A Beautiful Glittering Lie
In the spring of 1861, a country once united is fractured by war. Half of America fights for the Confederate cause; the other, for unification. Rebel forces have already seized Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, a new Confederate president has been elected, and the Constitution has been revised. In north Alabama, a farmer and father of three decides to enlist. For Hiram Summers, it is the end of everything he has ever known. After Hiram travels to Virginia with the Fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment, he is quickly thrust into combat. His son, David, who must stay behind, searches for adventure at home by traipsing to Huntsville with his best friend, Jake Kimball, to scrutinize invading Yankees. Meanwhile, Caroline – Hiram’s wife and David’s mother – struggles to keep up with the farm as her world revolves around the letters she receives from her husband, whom she misses dearly. As Hiram and his son discover the true meaning of war, they soon realize that their choices have torn their family apart. In this historical tale, the naïveté of a young country is tested, a father sacrifices everything to defend his home, and a young man longs for adventure – regardless of the perilous cost.
A Savage Kultur
Ava, a Jewish art student at Oxford University in England, receives a heart-wrenching letter from her grandfather after he dies. From the letter, she discovers that her grandfather has left her his London art gallery, which he says will secure her future, as well as provide a place for her to grow her artistic talents and follow her passion for art. The letter also describes his one last wish—that she recover a treasured Vincent van Gogh painting, The Lovers: The Poet’s Garden IV, that belonged to her grandparents and was deemed degenerate and looted by the Nazis in 1937.
American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation
An enlightened exploration of history to unite a deeply divided America
Two disparate Americas have always coexisted. In this thoroughly researched, engaging and ultimately hopeful story of our nation’s divergent roots, Seth David Radwell clearly links the fascinating history of the two American Enlightenments to our raging political division. He also demonstrates that reasoned analysis and historical perspective are the only antidote to irrational political discourse.
Angel of Aleppo
Angel of Aleppo is a story of the Armenian Genocide, including the little-known link between the Genocide and the WW1 Anzac experience. It highlights the cruelty of the Ottoman Young Turks towards their Armenian citizens, but it is ultimately about faith and love and the redemptive power of forgiveness. Angel of Aleppo is set from 1915 – 1919 in Anatolia (southern modern-day Turkey), Aleppo and the Mesopotamian desert, then to Beirut in 1923, and plays out in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1927 – 1966. In May 1915, Anoush, a sixteen-year-old Armenian girl, and fellow villagers are evicted from their Anatolian village by Ottoman soldiers commanded by Ibrahim bey, a young local warlord who is obsessed by her beauty. Anoush survives, but can her heart survive, after her mother is shot before her eyes?
Anneliese
Anneliese is a story about a free-spirited woman in the 1920’s defying social norms. She finds herself pregnant and is confronted with making the tough decision to marry a man she no longer trusts or to raise the child on her own. The story takes you on her life’s journey that is filled with twists and turns. Love continues to elude her but there is one person who loves her unconditionally and has always been a constant love in her life. The story portrays relationships, friendship, and family in a time period of distinctive cultural edge. The relationships in the book are far from perfect, mirroring real-life relationships. Historical events are intertwined throughout the plot, giving the reader a sense of realism for the time period.
Apollo’s Raven (Curse of Clansmen and Kings Book 1)
AWARD-WINNING APOLLO’S RAVEN sweeps you into an epic Celtic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Britannia. In 24 AD British kings hand-picked by Rome to rule are fighting each other for power. King Amren’s former queen, a powerful Druid, has cast a curse that Blood Wolf and the Raven will rise and destroy him. The king’s daughter, Catrin, learns to her dismay that she is the Raven and her banished half-brother is Blood Wolf. Trained as a warrior, Catrin must find a way to break the curse, but she is torn between her forbidden love for her father’s enemy, Marcellus, and loyalty to her people. She must summon the magic of the Ancient Druids to alter the dark prophecy that threatens the fates of everyone in her kingdom.
