A slave woman escapes with her infant daughter in the dead of winter then returns to the town she had escaped from to legally outwit her former master, winning freedom for her abused son. She then went on to fight for women's rights and laid the groundwork for allowing women to vote. All the while, risking her life to help other slaves and abolish slavery. Amazingly, she wasn't able to read or write but met with three presidents, hundreds of politicians, gave speeches to crowds all over the … [Read more...] about The Traveler of Truth (Sojourner Truth) America’s First Superhero By Gee Monte by Gee Monte
Jill by N. Joy
My novel is a bio-fictional story based upon the life of Mary Pearcey and inspired by the unsolved murders that were committed in Whitechapel, London in 1888. Mary was born in 1866, she was executed 23rd December 1890. The story opens to the main character reminiscing over a childhood memory and follows her as she attends school, witnesses her sister’s death and is burdened the responsibility of her remaining siblings. She leaves education and starts employment at Kenwood House as a scullery … [Read more...] about Jill by N. Joy
A Devil of a Time by Gretchen Jeannette
Captain Niall McLane might think he has survived the worst that could happen to any man, but as the bloody American Revolution draws to a close, he finds his troubles are just beginning. When Niall becomes a suspect in a grotesque murder, his reputation as a merciless Indian fighter and scalp hunter turns the public against him. Worse, the real killer has only begun to rampage, his sights set on those close to Niall. Now the hunt for evil is on. Niall's only allies are Andrew Wade, a hopeless … [Read more...] about A Devil of a Time by Gretchen Jeannette
White Bird, Book One: Among the Nez Perce by Blaine Wright
White Bird is a work of Historical Fiction, set to the background of West Central Idaho during the early stages of US Military escalation into the Vietnam Conflict. The birth of Daniel Knight on the storm ravaged slopes of White Bird Pass during the winter of 1950; presage the re-awakening of the “Great Animal Spirits” of ancient Nez Perce lore. Born to a native heritage from a woman of the people, who died in childbirth, and an Anglo-American bloodline from a father, who abandoned him at … [Read more...] about White Bird, Book One: Among the Nez Perce by Blaine Wright
FEATURED BOOK: The Laureate: Mystery in Renaissance Italy by Kenneth Tentarelli
Nico Argenti returns from the university with a law degree. He is eager to begin his career, but instead finds his city of Florence engulfed in turmoil. Power hungry aristocrats see the death of Cosimo de Medici as the perfect opportunity to seize control of the Republic. The Florentine Chancellor, who is familiar with Nico's abilities, recruits Nico to help learn details of the conspiracy before it can destabilize the government. Nico's investigation reveals that the conspirators have … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: The Laureate: Mystery in Renaissance Italy by Kenneth Tentarelli
False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2) by Tam May
Sometimes no father is better than a false father. In 1898 California, Jake Alderdice comes of age as a shy and contemplative youth who is passionate about art. On vacation in Waxwood, now a fashionable resort town, he meets Harland Stevens, who takes an interest in the young man's artistic ambitions. Stevens seizes upon the fatherless young man to counsel him toward a path to manhood inspired by Teddy Roosevelt and Thoreau. He introduces Jake to The Order of Actaeon, a secret society built … [Read more...] about False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2) by Tam May
The Making of a Prince: A Renaissance Historical Fiction Novel Based on the Life of Niccolò Machiavelli by Maurizio Marmorstein
Imprisoned, tortured, and forced into exile, he fought to clear his name. Instead, it would be misunderstood forever. Born into a modest family in fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli navigated his way through the violence and political uncertainty of Renaissance Italy. Recognized for his keen mind and understanding of human nature and government, Machiavelli courted kings and popes as the leading ambassador for his beloved Republic. But it was a time of treachery, collusion, and … [Read more...] about The Making of a Prince: A Renaissance Historical Fiction Novel Based on the Life of Niccolò Machiavelli by Maurizio Marmorstein
The Peterloo Affair by Lucinda Elliot
Young Joan Wright knows exactly what she wants: to escape with her friend Marcie from domestic drudgery in her poor village of Lancashire cotton workers, and to make a living using their healing skills. They have sworn to have nothing to do with men. But when roving, rascally, magnetic Sean McGilroy comes on a visit to his relatives, Joan finds herself attracted to him despite her plans and his bad reputation as a 'light o' love'. Appalled by the poverty all about, McGilroy joins Joan's father … [Read more...] about The Peterloo Affair by Lucinda Elliot
The Day to Eternity by Joanne Monte
A sweeping story filled with scenes of love, war, and great personal sacrifice, "The Day to Eternity" follows three characters who struggle to find their place, and one another, against tremendous odds. Set in the early 1950s against the backdrop of chaotic, war-torn Korea and and an enchanting but fragile postwar Japan, the reader is taken deep into the lives of characters whose responses to present adversity and the tortuous pull of the past crucially shape their destinies. Targeted Age … [Read more...] about The Day to Eternity by Joanne Monte
Beauty & Grace, A Historical Novel by Christina M. Abt
Beauty & Grace is an intensely moving work of historical fiction telling the stories of Teagan Cormick and Grace Reid, women from different worlds and different eras, brought together within the haunting confines of Midland’s Wood Haven asylum. Teagan leads readers through her early life in Queenstown, County Cork, through to her youthful immigration to America and her chilling, involuntary commitment to Wood Haven following The Crash of 1929. Grace arrives at Wood Haven in 1978, hired as … [Read more...] about Beauty & Grace, A Historical Novel by Christina M. Abt
A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron
A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron THE MASTER PASSION is the story of the marriage of our brilliant first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler. It begins with their whirlwind Revolutionary War courtship at Washington’s winter quarters. After the war, Hamilton engages in nation building. Like all mission-driven men, he is preoccupied, often absent, and not the best provider. Conflict is built into the marriage. It does not simply spring from … [Read more...] about A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron
Surviving the Fatherland by Annette Oppenlander
Surviving the Fatherland by Annette Oppenlander ***Winner 2017 National Indie Excellence Award***Indie B.R.A.G. Award Honoree***Winner Chill with a Book Readers' Award***Finalist 2017 Kindle Book Awards***Winner Readers' Favorite Book Award***An IWIC Hall of Fame Novel*** Spanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against the epic panorama of WWII, author Annette Oppenlander's SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part … [Read more...] about Surviving the Fatherland by Annette Oppenlander
