Historical Fiction Colonial

An exposed family secret changed her life forever and blindsided his Marine heart. From the day Hannah was abandoned as a newborn, her adoptive parents have kept the truth of her origin from her and her siblings. But when that secret is exposed, a threat arises which forces her to leave the only family she’s ever known and the adoptive brother she adores. She must start her life anew in Charleston. U.S. Marine Lieutenant Adam White, harbors a secret—more confidential than patrolling the Caribbean for French corsairs, more threatening than the fight against Barbary pirates in the ...

Inspired by a true story and based on fact, ISOLATION tells of newly wed colonists Meghan and James Morley, who travel from England to try their hand at high country sheep farming in NZ. The terrain, while stunning, is harsh and unforgiving, the living conditions tough and challenging. Meghan and James suffer many challenges that will test them to their limits. Some early NZ settlers succeeded in their endeavors but many others did not survive the first 3 years.

The timeline for Crucible is 1775 – 1778. I decided to split the Revolutionary War into two books, mainly because there is so much more action as opposed to The French & Indian War…and because as I was writing, my characters insisted on some scenes I hadn’t previously thought of.  The three Mallory siblings, Daniel, Liza, and Liam play important parts in CoR, but it is their children who begin to make their marks on the saga. Their youngest son, Ethan, and their daughter Abigail, of Daniel and Deborah travel with their parents to Boonesborough and reside there with Daniel Boone. ...

Unfairly convicted and force into indentured servitude, young Highland Scot Duncan McCallum finds himself aboard a prisoner ship bound for the New World. A series of mysterious deaths plagues the passengers and claims the life of Duncan’s dear friend Adam Munroe. Enlisted by his captors to investigate, a strange trail of clues leads Duncan into the New World and eventually thrusts him into the bloody maw of the French and Indian War.

In 1766 Scotland, the laird of the clan, Angus McTern, has everything he wants in life. Although his grandfather lost the family's land and castle in a card game when Angus was just a boy, Angus takes his duties seriously and is respected by all the men and adored by the women. That is, until Edilean Talbot shows up.

In the eighth book in the Treegate Series on American History, the author takes readers back to the beginning—to the Revolutionary War—with another epic adventure with a new young hero. In this classic coming-of-age story set during the Revolutionary War, 16-year-old Matt Tyler (a naïve cobbler’s apprentice) unwittingly aids a rebel spy and is forced to slip behind British enemy lines to survive—only to be captured by the Continental Army. His only hope to make it home alive is to find a strength he never knew he had. Along the way, Matt finds himself caught up in major events of ...

One mistake cost him everything. Building a new life might give him a second chance at love. Thomas Bray came to Gloucester to escape his disgrace in Plymouth Colony, not to find his future. The skilled carpenter seeks redemption through hard work until he meets Mary Wilson—a founding family's daughter who sees beyond his painful past. As Thomas builds a canal vital to the settlement's future, Mary challenges the barriers around his heart. But when a wealthy merchant pursues her and whispers from Plymouth resurface, Thomas must decide: retreat again or finally fight for the love he ...

A thriller book set in London, England, during the tumultuous pre-World War I period. As the world teeters on the brink of war, the summer of 1914 in London is anything but peaceful for disillusioned expat Richard Caitlin. His monotonous life is shattered when a desperate stranger appears on his doorstep, thrusting him into a deadly conspiracy involving a political assassination that could change the course of Europe forever. After the mysterious Franklin Merrit, a man harboring dark secrets and posing as a dead individual, reveals a plot to eliminate a key political figure, Caitlin's quiet...

Journeyman: A Brighter Sunshine of Their Own is the fourth novel in the award-winning Journeyman Chronicles of the American Revolution. In the fall of 1780, the American cause in the South is teetering on the edge of collapse. The Continental Army has been shattered at Camden, and the future of the Revolution hangs by a thread. Lieutenant Colonel Will Yelverton and his loyal companion Charles Cuthbert answer the call of duty. Their mission: to support the daring guerrilla campaign of the legendary Swamp Fox, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion. Will and Cuth ride with Marion’s rag-tag ...

Secrets buried in gardens, courtrooms, and memory. A skeleton appears where flowers once grew. A stolen heirloom sets off a chain of revenge. A quiet man carries a guilt he can no longer silence. Historical mysteries, quiet crimes, and hidden reckonings—each story reveals more than meets the eye. In this collection of twist-filled short stories, ordinary lives conceal extraordinary truths. From a long-buried secret unearthed in a quiet garden to moral reckonings in distant courtrooms, each tale blends mystery, memory, and consequence. A missing skeleton surfaces in The Gardener’s Secret...

