Historical Fiction Archives

4.5-STAR REVIEW: A PAIR OF ACES by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Historical Fiction JoAnne - 26 June 2026

Publication Date: June 2, 2026 REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious...

4-STAR REVIEW: BARGAINS OF FATE by Sharon Virts

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 23 June 2026

Fields of Honor: Book 2 Publication Date: June 23, 2026 Based on true events from the American Regency era, this riveting sequel to Masque of Honor explores the thin line between power and integrity, love and...

5-STAR REVIEW: MASSAWA by Pam Webber

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 19 June 2026

Publication Date: June 23, 2026 For fans of novels featuring strong, smart female protagonists, the first in a series about the novice female American spies in North Africa and the Mediterranean that changed...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: JANE AVRIL: THE MUSE OF THE MOULIN ROUGE by M. L. Malcolm

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 12 June 2026

Publication Date: February 5, 2026 Born the bastard daughter of an aristocrat, Jane Avril became the most famous dancer at the most famous dance hall in the world during the "Gay 90's" in...

5-STAR REVIEW: FEAST by Catherine Kurtz

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 12 June 2026

Publication Date: June 9, 2026 In nineteenth-century France, a young woman with a magical sense of taste saves a duc from poison, and her new role as poison taster thrusts her into the...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE VINEYARD SECRET by Gosia Nealon

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 10 June 2026

Publication Date: June 9, 2026 Germany, 1945. I tiptoe across rows of symmetrical vines, my thin linen dress no protection against the whipping breeze. A cry echoes through the night, but when I...

5-STAR REVIEW: LOST IN THE SUMMER OF ’69 by Eliza Knight

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 9 June 2026

Publication Date: June 9, 2026 Three generations of women, an unforgettable summer of music, and the epic cross-country road trip they'll never forget. Summer, 1969. Eleanor Bell doesn't have anything to lose. According to...

4-STAR REVIEW: A WARTIME PROMISE FOR THE EAST END GIRLS by Jean Fullerton

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 1 June 2026

The East End Girls: Book 3 Publication Date: May 29, 2026 East London, 1943: As air raid sirens wail, can the East End Girls join forces to protect their city and the people they...

4-STAR REVIEW: A NEW HOME FOR THE IRISH DAUGHTER by Kate Hewitt

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 26 May 2026

Maggie O’Halloran: Book 2 Publication Date: May 22, 2026 Maggie gazes out at the new and bustling city, promising herself she will do whatever it takes to make it her home, the place where...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE BRUNSWICK by Callie Murray

Historical Romance Amy Wilson - 19 May 2026

Publication Date: May 19, 2026 When Cora provides a safe haven for Jewish refugee children, she discovers that opening her doors means risking everything, including her heart. In 1939 Georgia, far removed from the...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: POLLOCK’S LAST LOVER by Stephen P. Kiernan

Historical Peggy K - 19 May 2026

Publication Date: May 19, 2026 Set in New York City in alternating time periods—the 1950s and the early 2000s—Pollock’s Last Lover is the engrossing tale of two women whose lives collide as they...

5-STAR REVIEW: A HARLEM WEDDING by Tiffany L. Warren

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 13 May 2026

Publication Date: May 12, 2026 From The Unexpected Diva author Tiffany L. Warren—a dishy and dramatic novel of the Harlem Renaissance and its most famous Black debutante, Yolande Du Bois, daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois,...