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.
Secret of the Old Tower
Yearning to prove his worth, Angus returns to Scotland, to a home torn apart by rebellion, and is catapulted into intrigue. Secrets are dangerous, testing loyalties and family ties. It seems everyone has a motive. Can Angus make sense of it all and unravel a solution? With his life on the line, the stakes have ... Read more
My Mother’s Friend
What if a seventeen-year-old Iowa girl meets a German prisoner of war at Camp Algona, 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 ... Read more
Second Chance
Jack Reacher meets The Patriot in this exhilarating time travel alternate history series! When we lost the American Rebellion against the British in the 1700s, the world for the colonists changed for the worse. After centuries of suffering under the oppressive thumb of the English crown, a wealthy American entrepreneur in the 21st century finds ... Read more
Death on the Line
He signed on to map the New World, not solve a cold-blooded homicide. But his dream job just became his worst nightmare… Colonial America, 1760s. Angus MacKay worries he’ll never measure up. Passed from one distant relative to another, the math-minded orphan thinks he’s caught his lucky break when he’s hired by the famous surveying ... Read more
Forgotten Valor
A green lieutenant. A ruthless enemy. A heart-rending choice that will haunt him the rest of his life. If he lives. Korea 1950: When North Korea launches a surprise invasion of the South, Lt. Jonas Stuyvesant finds himself leading his platoon against a battle-hardened enemy. What should be an easy victory turns into a desperate ... Read more
Revelations From the Dead: Chronicles of the Night Waster
It’s not a horror novel, but it is ghoulish. It’s fiction, but it’s closely based upon the historical record. Connecticut, 1837: Cabinetmaker’s apprentice Thomas Sullivan deals with the sting of his father’s rejection while an epidemic rages about the countryside. As the disease takes members of his master’s home, Thomas helps the Shaffer family through ... Read more
Free: Cover Me With My Izar : A Jewish Family Saga
Through a series of stories that span several generations, ‘Cover Me with My Izar’, brings to vivid life the modern history of Iraqi Jews. The stories are fascinating, humorous, filled with humanity, always captivating, and brimming with heart. Each story is told from the viewpoint of a different character across the generations. From the tales ... Read more
Free: The Scent of Gardenias
Determined to escape her hard life, Margaret defies her father and marries. When her husband’s killed, Margaret struggles to survive. Another marriage holds promise but she when finds she’s living a life of secrets, it threatens everything. Free on Kindle.... Read more
A Panther Crosses Over
Read book 1 in the American Trilogy series before book 2, Beardstown, publishes on Oct 4! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
City of Liars
When the Inquisition holds its first public execution in Barcelona, it draws a Catholic heiress and a Jewish navigator into a secret alliance to smuggle would-be targets to safety by sea. As the rescue mission unfolds, a forbidden love blooms between them. Will their heart-stopping escape plan outfox the vicious regime, or will it cost ... Read more
The Shimmering
Romance. Drama. Mystery. Beware The Shimmering, book one in Michael L. Clark’s gripping historical, time-traveling trilogy. Emily and Daniel Lane, a happily married couple, are attempting to live a simpler life and live it to the fullest on their small farm in rural middle Tennessee. The two become separated when Daniel, while on a trail ... Read more
Free: Fate’s Final Destiny
Fate’s Final Destiny is the epic story of two young children growing up on the Oklahoma Panhandle during the Great Depression. As they become childhood sweethearts and fall in love, tragic family and world events cause their separation. Forced to live parallel but separate lives, they learn to navigate and survive the difficult times ahead, ... Read more
A Stream to Follow
With a story that moves from post-war America back to the killing fields of Alsace and to England under the siege of German rockets, “A Stream to Follow” gives fresh vision for paths to healing. Plunging deep into the crucible of trauma, it’s an uplifting tale of valor, resilience, and the search for enduring love. ... Read more
Lost Child
A spellbinding tale of female strength and perseverance! On October 27, 2015, a newborn baby was abandoned in a New York Orphanage. Never adopted, she was sent on an Orphan train to the Midwest. Follow her adventures as she struggles to survive in a frightening new world and build her life. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more
