Zegar Mazel: It All Started in 1951 is a collection of autobiographical adventure stories for children written by Marc Zegar. Zegar was in his forties when he finally started his family, and, due to his personal circumstances, he had to raise them without their experiencing...

The Crimson Heirlooms by Hunter Dennis is set in France from 1776–1832, and in the West Indies. The story centres on two characters, Xavier and Jake, born at different times but loosely connected through their heritage. Xavier Traversier’s family had once been the most important...

Lindsey Casselton was cleaning out her mother’s house when she found a photograph that changed her life. Her father had died, and her mother, suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s Disease, lived in a facility. The photograph was dated nine months before Lindsey’s birth – and her...

For beautiful Lucinda, being born into a well-to-do aristocratic family in 17th century England should have been the beginning of a life of opulence and ease. Unfortunately, her mother, fifth daughter of Lord Hempstead, was disgraced by becoming pregnant while unwed and died shortly after...

Straight Uphill: A Tale of Love and Chocolate is a literary fiction novel written by Jess Wells. Gretchen was in a daze as she looked up at the small Italian village awaiting her, perched firmly on its hillside. The houses were gaily painted in aquamarines,...

The Country Girl Empress tells of the early days of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria, called Sisi within the family. We follow her story from birth to the day she married Franz Joseph, son of Archduchess Sophie of Austria and her feeble-minded...

The Fall and the Impact is a short story by Ben Walker. Written from the viewpoint of a bomb in World War II (known as Little Boy), this tale tells of Little Boy’s recurring dream – one which brings such thrill and delight to Little...

In a Gilded Cage is a historical fiction account by Susan Appleyard of the life of Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria (1837-1898). It covers the period from the time the fifteen-year-old Bavarian princess accompanies her older sister to visit their cousin, Emperor Franz Josef, and...

Freedom for Me: A Chinese Yankee is an historical fiction novel written by Stacie Haas. The character of Thomas Beck, the young Chinese American who joins the Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry with his brother, Robert, is based on the true-life story of Joseph Pierce....

The story of Philip in A Chain of Events is one of the most touching and beautiful stories you will ever read. It is also one of the most violent, sometimes almost unbelievably so. But given that this historical fiction is based on facts, thoroughly...