Inspirational Historical Fiction

Dara's life is full of farm work and worries, especially now that her older brother is a priest in a far off city. Yet she still has time to dream of the life she hopes will someday be. She dreams of marrying her dear friend and the worries of her family ending. Now, the selfishness of one person threatens her very way of life. Dresden's initial excitement about living a life devoted to the service of God quickly is dashed on the rocks of reality. The life of a priest is nothing like what he imagined.

Orphaned at a young age, Hetty is convinced her circumstances make her unworthy of having a family of her own. When a job opportunity as a housekeeper presents itself, Hetty accepts believing that working for Isaac Wheeler and his family is a welcome, if not temporary, surrogate for her own family dreams. As she’s faced with learning to trust, she discovers that wanting a family and building a family are two very different things. Will she learn to see herself as worthy of God’s gifts? Or will she return to the solitary existence that defined so much of her life? 

Emily is suffering the ultimate trial. Her husband and best friend was killed in a bank robbery soon after they were married. A few weeks later, she discovers she is pregnant. After her daughter is born, Emily does everything she can to be a good mother, but her sister and her husband have other plans for her child, and they don’t include her. In order to support her baby, Emily makes the hard decision to become a Harvey Girl. She meets the local sheriff, Samuel Montgomery, and he comes up with his own plan to help Emily keep her baby.  

After being jilted at the altar, Scarlett Settler can't show her face in town. She becomes a mail-order bride to a blacksmith in Silver Falls, Oregon. She only skimmed the letters that she and her intended exchanged and was very disappointed to find he was a blacksmith always covered in soot. Dillon Stahl built a huge house and now he wants to fill it with a wife and children. When his friend Smitty Settler writes to him about his daughter, Scarlett, he's intrigued and proposes. He expected a sweet biddable wife that he can build a life with. Instead he ends up with an opinionated woman who does not know the word compromise.

Sarah is a beautiful and successful dance teacher. She is deaf, but this does not stop her from living life to its fullest. While visiting the Roberts family, David finds himself entranced with this very special lady and ends up defending her honor several times. He finds Sarah has gone through many trials as she teaches him the importance of not dwelling on the past and how to love life. Meanwhile, David learns about the legend of the Bear Lake Monster and wonders why the community believes in such a thing. He is determined to prove there is no Bear Lake Monster.

Sarah Hubbard makes her living as a seamstress in her solitary home beside Willoughby Run, a creek near Gettysburg. Her loyalties are firmly on the side of the North so when Confederate soldier, Jesse Mitchell, seeks refuge at her home she cautiously agrees to help him. Jesse promised his sister-in-law to bring her husband, Jonas, home safely. With all the death he's witnessed fighting for "The Cause," protecting Jonas has become a matter of honor. He is prepared to die for his brother and his country. He appreciates his luck in finding a caring woman behind enemy lines. 

The Franklin family began its odyssey in Northern California in the '40s. Within a few years, they had moved to Alaska with their friends the Joneses and staked a homestead in the interior of the great land. This is the story of their adventures, trials, and great times as the Franklins created their own odyssey.

Contrary to her parents’ wishes, Evelyn married a nonbeliever, but it all works out.... or does it? Not only did the love of her life accept Christ, Nathaniel got baptized by fire and became a minister of the gospel. Woven into the breathtaking tale of love and redemption are two additional stories, Evelyn’s novels of faith, family, and forgiveness. 

Missouri mules were the best. Alda grew to love the creatures working side by side with her pa on their farm along the banks of the Missouri River. He would be hopping mad when he realized his wife and daughter colluded behind his back to sell a pack string. It wouldn't matter that they were trying to save the farm. Alda struck out on her own to drive the team over 1,500 miles. By day three, her lead mule Bessie refused to take one more step. It was a good thing the handsome cowboy Cord stopped by to lend a hand or Alda might still be sitting in the dust.

Two hundred years later, on the anniversary of the Battle of Saratoga, thousands arrive from Europe and the US to celebrate the event, including descendants from the war. One young American, Abby, meets the offspring of a British soldier. When she is threatened, Abby turns to the only person she knows at the event: her British ally. Can she trust him with her life? Or will he betray her in the same way Loyalist spies betrayed her ancestors?

