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.
Avery’s Ghost
When Evelyn is accidentally poisoned, her only hope is to sign the curious contract of Hart’s Circus— the same place her brother, Avery, vanished before her birth. She investigates, but turns up questions no carnie will answer… and infuriates the tempestuous Manager Hart. Undeterred, she’ll cajole and blackmail her way to the truth. Perfect for ... Read more
Carry That Weight: The Story of the Beatles
“Carry That Weight, The story of the Beatles” is not only an engrossing read for Beatles fans, but it’s also an important piece of music history. The book provides a new perspective on the band’s journey, giving readers a deeper understanding of the personal dynamics and creative forces that drove the Beatles to become one ... Read more
Valentine George: An Ordinary Man, Who Lived Through Extraordinary Times. A Historical Family Saga (Ancestors Book 1)
VALENTINE GEORGE is the first in my ANCESTORS series. Although fiction, they are based on the lives of real people. In this novel we follow the story of Valentine George, an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times. From his beginning, in the slums of London during Victorian times, through World Wars One and Two, ... Read more
The Grass Sweeper God
Pick truth over a pretty lie: Smiley Hanlon lives day-to-day in a 1950s Coal Camp town while tethered to the wrong body… $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Legend Is Born
This is a pre-prequel to the series Legends of Lainjin. Helkena, a young untattooed woman, having survived a typhoon caring for the young child Lainjin must now travel to Nadik. Her goal is to get her tattoos there and, in time, to find a man to take home to Wotto. But will she entice a ... Read more
The Bringer of Happiness
From the award-winning writer and director of The Women’s Jail Project and author of Dancing the Labyrinth, comes an evocative time-travelling tale that unashamedly merges renowned historical characters and events into a spellbinding story of destiny. “I should have assumed with parents known to the world as Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ, I would be ... Read more
Rampage at Calico Rock
Trying to move forward into a new future is not always easy when you live in North Central Arkansas following the Civil War… Jonathan came to Arkansas to raise his young son with hopes of escaping the ravages of a divided nation. The North and the South have been at war for what feels like ... Read more
Glass Ornament Christmas
It is 1896, and this Christmastide is extra special for glass blower Shayla Toselli in Canterbury Corner, England. The town square will have an electrically lit tree, and she has been commissioned to create delicate glass ornaments for the new Duke’s Christmas Eve ball. When former soldier Adam Preston finds himself in the Toselli workshop, ... Read more
Storykeeper
The first recorded Europeans to cross the Mississippi River reached the western shore on June 18, 1541. Hernando de Soto and his army of three hundred and fifty conquistadors spent the next year and a half conquering the nations in the fertile flood plains of eastern Arkansas. Three surviving sixteenth-century journals written during the expedition ... Read more
Free: Magnus Maximus
Real hero, true events: In 367 AD, an evil genius gets 5 armies to invade Britain, killing 100,000 Britons in what historians call The Great Conspiracy. Meet the man sent to stop them. Magnus Maximus is Latin for Maximum Great – that’s his name – and he’ll become Roman emperor in 383 AD. Enjoy the ... Read more
A Captive in Algiers
In the year preceding the French Revolution, an orphan boy named Ettore finds himself at a crossroads. Seeking to add coins to his hidden strongboxes, he sets sail on the Tyrrhenian Sea, embarking on an exhilarating journey that will test his wit, resilience, and survival skills. But little does he know that the stormy seas ... Read more
The Other Side of the Hayfields
Young John Bailey struggles with taking over his father’s failing farm while neighboring plantation owners bask in prosperity. He seeks a better future but finds only a nation torn apart as the clouds of civil war rise on the horizon. Secretly befriending a slave girl and her brother, he grapples to understand the greed and ... Read more
The Munich Girl
The past may not be done with us. 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. ... Read more
The Man from Tuskegee
Shot down behind enemy lines in Northern Italy, Tuskegee Airman Bob Dale is fighting for survival when a nun and partisan lead him to safety at an orphanage. He arrives just as Nazi SS troops are closing in on seven little Jewish children hidden there. Now Bob’s fight takes on a mission larger than his ... Read more
