One of the best ways to learn history is through stories, and I have always enjoyed reading stories about women in history who have defied convention to lead compelling lives. In Kit Sergeant’s historical novel Marie-Madeleine, we meet one such woman, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, who joins...

Hunting Tobias by Michael Putegnat and Wayne Moore is a tale that traverses three generations and across different continents. The main character, Joseph, seeks the help of his friends Brendan, Frank, and Richard to uncover the truth of his family's history. Joseph's father, Daniel, is...

Jack Bailey hurries to leave Washington after President Abraham Lincoln is killed. Jack doesn't want to become a suspect because of his friendship with Anna Surratt and John Wilkes Booth. He decides to move to Texas for a while, but his unexpected meeting with the...

Catbird Winter by Monté Hill is a historical fiction novel set during and after World War I. It follows Trevor Middleton, an ambitious ambulance driver with dreams of becoming a pilot, and Annie Conner, the daughter of a tyrannical preacher in rural North Carolina. After...

Voices of the Civil War by Barry Robbins brings America's defining conflict to life through the clever literary device of imagined first-person narratives. The book offers intimate, highly detailed perspectives from a diverse range of figures from all levels and angles of the conflict. Presidents,...

Marc Fletcher and Christina Nicolschi Orlov are spies and a fake married couple on a serious mission in Europe in 1941, a time marked by war and the increasing threat that Nazis pose to the rest of the world. Though Marc is happy to accept...

In The Ties That Divide by Sandra Preisler and Taylor Preisler, Zoe and her mother escape from France amidst the slaughter of aristocrats. Settling in London was not easy for the two, but Simone worked hard to provide for their needs. After some time, she...

The Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: Enlistment in the Union Army XXV Corps by David J. Mason is a riveting historical fiction novel that places its protagonist at the heart of the Civil War's most challenging and transformative moments. At only seventeen, Parson Sykes is an...

Faith Adamson is an extraordinary child. A miracle baby, Faith said her first words immediately after birth and easily picked up other languages barely spoken around her. Playing complex pieces on the pianoforte and creating medication well ahead of its time at such a young...

Truth and Evil by G. Edward Martin is a gripping work of historical fiction set during World War II, weaving together themes of morality and redemption. It follows a German soldier who, after committing a grave sin, finds himself in a celestial confrontation with God....