Historical Fiction Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: WITH LOVE FROM HARLEM by ReShonda Tate

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 27 January 2026

Publication Date: January 27, 2026 From The Queen of Sugar Hill author ReShonda Tate—a new novel inspired by beloved Harlem jazz performer Hazel Scott and the equal parts exhilarating and tumultuous relationship that changed the course...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE DOUBLE STANDARD SPORTING HOUSE by Nancy Bernhard

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 22 January 2026

Publication Date: January 20, 2026 For fans of Ariel Lawhon’s The Frozen River, debut historical fiction about a brothel nurse in nineteenth-century New York City who fights brutality in the sex trade and pioneers...

5-STAR REVIEW: WHEN WE WERE BRILLIANT by Lynn Cullen REVIEWER’S CHOICE 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 21 January 2026

Publication Date: January 20, 2026 They were an unlikely pair—a blond bombshell and a photographer determined to be taken seriously—but Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold would make a deal that would change their...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE SHARK HOUSE by Sara Ackerman

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 19 January 2026

Publication Date: January 13, 2026 A taut and emotional story, The Shark House sweeps you into a gripping mystery beneath the ocean’s surface, where one woman’s search for answers uncovers long—buried secrets and a reckoning...

5-STAR REVIEW: ON LIVING STONE by Heather Kaufman REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 19 January 2026

Women of the Way: Book 3 Publication Date: January 20, 2026 Every stone sings as it finds its purpose. This is the lesson restless Salome learns from her father as she grows up by...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE GIRL WHO TOLD THE TRUTH by Catherine Hokin

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 14 January 2026

Publication Date: January 13, 2026 Blood surges through Annie’s veins as she stares into the cold eyes of the Nazi who destroyed her family. This is her last chance to make it right… London,...

5-STAR REVIEW: ADELAIDE: PAINTER OF THE REVOLUTION by Janell Strube

Historical Fiction JoAnne - 13 January 2026

Publication Date: January 13, 2026 In a world where women are seen but rarely heard, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard refuses to be silenced. The daughter of Parisian shopkeepers, Adélaïde dreams not of marriage or titles but...

4-STAR REVIEW: GHOST TOWN by James R. Gregory

Historical Fiction Peggy K - 12 January 2026

Publication Date: January 13, 2026 In the isolated coal mining town of Sulphur Creek in the late 1800s, young Sammy Murphy’s world is a blend of shadowy tunnels and unspoken secrets. Born into...

4-STAR REVIEW: OPERATION SOUTH PACIFIC by Stephen J. May

Historical Peggy K - 8 January 2026

Publication Date: January 6, 2026 Set in the lush Pacific islands during World War II, Operation South Pacific relates the story of aspiring novelist and U.S. Navy Lieutenant James Michener. While attempting to write about his...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: DAUGHTER OF GENOA by Kat Devereaux

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 9 December 2025

Publication Date: December 9, 2025 The author of Escape to Florence returns with a thrilling adventure set in the war-torn 1940s and inspired by true events, about a young woman who risks everything to help...

5-STAR REVIEW: SHARPE’S STORM by Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction Peggy K - 2 December 2025

Sharpe Series: Book 19 Publication Date: December 2, 2025 A gripping novel featuring the legendary Richard Sharpe from Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling master of historical fiction widely recognized as “the most prolific and...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: HEMLOCK LANE by Marshall Fine

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 25 November 2025

Publication Date: November 25, 2025 In this riveting story of family bonds and buried truths, a young woman’s homecoming becomes a reckoning as four days together threaten to shatter the comfortable lies that...