Category: Historical Fiction

The Bringer of Happiness

From the award-winning writer and director of The Women’s Jail Project and author of Dancing the Labyrinth, comes an evocative time-travelling tale that unashamedly merges renowned historical characters and events into a spellbinding story of destiny. “I should have assumed with parents known to the world as Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ, I would be different.” Sara is different, for she time travels forward into other people’s bodies. When Sara, whose Aramaic name means ‘bringer of... [Read More...]

Rampage at Calico Rock

Trying to move forward into a new future is not always easy when you live in North Central Arkansas following the Civil War… Jonathan came to Arkansas to raise his young son with hopes of escaping the ravages of a divided nation. The North and the South have been at war for what feels like forever and now he desperately tries to build a new life for his family in the Ozark Mountains. But there is something lurking in the dark of this war-torn country. A sinister force obsessed with one thing;... [Read More...]

Free: Magnus Maximus

Real hero, true events: In 367 AD, an evil genius gets 5 armies to invade Britain, killing 100,000 Britons in what historians call The Great Conspiracy. Meet the man sent to stop them. Magnus Maximus is Latin for Maximum Great – that’s his name – and he’ll become Roman emperor in 383 AD. Enjoy the true story of a larger-than-life killer hero with fatal flaws and lethal aim winning an impossible war under extraordinary circumstances as he leaps off the page and runs for his life. See Rom... [Read More...]

A Captive in Algiers

In the year preceding the French Revolution, an orphan boy named Ettore finds himself at a crossroads. Seeking to add coins to his hidden strongboxes, he sets sail on the Tyrrhenian Sea, embarking on an exhilarating journey that will test his wit, resilience, and survival skills. But little does he know that the stormy seas and Algerian corsairs have other plans for him. As Ettore fights to stay alive, he must confront his own origins, beliefs, and shortcomings. Along the way, he forms unexpect... [Read More...]

The Other Side of the Hayfields

Young John Bailey struggles with taking over his father’s failing farm while neighboring plantation owners bask in prosperity. He seeks a better future but finds only a nation torn apart as the clouds of civil war rise on the horizon. Secretly befriending a slave girl and her brother, he grapples to understand the greed and prejudice among some of the ruling class, including his best friend and becomes entangled in the bitter dispute about slavery. Then one brutal night, John is confronted by... [Read More...]

The Man from Tuskegee

Shot down behind enemy lines in Northern Italy, Tuskegee Airman Bob Dale is fighting for survival when a nun and partisan lead him to safety at an orphanage. He arrives just as Nazi SS troops are closing in on seven little Jewish children hidden there. Now Bob’s fight takes on a mission larger than his own life–these children must be saved! This gripping WW2 historical thriller is captivating readers: “I couldn’t put it down”…”inspiring”…... [Read More...]

Memories of Then

Set in Sydney, Australia, Memories of Then dances between present day and the summer of ’64, when Elijah Samuels and Audrey Hughes met and fell in love. Decades later, troubled Elijah is informed that Audrey is in a coma, her health declining. He visits her in palliative care, determined to pay his respects and say a final goodbye to a life, love and time he once knew. However, Audrey’s family prove less than welcoming to this cantankerous, blunt stranger. Tensions rise when his pre... [Read More...]

The Cookie Cutter Legacy

From the time of Queen Elizabeth I, a woman in each generation of the Van Demere family has added a cookie cutter to the collection, and Henrietta has a bounden duty to pass along the stories. Each cookie cutter’s vignette tells a story of American history, including WWII spies and the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and Underground Railroad, indentured servitude, pioneers crossing the plains and the gold rush, barnstormers and orphan trains, safari and the Titanic, testaments of faith and s... [Read More...]