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: The House of Closed Doors

In Nell Lillington’s small Midwestern town of the 1870s, a young woman’s destiny is marriage. Nell, determined to escape matrimony, finds herself pregnant but refuses to divulge the father’s name. Nell’s stepfather Hiram sends her to the Poor Farm so her baby can be discreetly adopted. But when two small bodies are found at the ... Read more

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Free: Elizabeth’s Christmas Miracle

Faith-Ann Smith

The widow Elizabeth Beaumont and her two children struggle to make ends meet in Boston after the Civil War took her dear husband away. Facing limited prospects and quickly running out of options, she finds an advertisement in the newspaper for a mail order bride from Mr. O’Connell, who lives in California with his two ... Read more

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Western Fiction 10 Pack

Robert Vaughan

Ten classic westerns from arguably the top western writers of our time. Glory Dust by Robert Vaughan – Blood Trail by John Legg – Crossed Arrows by Terry Grosz – Deadman’s Lament by Linell Jeppsen – El Lazo by L.J. Martin – The Fugitive by Chet Cunningham – The Derby Man by Gary McCarthy – ... Read more

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Grandpa and the Kid

Cliff Hudgins

Adversity is the stimulus of life. It moves one to develop or collapse. A young boy loses his entire family to a calamity and forces him to change. His mother’s last wish was to find a man he has just barely heard about and doesn’t know if he will be received well or not, but ... Read more

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Free: Olivia’s Christmas On The Frontier

Charity Phillips

A smart, independent young woman with a sense of adventure takes a voyage by sea to the Western Frontier to become a mail order bride–and is blessed with a special Christmas surprise… Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Best of the American West (Boxed Set)

L.J. Martin

Six classic westerns from six award winning authors and arguably the top western writers of our time. Texas Glory by Robert Vaughan – Stillwater Smith by Frank Roderus – The Horsemen by Gary McCarthy – Wades War by Chet Cunningham – Nemesis by L. J. Martin,Sheriffs Blood by John Legg. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more

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Mail Order Mishap

Barbara Goss

Amber Wakefield travels to Hunter’s Grove, Kansas and walks into a very unwelcoming atmosphere. Charles Turner, her intended, seems cool and aloof. His brother Garrett is down right rude. She wants nothing more than to rush back to Virginia, but Edna Smith, her chaperone, falls ill, and she’s force to stay. She knows Charles harbors ... Read more

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A Wave From Mama

A. Robert Allen

What do Weeksville, Irishtown, and the Draft Riots all have in common? A common place in American history or the setting for a socially awkward former slave determined to meet the challenges of the day? All of this action set in the backdrop of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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Cade’s Revenge

Robert Vaughan

Follow Cade McCall as he rides the Chisholm Trail, crosses raging rivers, faces cattle rustlers and fights marauding Indians while taking a herd of longhorns north to Kansas. He reaches his destination only to be devastated by the most heinous act he has ever encountered. Driven by a rage-filled determination, Cade begins his search for ... Read more

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Dawn of the Century

Robert Vaughan

In Volume One of The American Chronicles, Robert Vaughan panoramically evokes America at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, poised on the brink of greatness and fraught with the tumult of rapid change. In a time of robber-baron industrialists and rapid territorial expansion both at home and abroad, the new music called “ragtime” is the ... Read more

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Whispers Out of the Dust

David West

“Some things lost on the borders of dusk were never meant to be found.” Whispers Out Of The Dust: A Haunted Journey Through The Lost American West is a supernatural treasure hunt. Documents spanning centuries relate the story of a forgotten valley brimming with magic, ghosts and evil. Published here for the first time these ... Read more

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My Splendid Concubine

Robert Hart arrives in China during the 19th century Opium Wars and Taiping Rebellion. The real-life Devil Soldier becomes his enemy. To survive Robert learns how to think like the Chinese, and becomes the only foreigner in history that the emperor trusts. Hart owes this success largely to Ayaou, his concubine, his forbidden lover. $1.99 on ... Read more

