Category: Historical Fiction

Whistling Women and Crowing Hens

It’s the 1920s, and Birdie Stauffer is whistling on a train-traveling roadshow. To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit’s opening act. Through the roadshow she experiences the tumultuous 1920s, a modern era of shocking flappers and smuggled whiskey, with the camaraderie of newfound friends. Her exceptional gift of concert whistling entertains more than songbirds as she gains national notoriety and she’s soon ... [Read More...]

Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: Return to Southampton County

With a victorious end to the Civil War, Parson, a newly emancipated USCT soldier, returns to a volatile Virginia. His quest for true freedom clashes with the violent resistance of a society clinging to white supremacy. Mentored by fellow soldiers and driven by love for his family, Parson must navigate political betrayal and racial terror to transform legal emancipation into a tangible reality, building a legacy of land ownership, education, and political power for his community. The Return To S... [Read More...]

Buckskin Brigades

Honor. Spirit. Survival. A story of the Blackfeet Nation. “A thriller … [which has] an enthusiasm, even a freshness and a sparkle, decidedly rare in this type of romance.”—New York Times Greed crossed the mountains. Honor stood its ground. 1806. A young republic just three decades old—the United States of America—is preparing to press westward across the Mississippi, into a land as wild as it is breathtaking: a territory of towering mountains and violent rivers, icy glaciers and sea... [Read More...]

Color of Fire: A Sweeping Caribbean Saga Book 3 (The Strange Eden Series)

“And I thought you were my savior in my darkest hour. How very wrong I was.”1794: Devastated by the violent disappearance of her husband, Charles Sharpe, Eliza struggles to save Pleasant Hall from the hands of crooked creditors and the governor’s greed. In the aftermath of the attack, her husband’s enemies have branded him a traitor and declare him dead.But an unlikely source carries knowledge that he still lives, and he alone knows who has taken Charles. Eliza’s desperation drives he... [Read More...]

When the Tamarind Tree Blooms

Geneviève (Vivi) Dubois, a métisse, half-Lao/half-French, turns eighteen and leaves the French orphanage in Vientiane where she has been trapped for fourteen unhappy years. With only a distant memory of being torn from her mother’s arms at age four, she is determined to uncover what happened to her parents and locate her missing twin brother. But where to start? Orphanage and government officials refuse to reveal her origins. She leaves her strict, Catholic upbringing behind and emerges int... [Read More...]

The Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes Trilogy

The Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes by David J. Mason is a historical documentary novel trilogy inspired by the true story of Mason’s great-grandfather, Parson Sykes. The trilogy traces Parson’s journey from enslavement in Southampton County, Virginia, through his escape and service in the Union Army during the Civil War, to his efforts to build a new life during Reconstruction. Parson Sykes’s story is one of extraordinary courage, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of freedom. Born i... [Read More...]

Treasures in Time

A dual-timeline historical mystery in the BookFest Gold Medal Award–Winning IN TIME series for Best Fiction. Set during the time of Revolutionary War privateers and in the present day on the Maryland Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. This is the 6th novel in a haunting dual-timeline mystery at Waterwood Plantation that intertwines past and present. As Emma Chase discovers an old family Bible, finds a curious clue on the family tree, and follows a trail left by Revolutionary War pirates, se... [Read More...]

Only You

Blending gripping historical realism with emotional intimacy, Only You is a tribute to enduring love, forged through war, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit. In Only You, R.F. Eisen weaves a tale of love and commitment set against the backdrop of World War II. As the war rages on, two lovers, John and Ellen, find their lives torn asunder by chaos, casting seeds of doubt and despair. When a hurricane swamps the USS Warrington, knocking John Ridgeway- “Ridge” to his friends-... [Read More...]

Free: The Chess Queen: Codex 1

Theophano is a young woman living a peaceful and sheltered life among people who love her. Her father raises her as an equal to his sons and his only ambition for her is to be happy. However, everything will suddenly change when she is forced to move to a distant and inhospitable foreign land where she will have to face insults, challenges, and grave dangers. Will she find the strength to survive, or will she be lost in the darkness of the Middle Ages among people who hate her? This novel is se... [Read More...]