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Historical Fiction, American Civil War Date Published: September 16, 2025 Newlywed Abby Anderson is unsure whether to call herself a widow. In July of 1860, as the nation teeters on the brink of war, word comes that her merchant captain husband, Clifford, has been lost to the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Rejecting social ex…

Historical Thriller Date Published: June 28, 2024 New York, 1890s The newspaper war between William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer's New York World is raging, while in Cuba a brave band of Cuban rebels are struggling to overthrow the tyrannical rule of Spain. As war fever builds, Cassie …

Historical Fiction Date Published: 07-01-2025 Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc. Whiz Kid is a powerful coming-of-age novel set in 1950 Philadelphia, where Jewish Navy veteran Ben Green faces impossible choices. Pressured by his pregnant wife to finish his novel or take a secure job at a prestigious ad agency, Ben must also…

Painter of the Revolution Historical Fiction Date Published: forthcoming January 13, 2026 Publisher: Acorn Publishing In a world where women are seen but rarely heard, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard refuses to be silenced. The daughter of Parisian shopkeepers, Adélaïde dreams not of marriage or titles but of earning a plac…

Historical Fiction Date Published: August 20, 2024 Publisher: Luminare Press Narrator: Carolyn Wand Eslick Run Time: 8 hours, 13 minutes   Where Eagles Nest chronicles a young couple, Alex and Julianna Lampert, as they immigrate from Lichtenstein, in search of land where they can raise a family and participate in t…

Book 1 of The Gift   Historical Fiction Date to be Published: November 5, 2025 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Marthe Adler dreams of making history as a great violinist. But in 1905 Germany, tradition and deep-seated prejudice against women musicians stand in her way. To make matters worse, her beloved father’s sudden death…

Literary Historical Fiction / LGBT Friendly Date Published: 07-16-2025 For Caleb McRae--devout Baptist, Texas Ranger, hero of the Wild West--life's simple enough: lawmen bring bad guys to justice, and hellfire's a sinner's fate. At least it seems that way, until he falls in love with the notorious outlaw, Henry M…

Historical fiction Date Published: 04-08-2025 Publisher: She Writes Press What would Jesus do? This wry, irreverent, fictionalized account of his life and ministry—told from the perspective of disciple Mary Magdalene—will implode everything you thought you knew. Jesus Christ—Yeshua, to his friends—is not happy. Two th…

Historical Fiction Date Published: July 24th, 2025 Publisher: Acorn Publishing   What’s left of a man’s soul when everything he loves is taken from him?   It’s 1864, and Gabriel Cooper couldn’t care less about the civil war raging around him. Framed for crimes he didn’t commit, he’s b…