Historical Drama

A broken family. A new opportunity in a country on the precipice of unspeakable evil. November 1932. Seamus Ritter, a widower with four children, returns from riding the rails in an America crippled by the great depression. Realizing that his homecoming will not be how he envisioned it, and in a desperate attempt to make amends with his 16-year-old daughter, Maureen, Seamus accepts an invitation to come and work for his long-lost uncle in Berlin. With little other choice, Seamus takes the ship to Germany with his family.

A romantic historical drama set on Sable Island during the late 19th century. Dr. Wulfrey Dale, a well-respected country doctor, finds himself at the center of turmoil when Pasley Carew, a wealthy and brutal man, suffers a severe injury during a fox hunt. Despite Dale's best efforts, Carew dies not from his injuries but from a lethal dose of strychnine secretly administered by his long-suffering wife, Elinor. Elinor confides her guilt to Dale, pleading for his help to avoid execution, pushing him into a moral and professional dilemma. Dale, caught between his duty to the law and his ...

At the age of thirty-five, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne has left her philandering husband in San Francisco to set sail for Belgium—with her three children and nanny in tow—to study art. It is a chance for this adventurous woman to start over, to make a better life for all of them, and to pursue her own desires....

Even as Julie worries about how her children are coping with the loss of their father and the recent move to their new ghost-town home in Mae’s Second Chance, her youngest son is quietly searching through one of the centuries-old buildings for a treasure he believes that his father means for him to find. But what he eventually discovers is not at all what he expects.Julie Engstrom has brought her family to the deserted ghost town of Mae’s Second Chance. She knew that her family needed something different as they struggled to deal with the loss that has changed their lives forever. Her ...

This is a story of love and friendship like no other. A story of a crime which shakes that love and friendship to the very core and begs an answer to the question "What would you do for love?". It is 1964, the Beatles are topping the charts in America while on the other side of world the Vietnam War is escalating. In a small, one-light town in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York lives Danny Fosse, who is an average fourteen-year old kid who is becoming more and more confused and disillusioned by the world around him. His idyllic small-town life takes a dreadful turn when one of his ...

In Whispers Across Time, Civil War soldier Nathaniel and spirited Sarah cling to love through secret letters, even as war, betrayal, and fate conspire to keep them apart. Over a century later, historian Hannah Parker uncovers their story—and her own path to love with guarded archivist Andrew Knight begins to unfold. As past and present intertwine, two love stories echo across time in a tale of passion, redemption, and the unbreakable bond between hearts.

Sometimes, the life you think you’ve always wanted turns out to be not at all what you expected … Set in the late 1700s, the story takes place amidst the French Revolution. Odette is a lowly servant in the Marquis’ household, while Marie-Madeleine is the Marquis’ daughter. They are half-sisters and look alike, but one spends her days emptying chamber pots and scrubbing floors, while the other needs only lift a finger for the world to be at her beck and call. With the Revolution underfoot, Marie-Madeleine disguises herself in Odette’s maid's uniform in order to covertly meet her ...

The first two books in the Temptations & Scandals series, as neighbors find their way to love. DESTINED FOR THE DUKE Sparks fly in this passionate, May September marriage of convenience regency romance. When financial circumstances force the dashing Duke of Lambert to marry a quivering fourteen year old, he leaves for London immediately after the service and stays away, wanting no part in life with his child-bride. Six years later, he returns home to discover his wife is now very much a woman, and despite their determination to hate each other, a chemistry they can't ignore threatens to ...

Blandine isn't like the other residents of her building. An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents — neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana.

On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village—and a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II—centuries of earthquakes, landslides, and the lure of a better life have left it neglected. Only ten residents remain, including the widows Serafino—three eccentric sisters and their steely centenarian mother—who live quietly in their medieval villa. Then their nephew and grandson, Hugh, a historian, returns. But someone else has arrived before him, laying claim to the cottage where Hugh spent his childhood summers.

With her brother, the Duke of Everely, married off to the beautiful and charming Aphrodite Du Bell, Verity Eagleman feels more alone than ever within the cold halls of the family estate. So when she’s invited to stay in the Du Bells’ clamorous, boisterous home, she leaps at the chance. When Verity crosses paths with Theodore Darrington, the doctor who saved her brother’s life, she can’t help but notice how her heart flutters anytime he is near. But as the estranged bastard son of the Marquess of Whitmear, Theodore is forbidden to pursue anyone of the noble set.

