Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2023-10-02 | Author:Ally Hudson [Hudson, Ally]

Thirteen GRAYSON HOUSE, LONDON - FEBRUARY 18, 1814 From the perspective of the upstairs diners, the supper was by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Apparently, this was not a deterrent ...
( Category: European November 25,2023 )
epub | | | Author:Kurt Eggers

Chapter 20 The camp is in a merry uproar. Although Heenemann swears that the roebuck ran into his line of fire with suicidal intent, his lying skills are not enough ...
( Category: Military November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 1960-09-29 | Author:Cyprian Ekwensi [Ekwensi, Cyprian]

They decided that surprise would be their chief weapon and, placing a scout on top of a tree, they made ready. About half an hour later the scout shouted down. ...
( Category: World War II November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Valerie Lennox

CHAPTER THIRTEEN ELIZABETH WAS STARTLED when she came upon Colonel Fitzwilliam coming out of her sister Jane’s room. He was carefully closing the door, and he did not see her ...
( Category: British November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-12-08 | Author:CB Laurence [Laurence, CB]

The nightmare started as it always did, the Georgia air thick and heavy, the sound of cheering and laughing… Held back by townsfolk, he can’t breathe. Poke walks past, and ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-02 | Author:Siobhan Curham [Curham, Siobhan]

24 APRIL 1985, PARIS I only worked half-days in the library on Tuesdays, and after what had happened during story-time I was relieved to be able to escape at lunchtime. ...
( Category: World War II November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-09-29 | Author:Deborah Cay Wilding [Wilding, Deborah Cay]

"I do believe Sir Addington managed to run off with the family silver. I couldn't find decent goblets anywhere," Ashton apologized while pouring from a wine bottle of uncertain vintage. ...
( Category: Scottish November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-09-29 | Author:Adele Clee [Clee, Adele]

Fortune’s Den Aldgate Street Isabella was used to dining alone, not being the focus of five people’s attention. She was used to a basic bill of fare, not the range ...
( Category: Regency November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-11-12 | Author:CB Laurence [Laurence, CB]

16 September 1938 Hollywood, California Rose sat on the bed and watched Rico shave in their little bathroom. She liked the way his sleeveless undershirt showed his muscles as he ...
( Category: United States November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-12-13 | Author:Linfield, Emma

The Dowager Duchess grimaced at the familiar way they spoke to each other. Was there no decorum anymore? No sense of propriety, especially in the presence of their betters? “Aunt ...
( Category: Regency November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-02-16 | Author:Shana Abe [Abe, Shana]

CHAPTER 31 Clara En route from Merced to Sacramento, 1878 There was a particular magic to trains. Clara had realized that years ago, all the way back to when she ...
( Category: Biographical November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-05-02 | Author:Linfield, Emma

James sighed and answered in a clipped tone, “I suppose he is.” “Then she will not be marrying a laborer but rather a proprietor, a man of business. Considering that ...
( Category: Regency November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-02-06 | Author:Emma Linfield [Linfield, Emma]

"Mother? Will you please say something? I can take it, I'm ready for your admonishment!" she cried at last. "Shhh..." Lady Honeyfield answered, holding up a hand to stop her ...
( Category: Regency November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-04-16 | Author:Hanna Hamilton [Hamilton, Hanna]

Mr. Worthens brought them to a stop in front of a closed set of doors. He opened his mouth but then thought better of it. He seemed to remember his ...
( Category: Regency November 25,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-10-09 | Author:Brendan Howley & John Loftus [Howley, Brendan & Loftus, John]

XXVIII Astalemate while they took one another in, almost five years’ silence between them. “I should start calling you Farmer Misha,” Adela Braudel declared, not moving. “The beard, the clothes, ...
( Category: World War II November 21,2023 )