Bone Necklace
In the summer of 1877, the bedraggled remains of the Nez Perce Tribe took on the U.S. Army and, despite being badly outnumbered and outgunned, emerged victorious. Inspired by true events, Bone Necklace captures the intensity, violence, and unexpected conclusion of America’s final “Indian War,” told from the perspectives of a Nez Perce warrior, an Idaho militiaman, and an English painter who gets caught up in the violence. Combining heart-thumping action with an unforgettable cast, the novel centers on the relationship between two fi ghters, who are both enemies and allies in this war. Bone Necklace is a tale of survival in which the Nez Perce not only overcome staggering odds but also win the grudging respect of a war-weary nation. While deeply rooted in American history, this remarkable story continues to resonate, illuminating modern debates around institutional racism, journalistic bias, and the call for courage in times of moral crisis.
Bottom Dogs
Bottom Dogs is a story of three characters, a boy from Mexico, an old groom and a deformed colt born in the 1950’s, who managed to become a fan favorite on the race track. Life was a struggle for all three. There was an accident, a lengthy battle with an insurance company and a life that was cut short because of it. Only one reaches the finish line, because of the other two.
Caractacus: Spear of Britannia
43 AD. Britain braces itself for invasion by a brutal and ruthless enemy. All that stands in the way of the Emperor Claudius and his legions is a young warrior, Caractacus, and his brother. Both men have prepared their whole lives for this moment. But as the blow falls, their father the High King suddenly dies and they are alone. Worse, Caractacus now threatens the network of alliances that hold the British nations together by falling in love with Sarah, a Hebrew princess judged to be ill-suited for the kingdom. How will the Briton navigate his way through the diplomatic minefield so that he can fight the invader – while his brother is dangerously under the influence of the Roman officer, Julius Osteria Scapula, who murdered their sister. Then he begins to suspect there is another reason altogether why the Romans are there. It’s because the Christians have arrived in the West and desire to make Britain a base for their operations. This is Caractacus as we have never encountered him before – the brilliant leader of British resistance to Roman rule, and the sophisticated chief of a proud race – put terrifyingly to the test.
Darcy and Fitzwilliam: A Tale of a Gentleman and an Officer (The Pride and Prejudice Family Series Book 1)
Darcy and Fitzwilliam is the romantic and humorous tale of Pride and Prejudice’s two cousins, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam, close as brothers and fierce competitors – their lovers and wives – and one crazy old aunt. Book One in the Pride and Prejudice Family Series begins where Pride and Prejudice ended, immediately after the wedding of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, following the young couple through the ups and downs of learning to live with the person you adore. Add to the mix Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam returning to London after the Battle of Waterloo, eager to shake off the bitterness of war with a little bit of scandalous behavior, only to find the love of his life.
Daria’s Secrets
A half century after the Holocaust, Daria Abramson, suffering nightmares of the Lodz ghetto and her time with its infamous ruler, Chaim Rumkowski, turns for help to a sensitive but dogged therapist. During their intense sessions, she lays bare buried memories and faces deep feelings of guilt about the war and the death of her husband. Secrets long held by Daria spill out in fierce succession, revelations disclosed to those she loves most – her daughter, granddaughter, and Ruth, a lifelong friend and fellow survivor. In turn, they expose their own shocking surprises. In Daria’s Secrets, by Jeff Ingber, we travel together with a courageous woman as she attempts to overcome the anguish of the heart’s remembrance, in order to finally live.
DEAD END SUMMER
Is equality essential for justice to prevail?
What happens if whole countries become lawless?
These are questions central to the plot that caused three men to move far away from each other, only to meet again one day, and face those existential questions head on.
Gavri, Chaim and Uzi were born as Israel became an independent country. They grew up in the Israel of the 1950’s, attended the same school, were involved with the same youth movement, and became close friends. However, thirty years later, in the summer of 1982, they find themselves as far away from each other as it is possible to be.
Home Again 2020: a story of survival
Home Again 2020, Gold Medalist in Current Events II and Silver Medalist in Multicultural Fiction in the 2021 Jenkins International eLit Awards, describes the Matters family reuniting following a nuclear meltdown as Lou rehabilitates from TBI and COVID-19 forces Mary, an SLP, to work distantly with children with autism during political upheaval and climate change. A current times historical novel.
