Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 1984-01-02 | Author:J. G. Ballard [Ballard, J. G.]

24 The Hospital ‘Jim…! Are you up there…? Have you been hurt…?’ Dr Ransome stood in the rubble on the floor of the assembly hall, shouting at the balcony. He ...
( Category: Military March 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-01-09 | Author:Samantha Holt [Holt, Samantha]

Chapter Fourteen Perhaps it was the warm thrum of wine running through Ivy’s veins or maybe she wasn’t seeing things clearly. As she and Cillian came to a halt in ...
( Category: British March 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-10-24 | Author:Stephanie Graves [Graves, Stephanie]

22 October 1941 Dear Dad, Harriet, and Olive, I won’t bother to tell you where I’m stationed, as I suspect the censors black out the best bits, but suffice it ...
( Category: World War II March 3,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Paul Lederer

SIX Lieutenant Young, Marshal Macafee, Lacey and Douglas stood in a loose group watching Cameron Black as he swung into leather and walked the big gray horse toward the gates. ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Steve Bein

Chapter 9 Kaida sat in the lotus position at the foot of her thin little futon, meditating on her problems. Eisaku had not allotted her much in terms of sleeping ...
( Category: Japanese March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-10-24 | Author:Alan Hlad [Hlad, Alan]

CHAPTER 18 LISBON, PORTUGAL—MAY 11, 1943 Maria gripped the handle of a shipping trunk, opposite from Pilar, that was filled with camera equipment and microfilm. Together, they carried it to ...
( Category: World War II March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-10-13 | Author:Allie Cresswell

Chapter Twenty-Seven Jamie had been quite right about the weather. I woke late on the Saturday morning to find the radiant, crystalline aura of the Moss had disappeared, leaving it ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Leona Francombe

Chapter 46 A WOMAN EMERGED onto the bridge, although she was only obviously female through her voice. She was very tall and thin and had no discernable feminine contours. In ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-01-30 | Author:Garrett Hutson

15 Wednesday, April 20 “Commander, Mrs. Bainbridge is on the line,” the voice of the front desk lieutenant crackled over the intercom. Doug’s heart did a double beat. Lucy didn’t ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-07 | Author:HILARY GREEN [GREEN, HILARY]

Chapter 14 In a shabby public house, one of the few buildings still standing between Cable Street and the Commercial Road in London’s East End, a tall man with reddish ...
( Category: French March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-12-20 | Author:Clee, Adele

Chapter Twelve She missed him. How was it possible after a week of marriage? Still, she had grown accustomed to sleeping next to his warm body in bed. Longed to ...
( Category: Regency March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-16 | Author:Mara Lynne [Lynne, Mara]

Part 8 Chapter 22 The Flower Festival Guada and Concha adorned her hair with fresh flowers and pink lace. Her curls were tucked in a middle-high bun. Her neck festooned ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Lee Hunt

CHAPTER 17 Diddy was waiting for Carrie and Slattery at a dimly lit table in the back of Nancy Whiskey’s. It was late afternoon now, and the after-work crowd was ...
( Category: Fantasy March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-05-10 | Author:Robert N. Macomber

*** Romero was not going to wait any more. This place was boring and his men were getting dangerous. Drinking rum all day and night was only good enough for ...
( Category: Caribbean & Latin American March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-29 | Author:Nadifa Mohamed [Nadifa Mohamed]

AUTHOR NOTE Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa in 1981. Her first novel, Black Mamba Boy, won the Betty Trask Prize, was longlisted for the Orange Prize, and was shortlisted ...
( Category: Short Stories March 2,2023 )