Memories of Then
Set in Sydney, Australia, Memories of Then dances between present day and the summer of ’64, when Elijah Samuels and Audrey Hughes met and fell in love. Decades later, troubled Elijah is informed that Audrey is in a coma, her health declining. He visits her in palliative care, determined to pay his respects and say ... Read more
Free: Big Man Judas: Bob Ford and Jesse James
This tale of Historical Fiction begins with Jesse James, but it doesn’t end there. Bob Ford’s split-second decisions bring consequences greater than he could ever have imagined. Read Big Man Judas free June 19 – 23, 2023! Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Cookie Cutter Legacy
From the time of Queen Elizabeth I, a woman in each generation of the Van Demere family has added a cookie cutter to the collection, and Henrietta has a bounden duty to pass along the stories. Each cookie cutter’s vignette tells a story of American history, including WWII spies and the Revolutionary War, the Civil ... Read more
Free: The Legend Is Born
This faraway, pre-contact story begins with Helkena, a young, still untattooed girl enduring a typhoon crashing over the only island she has ever known. Her home is Wotto, one of the dry, windswept atolls of the northern Marshall Islands. The newborn infant Lainjin has just been entrusted to her care by his mother, who has ... Read more
Free: Lost Child
A spellbinding tale of female strength and perseverance! On October 27, 1915, a newborn baby was abandoned in a New York Orphanage. At age 12, they sent her on an Orphan train to the Midwest. How did she survive in a frightening new world and build her life? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Under the Emerald Sky: A tale of love and betrayal in 19th century Ireland (The Irish Fortune Series Book 1)
“Under the Emerald Sky reaches another level in storytelling, the kind where the characters remain with you long after you have closed the book.” – The Historical Fiction Company It’s 1843 and the Englishman Quinton Williams has come to Ireland to oversee the running of his father’s ailing estate and escape his painful past. There ... Read more
The Healer’s Miraculous Discovery
Thirteen-year-old Stevie Katz likes to spend his days working in the family’s store with his dad when he’s not in school. As he’s stocking shelves, he finds a mysterious object hidden in an unlikely place. He soon finds out that the object gives him the ability to heal the sick and wounded. Soon, his special ... Read more
Heirs of the Tide
Journey to the Holy Land at the dawn of the Renaissance for a thrilling adventure tale. When their father is abducted by a vicious crime lord, Yonatan and Aaron Déulocresca embark on an odyssey to retrieve a lost cache of family assets to pay the ransom. With the help of a fearless crew of Sephardic ... Read more
The Emerald Necklace
Rosalee Linoff seeks to return to her art after her husband’s death. Insecurity plagues her when she meets her new neighbor, best-selling author Fran Barish. A spiral of mutual envy ensues, intensified by Fran’s secret fascination with Rosalee’s granddaughter’s emerald necklace. As tensions escalate, Rosalee faces a dilemma when her granddaughter’s convictions are tested. $0.99 ... Read more
The Healer’s Miraculous Discovery
When Stevie Katz discovers a mysterious object on the shelves of his family’s store, his life changes forever. The object gives him the power to heal the sick and wounded, and a few freak accidents draw the public eye to his newfound abilities. Because he never reveals the source of his power, those around him ... Read more
On the Trail of the Mountains’ Mysteries
The On the Trail adventures continue in book four … What seemed like a straightforward mission becomes an eerie mystery. All the king had ordered them to do was to follow the old map through the Noble Mountains to ensure its accuracy. It should have been a routine undertaking. But confusion builds as the practitioners ... Read more
Blue Billy’s Rogue Lexicon
William Dempsey was a wonder among wonders. By 18, he had risen from a gang of London street rogues to be the personal plaything of the Marquess of Argyll. Maintained in splendour, celebrated at masquerades – with everything he could wish for. Now all has come crashing down. He is put out in the rain ... Read more
The Cabin at Jackson Hole
Winner of the 2021 Global Book Awards Gold Medal for Westerns . . . With the passing of her beloved father, Ava Butterfall is suddenly plunged into financial despair and must work for the first time in her life. Being adventurous and smart as a whip, Ava boldly accepts a position in the rough frontier ... Read more
