Historical category: 104939 books

On December 7, 1941, Japan devastated the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. While war had been raging in Europe and in Asia for years, this unprovoked attack drew the United States into the most disruptive and wasteful cataclysm in human historythe Second World War. While history books speak to the battles...

Personal and political tensions collide when a baby is kidnapped in an absorbing historical whodunit from the author of the Gil Mayo Mysteries.   London, April, 1912. The third Irish Home Rule Bill is passing through Parliament and the situation is growing ever tense. Closely involved in the negotiations,...

When an enemy makes overtures of friendship, is anyone safe? An unexpected invitation from wily King Frederick causes composer Joseph Haydn to fear he’s walking into a trap. After all, the Prussian King has never had any use for Haydn’s music. His Majesty seems more intrigued at Haydn’s...

Victorian London had Jack the Ripper. Georgian Dublin had the Dolocher… The Dolocher is stalking the alleyways of Dublin. Half man, half pig, this terrifying creature has unleashed panic on the streets. Can it really be the evil spirit of a murderer who has cheated the hangman's noose by...

“Like Fra Filippo’s paintings, this love story, set in one of the most intriguing historical periods, is suffused with clear, warm color and fine attention to detail.” —Debra Dean, author of The Madonnas of Leningrad A vibrant and enthralling historical novel about art and passion,...

Before the tragedy of the Civil War tore the United States in two, America was involved in another war, one that has not received nearly the attention it deserves. In fact, the Mexican-American War, 18461848, could arguably be called the training ground for the Civil War a little over a decade later. Author...

During a blistering 1903 summer, Portland’s steam laundry women are working ten hellish hours a day. Exhausted and ill, they demand a nine hour workday. Sage Adair, and his mother, Mae, join their fight until the women begin disappearing. Desperately searching for the missing women, Sage and Mae...

Sarah is one of England's most cherished and beloved women. She also happens to be the King's only daughter, making her the target of many enemies. When she is captured and taken prisoner by the opposing King of France, she knows that the only likely way out of her prison cell is in a wooden casket. Help...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Olivia Drake comes an enthralling historical tale of romance, suspicion, and murder… An exotic outsider to aristocratic society, Lord Kit Coleridge is determined to prove his innocence in the death of London’s finest jeweler. He’s certain...

3 gripping historical horror novellas that will throw you head-first into battle on the edge of the Roman Empire. **From Bestselling Historical Fantasy Author, Adam Alexander Haviaras** With this special box set you also get a glossary of Latin words, and a new, alternate ending, not...

RWA RITA nominated Historical Romance Novel from New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Sizemore Sherrie Hamilton is a woman with a scandalous secret past. When she travels to London for a Season of helping to launch her cousins on the marriage mart, she runs into her past. Literally. In...

Historical Romance Novel from New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Sizemore. Heiress to a Ducal fortune, tall, svelte, nearsighted, red haired and freckled Honoria Pyne knows none of the Ton will ever love her for anything but her inheritance. But she doesn't lack for greedy suitors....

Historical Romance Novel from New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Sizemore. Needing a bodyguard to protect her from a devious, dangerous enemy, Margaret, the beautiful Duchess of Pyneham, hires dashing highwayman Jamie Scott for the job. While Jamie protects her body, how is she to protect her heart and soul from him?  

Historical Romance Meets Fairy Tale Magic In a Victorian England with a rigid hierarchy of magic, lion shape-shifter Sir Terence Blackwell is at the bottom rung of society. Only Lady Felicity Seymour, who has no magic, no inheritance, and no prospects, may be willing to judge the man strictly...