Lord Lorenzo Medici, the de facto ruler of Florence, has summoned ship captain Niccolo Corsini to his estate. A mysterious fleet of ships flying a white flag with a black cross is decimating cities on Italy’s coast with Florence in its sights. This fleet doesn’t...

The 1900 Galveston (Texas) Hurricane was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, although it’s much more distant than events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Lucy Davila Hakemack, in her novel, Remembering the Storm, shows the Galveston tragedy through a human-interest...

Before highways and motels, there were wagons and campfires, and for one determined young bride, that meant seeing new land and building a new future. Rodantha’s Road by Joyce Stotts begins in 1856 with 18-year-old Rodantha and her new Welsh husband, William, leaving Virginia for...

In Redemption Trail by Steven D. McKain, Wyatt Stuart Chambers and Robert Sterling Barton meet at a pivotal moment in their lives when their pasts weigh heavily and the future is uncertain. Having served on opposing sides in the American Civil War, both discover a...

Raising Liberty by Joseph W. Hudgens is a historical novel that vividly reimagines the origin story of one of the world’s most iconic monuments: the Statue of Liberty. Blending meticulous research with immersive storytelling, Hudgens creates a deeply human portrait of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the...

Restoring Miss Hastings by Edwina Kiernan is a historical fiction novel set in 1850 England. Young Harriet Hastings has recently lost both her parents and is struggling to survive. But a letter from her closest living relative informs her that he is her new guardian....

Rising Sun Falling Rain by Trish Devine is set in Japan in 1946 soon after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima. Volunteer Mick Mitchell signs up for a year to help the local people after the devastation. Leaving his parents' New Zealand farm, he is keen...

C. R. Hurst's Round the World: A Life of Jeanne Baret is book one of a two-part biographical series inspired by the real historical figure of Jeanne Baret (1740 – 1807), the first woman to complete a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe (1766–1769). Jeanne...

Return to Pamplona: A Lover’s Quest in Post-War Spain by Peter J. Meehan is a deeply moving narrative set in the politically charged landscape of Spain in the late 1940s. It follows the journey of Terese Burguera, a spirited Spanish Basque medical student, and her...

Rebel Empress by Faith L. Justice is a towering saga of love, loss, betrayal, and political machinations in the Imperial Court of principally the Eastern Roman Empire in the fifth century. Athenais is the beautiful daughter of an ordinary Athenian scholar. When her father dies...