To Dream of Shadows
Inspired by a previously untold true story, “To Dream Of Shadows” is an epic tale of compassion, sacrifice, and the strength of the human spirit set during history’s darkest hour. Ideal for fans of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”, “The Choice”, “The Nightingale”, and “Schindler’s List”. Discover one of the most heartwarming, heartbreaking, and heroic tales ... Read more
Free: Warriors of the Forgotten Way: The Samurai Cowboys – Book One
In the spring of 1870, Cade Wilson is one of three orphans of the American Civil War that meet a samurai warrior from Japan in the northern New Mexico Territory. This warrior trains these young men in the samurai way––in their weapons of war and the code they live by. As honor-bound servants to their ... Read more
City Girls to Prairie Girls
Jesse May Brown didn’t want to stay behind and marry the boy next door who adored her. Maude Ray was running from an arranged marriage. Ada dreamed of finding a cowboy out west and planned to save Maude from a disastrous marriage at the same time. With three separate goals in mind, Maude and Ada ... Read more
Free: The Legend Is Born
This is a pre-prequel to the historical literature series Legends of Lainjin set in the pre-contact Pacific. Helkena, a young untattooed woman, having survived a typhoon caring for the young child Lainjin must now travel to Na?dik. Her goal is to get her tattoos there and, in time, to find a man to take home ... Read more
Advance to Contact: 1980 (Soviet Endgame Book 1)
The Cold War threatens to go hot…… when American hostages are taken in Iran. Where will this conflict lead? The Soviets invade Afghanistan, and the governments of Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev jockey for position on the international stage. CIA operative Fred Poole races against the clock to decode the pieces of a Soviet puzzle ... Read more
The Red Road
There is no duty greater than family… When Jim McGinn is murdered on a dark road in Depression Era Maine, his family seeks justice, with or without the law. They become embroiled in a feud with the Morelands, the most powerful family in the county, during the last days of prohibition and aim to disrupt ... Read more
Warpath
In Warpath,Elias has many thrilling exploits as his world changes when he enters the Southwest frontier of the Tensaw. His incredible journey, full of unexpected twists and turns, requires him to survive the wilderness that would later become the State of Alabama. Along the way, he is befriended by such historical figures as Samuel Dale, ... Read more
Free: The Edge of Revolt
From USA Today Bestselling Author, Uvi Poznansky, comes a riveting historical fiction novel with a modern twist: The last thing David expects is that his beloved son will topple him from the throne. The betrayal threatens not only his life but also his legacy. Coming back to power will put his son in danger. Is ... Read more
The Batter’s Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love
In 1946, a returning World War II veteran is determined to reclaim his place among professional baseball’s upper echelon and win back the woman he once fell for. Two months into the new season, at the top of his game, he abandons his team, casting aside his fame and riches and vanishing forever from the ... Read more
City of Liars
Young navigator Joachim Déulocresca carries the weight of his father’s sins. Determined to honor his family name and rise above his shameful origins, he risks everything to smuggle sacred Jewish ritual objects to a secret community of worshipers, despite the Inquisition’s looming threat. But when he sees his mentor and friend executed for heresy, the ... Read more
Summers Slain: A 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (A Lady Gayle Summer Mystery Book 1)
Lady Gayle Summer, a young war widow, is thrown into a world of intrigue and danger when she unexpectedly inherits Bethencourt Castle from her father. When a dear friend is murdered in what may have been a case of mistaken identity, Lady Gayle embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth behind the recent ... Read more
After the Fire: Love and Hate in the Ashes of 1967
Still recovering from the 1967 riots, Newark seethes with racial tension, corrupt politics, and rival mob families jostling for influence—and is the wrong place and the wrong time for Italian golden boy Junior to meet Mickey, a tough, smart beauty from the wrong side of town. Can they ever find acceptance in a world that ... Read more
The Munich Girl
The past may not be done with us. 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. ... Read more
