A Haunting and True Holocaust Novel
Berlin, 1938. The windows are shattered. The synagogues burn. And time is running out.In Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, Jewish families are stripped of their livelihoods, their rights, and finally their safety. After years of hoping the madness would pass, Lina’s cousins realize the truth: if they do not leave now, they may never leave ... Read more
Masque of Honor
The first book in the Fields of Honor series and based on the true events behind the 1819 Mason–McCarty duel, Masque of Honor is a story of valor, conviction, and the cost of sacrificing one life to forge another. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
BREAKING POINT
1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance. Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but ... Read more
Talmadge Farm
“Talmadge Farm” is a sweeping drama that follows three unforgettable families navigating the changing culture of North Carolina at a pivotal moment in history. A love letter to the American South, the novel is a story of resilience, hope, and family – both lost and found. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
