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.

Free: Conquistadors Trilogy (Books 1-3)

Dennis Santaniello

“CONQUISTADORS” is a Historical Epic book trilogy that explores the violent and horrific Spanish Conquest of the New World from the years of 1527-1542. Told through the eyes of a Spanish soldier named Sardina-each journey, through the jungles of Peru, to the vast Arizona deserts, and finally to the great Mississippi River, reveals the horrific ... Read more

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The Nazi

Savanna Valance

A Nazi Soldier, A Nazi Victim, A Nazi Camp, And love in the air, In Germany, Hannah Thomson, awaits her faith in a Nazi concentration camp, during the second world war. She catches the eye of a Nazi Soldier, and there is tingly feeling running down their spines. In the midst of her “love affair”, ... Read more

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Pianist in a Bordello

Are voters really ready for the whole truth? Are you? Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Widow 1881

Sara Dahmen

Proper Boston widow Jane Weber moves to the Dakota Territories under layers of lies to save her reputation. Stirring up controversy, Jane rooms with the last Blackfoot Sioux in town while navigating a mercurial friendship with the fiercely independent town grocer. In Flats Junction, though, everyone has an untold story. Battling her shortcomings, falsehoods, and ... Read more

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L’Agent Double

Kit Sergeant

Three Women. Two Sides. One War to End all Wars. When a war like no one has even seen rages through Europe in 1914, three women are set on a collision course with history. As one of the first female pilots, Alouette is determined to join the war effort. She gets her chance when she ... Read more

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Tinsmith 1865

Sara Dahmen

When her tinsmith father and brothers head West, Polish immigrant Marie Kotlarczyk has no choice but to go along. Family, after all, is family. The Dakota Territories are anything but welcoming to the Kotlarczyks, and as the months trip by, Marie must pick up the hammers she’s secretly desired but also feared. When she faces ... Read more

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The Munich Girl

Phyllis Edgerly Ring

The past may not be done with us. Fifty years after the end of World War II, Anna is plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Specter (Waxwood Series: Book 1)

Tam May

To what lengths will one go to exorcise a specter? In 1892, people gather to mourn the death of San Francisco socialite, Penelope Alderdice. Among them is a strange little woman who claims to have known “Grace” as a young woman in the small coastal town of Waxwood. But Vivian, Penelope’s granddaughter, has never heard ... Read more

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Free: Brothers and Kings: Conquistadors (Book 1)

Dennis Santaniello

As his empire collapses before his eyes, King Manco Inca must find the inner strength and resolve to save his people from the vicious Pizarro Brothers and their Spanish Conquistadors: evil obsessed men with an endless thirst for gold. Set in the dense jungles of 1530s Peru, and told from the view of a young ... Read more

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ThunderTree

Ben Evers is a drifter that never stays in one place too long, always hankering to see what’s over the next horizon. His traveling companion—an eagle. He lives by two rules. Mind his own business and always treat women with respect. The first rule stands him in good stead until he meets former Texas Ranger ... Read more

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ThunderTree

S. Cox

Ben Evers is a drifter that never stays in one place too long, always hankering to see what’s over the next horizon. His traveling companion—an eagle. He lives by two rules. Mind his own business and always treat women with respect. The first rule stands him in good stead until he meets former Texas Ranger ... Read more

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A Savage Kultur

Monique Roy

Ava is a Jewish art student who suddenly inherits her grandfather’s gallery in London. Acting on his final wish, Ava begins a journey to discover a valued Van Gogh, which was looted by the Nazis in 1937. As Ava unpicks this complex journey, we begin to travel between her timeline and that of the war ... Read more

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Free: Sergei and Hans

Dennis Santaniello

Two soldiers from opposite sides of the war. One Christmas meal that will change their lives forever.An action packed historical thriller where survival is the only thing that matters, SERGEI AND HANS is a story of war, loss, and redemption. Set on the Eastern Front of WWI, on a cruel and unforgiving mountain, and later ... Read more

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The Storm Beyond The Tides

Jonathan Cullen

For fans of The Nightingale, Orphan Train, and Sarah’s Key, comes a timeless novel about love and loss on an island in Maine at the onset of World War Two. July 1939. War is on the horizon but on Monk Island, Maine life goes on as usual. As the daughter of a lobsterman, Ellie Ames’ ... Read more

