Category: Historical

Excerpt – Winter’s Season by R.J. Koreto

    A single death sets the events of Winter’s Season in motion, drawing Captain Winter into an investigation shaped by secrecy and divided allegiances. Written by R.J. Koreto, the story examines how truth emerges slowly when power has a vested interest in silence. The murder of a young woman exposes fault lines running beneath […]

Excerpt – America by Mike Bond

      A defining chapter of national history unfolds through intimate lives in America by Mike Bond. Cultural transformation and personal discovery move together as young people respond to a rapidly changing world. As unrest and possibility reshape the country, four young lives begin to diverge and intertwine. Troy, orphaned early, finds belonging and […]

Excerpt – The Montana Gold Mine by Tim Piper

  Synopsis In Spring 1874, the American economy is descending into a depression, following the collapse of Jay Cooke’s financial empire. Amid the chain of bank and business failures set off by Cooke’s bankruptcy, Jubilee Walker struggles to keep Warner and Walker Outfitters solvent. Jubil’s grand plans for developing Yellowstone National Park into a popular […]

Excerpt – Asylum Murders by Michael G. Colburn

  Synopsis In the gaslit streets of 1890s Melbourne, Lady Edith “Edie” Black has reinvented herself. Once a notorious London thief, she now poses as a widowed aristocrat while secretly establishing herself as a private investigator. When Parliament’s ceremonial mace disappears during a night of debauchery involving high-ranking officials, Edie is hired to recover it […]

Excerpt – Stolen Brilliance by Michael G. Colburn

  Synopsis Lady Edith Black harbors a secret past as a master criminal in this tale of love, crime, and adventure, with a jaw-dropping twist that will leave you stunned. Rescued from the slums of Victorian London, Edie finds herself ensnared in a web of crime orchestrated by Mrs. Hill, the mastermind behind an infamous […]

Review – Pintsized Pioneers at Play by Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis

  PINTSIZED PIONEERS AT PLAY: Homemade Frontier Fun and Danger By Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis   Young Adult / Nonfiction / History Publisher: Bariso Press Pages: 218 Publication Date: 4 November 2025   Synopsis Discover the Wild Side of Frontier Childhood! Pintsized Pioneers at Play: Homemade Frontier Fun and Danger explores the forgotten […]

Review – The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter by Brionni Nwosu

  Synopsis When Death comes to claim Nella May Carter, she catches His interest with her capacity to find beauty and love even amidst the hell of slavery. So Death – bored, disgusted by humanity, and believing the Earth would be greatly improved should humans no longer exist – lures Nella into a Faustian bargain: […]

Review – On a Sundown Sea by Jill G. Hall

  Synopsis Set at the turn of the 20th century, a mystical, tantalizing novel about a visionary’s journey toward her destiny. In 1888, Katherine Tingley, a medium and clairvoyant, continues to have a childhood vision of a white city on a sundown sea. While serving the poor at her Do-Good Mission on Manhattan’s East Side, […]

New Release – Hemlock Lane by Marshall Fine

  Synopsis In this riveting story of family bonds and buried truths, a young woman’s homecoming becomes a reckoning as four days together threaten to shatter the comfortable lies that have held her family together. In the summer of 1967, the Levitsky family convenes for a long weekend at their home in the suburbs—an idyllic […]

Review & Giveaway – Parade of Secrets by Kimberly Fish

  PARADE OF SECRETS A Lane Hayes Mystery By Kimberly Fish   Historical Mystery / Female Sleuth Publisher: Fish Tales Publishing Publication Date: October 31, 2025 Pages: 341     Synopsis Layers of history, suspense, and emotion. March, 1948. Lane Mercer Hayes, and her husband, Zeke, have that post-war life that everyone envies. His winning […]