Historical Fiction Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: THE TEACHER OF AUSCHWITZ by Wendy Holden REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 From the bestselling author of Born Survivors, a novel inspired by the powerful true story of a man who risked everything to protect children in Auschwitz. Fredy built a wall...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE CODEBREAKER’S DAUGHTER by Amy Lynn Green

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 17 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 In the heart of the US capital, Dinah Kendall's role for the Office of Strategic Services isn't the thrilling espionage career she dreamed of. Instead, she spends her...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU by Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction JoAnne - 16 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE RUINS IN WHICH WE BLEED by Steve N Lee

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 12 June 2025

World War II Historical Fiction Series: Book 3 Publication Date: June 12, 2025 Inspired by a previously untold true story… Following the Nazi invasion of Poland, 13-year-old Helena is imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto, a...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE HOME FOR WAR ORPHANS by Jenna Ness

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 11 June 2025

Publication Date: June 11, 2025 Paris, 1940. Golden light bathes the crumbling rooftop of the orphanage. I stroke my little sister’s hair and comfort the other war orphans climbing into the rickety truck. We must leave the only home we have left, or the Nazis will find us… Margot has spent most...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SINGER BEHIND THE WIRE by Shari J Ryan REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 5 June 2025

Publication Date: June 5, 2025 Auschwitz, 1943. Ella tries to ignore the coughs and crying, the whispered prayers. Her eyelids grow heavier, but then a melody floats through the block as if on...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: FROM THE VALLEY WE RISE by Elizabeth Musser

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 4 June 2025

Publication Date: June 3, 2025 Loyalty during Peril In the heart of war-torn France, Isabelle Seauve's resolve is tested after her father sacrifices his life to protect her involvement in the French Resistance. Heartbroken,...

SPOTLIGHT: FATHER OF ONE by Jani Anttola PLUS GIVEAWAY!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 2 June 2025

Publication Date: July 25, 2023 Maka, a young Bosnian soldier, has survived three years under siege. When the enemy forces launch their final attack on his hometown, he must escape to the hills....

4.5-STAR REVIEW: FATHER OF ONE by Jani Anttola

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 2 June 2025

Publication Date: July 25, 2023 Maka, a young Bosnian soldier, has survived three years under siege. When the enemy forces launch their final attack on his hometown, he must escape to the hills....

5-STAR REVIEW: THE CHOSEN QUEEN by Sam Davey

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Amy Wilson - 30 May 2025

Publication Date: June 3, 2025 Igraine, destined mother of King Arthur, takes center stage for a powerful, feminist retelling of Camelot. The stories of Camelot do not begin with the sword in the stone—but...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE GERMAN NEXT DOOR By Gosia Nealon

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 29 May 2025

Publication Date: May 28, 2025 Poland, 1943. “We owe you our lives.” The elderly woman clasps my hands before climbing the attic ladder to hide with her family. I am filled with anger,...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE BELGIAN GIRLS by Kathryn J. Atwood

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 28 May 2025

Publication Date: May 8, 2025 I have just been condemned to death. I will be shot tomorrow. Long live the King. Long live Belgium. When the Germans overrun Brussels during the First World War,...