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Free: Liberty Hill

Sonja Heisinger

New York City, 1849. After her father is murdered, eighteen-year-old heiress Evelyn Brennan cannot imagine her life getting any worse… until she is forced into an arranged marriage with the man she despises most, the reckless gambler Lucius Flynn. Hungry for wealth and freedom, Lucius will drag his new wife along the quickest but deadliest ... 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 the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s wife were friends. Plunged into the treacherous years of Nazi Germany, she uncovers a web of long-buried secrets. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Western Star: Moonshine Mayhem

P.S. Witte

Steampunk and secrecy are the special of the day with the second book in the Western Star series! A discovery of new geologic material in hidden caves is halted when thunderous explosions call the land’s integrity into question. These same explosions also halt the bootlegging activity of moonshiners who used the hills as a natural ... Read more

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Free: Western Star: Welcome to Two Moon

P.S. Witte

Citizens of Two Moon, Texas have seen it all. A town in the Old West, rich in both scientific discovery and natural (somewhat mysterious) resources, they are unfazed when a masked hero appears, brandishing wild steampunk inventions and dispensing vigilante justice to lawbreakers. Who is this dark figure? No one knows, as there is only ... Read more

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Princess of Sky, Earth, Fire and Water

In 1772, amidst the ancient ruins and standing stones of western Ireland, a young woman inherits an army, a fleet of ships, and special powers. To keep her magic, she journeys to the East Kingdom and meets her greatest challenge — a warrior prince whose love threatens to destroy them both. Together, they face ruthless ... Read more

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Tender Touch

Three nightmarish years of marriage has shattered Brianna Wight’s sheltered world. Leading her husband to believe she’s been murdered, she flees to St. Louis…harboring terrible secrets that could be the death of her. The tragic loss of his Indian wife left Columbus Nigh a wanderer; necessity made him a wilderness guide. But now he finds ... Read more

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Living in the Middle

A. ROBERT ALLEN

Wealthy, White, and privileged Jimmy Montgomery discovers he’s been living a lie and travels to Tulsa to uncover his roots. When trouble pits Whites against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy realizes he can no longer Live in the Middle. This novel is a stand-alone story of historical fiction. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Free: The Crest

The Prophecy saga spans over 70 years and is a story of war, prejudice, migration, crime, love, and heartbreak. Each story is an intriguing, fast-moving, historical fiction written from the perspective of the people involved. Get taken back in time with the award-winning first book in the Saga, The Crest. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Chance Reilly

Dave Johnson

Chance Reilly is the orphaned son of Irish immigrants. At age 28, Chance returns to his roots in Cimarron, New Mexico, seeking to begin a new life where he was forced to leave off as a child. All the possibilities are there for him: the old family ranch, gold in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, ... Read more

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Free: Close

Robert Blain

A tale of family, betrayal and survival in post-war Glasgow. Jimmy Baxter made engines for British Bombers during WWII. When he strikes up a friendship with a German tobacconist, he is made aware of the horror of Allied bombing raids. This leaves Baxter very conflicted and he vows to make amends for his role in ... Read more

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Chance Reilly

Dave Johnson

Chance Reilly is the orphaned son of Irish immigrants. At age 28, Chance returns to his roots in Cimarron, New Mexico, seeking to begin a new life where he was forced to leave off as a child. All the possibilities are there for him: the old family ranch, gold in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, ... 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 the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. Plunged into the treacherous world of wartime Germany, she uncovers long-buried secrets, and the legacies of love that always outlast war. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Princess of Wind and Sea

The year is 1773. It’s a race across the globe as Aisling and the prince travel on a series of secret missions. From the shores of Asia to the wilds of western Ireland, a chase ensues as dark forces seek to destroy them both. Aisling’s magical powers are increasing, but enemies lurk around every corner. ... Read more

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The Burden of Sweetberry

Carol Summerville

For twenty years, beautiful and vain Candida Armstrong has been in an adulterous relationship with the very married, Deacon Josiah Hess. Out of respect for the deacon, the community has turned a blind eye. Then a new man comes to town and Sweetberry is smitten. The affair progresses and Luther proposes marriage. Tragically, the unthinkable ... Read more

