Category: Historical Fiction

Queensborough Rock

Stephen Shaiken practiced criminal law in for more than thirty-five years, the first four in Brooklyn, and the rest in San Francisco. He is a graduate of Queens College and Brooklyn Law School, and earned an MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University before starting his legal studies. He and his wife Josie are residents of Tampa, Florida. Stephen lived in Bangkok, Thailand for several years and has authored three novels in the acclaimed NJA Club Series, best described as exotic ... [Read More...]

Cracking of the Mask

Everything had been planned and executed to perfection. Where was the satisfaction, then? Why was happiness always so elusive? Zenon McClow, a businessman with a checkered past, flees the United States, hiding first in Ecuador and then in the tropical paradise of New Caledonia. Plagued by burning existential questions, he begins to write down his life story while on the remote Isle of Pines. After failing to find relief, he turns to penning The Mask, a historical novel set in the mysterious lan... [Read More...]

Lost Child

A spellbinding tale of female strength and perseverance! On October 27, 1915, a newborn baby was abandoned in a New York Orphanage. Never adopted, at age 12, she rode an Orphan train to the Midwest. Follow her adventures as she struggles to survive in a frightening new world and build her life. How does she survive? $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: The Legend Is Born

This is a pre-prequel to the historical literature series Legends of Lainjin set in the pre-contact Pacific. Helkena, a young untattooed woman, having survived a typhoon caring for the young child Lainjin must now travel to Nadik. Her goal is to get her tattoos there and, in time, to find a man to take home to Wotto. But will she entice a man from the lush south to her barren wind-swept island in the northern part of the island chain? Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Clay Legionary

All heroes have an origin – some are more noble than others Growing up on his father’s farm in Tuscany, the far north of the Roman Republic, Alerio Sisera has a unique talent. Unfortunately, his skills manifest themselves when he is too young to handle the consequences. From a farm boy to a battle-hardened commander of a Roman Legion is not an easy or a direct path. Clay Legionary is the 1st book in the exciting 19 book series Clay Warrior Stories. Set in the backdrop of the first war b... [Read More...]

The Munich Girl

The past may not be done with us. What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante – and Hitler’s lover – and untangles a web of long-buried secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Secret of the Old Tower

Yearning to prove his worth, Angus returns to Scotland, to a home torn apart by rebellion, and is catapulted into intrigue. Secrets are dangerous, testing loyalties and family ties. It seems everyone has a motive. Can Angus make sense of it all and unravel a solution? With his life on the line, the stakes have never been higher. $1.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]