Book three in the Kirkville trilogy. A fictional historical drama, set in the mid 1800s Ireland. Kirkville is situated on the eastern coastline of Ulster, County Down. There are several estates that are controlled by their masters, but not everyone is pleased by this authority, and who is charging them rent during a time when the famine is taking its hold. Olivia travels from her homeland of America to visit her cousin right here in this quiet little village, though she is soon to realise that her first opinions were but a skim across a very deep ocean. Murder and mayhem ensue, and from the...

On the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished village. It is only when Mei arrives at the Chairman’s opulent residence—a forbidden city unto itself—that she learns that the girls’ job is to dance with the Party elites. Ambitious and whip-smart, Mei beelines toward the Chairman.

A historical romance book set in Germany during the 18th century. In an era defined by fragmented states and the enigmatic Hercynian Forest, "Princess Anikka" transports readers to a world of grandeur and secrecy. Amid the lush, ancient wilderness of Waldavia and its neighboring regions, Princess Anikka's tale unfolds—a young woman of fiery spirit and unwavering resolve, challenging the stifling constraints of courtly life. Romance, political intrigue, and dangerous secrets form a captivating tapestry against the foreboding shadows of the forest. Princess Anikka, governed by her duty-...

At the age of 30, Robin is an Earl at last - but not the Earl of Waringham, the ancestral title that he still hopes to win back one day from the evil Mortimer. England has seen other changes too: Edward III is dead and his successor, the boy king Richard II, is at odds with his uncle, the Duke of Lancaster. The introduction of a hated new poll tax brings about one of the most dangerous episodes in English history and Robin finds himself embroiled in the Peasants’ Revolt.

A murder mystery book set in France and England during the early 1920s. In "Bordeaux Pines," Albert Carlson, a junior partner in a London-based wine merchant firm, embarks on a routine tour of wine exporters in France. His journey through the picturesque yet desolate landscapes of the early 1920s takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a mysterious motor lorry and an enigmatic girl named Madeleine Coburn near a secluded sawmill. This seemingly uneventful business trip soon spirals into a riveting tale of intrigue, deception, and smuggling. Carlson's inquiring nature leads him to notice ...

Amias, a traveling prophet, visited an old friend’s home in Jericho and learned of a secret council of religious leaders determined to uncover the fate of God’s ultimate mouthpiece, Elijah. The message was that he was taken away in a fiery chariot. But Amias and his friend, with their unique perspective, may learn for themselves what truly happened, even if it means venturing into unfriendly cities and towns. “Amias: A Widow’s Oil Novella” is a historical drama set during the reign of King Ahab and Jezebel, inspired by Biblical passages. Years after a duel between Elijah and the ...

A Novel of Love, Loss, and the Fight to Belong 1870s Kansas—On the windswept frontier, where the railroad has yet to arrive and old divisions still run deep, Coldwater is a town caught between its past and an uncertain future. When Alice Payne arrives, she is seeking more than a teaching position. Haunted by loss and driven by quiet defiance, she hopes to forge a new life in this divided town. But her independence and intellect quickly draw suspicion from the town’s elite—and one man’s unexpected attention. Will Mertens is a widowed German immigrant burdened by grief and the weight ...

Set against the backdrop of the both optimistic and violent 1950s and 1960s, Affections traces the Ertls's slow and inevitable breakdown through the various erratic trajectories of each family member: Hans's undertakings of colossal, foolhardy projects and his subsequent spectacular failures; his daughter Monika, heir to his adventurous spirit, who joins the Bolivian Marxist guerrillas and becomes known as "Che Guevara's avenger"; and his wife and two younger sisters left to pick up the pieces in their wake.

After a devastating injury, Petra is rescued by a woman and her family deep in the bayous of Southern Louisiana...not far from her home. If only she could remember that. But even as she struggles with memory loss, a more significant threat looms. A danger that no member of the pack could have ever dreamed of existing. When vigilantes from the ‘old country’ set their sights on destroying all the American alphas, men begin turning up dead in every state from New York to West Virginia, and the killings stretch ever south towards the walls of Heureuse. It doesn’t take long for the wolves ...