In the Lair of Legends
While on a top secret military mission, a Native American Civil War veteran finds himself battling a unit of Army traitors and a legendary monster.
JOURNEY: The Story of an American Family Vol.2
Second volume in a Historical Fiction series that is told from the perspective of a young black man and his family in 1860’s America, a country that did not love him back.
Lady of the Play
Lady of the Play is written in parallel historical and contemporary stories, with focus on the life of Elizabeth Trentham, the other Shakespeare. The contemporary story begins with the finding of an original page from A Midsummer Night’s Dream hidden in the cover of an ancient Book of Common Prayer owned by an elderly woman, Sudie McFadden. She contacts a history teacher, Cynthia Parsons, to help her prove her ancestor, the original owner of the prayer book, was the true playwright. Cynthia, with the help of a librarian friend, and an attorney, conduct extensive research to prove Elizabeth Trentham was the true playwright and poet. There is a smooth transition from the modern chapters to the historical.
Lady of the Play
Parallel contemporary and historical chapters take place in Lady of the Play. The modern story begins with Cynthia Parsons finding an original page from A Midsummer Night’s Dream hidden in an ancient Book of Common Prayer for over 400 years. Based on the book’s original owner, she undertakes the research necessary to prove a woman was the true Shakespeare. With each clue, Cynthia uncovers, the story transitions into the life of Elizabeth Trentham. We learn of her innate genius from her childhood, her continued refusal to marry, the ten years as a maid of honor in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, her collaboration with Edward deVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, and their subsequent marriage. The story continues by answering why they hired an actor, William Shaksper, as their broker and later allowed him to take credit for the plays. Edward died in 1604, and Elizabeth continued with the deception until her death in 1612, the same year Shaksper retired. The modern-day Cynthia faces intrigue, danger, and romance as others try to steal historical documents, thwarting her efforts to reveal the truth. The ending shows compelling evidence that solves this 400-year-old mystery.
Lemons In The Garden of Love
An incredibly timely novel about reproductive freedom. Seeking a topic for her doctoral dissertation in 1977, on the way to her sister’s shotgun wedding, Cassie Lyman finds a trove of suffrage cartoons, diaries, and letters belonging to Kate Easton, founder of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts. She soon discovers that she and Kate are closely related and their lives start to parallel each other. Booklife Reviews said, “Sheldon’s evocative prose and compelling sense of the sweep of history grabs attention from page obne.
Mama Dee
Now as an older woman affectionately called Mama Dee, DeEtta returns to her not-so-beloved Southern hometown, accompanying her son, Stefan, and his family when he inherits the house and land where their ancestors worked and lived for generations. But being in that house again, DeEtta is forced to recall and relive her traumatic past. Will her dark, explosive secrets come to light now she is back in the place where it all transpired…?
My Dearest Miss Fairfax
From Jeanette Watts, a new Regency-set historical fiction novel following a lesser-known character from one of history’s favorite female authors. Miss Jane Fairfax has spent her life—though poor and expecting the eventuality of a governess position—by the side of a Colonel’s daughter, living beyond the means she was born into. When she meets the enigmatic and handsome Frank Churchill in Weymouth, she can’t help but fall for him. Mr Frank Churchill, the heir to his aunt’s fortune and dependent on her goodwill, knows that he cannot marry without Mrs Churchill’s permission. Desperate to marry Jane, he proposes not only marriage but a plan to hide their engagement until his aunt approves of the match. The couple travel separately to their same small hometown of Highbury, where Jane’s ridiculous aunt and the notorious Emma Woodhouse threaten the understanding between them, and as the months pass by, Jane worries that they will be secretly engaged forever, with no happy ending in sight. As their lies and deceits pile up, can their love survive the social pressures that threaten to tear them apart?
