Historical Fiction Archives

4.5-STAR REVIEW: MY GREAT-AUNT’S DIARY by Laura Sweeney

Contemporary Romance Amy Wilson - 7 August 2025

Dovecote Cottages: Book 2 Publication Date: August 5, 2025 Emily’s heart soars as the stone cottage on the cliff comes into view – it is just as she remembered. As she pushes open the...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SIX WEEKS BY THE SEA by Paula Byrne

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 7 August 2025

Publication Date: August 5, 2025 A vivid historical novel about Jane Austen that explores a question that has fascinated Janeites for years—Austen wrote some of the greatest love stories in existence, but did...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SHAKESPEARE SECRET by D.J. Nix

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 July 2025

Publication Date: July 29, 2025 Shakespeare is a woman—three women, in fact, who hire a footloose actor as the face of their writing. When they become suspects in a plot to kill Queen...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE RECKONING by Ann Nolder Heinz

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 July 2025

Publication Date: November 10, 2024 In the fall of 1873, Harriet Mitchell's safe world as a third-year student at Vassar College explodes when she receives news that someone has broken into her family's...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE LOST ORPHANS by Ellie Curzon

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 25 July 2025

The Runaway Evacuees: Book 1 Publication Date: July 23, 2025 London, 1941. "Help me, Jack" is Elsie's last thought as the building crashes down around her and everything goes dark. Will she ever see...

5-STAR REVIEW: THESE BLUE MOUNTAINS by Sarah Loudin Thomas

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 10 July 2025

Publication Date: July 15, 2025 A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness. German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after...

5-STAR REVIEW: WAYWARD GIRLS by Susan Wiggs REVIEWER’S CHOICE 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 9 July 2025

Publication Date: July 15, 2025 From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in...

5-STAR REVIEW: MY GRANDMOTHER’S SECRET by Laura Sweeney

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 3 July 2025

Dovecote Cottages: Book 1 Publication Date: July 1, 2025 Grace stares at the glittering blue sea from her grandmother’s bedroom, clutching an old envelope to her chest with shaking hands. This will change everything...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE NIGHT SPARROW by Shelly Sanders

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 1 July 2025

Publication Date: July 1, 2025 For fans of Kate Quinn and The Nightingale, a gripping story of a young Jewish girl who joins an elite Russian sniper unit and embarks on a mission targeting...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: ECHOES ON THE WIND by Helaine Mario

Romantic Suspense Amy Wilson - 25 June 2025

A Maggie O'Shea Romantic Suspense: Book 4 Publication Date: June 18, 2024 THE MAGGIE O'SHEA SUSPENSE SERIES TWO STRONG WOMEN, GENERATIONS APART, CONNECTED BY MUSIC... In 1943 war-torn France, a young woman on the Night Train...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SMOKE ON THE WIND by Kelli Estes

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 23 June 2025

Publication Date: June 24, 2025 In the magnificent Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who...

5-STAR REVIEW: BEFORE DOROTHY by Hazel Gaynor

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 Long before Dorothy visits Oz, her aunt, Emily Gale, sets off on her own grand adventure, leaving gritty Chicago behind for Kansas and a life that will utterly...