Historical Fiction

  • The Friday Review: When Winter Came to Dunn Cottage

    By Joanna Davidson Politano Christmas books already? Sorry, not sorry! I read them in August and September so I can tell you what you’ll want to read in December! This sweet novella will release September 29th. While it’s part of… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: When Winter Came to Dunn Cottage
  • The Friday Review: To Outwit Them All

    By Peggy Wirgau Though the Revolutionary War has thrown her world into upheaval, Betty Floyd is making the most of it in British-run New York City. While her extended family does have Patriot leanings, Betty would consider herself a neutral… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: To Outwit Them All
  • The Friday Review: To Dance with a Duke

    By Gabrielle Meyer Seven Brides for Seven Brothers meets The Gilded Age! I am so here for Gabrielle Meyer’s new Dollar Princess series that blends famous musicals with the social intrigue and complicated romances of the Gilded Age! American heiress… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: To Dance with a Duke
  • The Friday Review: Preacher on the Run

    By Jayna Baas I’m always on the lookout for good Revolutionary War fiction – bonus if it has anything to do with frontier fighting. While this book technically takes place before the war, it sets the stage for what is… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Preacher on the Run
  • The Friday Review: The Colonel’s Lady

    By Laura Frantz The Last of the Mohicans meets Beauty and the Beast in this Revolutionary War frontier romance. Roxanna Rowen has left the safe predictability of her life in the colonies for the wilds of the Kentucky frontier where… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Colonel’s Lady
  • The Friday Review: Don’t Upstage the Body

    By Naomi Stephens The Earl of Montfort has died and no one really cares. However, despite how obnoxious the man was in real life, it wouldn’t do to have a sparsely attended funeral. Enter the Halfpenny family – professional mourners… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Don’t Upstage the Body
  • The Friday Review: Many Sparrows

    By Lori Benton Where has this book been all my life? Clare Inglesby’s husband is determined that the wilds of Kentucky will finally provide the prosperity and contentment he has been unable to grasp. Heedless of Clare’s advanced pregnancy, the… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Many Sparrows
  • The Friday Review: Every Hour Until Then

    Timeless Series Book 5 By Gabrielle Meyer Kathryn lives simultaneously in 1888 and 1938. As a timecrosser, she has the unique gift to live in two different eras. When she turns 25, she’ll have to choose which life to live… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Every Hour Until Then
  • The Friday Review: The Bookshop of 99 Doors

    By Jaime Jo Wright 1888: Minnie Tipton’s life has turned upside down. After the death of her mother, her Civil War veteran father sells the family farm and purchases Ambrose Fields, a sprawling estate with 99 doors outside of Gettysburg.… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Bookshop of 99 Doors
  • The Life She Forgot

    By Joanna Davidson Politano Oh. My. Word. This book has earned a spot on my Top 10 Books of 2026 List and we’re not even to the halfway point of the year! 1913: “You can’t marry a man you just… Continue reading

    The Life She Forgot