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: Winds of Betrayal
A rousing family saga for the fight for America’s independence! The winds of change brews over the colonies. Tension against the crown is mounting daily. In Williamsburg, the rebellion burns strong in the hearts of two siblings, Jonathan and Hannah Corbett. Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Amen Trail
After the death of one of her clients in embarrassing circumstances, frontier saloon girl Leticia Murphy flees with erstwhile town drunk and handyman Eulis Potter. Eager to forget her colorful past and find redemption, Lettie is determined to turn over a new leaf, and Eulis is happy to follow her. The couple impersonates a preacher ... Read more
On My Stars
The author of Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons cooks up a novel of hard-won luck and the wonder of reaping blessing from calamity. It’s 1937, and shy, homely, 18-year-old Violet Mathers—battered by a mother’s desertion, a father’s contempt and an accident that cost her her arm—has decided to travel from her Kentucky hometown to the ... Read more
Daily Deal: Kindred
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. $2.99 on Kindle. Browse all of today’s daily deals.... Read more
The Hounds of God
Haunted by memories of the Inquisition, English-born Edric Bigge travels to France to paint beautiful murals on great cathedrals. Just as he settles in he finds himself up against his old foe, the Inquisitor, Bishop Hugo. The Hounds of God transports readers to 13th century Paris where the constraints of the Church on women lead ... Read more
The Witch of Leper Cove
When Lily Bigge learns her mentor, Alice of Aldinoch, is accused of witchcraft she’s stunned. Before she knows it, Alice is condemned as a heretic and locked beneath the tower of Guildford Castle. Alice always knew herbal healers risked running afoul of the Church but she did not really expect it would happen to her. ... Read more
A Leap In Time
A Leap In Time is a time travel romance set in ancient Pompeii in 59AD during its peak of prosperity. Lexi Carter a modern day girl living in Los Angeles unlocks an enchanted painting that enables her to travel between the two worlds. Marcus Cassius is the Adonis that captures Lexi’s heart and soul, forcing ... Read more
Free: Birds of Passage: An Italian Immigrant Coming of Age Story
Birds of Passage recalls the Italian immigration experience at the turn of the twentieth-century when New York’s streets were paved with violence and disappointment. Leonardo Robustelli leaves Naples in 1905 to seek his fortune. Carlo Mazzi committed murder and escaped. Azzura Medina is an American of Italian parents. She’s ambitious but strictly controlled by her ... Read more
I Am Celtic
I Am Celtic, set in 10 000 BCE, is an epic journey of the beautiful and spiritually gifted young woman, Solveigh. As part of the tribe that were the progenitors of the Celts, her story takes readers across three continents and through four years of hope, horror, love, and loss. From her original home on ... Read more
Free: Winds of Betrayal (Books 1 & 2)
THE CRY FOR FREEDOM, Book One A rousing family saga for the fight for America’s independence! The winds of change brews over the colonies. Tension against the crown is mounting daily. In Williamsburg, the rebellion burns strong in the hearts of two siblings, Jonathan and Hannah Corbett. Spirited and headstrong, Hannah finds herself thrust in ... Read more
Chaos: The Oracle
Cyndie Shaffstall, best selling author of Willows: The Creole, brings us a complex tapestry woven of overlapping stories from Greek mythology, Greek history, and the conquests of Alexander the Great. Chaos: The Oracle richly illustrates and breathes life into the ancient world. Join the journey. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Grass Sweeper God
Sixteen-year-old Smiley Hanlon is a young woman trapped in a young man’s body. In the 1950’s Appalachia coal fields of Solitude, Virginia, Smiley is placed in the “Mentally Retarded Class” because he is effeminate and wears a blouse and saddle shoes to school. Smiley is backed by his best friend, Lee Moore who protects Smiley ... Read more
Free: Fly The Storm (Historical Fiction)
Blanche Longhurst is a British delivery pilot working for the Air Transport Auxiliary during WW2. Trapped above cloud in bad weather she runs out of fuel and crash lands her Spitfire in a field in Nazi occupied France. Although a pacifist at heart she becomes embroiled in the French Resistance and finds herself involved in ... Read more
