Historical Fiction Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: MY GRANDMOTHER’S SECRET by Laura Sweeney

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 3 July 2025

Dovecote Cottages: Book 1 Publication Date: July 1, 2025 Grace stares at the glittering blue sea from her grandmother’s bedroom, clutching an old envelope to her chest with shaking hands. This will change everything...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE NIGHT SPARROW by Shelly Sanders

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 1 July 2025

Publication Date: July 1, 2025 For fans of Kate Quinn and The Nightingale, a gripping story of a young Jewish girl who joins an elite Russian sniper unit and embarks on a mission targeting...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: ECHOES ON THE WIND by Helaine Mario

Romantic Suspense Amy Wilson - 25 June 2025

A Maggie O'Shea Romantic Suspense: Book 4 Publication Date: June 18, 2024 THE MAGGIE O'SHEA SUSPENSE SERIES TWO STRONG WOMEN, GENERATIONS APART, CONNECTED BY MUSIC... In 1943 war-torn France, a young woman on the Night Train...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SMOKE ON THE WIND by Kelli Estes

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 23 June 2025

Publication Date: June 24, 2025 In the magnificent Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who...

5-STAR REVIEW: BEFORE DOROTHY by Hazel Gaynor

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 Long before Dorothy visits Oz, her aunt, Emily Gale, sets off on her own grand adventure, leaving gritty Chicago behind for Kansas and a life that will utterly...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE TEACHER OF AUSCHWITZ by Wendy Holden REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 From the bestselling author of Born Survivors, a novel inspired by the powerful true story of a man who risked everything to protect children in Auschwitz. Fredy built a wall...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE CODEBREAKER’S DAUGHTER by Amy Lynn Green

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 17 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 In the heart of the US capital, Dinah Kendall's role for the Office of Strategic Services isn't the thrilling espionage career she dreamed of. Instead, she spends her...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU by Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction JoAnne - 16 June 2025

Publication Date: June 17, 2025 Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE RUINS IN WHICH WE BLEED by Steve N Lee

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 12 June 2025

World War II Historical Fiction Series: Book 3 Publication Date: June 12, 2025 Inspired by a previously untold true story… Following the Nazi invasion of Poland, 13-year-old Helena is imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto, a...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE HOME FOR WAR ORPHANS by Jenna Ness

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 11 June 2025

Publication Date: June 11, 2025 Paris, 1940. Golden light bathes the crumbling rooftop of the orphanage. I stroke my little sister’s hair and comfort the other war orphans climbing into the rickety truck. We must leave the only home we have left, or the Nazis will find us… Margot has spent most...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SINGER BEHIND THE WIRE by Shari J Ryan REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 5 June 2025

Publication Date: June 5, 2025 Auschwitz, 1943. Ella tries to ignore the coughs and crying, the whispered prayers. Her eyelids grow heavier, but then a melody floats through the block as if on...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: FROM THE VALLEY WE RISE by Elizabeth Musser

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 4 June 2025

Publication Date: June 3, 2025 Loyalty during Peril In the heart of war-torn France, Isabelle Seauve's resolve is tested after her father sacrifices his life to protect her involvement in the French Resistance. Heartbroken,...