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Free: Our Time in the Sun

John McLaughlin

This historically accurate account of an Old West group of lawmen, the Arizona Rangers, is an action-filled story complete with conflict, revenge, love, racism, and redemption in the Arizona Territory of 1903-04. Against the magnificent backdrop of the Southwest, the Rangers chase rustlers, help quell a riot with miners in Morenci, and track the nefarious ... Read more

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Frank Roderus Box Set

Frank Roderus

Journey to Utah, a classic western quest adventure; Charlie and the Sir, a classic western “fish out of water” tale; and The Herdsman; a tale of man against the system. Don’t miss this great buy, three wonderful western tales from the West’s Story Master. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more

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A Promise in Defiance

Bestselling author Heather Blanton brings readers the third book in the highly acclaimed Christian Western Romance in the Rockies Series–a gripping tale of two men with dark pasts and the women who could make them…or break them. The Reformed Saloon-Owner and Pimp… When Charles McIntyre founded the Wild West town of Defiance, he was more than happy ... Read more

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Free: The Voyage

Roberta Kagan

On May 13th 1939, five strangers boarded the MS St. Louis, a German ship leaving Hamburg headed to Cuba. These Jewish passengers paid a huge sum to be released from Nazi Germany.. But, this voyage was built on deceit, betrayals, and secrets that would change their lives and bind them together forever. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Love Reveals

“AWESOME story! I love the way the author was able to weave a forbidden love story into a history lesson then into a heartwarming story of the love between a father and son… Love Reveals will simultaneously educate you and renew your belief in love.”-Hershel Grangant, Bookcraft Free on Kindle. ... Read more

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The Silent Land

Set in England between 1903 and 1919, The Silent Land explores the complexities of love and the pursuit of truth in grief. The inspirational purity of the heroine will draw readers in, demonstrating how strength can be found at times when it would have seemed inconceivable. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Outcast Brigade

Douglas Hirt

A former Apache scout shunned by his tribe, an ex-Union Army major, a former Confederate captain, and two army deserters, all forced to band together to stay alive Can they bury their anger and work together long enough to do what they have to do? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Under Heaven’s Shining Stars

Jean Grainger

For three young boys, Liam, Patrick, and Hugo, life in Ireland of the 1960s proves to be both idyllic and flawed. Living in close proximity but leading vastly different lives, the bonds of friendship bind these young men as they grow, dream, and navigate the storms of youth. In a world where the Catholic Church is ... Read more

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The Colonel’s Daughter (Kit Carson Book 1)

Douglas Hirt

Kit finds himself on a hunt for a beautiful kidnapped young lady…and it takes him into the jaws of hell. He’ll rescue her, or die trying. The legendary Christopher “”Kit”” Carson, a skilled marksman, trapper, and hunter, finds himself involved in a manhunt when the beautiful daughter of a Missouri colonel is kidnapped, and he ... Read more

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Wake Not the Hangman

Deborah Leigh

The poignant tale of 15-year-old Thornton Guthrie, who plots an escape from the family farm with his father’s three slaves. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Pianist in a Bordello

Mike C. Erickson

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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Across Great Divides

Monique Roy

Across Great Divides is a timeless, World War II story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler comes to power in 1933, one Jewish family refuses to be destroyed and defies the Nazis only to come up against another struggle—confronting Apartheid in South Africa.... Read more

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Black Crossing

C.K. Crigger

Isaac Gilpatrick witnesses the killing of old Marshall Blodgett, and when his mother Ione is threatened with death – or worse – he is intimidated into remaining silent. But the guilt he carries wears at Isaac’s nerves, until he can bear it no longer and vows to put the information into the new marshal’s hands. $0.99 ... Read more

