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

Phyllis Edgerly Ring

The past may not be done with us. 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 untangles a web of long-buried secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like ... Read more

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Free: BLOOD OF ROSES

J.P. Reedman

Richard Duke of York lies dead on the battlefield, lured to his death by a false Christmas truce. The House of York has fallen…but not for long. The Lancastrian army of Margaret of Anjou has reaped the whirlwind. Edward of March, Richard’s heir, is coming after them, tall, handsome, and a fearsome warrior…and he wants ... Read more

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Breaking Point

John Rhodes

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. Spitfire pilot Johnnie, and Eleanor, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician confront danger together in this brilliantly written novel. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Soldiers of Freedom

Samuel Marquis

SOLDIERS OF FREEDOM is the true story of the 1944-1945 War in Western Europe and the final Allied struggle to conquer Nazi Germany. The story is told through the eyes of William McBurney, a tank gunner in the 761st Tank Battalion, the first African-American tank unit in U.S. history $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Reborn Prince (Mages in the Mundane Book 1)

Julianne Munich

He was a prince, forced into a new life as a pauper. Luc, a poor but proud man in 1775 Paris, is confused by his dreams of gilded ballrooms and unknown people in lace and jewels. And, the fact that most of his life is missing. Everything before the past two years is a hazy ... Read more

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One Night With Finnbar

Leo D'Lance

It’s no surprise that Edmond Mattox is demanding payback for his loss of face, but how could Martin have known the price would be Finnbar’s innocence? Martin has to choose.  Is he the man who steps into the breach when evil threatens the powerless, or is he just another aristocratic prat who puts his own ... Read more

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Pianist in a Bordello

Mike C. Erickson

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 ... Read more

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The Seer

Eva Shaw

It’s February 1942. War grips the world. Asian hate runs rampant, and New Orleans is a dangerous place for Chinese-English scientist Thomas Ling as he collides with self-proclaimed psychic Beatrix Patterson. She’s a good liar with an excellent memory, which in truth is her only gift—well, that and conning the well-heeled out of their money ... Read more

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Free: New Hope Series

Karen J. Hasley

Each of the four books of the New Hope Series tells the story of an exceptional woman from one small town – the flourishing railroad town of New Hope, Nebraska. Like the town and its citizens, these four women are bright, industrious, determined, and open to change, and each woman has her own unique story ... Read more

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Melanie: A Tale of Wonder

Ed Benjamin

Aaron Jones, an elderly gentleman obviously down on his luck and badly in need of a shower, enters a talent contest to use the prize money to help a ten-year-old girl, Melanie, whose father is dying. During the performance, the audience begins to realize his real identity. Critics say this story is “The sweetest and ... Read more

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Free: The Glorious Companions Series

Summer Lee

From Book 1: First in the “Glorious Companions” series of historical romance adventures! For fans of Outlander, Ahab’s Wife and The Red Tent. The epic saga of kings, queens, angels, adventure and eternal love. Join the heroes of old, and be transported into a land of danger and romance! When eighteen-year-old Kenana is sold into ... Read more

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Mrs Morphett’s Macaroons

Patsy Trench

Take a canny kitchen maid, a pioneer suffragist; an idealistic playwright, a sceptical producer, two stroppy actresses, a demanding backer and a real-life suffragette gaolbird. Mix them together and you have Mrs Morphett’s Macaroons, a trailblazing play about suffragettes that is set to light up London’s West End stage in 1905. That’s if the ingredients ... Read more

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The Fires of Lilliput

Michael Martin

Shosha was Jewish. Jakub was Catholic. They resisted the Nazis together and survived the Holocaust. Now, the Vatican is investigating Jakub for sainthood and Shosha is the last living witness to his life. The Fires of Lilliput is the story she tells. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Daughter of the King

