Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

All The World's A Stage, As They Say...In 1876 Philadelphia, Benjamin Grimm knows real life is much like the theater-people play their parts, hiding behind the illusion of their lives and never revealing their secrets. When he reunites with his childhood friend Eleanor Banneker,...

In this installment of the bestselling Gunnie Rose series, sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia, as well as brother Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma--only to break apart before the Wizard's Ball held in San Diego, which will determine all their fates.Lizbeth Rose is...

Dark, mournful, and beautiful, Sarah Tolmie's The Fourth Island is a moving and unforgettable story of life and death on the hidden Irish island of Inis Caillte. Huddled in the sea off the coast of Ireland is a fourth Aran Island, a secret island...

Cinema has only just reached picturesque Hawkinge-By-Hythe, but the mayhem already has people reeling!When the town's first picture palace shows a horror film, it unleashes a terrifying werewolf.The worst kind, too. Not content with scaring people, and pinching their chickens, it keeps rearranging all...

Mystery, Murder and Magic...When his nemesis from schoolboy days hires metaphysician Ned Mathey to investigate his father's murder, Ned turns to his friend and sometime lover, detective Julian Lynes, for help. Together, they must navigate a maze of deceit, danger, their painful past and,...

Roman ruins. A reluctant time traveler. And an army under threat.Can one woman slip back through time to avert a slaughter and save the man she loves?When ancient ruins are discovered on a Northumberland farm, just south of Hadrian's Wall, emotions boil over as...

"For all of you who need some great fantasy to read while you're waiting for The Winds of Winter...try Quillifer, by Walter Jon Williams. WJW is always fun, but this might be his best yet, a delight from start to finish, witty, colorful, exciting...

I like things neat, so shoot me. Or poison me. Or run me through with a broadsword. Doesn't matter how you try to end me, werewolves are immortal. Back to liking things neat... I've been killing forever, both as a wolf and as a...

The story focuses on a nine-year-old visionary, Kahlo, and her archeo-astronomical speculations in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon. There is no written history of ancient Chaco residents, yet Kahlo sees things others don't. Her mother, Aurore, is trying to solve her sister Ashleigh's death that...

The second book of the Aven Cycle explores a magical Rome-inspired empire, where senators, generals, and elemental mages vie for power.Latona of the Vitelliae, mage of Spirit and Fire, is eager to wield her newfound empowerment on behalf of the citizens of Aven--but societal...

At the end of '4 Empty Graves', Martin Teebs finally got his happily ever after....or did he? With nagging doubts about the six months between the end of Old Lincoln Days and his final trip back in time to Lincoln, Martin must examine exactly...

Powerful enchantments. Danger lurking in every corner. Can this trio of unlikely friends serve the fae crown without triggering another disaster?Jessamine is heartbroken over an unexpected tragedy but has no time to grieve before the throne delivers an ultimatum: become a spy or face...

After the Japanese bombed Hawaii, a group of men from North Alabama joined the coast guard as counter guerilla warfare troops designated to defend against Nazi-Italia saboteurs, whose targets were in this area that contained TVA dams and nitrogen plants. President Roosevelt, General Bill...

Can a woman trapped in a loveless union escape without sacrificing her precious grandchild? Ireland, 1055. In an ancient realm where time weaves a tapestry of love and loss, a woman trapped in a loveless union must find the strength to break free, even...

A vast empire's greatest foe. A conquered people's last hope. His name is Hanuvar, and he will set his people free! When the Dervan Empire came for the city of Volanus its people fought block by block, house by house until most of them...

Magic requires knowledge...It requires precision...But most of all, it requires a sheer force of will strong enough to break reality.Siobhan still dreams of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer. But she has once again been forced to face the horrifyingly dark side of their...

William Dickenson, man of business to the earl of Shrewsbury, knows that raising the rents on farmholds will ease his master's cash-flow problem. But Lord Shrewsbury imposes such huge increases on one manor, Glossopdale in the Derbyshire Peak District, that none of the tenants...

"In the wake of her mother's passing, Layla Hurley unexpectedly reconnects with her mother's sisters, women she hasn't been allowed to speak to, or of, in years. Her aunts reveal to Layla that a Gullah-Geechee island off the shore of South Carolina now belongs...

