Colonial America
Will Poole’s Island
Will Poole’s Island explores an unusual portion of American history – the early colonial days of the seventeenth century. At…
The Mayflower
Set in 1620, The Mayflower is a cheerful rendition of the story, with charming, colorful gouache illustrations by the talented…
Primitive Passions (The Boschloper Saga, Book 1)
“Surely, though, it must have been an exciting life!” a character exclaims to Sean O’Cathail at one point in Primitive…
The Golden Chalice of Hunahpu: A Novel of the Spanish Attack on the Maya
The Spanish conquest of the Mayan civilization in the 16th Century forms the dramatic climax of William Vlach’s sweeping novel…
Mercy Goodhue
Kern’s novel Mercy Goodhue is a radical departure from her previous offering, Wanting to Be Jackie Kennedy, although both have…
The Reputed Wife (A Scandalous Life Book 2)
Set in the middle of the seventeenth century, in Newport, Rhode Island, Herodias Long, separated from her abusive first husband,…
A Place in His Heart
Based on actual family history, this story opens in 1630 England and ends in 1640 Long Island, New York. Mary…
Arauco
Cavigilia’s sprawling, utterly absorbing historical fiction debut is set the world of 16th-century freebooter Pedro de Valdivia, who sailed south…
Favorite Daughter
Favorite Daughter is about a young Virginian Indian princess named Pocahontas, when Captain John Smith first enters her tribe’s life.…
Revenge and Retribution (The Graham Saga Book 6)
Editors' choice
As I had not read any of the previous books in this series, jumping into the saga at book six…
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