Historical Fiction Archives

GUEST BLOG: Regency Mystery and…Auditory Processing Disorder? By: Abigail Wilson Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 26 January 2021

“I have great difficulty hearing and understanding people in crowded spaces. It’s an affliction I’ve suffered since birth. Everyone’s voices jumble together, particularly with the instrumentalists present, until the sounds form nothing...

GUEST BLOG: Why Historical Fiction Intrigues Me by Ben Gartner Plus Giveaway!

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 26 January 2021

Put simply, historical fiction intrigues me because it exercises my imagination. But, I would argue that the best historical fiction also teaches. It can teach about the time and place, yes, but...

4.5 STAR REVIEW: BEAUTY AMONG RUINS By J’nell Ciesielski

Historical Fiction Diane Peterson - 20 January 2021

Publication Date: January 12, 2021 In Ciesielski’s latest sweeping romance, an American heiress finds herself in Scotland amid the fallout of the Great War, and a wounded Scottish laird comes face-to-face with his...

BOOK BLAST: A MOTHER’S PROMISE by K.D. Alden

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 19 January 2021

Publication Date: January 19, 2021 Based on the true story behind a landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision, K.D. Alden’s debut is a rich and moving story of one woman’s courage and strength at...

GUEST BLOG: A Soldier’s Guide to Staying at a Castle By J’nell Ciesielski Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 19 January 2021

The war to end all wars exploded into frightening reality in the idyllic summer of 1914 when an assassin’s bullet killed the Archduke of Austria. In the first year over 20,000 people...

GUEST BLOG: Why Did You Write Your Book? by Jess Lederman Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 19 January 2021

No one has had a greater influence on my life than the 19th-century Scottish minister, novelist, and poet George MacDonald. His writings—along with those of C.S. Lewis—were what the Lord used to...

GUEST BLOG: Inspiration For Writing THE LAST KING by M.J. Porter

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 12 January 2021

The Last King is set in the AD 870s in Mercia, one of the ancient kingdoms of England. If you’ve watched or read Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom books then it’s just...

GUEST BLOG: Putting the Mystery into History: Writing Historical Sleuths by E.M. Powell

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 11 January 2021

Like so many readers out there, I love a good whodunit. I hugely enjoy trying to figure out page by page which suspects are the ones to watch. Who may be for...

GUEST BLOG: Do You Believe In Ghosts? by David Fitz-Gerald

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 23 December 2020

Do you believe in ghosts? If you do, you’re not alone. From a quick internet search, it appears that between one-third and one-half of us do. One website suggests that forty-five percent...

GUEST BLOG: STEPPING BACK IN TIME TO DO RESEARCH by Simon Fairfax

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 18 December 2020

Although his was my fifth novel, it was the first in a new series and a complete departure from my more contemporary series set in the late 20th Century. There were a...

GUEST BLOG: Some of The Background of My Novel, “Into the Unbounded Night” by Mitchell James Kaplan

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 14 December 2020

When you’re writing a novel you’re not thinking about what you’re trying to say. You’re trying to make sense of the world your characters inhabit. You’re learning to experience their world through...

BOOK BLAST: INTO THE UNBOUND NIGHT by Mitchell James Kaplan

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 8 December 2020

When her village in Albion is sacked by the Roman general Vespasian, young Aislin is left without home and family. Determined to exact revenge, she travels to Rome, a sprawling city of...