Nad of Nadide
A poignant story of love, determination, and political intrigue: Nad of Nadide reveals that love, whether between two of the same ethnicity, or between lovers who never expected to cross ethnic boundaries, is one worth fighting for, at the cost of defying all norms and challenges. When Palestinian Fareed met Turkish Nadide, neither could imagine the course of events that their relationship would trigger. The daughter of a ruling Turkish general, Nadide’s affections are at the center of a tumultuous political landscape in the 1980s. With conflict rising between her suitor and her father, on one side, and her father’s political enemies, on the other, the two targeted her with opposite benefits, albeit each wanting her to abort her yearning to reach her goal, a goal possessed by a wish to follow her heart. Will love and determination win out over personal grudges and political interests?
One of Four
From New York Harbor to the battlefields of France, relive World War One through the eyes of an unknown soldier, as told through his diary. See how the 100-year-old diary brings a father and his estranged son back together by retracing his experiences fighting in the battlefields of France in 1917 – 1918 to his final resting place—the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Portersville
A flicker of lightning behind a thunderhead then a deep rumble marked the approach of a storm. Selena squeezed the hand of her handsome Greek husband. Together they peered across the vastness of the Gulf of Mexico while digging their toes into the cool sand. A weathered lighthouse offshore split the darkness, casting its light across the treacherous waters.
Promised Land
Promised Land is Harlem’s greatest story before the Renaissance. It is an action/adventure and integrated musical about the coming-together, heroics, and glory of the Harlem “Hellfighters ” during WW1 and a blind, ten-year-old girl adjusting to society after awakening from a coma a half-century later.
Standing Against the Wind (A Dying Truth Exposed, Book Two)
The tale of lineage and legacy continues with Annabelle’s escape into Indian Territory after fleeing from her cruel slave masters in Mercy, Missouri. In the wild west prairie lands of Oklahoma, she finds protection with her rescuers’ Cherokee family and has to learn how to survive hidden within the Cherokee Nation. As she learns about Cherokee history, including the Trail of Tears, she also seeks guidance from an elder to heal from the traumas of her own past. Embraced by some of the Cherokee people, she finds herself in conflict with others while an even greater danger from Indian Agents threatens. Evil stalks the nation, and in turn stalks her. As she stands against the wind in her grief from the trials and tribulations she experienced, an epic showdown between maintaining her faith in God and giving up her faith is now in motion. Will Annabelle lose all hope of love and peace in her life?
Starlight in the Dawn: The Poetic Priestess who chose to fight
At the dawn of civilization, the high priestes of the Sumerian city of Ur confronts the intrigue of politics. She leves the ivory tower of the priesthood and rises to unforeseen challenges. This is a gripping story of Enheduanna, who was the daughter of Sargon the Great and also the first literary person o fancient history. She was of a stellar reputaiton for centuries. Her story is based on her words. Step into the banks of the Euphrates around 2300 BCE.
Sunflowers Beneath the Snow
A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything. When Ivanna opens the door to uniformed officers, her tranquil life is torn to pieces – leaving behind a broken woman who must learn to endure the cold, starvation, and memories of a man who died in the quintessential act of betrayal. Using her thrift, ingenuity, and a bit of luck, she finds a way to survive in Soviet Ukraine, along with her daughter, Yevtsye. But the question remains, will she be strong enough to withstand her daughter’s deceit and the eventual downfall of the nation she has devoted her life to?
Sunflowers Beneath the Snow
A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything. When Ivanna opens the door to uniformed officers, her tranquil life is torn to pieces – leaving behind a broken woman who must learn to endure the cold, starvation, and memories of a man who died in the quintessential act of betrayal. Using her thrift, ingenuity, and a bit of luck, she finds a way to survive in Soviet Ukraine, along with her daughter, Yevtsye. But the question remains, will she be strong enough to withstand her daughter’s deceit and the eventual downfall of the nation she has devoted her life to? Or will the memories of her late husband act as a shadow haunting everyone and everything she loves, including Ionna, the granddaughter that never knew him? In Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, Teri M Brown explores the tenacity of women, showing that even in grueling circumstances, they can, and do, experience all the good things life has to offer – compassion, joy, love, faith, and wonder.
The Aleutian Voyage: …Hang On!
