Category: Historical Fiction

And Union No More

In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act creates a path for slavery to expand. Northerners and southerners rush settlers to the Kansas Territory, seeking to gain the majority. Guerrilla warfare results. Fictional characters interact with historical figures (including abolitionist John Brown and Abraham Lincoln), as the United States moves closer to civil war. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

A Murder on Allen Street

Time: the late nineteenth century. Place: the city of New York, a mecca for the ambitious and the corrupt where the poor barely survive on the wages for their fourteen-hour work day. Crime is at its highest, higher than it will be in all of the city’s history. Nevertheless, the burgeoning city is alive with possibilities. This is the setting for a different kind of coming-of-age story. Sixteen-year-old Rivka Lenski, a recent Russian Jewish immigrant and orphan, cannot even read or write E... [Read More...]

And Tyler No More

Kill President John Tyler? What if one death could stop the growth of slavery? Filled with the political intrigue of the 1840s, along with a national tragedy, “And Tyler No More” explores the battle between morality and legality, between loyalty and betrayal, and confirms that dysfunction in Washington is not a modern American phenomenon. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Drastic Measures

ER doctor Alexandra Ross thrives on adrenaline, but her husband’s secretive undercover work casts shadows over their love. A forced move to a quiet, yet perilous town challenges her to trade her passion for a strained hope of salvaging their bond. As danger closes in, Alexandra must confront the truth: can love survive when trust hangs by a thread? Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Romancing the Italian Duke

#image_title Darkly handsome, charming, and with a smile as warm as the Italian sun Lady Elisabeth has scandalized her family. She is sent away to live with her aunt in Kent. Soon, she finds herself in love with the scandalous Italian Duke of San Marco. As soon as she sees him, her heart melts at a smile as warm as the land he comes from. With his chiseled cheekbones, sepia eyes, and handsome face, The Duke of San Marco h... [Read More...]

Free: THIS WAY TO THE LIGHT

Daniel Summerhill gets up one day and walks out of his college class. This novel takes place in the chaotic year of 1970 in Greenwich Village. Daniel is confused. He has to face the draft, angry parents, newly-liberated girlfriends, and total uncertainty about his future. Carefully, he decides to explore being a writer. He gets advice and meets a variety of famous and rebellious people. There is the painter who lives in a treehouse, figures in the music business, writers among the Beatniks and ... [Read More...]

The Reluctant Pioneer: Inspired by a True Story

Matilda Koontz cherishes her life as a wife and mother on a Missouri farm, but her hardworking husband wants to claim free farmland in the Pacific Northwest. When he suggests selling the farm to trek two thousand miles across the Oregon Trail, she balks. But in the spring of 1847, Matilda and Nicholas Koontz and their sons embark on a grueling journey westward. Fresh graves testify to dangers of disease, accidents, starvation, and a multitude of hazards threatening her family and her beloved’... [Read More...]

Free: Oedipus by Ralph Burton

Book 9 in the Torn Pages Series “Hello I’m Oedipus Jones. I’m eighteen years old and one day I’m destined to kill my father and have sex with my mother.” In 429 BC Eddie “Oedipus” Jones visits a fortune teller with his friends where they discover their individual terrible destinies. Four years later, when they go to Midas Island for a graduation party, they find themselves at the mercy of two mysterious masked killers in Greek Theatre masks who are out ... [Read More...]