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Threshold of Deceit
Pouliot, Carol
Every moment's a masquerade.
On a sunny spring day in 1934, local lothario Frankie Russo is murdered in broad daylight. It seems no one saw anything, but things are not always what they seem in this small New York town. Tackling the investigation, Detective Steven Blackwell discovers Frankie’s little black book, a coded list of dozens of flings, affairs, and one-night stands−and a solid motive for the widow. Soon, what appeared to be a straight-forward case gets complicated. A witness goes missing, a second body turns up, the victim’s cousin disappears, and an old flame surfaces. Faced with conflicting pieces of evidence, lies, and false alibis, Steven creates a psychological portrait of the killer. He realizes he’s looking for someone wearing a mask. But the killer is not the only one in disguise.
How can a police procedural be so much fun? Clever and compelling, this intriguing time-traveling puzzle will keep you guessing.
Hank Phillippi Ryan, International Bestselling Author of Her Perfect Life
Historical Mystery, Historical Time-Travel
1930s
$
16.95

Doorway to Murder
Pouliot, Carol
The Blackwell & Watson TIme-Travel Mysteries
The past collides with the present in a small New York town, where secrets lurk and betrayal is just around the corner. The morning after the worst blizzard of 1934, Detective Steven Blackwell takes on a highly charged murder case. The investigation starts badly: one clue, lots of lies and alibis. To make things worse, Steven is seeing visions of a woman in his house. One night, she speaks. Her name is Olivia Watson and she lives in 2014. She believes time has folded over in the house they share. As their relationship deepens, Steven’s investigation intensifies. Soon he can no longer trust anyone in his own time. Can Olivia help crack the case—and catch a killer?
There's nothing I like more than a time-travel tale, but how much better to get a crisp, fair-play police procedural, too. The atmosphere grabbed me. The ending surprised me. I'm already looking forward to Steven and Olivia's next adventure.
Catriona McPherson, multi-award-winning author of In Place of Fear
Historical Time Travel, Historical Mystery
1930s
$
16.95

Bogeys: Armistice
Livingston, Alan
“Bogeys”, WW1 aviation historical fiction romance
In the action-packed opening of “Armistice”, the first book of the “Bogeys” early twentieth-century aviation-centered historical fiction series, two Allied aviators are downed in action on a French farm near the Western Front. The pilots and their rescuers find friendship and love amidst the destruction, despite a sinister German stuck on the wrong side of the line. When World War One ends, what happens to their relationships? Their military obligations require leaving for their homelands, but their futures lie in their adopted French village with the women they leave behind. But first, can they survive their journeys home?
Historical Fiction and Romance
WW1
$
18.99

Lara's Story
Merrill Wigginton, Diane
Shattered by heartbreak...
“When a heart breaks, it does not break evenly, cleaving in half exactly down the middle.”
Surrounded by her large, boisterous family in 1840s Ireland, Lara Flannigan has never known anything but love and belonging—until the day tragedy strikes, leaving her abandoned and forced into indentured servitude.
Remade in a new world.
With barely a chance to look back, she’s swept away to a bustling new continent—and a dizzying new reality. One of petticoats, opulent townhouses, and the cold reaches of Philadelphia high society. Desperate for a future, Lara works tirelessly to fit into her new life... while still haunted by a past that won’t let her go.
Historical Fiction
18th Century, Romantic Era
$
4.99

Olivia's Promise Book 3
Merrill Wigginton, Diane
The Jeweled Dagger Series
If you had a unique set of skills and could save your best friend
from a fate worse than death, would you?
The year is 1804 and Lady Olivia Sophia Allen Townsend just turned 20. She is young and beautiful but considered by some in polite society to be far too eccentric for her own good.
Olivia can see spirits. In fact, she has been speaking to the dearly departed since she was a little girl.
When Olivia was younger, she was very open about her gifts. But years of shunning by her peers has caused Olivia to turn her back on those who needed her the most; the spirits who are caught between the two worlds.
That is until the day her best friend, Lilly Collins comes to her in the middle of the night and asks for her help. Lilly can’t remember what happened to her, but she finds herself in need of Olivia’s unique gifts.Olivia’s younger sister, Coco is also gifted with a unique set of skills, and together, the sisters set off on a sea voyage, to solving the mystery of Lilly’s untimely death
Historical Romance / Paranormal
18th Century The Common Era
$
2.99

Isabella's Heart book 2
Merrill Wigginton, Diane
The Jeweled Dagger Series
If you had a twin, what would you do to save their life?
It is 1783 England and Isabella Deveraux is an independent, fearless young woman who has hardened her heart to everyone that mattered to her, until the night she experiences a disturbing dream about her twin brother, Charlie, on the eve of their 19th birthday. Charlie and his schoolmates have been abducted by the devil incarnate and Isabella is resolved to do whatever it takes to save him, even if that means reconciling with her estranged family and placing her faith and life in the hands of an intimidating Irish mercenary Captain.
Captain Aiden Townsend is more than willing to save the lives of three privileged schoolboys, for the right price. Jaded by his own devastating loss, Aiden has worked hard to keep his distance from the female persuasion. That is, until the day he is introduced to Isabella, who has already captured his heart with her fierce nature, and iron strong will.
Historical Romance / Paranormal
18th Century, The Common Era
$
0.99