West From Here
West From Here is a timeless story of courage, honor, and manifesting one’s destiny. Based on real history, this novel is historical fiction at its finest and most authentic. In West From Here, author Bill Brown explores a defining time in US history, exploring grand themes at a deeply personal level as Elias finds himself ... Read more
Fabyan Place: Surviving Nazi Captivity
The Color of War: racism and survival in Nazi captivity During WWII, Sonny and John, two mixed-race Allied soldiers have managed to keep their ethnicity hidden since they enlisted. One is captured by the Germans in Belgium, the other in Italy. If this secret is discovered during their imprisonment, the Nazis will execute them instantly. ... Read more
Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon
From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Karsak, escape to ancient Scandinavia in this gripping retelling of the Norse Hervarar Saga. Hervor was born unloved, unwanted. Her family whispered that she was cursed, but the gods had plans for this shield-maiden. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
West From Here
Elias James is looking to find his place in the world, regain his family’s honor, and earn the respect of his stern and demanding father—and he has just the plan to accomplish all three. Years ago, Creek Indians stole a precious heirloom entrusted to Elias’s father. If Elias can venture to the Creek Nation and ... Read more
Journeys: The Archers of Saint Sebastian
15-year-old Marieke is as obsessed with the archers’ guild of Saint Sebastian as everyone else in Ardennes. Here twelve of the best and most beautiful young Journeyman archers compete every year for a coveted spot on the prince’s bodyguard. But when Marieke flees to the guild for refuge, there are only two things she really ... Read more
A Stream to Follow
When WWII ends, Bruce Duncan, a battlefront surgeon, returns home to a small town in Pennsylvania with plans of opening a general practice, fly fishing in his spare time, and forgetting the past. But the ravages of his war aren’t over. Haunted by images of soldiers he tried to save, his own near-death experiences, and ... Read more
The Munich Grl
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 long-buried family secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
LINCOLN’S LAWMAN
THE CIVIL WAR IS LONG OVER LEAVING IN ITS WAKE THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR BELONGING TO THE AGES, BUT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN THE MAN THEY CALL LINCOLN’S LAWMAN. The vanguard of a new breed of marshals envisioned by the slain president, the formidable Nash Riker upholds his sworn duty on America’s newest battlefield, the ... Read more
WILDE’ S WOMEN
SIX CHILDREN…FIVE RACES…ONE MAN’S EPIC TALE OF TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY In a saga ranging far and wide from the lush Hudson River Valley to the shadowy recesses of the Antebellum South, as well as the distant shores of an uncharted and hostile desert isle off the coast of China and just about anywhere in between, ... Read more
The Buffalo Cabin
From the author of the award-winning The Cabin at Jackson Hole . . . Ambitious and sophisticated William Winthrop has quit Boston to enter frontier politics in the new state of Wyoming, where opportunities abound. There, William meets Blaine Wallace, a fiery and independent suffragette, living near the town of Buffalo, who he believes is ... Read more
It Happened in Silence
An inspiring story of injustice and family loyalty set in turbulent 1920s Georgia. A mute girl leaves her Appalachian homestead to find her brother. Soon they both run afoul of the unjust laws of the time and soon are embroiled in scandals involving the women of the KKK, and baby farming. How will they escape? ... Read more
The Tide Between Us
1821 – A cargo of Irish children is deported to the cane fields of Jamaica: 1991 – Their story is uncovered: “The award-winning bestselling novel brings history to life in this mesmerizing epic” The Post $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation
“Pitch-perfect” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. An ingenious “take on Jane Austen’s immortal EMMA. Gold medal winner in Global Book Awards, Editors Pick (“outstanding”) on Publishers Weekly, Finalist in International Book Awards. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Last Dollar Princess
Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they kick it away, it comes slinking around time-after-time. Although her relatives are obsessed with social position and the opinions of others, heiress India Elisabeth Petra De Vries Ledbetter is determined to live life by her own terms, family expectations and society’s demands ... Read more
Free: Journeys: the Archers of Saint Sebastian
15-year-old Marieke disguises herself at the all-male archers’ guild of Saint Sebastian, the place she suspects houses her father’s brutal killers. Soon she’s vowing to help the most handsome young Journeyman in the place win the annual guild trials, without ever letting him discover her secrets. Robin Hood meets Mulan and Princess Bride in this ... Read more
The Julia Street Series
A segregated train ride is only the beginning. The Julia Street Series, including the prequel All’s Well That Ends, is an intimate view into the lives of Sara Jameson and family. Join them in 1943 as they make the move from the Southside of Chicago to Berkeley, California. Take a peek into an all-Black neighborhood ... Read more
Storykeeper
The struggles of a culture to survive, and the importance storytelling has always played in that effort frames this historical novel. “Storykeeper.” is an epic adventure, based on three surviving 16th century journals written during the expedition of Hernando de Soto, but it is told from the perspective of the ancient people of the Mississippi ... Read more
Savannah On Fire-1820
Historic and charming Savannah, Georgia, is the setting for the actual 1820 fire that burned almost half the town, leaving it charred and dazed. An arson investigator is hired by the city to seek the cause and the fire starters. Though faced by multiple trials-a kidnaping, a duel and a villainous attempted drowning- he is ... Read more
Aden’s Chance : An Alternate History, War of 1812, American Military Time Travel Novel (Pale Rider Alternative History Book 4)
Jack Reacher meets The Patriot in this exhilarating time travel alternate history series! After rescuing the Americans from the clutches of the British by traveling back in time to save the American Revolution, Thomas Nelson believes he can rest and enjoy his new 18th-century life with his wife, family, and new business. But history only ... Read more
Storykeeper
The struggles of a culture to survive, and the importance storytelling has always played in that effort frames the historical novel, “Storykeeper.” It is an epic adventure, based on three surviving Spanish journals written during the expedition of Hernando de Soto, but it is told from the perspective of the ancient people of the Mississippi ... Read more
Free: Charani’s Gift
At the dawn of modern psychiatry, two doctors encounter an astonishing young woman who will change medical history in this powerful novel of a time when the self was still a mystery, and magic was real. Based on real events, Charani’s Gift is the story of one remarkable young woman’s inner strength, reimagining the western ... Read more
The Other Margaret Beaufort
In 15th century England, there are two cousins, both the daughters of dukes, both widowed young, both the mother of sons called Henry. Both are named Margaret Beaufort. One Margaret’s son will be a future King. The other one’s son will be an infamous rebel. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: No Man’s Land
A local hero branded a coward. A community ravished by war. A nation mourns the many fallen without graves at the tomb of the Unknown Warrior. One night, as a full moon illuminated a battlefield and the sound of shells pounding the muddy waterlogged earth slowly faded, I saw a man moving in the shadows ... Read more
Modern Women: breaking the mould
Modern Women: breaking the mould is a series of four novels set in the past about women who confounded the restrictions the society of the day imposed on them. Set in the Roaring Twenties and Edwardian Britain (in that order), each book features a different female protagonist: from straitlaced Claudia, who discovers there is ... Read more
The Twelve Doors
In the 14th century, three children discover an ancient and astonishing Jew secret. Nowadays, a famous historian and her mysterious friend must solve it. A truly great enigma, based on real facts. #3 instant bestseller on Amazon. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Gurzil: The Wars of Wrath Book One
AGAINST THIS DARKNESS, TWO HEROES WILL RISE. THEY COME FROM WORLDS APART. BOUND TOGETHER BY MAGIC AND CURSED BY FATE. FOR THIS HAS BEEN FORETOLD. AND THIS WILL COME TO PASS. Free on Kindle.... Read more
