Historical Fiction Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: A DEEPER WELL by Jill Eileen Smith REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 17 February 2026

Publication Date: February 17, 2026 Her broken heart thirsts for acceptance and love that seem out of reach--until an encounter at the well reveals what her soul truly longs for. In ancient Israel, soon...

5-STAR REVIEW: ONCE WE WERE SISTERS by Ann Bennett

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 13 February 2026

Publication Date: February 9, 2026 Elise isn’t the same as her father. She’s like a sister to us. She’ll know what to do to keep us safe. She would never betray us… Paris, 1940....

5-STAR REVIEW: THE ORPHAN AT THE IRISH ADOPTION HOUSE by Michelle Vernal

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 6 February 2026

The Irish Adoption House: Book 3 Publication Date: February 6, 2026 Ireland, 1920. As they take my baby away, I choke on my tears. I grew up alone, abandoned in a place like this....

4.5-STAR REVIEW: MISTS OVER THE CHANNEL ISLANDS by Sarah Sundin

Book Reviews Dayna Linton - 3 February 2026

Publication Date: February 3, 2026 Behind enemy lines, adversary and ally become impossible to distinguish. The German invasion of the British Channel Islands shatters Dr. Ivy Picot's peaceful world, forcing her to shoulder the...

4-STAR REVIEW: GENERALISSIMA by Elena Maria Vidal

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 2 February 2026

The Henrietta of France Trilogy: Book 2 Publication Date: September 2, 2025 As the Three Kingdoms totter on the brink of anarchy, Henriette-Marie, queen of Charles I, strives to bring up their lively, growing...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE VICAR’S DAUGHTER AT THE LODGING HOUSE by Natalie Meg Evans

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 January 2026

The Wartime Lodging House: Book 2 Publication Date: January 30, 2026 London, 1940. When Jess Gresham arrives in the capital, she’s completely out of her depth. With bombs falling and a heartbreaking family lie...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE HIDDEN LETTER AT BLUEBELL FARM by Rebecca Alexander

Family Life Amy Wilson - 28 January 2026

Wildflower Secrets: Book 3 Publication Date: January 28, 2026 As the sun filters through the farmhouse window, Tasha carefully turns over the fragile envelope, sealed for decades. She shivers. Will this letter reveal the...

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...