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.
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
Catching Currents
“Historical fiction at its very best . . . lots of laughs to go along with it.” Amazon Reviewer Unexpected attractions develop when Sally and her brother Will from sophisticated Boston encounter adventurous Caroline and her brother Teddie from the rugged Colorado frontier. But their courtships are soon ended as they find themselves pulled apart ... 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
Free: 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. Free on Kindle.... Read more
HEIMAT
Heimat is an epic story of emigrants leaving post-WWI Germany in 1929 for America, intending to return someday to Neisse, their Heimat, as successful American citizens. Before leaving Germany, one emigrant’s plan began unraveling in Berlin’s Bahnhof, where he saved the life of an American diplomat. His heroism created a friendship with the diplomat and ... Read more
The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor
In a small 18th century American village, where the streams ran cool and clean, the soil was loamy, and the people prospered, repeated attempts to end the pregnancy of a prominent young woman resulted in her gruesome death. The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor is a compelling work of historical fiction which revisits those shocking days ... Read more
The Flight of the Veil
In the intelligent historical novel The Flight of the Veil, a psychiatrist returns to places that were treacherous in his childhood, reconciling internal contradictions. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Bridge to Freedom
A lot can happen in ten days. For ten days, take a peek into the lives of Violet, a domestic worker and her husband Everett a Pullman porter as they face the challenges of the times. Take a peek as they navigate a world where they must balance the demands of those whose expectations ... 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
Passage on a Bridge
It is 1935. Jim Hoffman, 19 years old with no future, leaves his hometown to ride the rails into the heart of hard times. Jim’s journey with a prep school dropout and a Texas panhandle Irishman sets in motion an odyssey of self-discovery and enduring friendship. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Triumph and Treasure: A Scottish Regency (Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Book 1)
She was a means to an end…he wasn’t supposed to ever love her. He lived an idyllic life…One day, Flynn, Earl of Luxmoore, was a wealthy, carefree lord, courting the woman he intended to wed. And the next day, he’s stripped of all but his title and left with no means to care for his ... Read more
The Druid
The start of a thrilling historical adventure series, The Druid is perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, and Griff Hosker. With his war-dogs by his side Bellicus of Dun Breatann must hunt down the men who abducted Princess Catia before their bloody plans can be completed… “Dark age adventure at its gripping best.” ... Read more
Free: Lost Child
A spellbinding tale of abandonment, rejection, and survival. A baby girl abandoned at birth was raised in an orphanage and sent to the mid-west on an orphan train. Placed out as a farm laborer, she fought for survival in a lonely, abusive environment. How did she survive? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The White Cockade
The White Cockade is the story of the early days of the American Revolution and of the men and women caught up in it: Josiah, who doesn’t want war but can’t escape it. Hugo, once Josiah’s best friend but now his bitter enemy. Mercy, who dreams of marrying Josiah. Walter, eager to fight the British. ... Read more
The Heart of a Hussar
He’s determined to protect his country. But can he defend himself against the ultimate betrayal? Muscovy, 1610. Jacek D?browski yearns to be recognized for his valor. Hoping his recent promotion to lieutenant will help secure the lands he desires, the twenty-two-year-old Polish cavalry officer earns instead the enmity of his captain. And his out-of-character rescue ... Read more
The Vanishing Woman
“The Vanishing Woman” tells the incredible true story of Ellen Craft, a slave who escaped by posing as a white man, while her husband pretended to be her slave. Ellen and William traveled 1,000 harrowing miles from Georgia to Philadelphia in 1848. It’s one of the most amazing stories of the Underground Railroad. $0.99 on ... Read more
A Slender Thread
The outcome of World War II hangs, as Churchill says, by “a slender thread.” Only the tiny, half-starved Mediterranean island of Malta stands in Hitler’s way. The relentless strains of war threaten not only the survival of Malta but also the survival of Johnnie and Eleanor’s relationship. Will their future together be yet another casualty ... Read more
A Panther Crosses Over
A clash of civilizations, two powerful leaders, and a dramatic outcome that ripples through generations. A Panther Crosses Over is the first book of The American Trilogy series, three novels that reframe the epic legacy of the fight for the American Midwest. $9.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Flight of Ukraine Sparrow
Torn from her home and family at a young age, a Ukrainian farm girl is swept into the KGB’s notorious State School Four. Here she is taught the dark side of sexual seduction and is being trained as spy for the State. Risking it all to escape the horrors of her life in the Soviet ... Read more
Free: David: God’s Chosen Crucible
David is every man’s man, an outlaw prophet, a man of war, and a man of God. He is a ruthless warrior, an ardent lover, skilled musician, and poet-philosopher. God sees in him the heart of a lion, the tenacity of a bear, and an ever-faithful man of action. God calls an unlikely and lowly ... Read more
The Munich Girl
The past may not be done with us. 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 untangles a web of long-buried secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like ... Read more
Then Like The Blind Man | ORBIE’S STORY
Feisty nine-year-old Orbie Ray hates his stepfather even more than he does mean colored kids with knives – a fact that lands him at Harlan’s Crossroads, there to spend a drought summer on his grandparent’s dirt farm while his family travels on to Florida’s sunny climes. Resentful, fearing for his naively religious mother, Orbie pines ... Read more
One Night With Finnbar
It’s no surprise Edmond Mattox demanded revenge for his loss of face; but how could Martin have known the price would be Finnbar’s innocence? Martin must choose. Is he the man who acts when evil threatens the powerless, or is he just another aristocratic prat who puts himself first? One Night With Finnbar is a ... Read more
On the Precipice of the Labyrinth
The novel takes place in the late 1930s and involves William Benning, a young American man who finishes college and has had a strong introduction to the Spanish language. Benning graduates from the University of Virginia in 1937 and has learned about what is happening in Europe in general, and Spain specifically, during that tumultuous ... Read more
Secret of the Old Tower
A family secret. Two dead bodies. The penalty for murder is death. The year is 1768. Angus MacKay returns to London after five years in the American colonies. He returns home full of hope for the future, but his lack of education soon leaves his dreams shattered. He discovers you can never go home again. ... Read more
Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
Theodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the Roman world. KIRKUS REVIEWS: “A meticulously researched historical account presented in the form of a thrilling political drama.” GRAND PRIZE 2019 Best Book, Chanticleer International Book Awards $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Les Beaux Châteaux
Inspired by a headline about French bakeries shuttering, Les Beaux Châteaux is the story of a father and son who must learn a new way forward as traditional French life evolves. Free on Kindle.... Read more