Free: Belle of Charleston
Set against the backdrop of Antebellum Charleston with the martial clash of brother against brother looming on the horizon–here is an absorbing, tantalizing saga of life during one of our country’s most turbulent times. In a world of pageantry and show, the Montgomery family accepts the way of life that has been antebellum Charleston for ... Read more
Free: The Cub´s Mistress
This is the story of the young Moses, a man of mysterious origin whose inner searchings and yearn to believe in the Divine makes him enroll as a priest. A incidental encounter with the beautiful but married Miriam among the colonnades of the temple of Solomon forces him to decide whether to follow his inner ... Read more
Realm of the Goddess
Seventeen year old Callie discovers she is an avatar of the powerful Hindu Goddess Kali and she has to save the world from Mahisha, the King of Demons. In a timeless tale of good versus evil, travel across the world to a place that time has forgotten. Here lies the answer to an ancient riddle. ... Read more
Sammy Made It All The Way Home
Loosely based on historical facts, this is the story of how poverty and a corrupt environment draw a young boy into the prohibition gang wars of Illinois. It’s also a love story as a young girl tries to save the boy she loves from a life of crime. After the death of his father, Sammy ... Read more
To View The Valley
One town. Two families. Ten lives locked on a deadly course for disaster… For when the fine line between romance and revenge is crossed, murder and mayhem are soon destined to follow! $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Witch of Leper Cove
It’s early in the 13th century and the Inquisition is coming to England. Even a small village like Aldinoch is not safe. Alice, an herbal healer, languishes in Guildford Castle’s dungeon. In this exciting tale of betrayal, adventure and hard-won triumph, three orphans must find a way to free the Witch of Leper Cove. $0.99 ... Read more
Robin: Lady of Legend (The Classic Adventures of the Girl Who Became Robin Hood)
A riveting twist on the tale of Robin Hood, featuring a female hero, dynamic characters, and action-packed scenes! See for yourself why this book has over 500 glowing reviews and is a #1 Bestseller in Historical Fiction, Teen & Young Adult, and Action & Adventure. Full of sword fights and heists, danger and romance, “Robin: ... Read more
Dangerous Pride
After years desiring Lachlan Forbes, Catriona Ogilvy is thrown into an arranged marriage designed to strengthen clan ties. Once her fondest wish, her marriage becomes a struggle as she adjusts to a relationship founded on obligation, not love. They must overcome their fears and the politics of 18th century Scotland. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Privateersman
Escaping the hangman’s noose in England, commoner Tom Andrews finds himself aboard a privateering ship before fleeing to New York at the time of the Revolutionary War. It is a corrupt place where opportunities abound for the unscrupulous. Betrayal forces a hurried return to England where he and business partner Joseph Star, a half Carib ... Read more
All Hallows at Eyre Hall
Experience the mystery and magic of a Victorian Gothic Romance set in Eyre Hall, the mansion Jane Eyre rebuilt after her marriage to Edward Rochester, and rediscover the allure of the mature Jane Eyre. This absorbing narrative will reveal the shocking secrets of the original characters, and bring to life new and intriguing heroes, spinning ... Read more
Becoming Lisette
Independent and beautiful, Élisabeth Vigée, affectionately called Lisette by friends and family, has progressed in the art of oil painting faster than anyone could have anticipated. Having received instruction from her beloved father, Louis Vigée, a prominent Parisian guild painter, Lisette possesses all the qualities of a brilliant young painter, but is saddled with a ... Read more
SECRET KNIGHT (Arthurian Saga Series)
After Guinevere’s death, Camelot has become a sad and quiet place. King Arthur never shows his face in public anymore. The golden age of chivalry has ended. The Order of the Round Table was broken up, its gallant youth dead or have moved on. Shining Armors and beautiful horses are hardly ever seen anymore in ... Read more
Glyphs: The Scribe
The Inca have no written word of their history. Legends were first recorded using colored strings and knots. After the Spanish destroyed these devices as pagan tools, nothing was left. No story was left. Until now. Wiraqucha, the creator god, has appointed others to watch over his creations, but after 100 years, the custodians are ... Read more
