Historical Fiction Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: THE VIRGINS OF VENICE by Gina Buonaguro

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 23 February 2024

Publication Date: December 13, 2022 In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for her Venice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HIDDEN LIFE OF CECILY LARSON by Ellen Baker

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 20 February 2024

Publication Date: February 20, 2024 Orphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigenerational novel of survival, love, and the families we make. In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson’s mother reluctantly drops her off...

5-STAR REVIEW: ROSES IN DECEMBER by Mark A. Gibson

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 16 February 2024

Hamilton Place Series: Book 2 Publication Date: April 2, 2024 Jimmy Hamilton overcame childhood tragedy to become a hero in Vietnam, only to die there in 1967. All but forgotten, Jimmy leaves behind a...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE MARK OF THE SALAMANDER by Justin Newland

Action/Adventure Amy Wilson - 15 February 2024

Publication Date: September 25, 2023 1575: Nelan Michaels is a young Flemish man fleeing religious persecution in the Spanish Netherlands. Settling in Mortlake outside London, he studies under Queen Elizabeth’s court astrologer, conjuring...

5-STAR REVIEW: A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS by Mark A. Gibson

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 15 February 2024

Hamilton Place Series: Book 1 Publication Date: January 2, 2024 Home. For over three hundred years, that's what the Hamilton family has called a shrinking swath of farmland in the Appalachian foothills of South...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE ROMANOV BRIDES by Clare McHugh

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 12 February 2024

Publication Date: March 12, 2024 From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—the future Alexandra, last Empress of Imperial Russia—and her sister, Princess Ella....

4-STAR REVIEW: A SIGN OF HER OWN by Sarah Marsh

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 6 February 2024

Publication Date: February 6, 2024 A mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that follows a deaf former student of Alexander Graham Bell as she learns to reclaim her own authentic voice. Ellen Lark is on...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SEAMSTRESS ON CIDER LANE by Jillianne Hamilton

Historical Romance Amy Wilson - 5 February 2024

Homefront Hearts Publication Date: May 3, 2022 The Germans pause their bombing raids on London but life on the homefront is certainly far from ordinary. The Seamstress on Cider Lane is a lighthearted and...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE LAST VERSE by Caroline Frost

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 2 February 2024

Publication Date: March 5, 2024 Set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, a struggling musician writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime. Nashville,...

SPOTLIGHT: THE COMMITTEE WILL KILL YOU NOW by JL Lycette Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 31 January 2024

Publication Date: November 9, 2023 The gripping new book from the author of The Algorithm Will See You Now. Based on the true-life rationing of kidney dialysis in 1960s America, a medical intern in...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE COMMITTEE WILL KILL YOU NOW by JL Lycette

Thriller/Suspense Amy Wilson - 31 January 2024

Publication Date: November 9, 2023 The gripping new book from the author of The Algorithm Will See You Now. Based on the true-life rationing of kidney dialysis in 1960s America, a medical intern in...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE EXCITEMENTS by CJ Wray

Historical Fiction Tierney Linton - 30 January 2024

Publication Date: January 30, 2024 A brilliant and witty drama about two brave female World War II veterans who survived the unthinkable without ever losing their killer instinct…or their joie de vivre. Meet the Williamson...