Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2019-11-19 | Author:Allison Smith [Smith, Allison]

Chapter 14 “This is the first such correspondence you have had from him?” Mr Darcy asked, the letter in his hand. When he raised his gaze, the seafaring blue of ...
( Category: British December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-08-13 | Author:Judith Cutler [Cutler, Judith]

EIGHTEEN I’m in my Sunday best and a dog that has been chasing ducks comes and shakes itself dry – all over me and over Elias Pritchard, who had been ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-12-16 | Author:Schrader PhD, Helena P.

Nicosia November 1231 The Lord of Beirut lay face down on the chapel floor, his head toward the altar and his arms outstretched like a cross. At first, he recited ...
( Category: Medieval December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-02-03 | Author:Cragg John G. [John G., Cragg]

Chapter XIII Hector Fitzroy Blenkinsop was a middle-aged Royal Navy Post Captain of only a few years seniority. He had been at sea since 1792, but his career had advanced ...
( Category: British December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-11-06 | Author:Abby Ayles [Ayles, Abby]

Chapter 19 Agnes Agnes sat in her bedchambers, staring out the window as a soft snow had begun to fall. This morning when she had woken up, the temperature had ...
( Category: Regency December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-05-30 | Author:Logan Steiner

“I never knew Ewan had family in Massachusetts,” Stella said as she settled against the crushed red velvet booth in the train’s dining car. After brushing a few crumbs off ...
( Category: World War I December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Unknown

Chapter 16 The warriors had dealt with any further Danes who had not made it back to the safety of the ramparts guarding Reading. Now Ethelred and Alfred stood looking ...
( Category: Biographical December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-16 | Author:Meghan Sloan [Sloan, Meghan]

Gemma and Gabriel spent the rest of the carriage ride to Sagewood Manor making small talk about everything and anything, just getting to know each other better. Naturally, this somehow ...
( Category: Regency December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-09-26 | Author:E. J. Koh

~ The week before Easter, the church grandmothers took commuter vans to the Milpitas senior center. On the drive, they heard a taped sermon by a young priest from Sacramento ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-06-13 | Author:Andrew Wareham [Wareham, Andrew]

Chapter Eight “Captain Harcombe coming down the road, sir. Both troops. In good order.” Micah wondered why. Returning with no signs of battle suggested that they had met up with ...
( Category: Military December 5,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-05-13 | Author:B.K. Greenwood [Greenwood, B.K.]

Two days later, I was healthy enough to ride. That miracle accounted for the wary eyes that followed my every step. I'd seen those stares before, and they always meant ...
( Category: Fantasy December 5,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-12-15 | Author:Lauren Grodstein [Grodstein, Lauren]

FOURTEEN Amid all the comings and goings of the ghetto, the new refugees and the suddenly deceased, the Oneg Shabbat group remained remarkably stable. At each meeting, we looked a ...
( Category: 20th Century December 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-31 | Author:Peter Rimmer [Rimmer, Peter]

3 The Honourable Barnaby St Clair was impressed. Smithers had gone out for the newspapers. When he came back Barnaby had spread them out on his dining room table. The ...
( Category: African December 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-01-17 | Author:Mary Ann Trail [Trail, Mary Ann]

Chapter Eleven: Motives Georgina, and the girls met up with Jeffrey outside of the barracks in the middle of the morning. He had just emerged for a breath of fresh air ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense December 1,2023 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Harald Gilbers [Gilbers, Harald]

* * * When Oppenheimer questioned his driver, Hoffmann confirmed that the invasion had begun that morning in Normandy. The man’s habitually melancholic gaze became even sadder. Oppenheimer, on the ...
( Category: World War II December 1,2023 )