Since her father’s death, Miss Hestia B. Stockbow has been living a lie. Working as a companion, under an assumed name, all she wants to do is keep her head down and forget about the scandalous tragedy that haunts her past. There’s only one problem… After two delicious, stolen kisses, the usually aloof Alexander Delaney, Marquess of Falconbridge, finds himself entranced by Belinda Bowstock, a lowly paid companion. When he discovers that she is, in fact, his missing ward, Alex realizes there's only one thing he can do: Marry the chit and help her solve the mystery of her father's death.

Young Nicholas finds his parents mysteriously murdered shortly after they reveal to him their secret treasury used to honor Christ. This historical novelette breathes new life into the heroic legend of the man known as Saint Nicholas. At a time when followers of Christ are being killed as enemies of the Roman gods, Nicholas chooses to fulfill his promise to give gifts to the poor in the name of Christ.  

Saving her can land him in a hangman's noose at low tide in Charles Town Harbor. Repaying her debt to him will consign her to a life worse than death.  

Follow the adventures of two noble men who uncover secret societies, chase terrifying and ruthless criminals, and find out if faith can overcome all obstacles. This Christian mysteries series contains five books, each covering a chapter of this spine-tingling adventure.  

It’s 1968, and Sheldon and Meg Crane have just moved their family from Pennsylvania to the small town of Black Mountain, NC. The family discovers their new home is no ordinary place. Family members occasionally see and speak with the home’s previous residents - and the ones who will live there in the future. While attempting to come to terms with this portal to the past and future, their son, Digger, suddenly disappears. Was he kidnapped, or did Digger wander off into the mountains and become lost? The answer lies in a place once beyond a time.

Beautiful Margaret Hufton is the daughter of the parish's good and caring doctor. She dearly loves to help her father on his rounds, especially if there is a baby to hold. Margaret and her mother always have good gossip to share. A change in financial circumstance leads to a mission to reveal the secret that an inconvenient man has threatened to release. If the secret is revealed, Margaret's hopes of marriage will dissolve. Will the secret be revealed, and if it is, will the threat of gossip and ridicule be too much for her and her family to bear?

Sergeant Bartholomew Moore’s prey was within his grasp, but the elusive and deadly Aiden Woolbury slipped away after claiming his first target in Preston. With the bark of a rifle and the roar of a flame, Preston finds itself in the midst of a new conflict - the spark that may set off a powder keg of criminality and political unrest that has been growing for decades. Now it is a race against time between the Constable and the Assassin, one determined to claim more targets in a bid for his ultimate goal and the other bound to move all heaven and Earth to stop the killing…

After the tragic death of his wife, the Duke of Warwickshire wonders how he will care for his five-year-old son. After having seen his childhood friend, Lady Leah, at his wife's funeral, he contacts her soon after, offering her a position to help care for his son. While she balks at the idea due to her status, the Duke eventually persuades her. Old feelings begin to resurface between the Duke and Lady Leah, until Lady Leah discovers a horrifying secret involving the late Duchess and the Duke's son. As Leah fights to unravel the mystery, she overhears a deadly plot involving the Duke. 

Beautiful, willful Isabella Martin is being raised as a lady by her doting parents at their bustling inn, "The Jolly George". Life is full of learning lady-like accomplishments for her and her cousin Caroline. After an embarrassing family loss, security is more important to her than love, and she aspires to marry up out of her social class. Will her dreams come true as she seeks to socially climb, or will she die a slow, ghastly death at the hands of an adversary just when her life began to have new meaning?

1886: Jesse Montgomery is beginning to feel restless. Though he’s grateful to his friends Colin and Emma for helping him get on his feet again after a few bad choices and some hard living, surely the Lord doesn’t want him to stay in Apple Grove forever. Doesn’t the Almighty have plans for this reformed rowdy cowboy to build a life of his own? When an unscrupulous cattle baron tries to steal Amish land, Jesse intervenes and is wounded. Lovely Katie Miller, the young healer in the district, attends to him while trying to guard her heart.