Kerry Chaput

La Rochelle France, 1661. Fierce Protestant Isabelle is desperate to escape persecution by the Catholic King. Isabelle is tortured and harassed, her people forced to convert to the religion that rules the land. She accepts her fate — until she meets a handsome Catholic soldier who makes her question everything. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Anointed: A David and Goliath Novel (The Davidic Chronicles Book 1)

Greg Baker

Book one of the Davidic Chronicles immerses you in a young David’s world in a time of bloody war and supernatural deliverance. Witness the titanic collision between Goliath’s gods and David’s faith in Jehovah. Beautifully crafted with an air of ancient ambiance throughout, the Davidic Chronicles creates a masterful tapestry of woven threads that are ... Read more

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The Shanghai Circle

Tony Henderson

TAIPAN MEETS TRIAD IN PRE-WAR SHANGHAI A taipan, a triad leader and a beautiful White Russian find their lives intertwined as Japan threatens Shanghai. It is 1936, and Shanghai, the ‘Paris of the East’ or ‘The Whore of Asia’, plays backdrop to the drama, as these characters find their lives are circling each other in ... Read more

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Free: Lost Child

Jean Dunstan

A spellbinding tale of abandonment, rejection, and survival. An abandoned baby girl was raised in an orphanage and sent to the mid-west on an orphan train, where she was placed out as a farm laborer. Unwanted and unloved, she fought for survival in a lonely, abusive environment. A story of female triumph and perseverance. How ... Read more

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The Munich Girl

Phyllis Edgerly Ring

The past may not be done with us. 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 finds a tangled web of long-buried family secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir”. Philadelphia Inquirer. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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A Desert Scorched Rose

C L Tustin

Conaria 1964… Leaving London far behind academic Victoria Barrington embarks on the trip of a lifetime, relishing her chance to explore the previously closed desert kingdom of Conaria. But things are not the way she expected and a chance purchase triggers a chain of events that will change everything. Tadejah, the spoilt son of the ... Read more

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Free: Five Ways to Seduce a Duke

Nancy Yeager

The upstanding Duke of Wrexham falls for the beautiful girl next door, but there are a few problems. One, she’s running a Bohemian artists’ colony. Two, she’s hiding her secret identity as a controversial painter. Oh, and three, she’s engaged to his brother. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Ring Road

Meredith Kazer

Smart and confident, Lauren Serra is impatient to move into her new home. Why wouldn’t she be? The eighteenth-century farmhouse holds over two hundred years of Ring Family history, including clues to the missing Ring ruby pendant. But Lauren wants more from the home than the mystery it promises. She hopes the house will fertilize ... Read more

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HEIMAT

Paul Marzell

Matthias Schmidt left his Heimat, Neisse, Germany, in April 1929 to follow thousands of other Europeans for a better future in the United States. Reluctantly he left his mother, a girlfriend, sisters, many relatives, and friends. But he also left an intolerable situation behind. He planned to return as an American citizen, a shining example ... Read more

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The Lovers (Echoes from the Past Book 1)

Irina Shapiro

1665. When Elise de Lesseps is sold in marriage to Lord Edward Asher, she resolves to be an obedient and dutiful wife, until, on their wedding night, she finds out exactly what her husband has in store for her. His request leaves her feeling shocked and humiliated, but being his chattel, she has no right ... Read more

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Free: The Tin Whistle

Kathleen Shoop

Inspired by a true story… 1854 Jacob Gusky wakes up hoping Santa has arrived. And he has… but not for Jacob, one of two Jewish boys living at the Boys’ Home of Manhattan. When a friend gifts him a tin whistle, Jacob learns the power of giving, the joy in receiving, and hears what he ... Read more

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The Christmas Coat

Kathleen Shoop

Two days before Christmas, ornery Elliot Ebberts is tasked with school drop-off even though distracted by an important real estate transaction. In the holiday carpool chaos his extravagant, lucky coat goes missing. In a panic, he searches for it, tracing its path as it passes through the hands of good people in dire situations…$0.99 on ... Read more