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If My Heart Had Wings: A World War II Love Story

In 1943, 22-year-old Nina Raff gets the devastating news that her Army pilot husband has been killed in action. With her world upended, she quits her job, moves across the country and plunges into a powerless and abusive marriage to a man who forbids any mention of her first husband. The past stays buried for ... Read more

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Free: Private Spy ’86

Silvia Hildebrandt

Death by shooting. That’s the penalty gay Securitate agent Sergiu Tudorescu faces in 1980s communist Romania. After being caught with his boyfriend by Maresal Nicolescu, Sergiu negotiates a deal to save his life: befriend Colonel Attila Novak, and collect evidence to prove the famous “Faggot Hangman” is a closeted homosexual himself. But as an impatient ... Read more

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Free: Stranahan: The Montana Series

L.J. Martin

Nobody knows the law like a man who’s been on the wrong side of it! Sam Stranahan’s an honest man who finds himself n the wrong place at the wrong time. His ride through hell and back has made Sam’s next step clear: pick up a gun and make sure some justice finally gets done, ... Read more

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My Family’s Survival

Aviva Gat

My Family’s Survival is the incredible true story of how the Shwartz family survived the Holocaust. The #1 New Release on Amazon tells the powerful tale of how one family resisted by escaping the Nazis. Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz will enjoy this riveting saga where hope prevails. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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After Whorl Bran Reborn

After the Battle of Whorl, Brennus of Garrigill is a changed warrior. As Bran, he and Ineda – his healer’s granddaughter – are forced to labour for the Roman IX Legion.Trading with the invaders gives opportunities for spying but after an attack by a Roman patrol, Ineda cannot be found. Distraught with her loss, can ... Read more

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Princess of Wind and Sea

In 1773, the prince and princess travel across the globe on a series of secret missions. Along the way, they run into unexpected dangers. Aisling’s magical abilities are increasing, but dark forces who seek to destroy her powers are hunting them. The prince must protect her at all costs, as they fight for survival and ... Read more

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I, Richard Plantagenet: Loyaulte Me Lie

J. P. Reedman

1483. King Edward IV is dead. The Woodvilles have the Great Seal—and the treasury. In the north Richard Duke of Gloucester receives word of his brother’s unexpected death from Lord Hastings, who advises him to get to London and take possession of the new young King. Riding into Northampton, Anthony Woodville, guardian of Edward V, ... Read more

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Sweet Dreams: A Texas Ranch Romance

Genie Clark

When is a dream more than “just a dream?” Ben McNaughton, the family patriarch has long experienced what some would call night-time visions. He calls them a nuisance and downright foolishness, but when his four-year-old grandson begins having dreams of his own, Ben is forced to rethink his position. A hereditary link seems impossible until ... Read more

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Thread for Pearls: A Story of Resilient Hope

A near-death experience in a car with her Mother; running from tear gas at a Vietnam War rally hand-in-hand with her Pop; a year in India learning side-by-side the country’s ‘untouchables;’ the highs and lows of living on a rural Pennsylvania commune…and all before Fiona Sprechelbach’s thirteenth birthday. Set during one of the most politically ... Read more

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The Captive Princess

J.P. Reedman

Princess. Marriage Prize. Prisoner. Eleanor of Brittany is sent to live in the household of her esteemed grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and brought up expecting to be the bride of a powerful prince. But when the marriage proposed for her as part of Richard Lionheart’s ransom falls through and King Richard dies a few years ... Read more

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Minetta Lane

ANTHONY ALLEN

New York City, 1904- Bodee Rivers, who has always run from major challenges, moves to crime-ridden Minetta Lane, which is governed by an unusual race-based code. When confronted with an unimaginable challenge, he isn’t sure he’s up to the task. Stand and fight or cut and run? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Anno Draconis: Dawn of the Dragon

Steve Bivans

Destiny propels him. Doom awaits him. Mystery hounds him. From the author of the best-selling non-fiction book, Vikings, War and the Fall of the Carolingians, comes the sweeping epic saga of Sigurd, Litt Ormr (little dragon), a young man driven from his homeland on a quest for revenge and justice. A tale of murder and ... Read more

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