In 1866, America began to recover from a bloody Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. As a campaign policy to increase his popularity, President Andrew Johnson attempts to purchase the vast territory of Alaska from the Russian Emperor, despite his troubles with Congress. An expedition is assembled to survey and explore this region with help from the Interior Department. President Johnson commissions an unsuspecting pawn, Field Director, Jack Calsin to head the expedition. Jack must travel the Oregon Trail and set sail aboard the naval frigate USS Hercules escorted by the Governor Clinton. The events that follow become a life and death struggle to complete our hero’s mission, if he can..
The Ivy League Chronicles
He thought he’d given up solving murders, but old habits don’t always stay buried. Once a detective, always a detective. Follow Scotland Yard’s own Richard Wikki, during the 1920s, through his international travels and detail-focused adventures in The Ivy League Chronicles.
The lady and the dragon (Ruthfinn romance Book 1)
The poor dragon – could he ever be cured of his boils; and his blisters’ and his sulks? and where oh where was his lovely lovely universe? could anyone find it? or re-create it for him. Could that small girl – er that “lady” – help him before swallowed her up? A tale of depression and rediscovery
The Last Sketch: A World War II Novel Set in Warsaw and Montauk
They both hold tight to a terrible secret. When they cross paths in war-torn Europe, will their destinies lead to ruin… or victory over evil?
Poland, 1944. Wanda Odwaga will never stop resisting. As the Nazis occupy her beloved homeland, the twenty-three-year-old artist vows to do whatever it takes to help the underground movement mobilize against Hitler’s forces. But she’s devastated when the Gestapo storms her house in search of rebel leaders, killing her heroic father and leaving the face of his murderer forever etched in her mind.
New York. Finn Keller longs to balance the scales. Having escaped Germany with his mother as a teen, he’s disgusted his estranged twin brother has become a ruthless Nazi henchman with a vicious reputation. So when a covert government agency approaches him with a dangerous undercover mission, Finn willingly risks his life to play his part in turning the tide of war.
The Martyr of Auschwitz
Category: Historical thriller: Bradley C. Wilkes, foreign correspondent for an American radio station, disappears from history after trying to stop Hitler going to war. He’s gatecrashed a summit conference held at Munich shortly before the conflict begins to tell British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain he must not give in to the Nazi leader’s bullying threats. His reward is to be attacked, posted missing and never heard of again… but his granddaughter, a history graduate from Cambridge, determines to discover the truth. And her trail leads to a forest close to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
The Munich Girl
The past may not be done with us. What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante – and Hitler’s lover – and untangles a web of long-buried secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer
The Two Wolves (A Dying Truth Exposed, Book Three)
The saga continues for Great-Great-Grandmother Annabelle as the Brooks family learns more of their family history and the legacy she left for them. Settling in and enjoying her new life with her Cherokee family while navigating the role of a young mother, she learns more of her family’s traumatic past. As conflict soon arises again, this time from the Lightning-Strongman family in addition to an ever more persistent threat from Indian Agents, Annabelle and her family will all stand before the two wolves while making daring choices to confront the past and fight for their future. Which wolf will they feed? Good or Evil?
The Yellow Baton
Tragedy disrupts the idyllic life for the Kohanow family in 1939. Living on their small dairy farm in Poland the Jewish family immediately becomes embroiled in the tragic events of World War II. Sent to separate prisons, the family loses track of each other but the only child, Jozef, survives the holocaust. After the war he begins rebuilding his life in Poland and eventually immigrates to America. In Wisconsin Jozef marries and raises a fine family of his own. But the after affects of the war trail him there and have a significant impact on his grandson, Caleb. The young boy grows and develops a vengeful attitude toward those who mistreated his grandfather years earlier in Germany. After the death of Jozef, Caleb decides it is now up to him to satisfy the demands of justice. This gripping story follows Caleb’s early life and brings the reader to the point where Caleb is ready to carry forth the rightful sentence. But conflicts enter Caleb’s mind and he must decide the proper step to take. The choice will certainly affect the young man for years to come.
