Historical Fiction Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: THE PORTRAITIST by Susanne Dunlap

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 August 2022

Publication Date: August 30, 2022 Based on a true story, this is the tale of Adélaïe Labille-Guiard’s fight to take her rightful place in the competitive art world of eighteenth-century Paris. With a beautiful...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE THREAD COLLECTORS by Shaunna J. Edwards & Alyson Richman

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 29 August 2022

Publication Date: August 30, 2022 1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and...

SPOTLIGHT: The Final Crossing by Vince Santoro Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 24 August 2022

Publication Date: March 25, 2022 In this tale of self-discovery and adventure, we are connected with a history we've come to know as the cradle of civilization. Nenshi, an Egyptian house servant, raised in...

SPOTLIGHT: WILD SALVATION by Alfred Stifsim Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 19 August 2022

Publication Date: February 1, 2022 Johnson is accused of assaulting a white woman, a deadly charge for a black man in 1876. Knowing he’ll be lynched if he stays in St. Andrews, Indiana,...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE POLISH GIRL By Malka Adler

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 16 August 2022

Publication Date: June 7, 2022 In the eye of the war That tore the world apart A mother wants a son A daughter needs a mother Winter 1939: Danusha and her family are forced to flee their home...

4-STAR REVIEW: The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 15 August 2022

Publication Date: August 16, 2022 NEW YORK CITY 1921: The war is over, fashions are daring, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a...

4-STAR REVIEW: PRIDE OF LYON’S by Jenna Jaxon

Historical Romance Diane Peterson - 28 July 2022

The Lyon's Den: Book 26 Publication Date: June 29, 2022 Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN:...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE POPPY WAR by R.F. Kuang

Historical Fiction Tamara Lee - 21 July 2022

The Poppy War: Book 1 Publication Date: May 1, 2018 “I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year I have absolutely no doubt that name...

5-STAR REVIEW: SMALL ACTS OF DEFIANCE by Michelle Wright

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 19 July 2022

Publication Date: July 19, 2022 A stunning debut WWII novel from award-winning short story writer Michelle Wright, about the small but courageous acts a young woman performs against the growing anti-Jewish measures in...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE WRONG KIND OF WOMAN by Sarah McCraw Crow

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 19 July 2022

Paperback Publication Date: July 19, 2022 New updated cover! A powerful exploration of what a woman can be when what she should be is no longer an option In late 1970, Oliver Desmarais drops dead in...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE NURSE’S SECRET by Amanda Skenandore

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 18 July 2022

Publication Date: June 28, 2022 From acclaimed author and registered nurse Amanda Skenandore, The Alienist meets The Light of Luna Park in a fascinating historical novel based on the little-known story of America’s first nursing school, as...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE RESISTANCE GIRL By Mandy Robotham

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 July 2022

Publication Date: May 10, 2022 Norway, 1942: She has lost everything to the Nazis. But now she fights back… War rages, and, under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and her fellow resistance fighters smuggle...