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The House of Closed Doors

Jane Steen

In Nell Lillington’s small Midwestern town of the 1870s, a young woman’s destiny is marriage. Nell, determined to escape matrimony, finds herself pregnant but refuses to divulge the father’s name. Nell’s stepfather Hiram sends her to the Poor Farm so her baby can be discreetly adopted. But when two small bodies are found at the Poor ... Read more

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Free: Letters From The Gold Rush Wagon

Charity Phillips

A family desperate to correct their sweet daughter’s twisted legs takes a journey out west in the hopes of paying for her surgery with the hidden treasures of the California Gold Rush… Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Outlaw Series

Chet Cunningham

Six GREAT novels from America’s premiere western author Chet Cunningham. Ride Tall, Hang High; Six Guns; Dead Man’s Hand; Avengers; Rio Grande Revenge and Showdown at Flagstaff are western action adventure full of gun smoke, fists, flashing blades and non-stop wild rides across the great west. All this, and a great buy as a boxed ... Read more

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Free: Mail Order Bride Louisa

Faith-Ann Smith

After the death of her sweetheart, Louisa feels that there is nothing left in life for her, and wonders what she could possibly do to fill the years that lie ahead. When her sister Eleanor suggests that she consider becoming a mail order bride for one of the men in the frontier, Louisa is appalled, ... Read more

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Love Reveals

Leo Love, and his only son, Michael, navigate their way through the cultural limitations and divisions that afflict American life. Starting from the 50’s and into the new Millennium, their lives at times, cross with the lives of some of history’s greatest icons. Joining their intellects and talent together, they become beacons for the Doomsday ... Read more

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Free: Mail Order Bride Caroline

Faith-Ann Smith

The Lord guides Caroline to an ad in the newspaper from a gold miner in Bannack, Montana who is searching for a lovely woman to become his bride. Soon, she joins the wagon train and anxiously makes the journey out west to start her new life. When she arrives in Bannack, however, she discovers that ... Read more

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Rye’s Reprieve

Louella Nelson

  In 1886 Montana Territory, a surgeon’s secret keeps him from the rancher he loves—a spirited woman who must remain a spinster to protect her land and family. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more

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Free: Mail Order Bride Laura

Charity Phillips

  The Civil War has just ended, and as the men return home and reclaim their jobs, Laura Masterson finds herself unemployed–and worse, forever without the man she had loved with all her heart. Free on Kindle.  ... Read more

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Crossed Arrows

Terry Grosz

  In 1829, Jacob and Martin left Kentucky to become Mountain Men, trappers of the Rocky Mountains. The rugged mountains that lay beyond America’s frontier remained mostly unexplored. In those days, when beaver were plentiful and the buffalo roamed freely, the killing was good. The two young men would also find that life would be ... Read more

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We’ve Come to Take You Home

‘An emotionally-charged story of a friendship forged 100 years apart. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more

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We’ve Come to Take You Home

  Samantha Foster and Jessica Brown are destined to meet. But one lives in the 20th century, the other in the 21st… It is April 1916 and thousands of men have left home to fight in the war to end all wars. Jessica Brown’s father is about to be one of these men. A year later, ... Read more

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Napoleon’s Rosebud

Humphry Knipe

  The beautiful daughter of a penniless widow is frustrated with her life on the remote volcanic island of Saint Helena until Napoleon, now an exile, arrives there out of the blue and sweeps her up in a world of intrigue as he plots his escape. Based on a true story. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more

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Legacy of Truth

Christy Nicholas

Set in late 18th century Ireland, Esme must grow up quickly in small, isolated northwestern town. Her parents are leaving for America, abandoning her and her sister to fend for themselves. As she struggles to find her place, she finds it difficult to keep hold of what’s left that’s precious to her. Once married and ... Read more

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Shadow of the Mast

L. J. Martin

When young Sam McCreed is shanghaied, he awakens aboard a California-bound hide, horn, and tallow brig. A ship he didn’t want to join, on his way to a place he thought he’d never see…driven on by a vicious captain and sadistic first mate. By the time they reach the Pacific, Sam is no longer a ... Read more

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