Free: Winds of Betrayal 1 & 2
A rousing family saga for the fight for America’s independence! The winds of change brews over the colonies. Tension against the crown is mounting daily. With war looming on the horizon, it will be soon discovered there is a high price to be paid for the cry for freedom. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Willows: The Creole
The Arceneauxs have a long history of falling victim to circumstance, but heir to the family home, one woman is determined the legacy will end with her. Embroiled in the fleecing of New York’s bridge funds, she is offered a new life in New Orleans, but what she finds is an abandoned house, a fractured ... Read more
Vanquished
Known as The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia ~ Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter for detractors’ portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even whores. But a high~ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to ensure that the Parliamentary bill ... Read more
The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army
During the tense summer of 1932, a charismatic hobo leads 20,000 jobless World War I veterans into Washington, D.C. to demand payment of their service compensation. In this epic novel that sweeps across three decades, eight Americans come of age in Europe, only to reunite during the Great Depression to determine the fate of a ... Read more
The Grass Sweeper God
Sixteen-year-old Smiley Hanlon is a young woman trapped in a young man’s body. In the 1950’s Appalachia coal fields of Solitude, Virginia, Smiley is placed in the “Mentally Retarded Class” because he is effeminate and wears a blouse and saddle shoes to school. Smiley is backed by his best friend, Lee Moore who protects Smiley ... Read more
Corral Nocturne: A Novella
Lonely and isolated on her ill-tempered brother’s ranch, Ellie Strickland has almost given up hope of finding friends, or a sweetheart. But when she meets Cole Newcomb, the handsome, well-to-do heir to the biggest ranch in the county, her summer is transformed. Cole’s invitation to the Fourth of July dance might mean a dream come ... Read more
A Peek at Bathsheba
At the height of his political success, David (of the Old Testament) takes a stumble, which threatens to undermine all his achievements. He falls in love with a married woman, Bathsheba, and then tries to cover up the scandal, and have her husband, Uriah, carry his own death sentence to his commander, Joav. Only then ... Read more
Free: Sergei and Hans
In a WWI prison camp, a German guard discovers a Russian prisoner’s journal. The guard then invites the prisoner over for Christmas dinner where they recount their stories of the beginning of the war, and together they share one last meal. Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Hard Road Home
The Civil War has arrived in idyllic but poor Louisiana. Riley, a young man in his twenties, is a land owner with a wife and a child on the way. He wants nothing more in life than to work his land and provide for his family. But when soldiers show up on his property one ... Read more
Free: RC and RUBY Screenplay
RC and RUBY Screenplay is an Amazon Kindle book that is adapted from the historical romantic action novel, Atlantic City Nazi. The major locales are along the US coastline from Newport, RI to Key West, Fl and include locations in Germany prior to World War II. The Screenplay is preceded by a Treatment (Hollywood version ... Read more
Blurred Memories
Helen Dorcell is about to marry the one man she was meant for. She didn’t count on a war turning her world upside down. It is 1941 and as lovers and husbands are shipped off, a twist of fate will force her into the arms of another man. But an accident will plunge Helen on ... Read more
The Forgotten Seamstress
Customer review: “This is a soul-stirring story that will satisfy historical and contemporary fiction readers alike.” $1.99 on Kindle, today only (4/28/2015).... Read more
Breaking TWIG
Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming-of-age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life. Not even ... Read more
Free: Kurinji Flowers
In the mid 1930s Ginny has been abused by a family friend and alienated from her well-intentioned but bossy mother. When the truth of her abusive past comes out, her marriage prospects are ruined – but Tony Tilman, a handsome tea planter offers her another chance for love and she marries him and joins him ... Read more
