In Anne M. Kennedy’s The Baku Inheritance, book one in The City of Winds series, in 1890, Anton Nikolayevich Sabroski arrives in Baku with tanker plans that could open a new route through the Suez Canal. He learns that his father has died, and the...

In Nicholas Teeguarden’s The Boy from the Vines, in Paris, Ruth finds a journal written by Joseph Durand, a young man living on a French vineyard during the German occupation of 1940, and begins tracing his movements to determine whether he was a real person....

In Tinker by Jennifer M. Lane, the main character, Caroline, wrestles with her beliefs and the fear of acting on them. The story begins in 1794. She is the daughter of the local tax collector. She finds herself caught in a growing dispute between the...

Entertaining and well-researched, A. Piper Burgi’s The Exploress and the Pillars of Eternity is a fine example of historical fiction. Set in the early nineteenth century, at a time when Egypt was just beginning to allow Europeans access to their country and its archaeological treasures,...

Mark Twain said, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” Fear is the most prevalent emotion in The Weight of Silence by Alex Baranda, but maybe it’s fear that keeps people alive. Set in 1943, it begins with an elite agent...

Confucius said, “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves,” which is a sentiment one character does not consider in The Reckoning by Ann Nolder Heinz. It opens in 1873 with a mysterious man standing outside a quiet residence, wrestling with a...

The Last Heretic by Steve Goldsmith follows Archelaus, a clever and skeptical scribe navigating the dangerous dynamics of early Christianity during the Council of Nicaea. Set in 325 AD, the story moves between political salons, bishops’ chambers, and dimly lit writing rooms, bringing the early...

In The Lady in the Veil by Allie Cresswell, upon her mother's marriage, Georgina Willow is sent from her isolated existence in the rugged moors of Yorkshire into mid-1830’s London society. Unlike most young women who might be thrilled to spend a season amongst the...

The Daredevil by Regan Walker is about a merchant captain named Samuel Tucker, who decided to leave London after hearing that war had erupted between Great Britain and the American colonies. Tucker made a bold move by choosing to sail back across the Atlantic so...

The Best Part is a historical novel based on Alessandra and Chiara Tumolo's grandparents, Bepi and Gelmina. In remote villages outside of Verona, Italy, with the backdrop of World War 2 horrors, fascism, and poverty, their grandparents' love story came to life. Each chapter features...