Tim: The Story of Timothy H. O’Sullivan as a Young Apprentice at Mathew Brady’s Studio
Willy Wonka meets Gangs of New York and Let the Great World Spin
The Story Begins on September 11th, 1850…
Based on the life of Timothy O’Sullivan, Tim is a ten-year-old boy from sleepy Staten Island who is told he must apprentice at Mathew Brady’s daguerreotype studio in 1850.
Tim takes the ferry over to York with his father and rides the omnibus up Broadway to Fulton Street. Across from Brady’s Gallery is Barnum’s American Museum filled with all its relics and wondrous curiosities. As Tim ventures inside, he takes us back into New York’s forgotten past and the history of photography.
The story begins on September 11th, 1850, with Jenny Lind’s premiere concert at Castle Garden near Battery Park — a night that would be remembered for years to come, as the night when the Swedish Nightingale first sang in New York.
All the city is infatuated with Jenny Lind. Great crowds surround her wherever she goes. She is the most sought-after celebrity by all the Broadway photographers, except that her manager, none other than P.T. Barnum himself, will not grant Brady access to Jenny Lind.
VENGEANCE ISLAND
Fact: pirates abducted the entire population of the island of Gozo in 1551. Fiction: spirits demand revenge and make a modern couple fall in love. One descends from the pirates, the other from the enslaved islanders, but which is which.
Voice of A Mummy
Award Winner – First Place – Bookfest – Spring 2022 – Historical Fiction – Mystery Ever wonder why we are okay with digging up and moving every mummy that we find while holding our own modern-day grave as holy land not to be touched? Are we disturbing their restful afterlife? This award-winning historical fiction explores this very question. A Mummy. A Mystery. A discovery. Will Kaili live to tell the world? On a historic mummy hunt for the legendary Cleopatra, Dr. Kaili Worthy has no idea that she’s stepping into the path of a mysterious curse that stretches back nearly 4,000 years. What Kaili finds will change the way the world views death and ancient rituals and even paranormal reality. To bring their discovery out into the open, Kali, her husband Derek and friend Doris will risk breaking the law, shunned in their profession, and possibly their own death.
We Shall Never Speak of This Again: The Plight of the Irish in the 19th Century
“…conditions came together to form a perfect storm. No one in the country would remain untouched and when the fury subsided, Ireland would never be the same again.” (Casey, p. 29)
The Irish of the 19th century had endured England’s religious persecution and human rights violations for centuries. Millions of Irish lived and died as victims of these egregious acts. Near three million Irish lived in abject poverty and survived almost exclusively on the potato. They suffered through the Famine that began with the failure of a potato crop and escalated into a large scale humanitarian disaster. England, their sister country, refused to take the necessary measures to mitigate the tragedy. One million Irish starved or died of disease while another million fled to North America, enduring a harrowing voyage fraught with danger and mortal disease. The Famine devastated Ireland and her people, while intensifying their hatred of England. This book will identify those responsible and determine their culpability.
White on Wight
In the early nineteenth century, there is no cure for smallpox. When most of his household succumb to the dreadful disease, Tom is left to run the family boatyard on his own.
His young wife dead and his business in tatters, he bundles his three young children into a boat and sets sail for the Isle of Wight to start a new life.
His dream to build a steam-driven ship of controversial design to conquer the waves is further complicated by juggling an embryonic business with the duties of rearing a young family.
This book is based on the real life story of Thomas White, a boat builder from Kent, fighting for his life at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in war-torn Britain.
YOGA: A LOVE STORY
This is the mesmerizing story of John Yogacara Asanga. A direct descendant of the eponymous saint Asanga, John is yet to realize his destiny. For now, he is just a young man grappling with his part-Indianness in an American world. Through the pages of this book, we accompany John on his journey from the safety of Kokomo, Indiana, the city he called home, through the world of drugs and prostitution in Chicago and his days in prison in America to an ashram in India where he meets Aanya, the love of his life, to finally discovering his destiny as an Asanga.
Replete with mystical, magical details, this novel deals with transcendent themes that relate to our very existence.