Historical Fiction Archives

4-STAR REVIEW: SUMMER OF LOVE by Kerri Maher

Historical Fiction JoAnne - 7 July 2026

Publication Date: July 7, 2026 In this moving novel about the transformative power of storytelling, three women make life-changing decisions set in motion by the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco, from...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE GERMAN SISTERS by Marty Wingate

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 7 July 2026

Publication Date: July 6, 2026 1938, Germany. “Be brave, little one,” her mother whispers. Dagmar holds her hand tightly through the train window, trembling, trying not to cry. But as the train lurches...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE IRISH GIRL by Sandy Taylor

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 2 July 2026

Publication Date: July 2, 2026 In the darkest days of war, can she find a place to call home? 1939: When tragedy strikes in the East End of London, thirteen-year-old Ivy Connell and her little brother Fred find themselves...

4-STAR REVIEW: WORLD WAR NIXON by F.C. Schaefer

Thriller/Suspense Peggy K - 1 July 2026

Publication Date: March 5, 2026 What if he had gotten away with Watergate? No arrest of the burglars trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee; no investigations, no special prosecutors,...

4-STAR REVIEW: 4 JANES by Marian Yee

Historical Fiction Peggy K - 30 June 2026

Publication Date: June 30, 2026 Through time, space, and the transcendence of maternal love, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is reimagined in the parallel lives of one soul searching for meaning, connection, and a place to...

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...