Historical Fiction Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HONG KONG WIDOW by Kristen Loesch

Mystery Amy Wilson - 14 October 2025

Publication Date: October 7, 2025 Hong Kong, 1953: In a remote mansion, witnesses insist a massacre took place. The police see nothing but pristine rooms and declare it a collective hallucination. Until decades...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: WHISTLING WOMEN AND CROWING HENS by Melora Fern

Historical Fiction Sandy Saucier - 14 October 2025

Publication Date: May 16, 2025 To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie Stauffer auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit's opening act. Through this train-traveling roadshow she experiences the tumultuous 1920's, a...

5-STAR REVIEW: ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM by Imogen Matthews

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 10 October 2025

Publication Date: October 10, 2025 The little girl’s eyes brim with tears. My hands shake with fear as I take her picture, right before the carriage doors bolt shut, taking her and hundreds...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE NANNY OUTSIDE THE GATES by Shari J. Ryan

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 8 October 2025

Publication Date: October 7, 2025 Auschwitz, 1944. Halina clutches the baby to her chest, cuddling her close for warmth. She must keep moving. Her heart pounds as she races through the thick trees....

3.5-STAR REVIEW: THE SEASIDE CAFE METROPOLIS by Antanas Sileika

Historical Fiction Sandy Saucier - 6 October 2025

Publication Date: September 27, 2025 Reluctant Canadian restaurateur Emmet Argentine is stuck in Khrushchev-era Vilnius, Lithuania, trapped under the tyranny of two equally formidable forces — the Soviet Union, and his staunchly socialist...

5-STAR REVIEW: ORPHANS OF THE LIVING by Kathy Watson REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 1 October 2025

Publication Date: September 30, 2025 A debut historical fiction for fans of Kristin Hannah and John Steinbeck, Orphans of the Living follows the Stovall family’s early 20th-century quest for home and redemption as they confront...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE KEY TO THE ISLAND HOUSE by Amanda Lees

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 25 September 2025

Publication Date: September 25, 2025 The grand painted arches and turquoise tiles in front of me exactly match those in the photograph in my hand. I’ve found my beloved aunt’s villa. The place...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE GUEST IN ROOM 120 by Sara Ackerman

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 19 September 2025

Publication Date: September 23, 2025 A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2025! From USA Today bestselling author Sara Ackerman comes a spellbinding dual-timeline novel set at Honolulu’s iconic Moana Hotel, where a real-life mysterious...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE LAST WAR ORPHAN by Jenna Ness

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 19 September 2025

Orphans of St Agnes: Book 2 Publication Date: September 17, 2025 I look down at the baby abandoned on my doorstep this morning. This little one knows nothing yet of the hatred taking over Paris. My arms tighten...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HOUSE FOR LOST CHILDREN by Marty Wingate

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 15 September 2025

Publication Date: September 15, 2025 English countryside, 1940. A brave mother’s love offers hope for children fleeing war. When her world falls apart, will they be her guiding light? When a class of frightened...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE LOST GARDEN by Angela Petch

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 12 September 2025

Publication Date: September 11, 2025 It hides a family secret that could change the course of the war. Italy, 1930s. Tina lives in the crumbling castle of Montesecco with only her strict father and their maid,...

5-STAR REVIEW: COAL DREAMS by Annette Oppenlander

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 11 September 2025

Publication Date: July 21, 2025 An emotional insight into the fate of the more than twenty million forced laborers in Hitler’s Third Reich—an impossible love for a German woman and the endurance of...