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Cinder Bella

Kathleen Shoop

She never had anything. He lost everything. Together they create a Christmas to remember. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Pianist in a Bordello

Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a BordelloWhat 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 ... Read more

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The Last Sketch

Gosia Nealon

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? $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Pianist in a Bordello

Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a BordelloWhat 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 ... Read more

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Road to the Breaking

Chris Bennett

Nothing survived “The Breaking” unchanged; lives and fortunes, love and hate, freedom and slavery … An epic journey across a young nation seething with debauchery, brutality, corruption, and political intrigue, unwittingly on the brink of an unimaginable disaster; the American Civil War. Captain Nathaniel Chambers has left the violent army life behind in Texas, never ... Read more

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Free: The Unwanted Dead

Yorgos Pratanos

A WIDOW with the heartbreaking duty of escorting her husband’s body to his motherland, the last wish of a dying man. The HERETIC, who rose to prominence with his fierce and unyielding books, praised and beloved by an entire nation. The ENEMIES, the Greek Government, the Orthodox Church, and the Vatican. A NATION in mourning. ... Read more

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One Must Tell The Bees

J Lawrence Matthews

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 ... Read more

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Free: The Unwanted Dead: The Shocking End of Zorba’s Heretical Author

Yorgos Pratanos

Along with her husband’s legacy, Helen Kazantzakis, inherits his arch enemies: The Greek State and the Church. The days after his passing, she will face insults and disrespect. Her only consolation is the loving and adventurous memories with him: Her initial dislike of Kazantzakis, his unconventional flirting, his scandalous proposal to live together in Moscow ... Read more

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Standing Against The Wind (A Dying Truth Exposed, Book Two)

Marcus Abston

The tale of lineage and legacy continues with Annabelle’s escape into Indian Territory after fleeing from her cruel slave masters in Mercy, Missouri. In the wild west prairie lands of Oklahoma, she finds protection with her rescuers’ Cherokee family and has to learn how to survive hidden within the Cherokee Nation. As she learns about ... Read more

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Living in Cleveland with the Ghost of Joseph Stalin

Marc Sercomb

It’s the summer of 1953. Calvin Jefferson Coolidge is thirteen years old when the ghost of Joseph Stalin appears to him in his Aunt Evelyn’s cluttered Cleveland attic and wants to dictate his memoirs to him. “I want to tell my side of the story,” Uncle Joe tells him. “They’re giving me one year to ... Read more

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The Girl in the Triangle

Joyana Peters

There are 740 Days left until the fire that changes industrial history forever. It’s 1909. Seventeen-year-old Ruth survived the Russian Revolution and is now finally reunited with her lost love in the New World. All she wants is peace and a new life with her family in New York. But when an uprising of 20,000 ... Read more

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Chains of Time

R.B. Woodstone

Amara knows what’s going to happen. Even as she prepares for her wedding, she can see him in her visions: Van Owen – the slaver who will raid her village, steal her power, and pursue her across time. He will hunt her from the shores of West Africa in 1859 to the battlefields of the ... Read more

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Free: Lost Child

Jean Dunstan

A spellbinding tale of abandonment, rejection, and survival. A baby girl abandoned at birth and raised in a Catholic orphanage in New York City was never adopted. At the age of 13, she was sent to the Midwest on an orphan train and placed out as a housekeeper and farm laborer. Unwanted and unloved, she ... Read more

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Sigiriya: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, Betrayal and Tragedy in the Royal Court

Senani Ponnamperuma

He rose from poverty to become a virtuous king. She was a slave girl he fell in love with. They lived in a fairytale sky-palace—Sigiriya. Base on a true story, set 1500 years ago, in an exotic orient. $4.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Munich Girl

Phyllis Edgerly Ring

Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after WW2, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s wife were friends. Plunged into the dangerous years of Nazi Germany, she uncovers a web of long-buried family secrets. “Hard to put down. … Harder to forget.” ... Read more

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