Author E. H. Casteele’s The Prince of Pirates: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Lots o'Loot is the kind of pirate tale that makes you want to grab a bottle of rum and set sail—minus the actual danger, of course. The story within a story...

The Reluctant Pioneer by Julie McDonald Zander takes readers on an emotional journey set in the 1800s as we follow in the footsteps of the thousands of travelers who dared to brave the treacherous trek along the Oregon Trail. Based on a true story, Zander...

The Last Gun- Shark: The Early Days by Joe Corso features all the classic elements of a Western with a strong and admirable hero, sheriffs in lawless towns, a connection to Native American culture, an endless stream of outlaws, and plenty of action-packed gunfights. After...

PJ Piccirillo's The Indigo Scarf is a well-researched and well-crafted gripping historical novel. It was inspired by the true story of two slaves who fled with two white women into the Sinnemahone wilderness along the Upper West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in...

The Dryburgh Chronicles: Part 1, The Existence of Shadows by L.P. Halliday follows the quiet yet curious Lillian Darling and her research partner Edgar Falkirk as they seek to uncover the truth and clear the names of those who were once accused of witchcraft and...

The Road to Marietta by Karla Jordan follows August Violet Finnegan, a little girl in 1930s Chicago, whose upbringing has been marked by neglect and instability due to her father's reckless lifestyle as a “traveling salesman.” His work as a runner meant frequent abandonment, and...

"There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous." That quote from Napoleon holds true in Nigel Seed's novel, The Year of Fire And Ice: 1812, which indicates a fine line between success and failure. The story unfolds as Bonaparte speaks to three...

The Baths of Caracalla by Robert N Eckert takes the reader deep inside the very personal lives of the powerful rulers of the Western Roman Empire as it was in decline and close to collapse. Emperor Septimus Severus was the all-powerful, all-conquering ruler of the...

The history of humankind remains shrouded in mystery, with conflicting views held by religion and science. The biblical account is at odds with Darwin’s theory of evolution, but neither explanation seems satisfying. This raises the question as to whether the two accounts are mutually exclusive....

The House of Ilya is a fascinating story about an officer and a woman who fall in love and the guide who interacts with them during their separate journeys. Anton is a young officer who travels to Alaska as an intermediary between a well-known Russian-American...