Category: Historical Fiction
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The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare: Content Guide
Publication Date: June 1961 Blurb: This gripping, action-packed novel tells the story of eighteen-year-old Daniel bar Jamin—a fierce, hotheaded young man bent on revenging his father’s death by forcing the Romans from his land of Israel. Daniel’s palpable hatred for Romans wanes only when he starts to hear the gentle…
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A Rose in West Egg by Storm Shultz: Content Guide
Publication Date: April 2025 Blurb: Had Rose only that day bemoaned her simple life? Yes. Is the dating pool painfully slim for an alopecia girlie? Sure. Would she love to go on a little adventure and along the way find love? Of course. But falling into a copy of The…
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Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas: Content Guide
Publication Date: April 2023 Blurb: 1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year’s time she’s fallen in love—both with the High Plains and with a handsome cowboy named Charlie Bacon. Life…
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One Wrong Step by Jennifer A Nielsen: Content Guide
Publication Date: March 2025 Blurb: Twelve-year-old Atlas Wade has been trying to forget the memory of his mother by climbing mountains ever since she died when he was nine years old. When his father signs them up for an expedition group hoping to be the first to ever summit the…
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A Time Traveler’s Masquerade by Sian Ann Bessey: Content Guide
Publication Date: April 2025 Blurb: One moment, Isla Crawford is inside McQuivey’s Costume Shop trying on a Jacobean-style gown for the parliamentary Autumn Ball, and the next, she is standing in an unfamiliar garden, barefoot, coatless, and at the mercy of a fierce storm. Confused, she seeks refuge in a…
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If It Rains by Jennifer L. Wright: Content Guide
Publication Date: July 2021 Blurb: A story of resilience and redemption set against one of America’s defining moments―the Dust Bowl.It’s 1935 in Oklahoma, and lives are determined by the dust. Fourteen-year-old Kathryn Baile, a spitfire born with a severe clubfoot, is coming of age in desperate times. Once her beloved…
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Where the Birds Call Her Name by Claire van Rynn: Content Guide
Publication Date: March 2025 Blurb: Broome 2023: When Saskia’s free-spirited mother leaves her a caravan in her will, it doesn’t make sense. Saskia is a schoolteacher, tied to plans and schedules, even if they are beginning to feel restrictive. Then she finds clues in the van about her mother’s mysterious…
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Castle of the Winds by Christina Baehr: Content Guide
Publication Date: April 2024 Blurb: At Midsummer’s Eve, the Red Dragon will choose his bride. Following this mysterious invitation, Edith sets off on a quest to the Castle of the Winds to find a lost family of dragon keepers in the mountains of Wild Wales. But all is not as…
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Midnight on the Scottish Shore by Sarah Sundin: Content Guide
Publication Date: Feb 2025 Blurb: The only way Cilla van der Zee can survive the German occupation of the Netherlands is to do the unthinkable–become a spy for the Nazis in Britain. She soothes her conscience with a plan to abandon her mission and instead aid the Allies. Her scheme…
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The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis: Content Guide
Publication Date: Jan 2025 Blurb: Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. But after an unbearable tragedy strikes, Charlotte knows her future will never be the same. New York City,…