Angelina's Secret Book 1
Merrill Wigginton Diane
The Jeweled Dagger Series
If you were asked to keep a secret to save the life of someone you barely knew, would you?
Lady Angelina Stewart is a bold, beautiful, independent woman with a terrible secret. After returning home from a sea voyage, she is touted as a hero for saving her family’s ship and crew from a band of ruthless pirates. But Angelina is a fraud. She allowed that dreadful pirate captain to touch a part of her that no other man has touched before; her heart.
Captain Jude Deveraux is leading a double life. He and his band of French privateers steal, rob, and plunder unsuspecting ships that have the misfortune of wandering into their domain. Awarded a title by the King of France for bravery during battle, The Duke of Bayonne, A.K.A. Pirate Captain, takes what he wants from the world, while he and best friend, Honore live each day as if it were their last. That is until the day Jude discovers that the only thing he truly wants is to capture the untamed heart of fiery-tempered, Lady Stewart.
Historical/Romance Paranormal
18th Century or the Common Era
$
2.99

Rebellion.Carausius and Allectus, the Welshmen who stole the Roman Empire
Pitts, John
A ten year rebellion against the Roman Empire
Interpretive historical fiction is both difficult and fun. Whereas there a few known facts, and some ideas that have become the ‘received wisdom’ and hence unchallenged, I have drawn on many published supportive and contrary opinions and conclusions to explore this tumultuous episode in the distant history of the island of Britain.
This book tells the story of how two Romanised young Welshmen, taken to ensure the loyalty to Rome of their fathers, fell into circumstances that led to a full scale rebellion that took Britain out of the Roman empire for ten years at the end of the Third Century. Their names became Carausius and Allectus, and both declared themselves as emperors in turn. Very different personalities, with very different skills, these led to increasing tensions between them, and a dramatic outcome was inevitable.
Historical Fiction
Roman
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The Soldier and The Orphan
Henry, Alastair
Separated by Church and War
The Soldier and the Orphan is a blend of historical fiction, romance, and suspense set in early twentieth-century England that shows how the social aspects of the times impacted a working-class family. Identical twins, Billy, and Tommy Jones, are born out of wedlock in Blackmoor, a cotton mill town in Lancashire, England in 1921. at a time when such a thing was regarded as a disgrace -the sins of the father being visited on the sons. Mary, their mother, is pressured by the Catholic Church to give up one of her babies to a Home for Babies. Neither boy knows he has a twin brother until thirty-two years later.
Written in four parts, one for each protagonist – Mary, Billy, and Tommy - plus a final chapter when the brothers are united, The Soldier and the Orphan follows the unpredictable life journeys of each protagonist as they search for love, truth and their family.
Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Historical Mystery
Victorian
$
25.99

Awakening in the Northwest Territories
Henry, Alastair
One Man's Search fo Fulfillment
Awakening in the Northwest Territories is an inspirational, and absorbing account of one Boomer’s transformative life journey over a sixty-year period. Follow Alastair’s story from his strict Catholic upbringing in England to Canada by himself at the age of 19 in search of love and adventure, where he quickly acquires a family, and over the next twenty years, climbs the corporate ladder and builds up a flourishing business, all of which subsequently go sour. He takes early retirement and goes to live in the country in an idyllic retreat, but after a year, he feels unfulfilled and senses that there is more to life than just being “comfortable.” Making a conscious decision to live the examined life, he chooses to go in a new direction by living with a small band of First Nations people in a remote fly-in community in the Northwest Territories. Cultural differences and a challenging environment ignite fresh perspectives, inspire a new way of life, and fuel his soul-searching.
Historical Biography
Post -WWW11
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Prairie Gold
Salisbury, Sandy
A Henry and Rose Cosy Mystery Book One
When Rose arrives in the bustling frontier city of St Louis, her only goal is to put her past behind her. But a chance encounter with the adventure-seeking English aristocrat Henry Fitzwilliam soon has Rose returning to her Cheyenne roots.
Rose leads Henry on a madcap dash across the vast prairies, from the Platte River basin to the foothills of the majestic Rockies. But try as they might, they can never quite shake off Bud Blake, an opportunistic cowboy with a nose for Henry’s money and a grudge against Rose. There’s treasure to be found in the wilderness, but as Rose will have to learn, it’s what you do with it that counts.
Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Historical Mystery
American, Western
$
2.99

The Quest for Eternal Life. The Last Librarian Book 1
De Groot, John C
The Last Librarian
Most historians believe that the Great Library of Alexandria was lost or destroyed.
But what if that were not the case.
Amanishakete a Nubian Princess and member of the secret ‘Guardians of Knowledge’ accepts the quest to gain eternal life and then with her lifelong friend Sabine they overcome threats and mortal danger to protect the Great Library to the present day.
Three hundred and five years before the birth of Christ Ptolemy declared himself Pharaoh of Egypt and the founder of the Great Alexandrian Library that was destined to become the known worlds largest collection of scholarly works and a destination for the greatest minds of the day. In 280 BC he was also to agree to an ingenious plan, proposed by Chief Librarian Zenodotus, to save the Great Alexandrian Library for posterity.
Nearly three hundred years later, as Cleopatra and Marc Anthony prepared to defend Alexandria from the Romans, the plan is put into action by Amanishakete.













