Being mistaken for a bear and being mistaken for a baroness is something rare in life, but for Sister Mary Thomas, the protagonist of the novel Dancing Through a Deluge by author Jess Wells, both apply. As the good Sister tries to survive in medieval...

In The Earl’s Promised Bride, Mary Lancaster presents an enchanting historical romance set in Regency England. Lucy Vale, attending her first ball, is immediately drawn to a stranger whose vibrant energy seems to match her own. Despite the impropriety, she embarks on an adventure with...

Abigail Cutter’s The Last of What I Am is a riveting and well-crafted historical novel about a Confederate soldier and the American Civil War. The narrator is the ghost of Tom Smiley, a Confederate veteran from Bethel in Augusta County, in southwestern Virginia. Tom’s spirit...

The Medicine Line by John Hansen begins in 1874 in Eastern Nebraska, where Civil War veterans James Coumerilh and Billy Watkins are ambushed by Sioux warriors; Billy is killed, and James narrowly survives. The steamboat Destiny crew is dealing with cholera deaths, and Fort Benton...

Once there was a time when miners had few rights. This was the case in 1913 in the mining town of Calumet, Michigan. A struggle for change was brewing, but as often happens in life, things got worse before they got better. In Copper Divide,...

Joie Lesin's The Passenger is a captivating tale set in the 1940s. The protagonist is Elizabeth Reilly, a young widow who can communicate with the dead. She meets a kindly senior man, Paolo Clemente, and witnesses his death. His ghost desperately needs Elizabeth's help to...

To Snare an Heiress by Evelyn King is the first book in the Gaol Manor series. This is a historical romance novel set in the Regency era, where the fiercely independent Mab Dubarry is determined to avoid marriage at all costs. After her father arranges...

Curt J Robinette's historical fiction novel, Until I Have No More To Give, offers a poignant exploration of post-Civil War America through the eyes of Hiram Robinett, a soldier-turned-bureaucrat who dedicates his life to rebuilding a fractured nation. The novel explores the complexities of the...

House of Honor by Margaret Ann Philbrick begins with Orazio Bordoni, who chooses to forsake the family business to pursue his passion for art in Rome. This decision disappoints not only his parents but also his brother Vincenzo, a Vatican priest. Orazio soon falls in...

The Water Stricken by Rina Olsen is a gripping historical novel based on the 1866 French expedition to Joseon, Korea. When His Majesty, the Daewongun, ascends the throne, the law prevents Christianity from being embraced by the masses. Missionaries and Christian converts are being exposed...