Historical Fiction Archives

4-STAR REVIEW: A BABY FOR THE HOME FRONT GIRLS by Susanna Bavin

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 3 September 2025

The Home Front Girls: Book 5 Publication Date: September 3, 2025 Manchester, 1942: With war raging in the skies, can the Home Front girls still find the happiness they so deserve? When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby...

5-STAR REVIEW: BEES IN JUNE by Elizabeth Bass Parman REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 3 September 2025

Publication Date: September 2, 2025 Uncle Dixon always told Rennie to tell the bees everything, but somewhere along the way, Rennie forgot. Now, with her life at its lowest, she begins to see...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: ESCAPE OF THE GRAND DUCHESS by Susan Appleyard

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 27 August 2025

Publication Date: July 27, 2025 The youngest sister of Tsar Nichoas II, Grand Duchess Olga was trapped in a loveless marriage, but found love in the arms of a handsome army lieutenant. Meanwhile, the Russian...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: TO SAVE HER HUSBAND by Ellie Midwood

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 21 August 2025

Publication Date: August 21, 2025 “Max.” Aurelia went to her husband, and took his face in her hands. “You need to leave. You are the one in danger. I am not. I have my...

5-STAR REVIEW: NOBLE by Mesu Andrews

Christian Romance Amy Wilson - 19 August 2025

King David's Brides: Book 2 Publication Date: August 19, 2025 Princess Maakah of Geshur is duty-bound to create a political alliance for her father through marriage. The cancellation by King Saul of her betrothal...

4-STAR REVIEW: WORLD PACIFIC by Peter Mann

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 August 2025

Publication Date: August 19, 2025 A darkly comic novel of intrigue, adventure, and the perils of self-invention from the author of The Torqued Man, set in San Francisco and the Asian Pacific during...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SECRET ORPHANAGE by Barbara Josselsohn

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 15 August 2025

Publication Date: August 15, 2025 "Nobody outside the village knows the orphanage exists, Celina. We're hidden by the mountains and everyone is sworn to secrecy. Please don't give the soldiers a reason to...

5-STAR REVIEW: HAGGARD HOUSE by Elisabeth Rhoads

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 8 August 2025

Publication Date: July 15, 2025 1859. The village of Nomaton, Michigan. After a reclusive childhood within the dank walls of Haggard House, Adam Bolton, at the age of eleven, is finally allowed to attend the...

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

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 8 August 2025

The Irish Adoption House: Book 1 Publication Date: August 7, 2025 Ireland, 1920. ‘Please. Don’t take her from me. Have some mercy, Sister. Just a moment longer.’ She clutched the bundle to her chest...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: MY GREAT-AUNT’S DIARY by Laura Sweeney

Contemporary Romance Amy Wilson - 7 August 2025

Dovecote Cottages: Book 2 Publication Date: August 5, 2025 Emily’s heart soars as the stone cottage on the cliff comes into view – it is just as she remembered. As she pushes open the...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SIX WEEKS BY THE SEA by Paula Byrne

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 7 August 2025

Publication Date: August 5, 2025 A vivid historical novel about Jane Austen that explores a question that has fascinated Janeites for years—Austen wrote some of the greatest love stories in existence, but did...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SHAKESPEARE SECRET by D.J. Nix

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 July 2025

Publication Date: July 29, 2025 Shakespeare is a woman—three women, in fact, who hire a footloose actor as the face of their writing. When they become suspects in a plot to kill Queen...