The Forest and the Flames by G. Lawrence tells the story of Matilda of Flanders, the determined, intelligent, devoted and beautiful wife of William, Duke of Normandy. He conquers England, becoming its first Norman king, and Matilda is crowned queen some time after. William loves...

The Vogels: On All Fronts by author Jana Petken is a story of love, loss, life and the ties which bind or divide us. The continuation of the Half-Bloods Series, this episode takes place during the horrors of the Second World War as race, nationality...

The Reversible Mask: An Elizabethan Spy Novel by Loretta Goldberg centers on an historical event and brings to life strong personages. It is the summer of 1566 and Oxford is experiencing growth in many aspects of life — art, science, politics. While everyone is celebrating...

Captain Graeme MacNeil made an unusual decision – for repayment of a gambling debt incurred by her father, he decided to take Elspeth MacDougall on his ship for a few months. She would be the ship’s surgeon, as his pirate crew might need some mending...

In The Black Knight’s Tune: Ruby’s Story, Ruby has the good fortune to be adopted by kindly white folks in New York, but as she grows up and becomes a journalist, her longing to know about her true heritage becomes overwhelming. When her white boss,...

The Stockton Insane Asylum Murder: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Book 3 is a sleuth mystery novel written by James Musgrave. Polly Bedford was only twelve years old and had somehow gotten herself institutionalized in the Women’s Ward of the State Insane Asylum in...

The Red Flag by Julia Maiola takes the life of one Captain Stephen Boswell and spins a tale about how he ended up in the life he despised. His father was a pirate, and Stephen blamed him for his troubles. The choices he made along...

“The song of the sea flows from a deep heart, pulsing with a spirit that can never be broken.” After the deaths of their parents, Tomas Alvarado and his younger siblings are cared by their Abuela Magdalena, a no-nonsense but kind grandmother matriarch, offering them...

Woven around the parents of Stan Musial, the renowned baseball star, The Strongman and the Mermaid is historical fiction. Kathleen Shoop has bejeweled this book with her magnificent imagination and impeccable writing. Lukasz Musial and Miss Mary, unbeknownst to each other, share a mutual bond...

The Last Frontier of the Fading West is a work of historical fiction penned by author Helen Picca. Written in the style of a literary memoir of the main character’s life, we begin the action during the Second World War, when a young woman, Jennifer,...