Winner of the Thomas Alva Edison Annual Children’s Book Award for Excellence in Portraying America’s Past The second book in the Treegate series picks up right where John Treegate’s Musket left off—following both the events of the American War for Independence and 16-year-old Peter’s clash of loyalty to his real father, John Treegate, and to his foster father, the Maclaren of Spey (a Scottish clansman). Peter’s two fathers are both jealous and distrustful of each other as well as worlds apart in thought and philosophy, and Peter struggles to be true to both men while also trying...

*** A William Allen White Children’s Book Award Nominee *** Peter Treegate has never been stronger, braver, or better with a knife—but he still has to learn humility if he’s going to save himself from the hangman’s noose… The fourth book in the Treegate Series follows Peter Treegate and the sea captain Peace of God Manly through the final years of the Revolutionary War as Peter—now a grown man—leads a band of Carolina mountain men though a series brutal engagements fought in the southern colonies from 1780 to the final surrender of the British at Yorktown in August 1781. ...

Incident at Blood River Sergeant Pedro deMelilla is an Isleño born in the Canary Islands, raised in New Orleans, and serves in the Spanish army in the New World. Grieving over the death of his young wife, he is sent to Mexico City, where he is pulled into an international conspiracy. False charges of heresy and witchcraft are leveled against deMelilla. Threatened by the Inquisition, he flees to Louisiana, where he meets Aimée, another grieving soul seeking a new life. Together they must fight to survive and discover love. This powerful story was forged in history and in Blood.

2018 RONE AWARD NOMINEE! IND' TALE CROWNED HEART FOR EXCELLENCE FIVE-STAR REVIEW! Seeking shelter from a storm on the Kentucky frontier, Gabe meets his neighbor's daughter, Martha. They're drawn to each other—but will secrets from their pasts stand in the way of their hearts' desires? A riveting historical romance teeming with action and brimming with emotional realism! Gabe McGrath has secured the title to his land among the blue-green pastures and rolling hills of 1806 frontier Kentucky. During a violent storm—the second worst night of his life—Gabe seeks shelter at the home of a ...

Indir is a Dreamer, descended from a long line of seers; able to see beyond reality, she carries the rare gift of Dreaming truth. But when the beloved king dies, his son has no respect for this time-honored tradition. King Alcan wants an opportunity to bring the Dreamers to a permanent end—an opportunity Indir will give him if he discovers the two secrets she is struggling to keep. As violent change shakes Indir’s world to its core, she is forced to make an impossible choice: fight for her home or fight to survive.

In Season 12, Vol. 1, Millie and Doc meet their newest challenge head on, but Millie decides it may be time to sell her beloved General Store, restaurant and hotel. Britt heads out of town on the trail of a dangerous outlaw and is soon joined by an unlikely helper, who promises more trouble than help. Meanwhile, Jacob returns to Clearmont having graduated college, but draws the ire of Cheyenne who is about to marry Laurel, but senses his fiancé may have eyes for the new lawyer instead. A death on a train sends Doc, Dawes, and Britt on the trail of a killer.

This stunning anthology of classic colonial suspense fiction plunges deep into the native soil from which American horror literature first sprang. While European writers of the Gothic and bizarre evoked ruined castles and crumbling abbeys, their American counterparts looked back to the colonial era’s stifling religion, and its dark and threatening woods.

Live the action of six deadly and seminal conflicts in Australia’s first 150 years: The Eureka Stockade – The Gold miners of Ballarat valiant stand against Government tyranny. The Siege at Glenrowan – Australia’s most infamous outlaw, Ned Kelly, shoots it out with police. The Battle of Cocos Islands – The face-off between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden would result in the Australian Navy’s first victory. The Broken Hill Massacre – A call to jihad in Turkey is the catalyst for the first terrorist act in Australia. The Battle of Surry Hills – A rambunctious American, called ‘...

In the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts, Martha Allen works as a servant in her cousin's household, taking charge and locking wills with everyone. Thomas Carrier labors for the family and is known both for his immense strength and size and mysterious past. The two begin a courtship that suits their independent natures, with Thomas slowly revealing the story of his part in the English Civil War.

After the long journey from England, Ellis arrives in America full of hope. James Fort is where a better life will begin for her: where she will work as an indentured servant to Henry Collins and his pregnant wife, gain financial security, and fall deeply in love with bold, glorious Jane Eddowes. But as summer turns to fall, Ellis begins to notice the cracks in this new life—the viciousness of the colonists toward the Indigenous people and the terrifying anger Henry uses to control his wife and Ellis—leaving her to wonder if she has sentenced herself to a prison rather than a new home.