A HERO TO SOME. A VILLAIN TO MANY. THE TRUTH FOREVER BURIED.The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world's greatest empire -- but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all...

Friends by chance--or is it fate?Damian Raske and Jullanar Thistlethwaite are about as different as can be. Damian is a young swordsman, dreaming of being the best in the world, hardly aware of what lies beyond the outskirts of his city, let alone that...

If you ever long for simpler times, be careful what you wish for...November 24th, 2023. The night just after Thanksgiving. The worst night Thomas Wilson has had in his life. A life filled with toil and strife amidst the complexity of the 21st century.What...

A cursed prince. An aspiring assassin. No good deed goes unpunished...Once upon a time...Crown Prince Boris's life was perfect - a wife, a child and his father's favour for a job well done. Until his brother's traitorous plot steals everything from him, forcing him...

A stolen child. A knight in search of salvation. Only one can weave a new destiny.Once upon a time...Raised in the royal court, Isaak spent years training as a knight and waiting for the opportunity to win back the Rumpelstiltskin lands after his father...

Toyuk is the tale of a boy from an ancient indigenous Sierra Mountain tribe with an unquenchable thirst for truth. Troubled by dreams of strange people and places that defy his imagination, Toyuk prepares for his tribal rite of passage into manhood but wonders...

Edinburgh, 1779. An academic rivalry turns deadly.George Stephens is a lousy medical student. Lacking the social and financial resources to succeed in Edinburgh's elite medical school, his dream of becoming a physician appears over before it began.Then George comes to the attention of two...

One of the seven will die. There's nothing they can do to stop it.1970. New Orleans. The seven Deschanel siblings live with their long-suffering mother in an historic Garden District mansion. Each of them unique. Each of them born with a gift. In some...

Mere Venoma Noir, the fourth Sister of Power, proves to be the most challenging yet for Viktor Brandewyne. She sets him to retrieve an amulet stolen by a notorious slave trader with a reputation for ruthlessness to rival Viktor's and a talent for black...

Step into this myth-haunted debut historical fantasy inspired by a true story, in which a young woman's quest to free her clan and become the legendary Fire Seer of Mull pits her against the Ancient Enemy of all Reality. "The hero's journey navigates a...

A Regency Fanatasy Novella Series Inspired By Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell HallTen years ago, Rochester Fern defeated the demonic threat that laid waste to the land of Albion. He was rewarded with the wealth and glory for which he...

"Many a reader longing for a sense of homecoming in the realm of romantic fantasy will find it in A Strange and Stubborn Endurance."--Jacqueline Carey "Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky." Velasin vin Aaro never...

Lina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions is an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Death of Jane Lawrence. "An entrancing and transformative queer tale of cosmic horror."--Caitlin Starling "A...

Can a woman trapped in a loveless union escape without sacrificing her precious grandchild?Ireland, 1055. In an ancient realm where time weaves a tapestry of love and loss, a woman trapped in a loveless union must find the strength to break free, even if...

Disappointed in her rejection by the arcane Society of Seekers, witch's foundling Sally Founder resigns herself to life as the companion of Lady Bellingham. Secretly the Host to the disembodied spirit of Samdriel, she yearns for more. Her wish is unfortunately granted after a...

Ball Gowns. Calling Cards. Hell Hounds.Cassandra Weaver is hiding an infirmity from a society-and a family-that demands perfection.Henry Stewart is hiding from his former Faerie masters, trying to remember what it means to be human.Simple enough, except that their little town of Drixton conceals...

A noble individual's rise from humble beginnings and the struggle between brothers for dominance form two of the basic stories that attract people to literature and history, both personal and global. In How Nicholas Became Santa Claus, Sandra Jo and Darrell R. Troupe, a...

Ravenlough remains in danger. Devin realizes she will not be able to keep Bram's men at bay on her own. Upon Oran's pained urging she reluctantly lets Tristan go to create an alliance with a stronger house, and agrees to marry the ambitious Marcas,...

The past cannot be changed, or can it? Martin Teebs has tried time and again to fix the horrible mistakes he's made in the past. The beautiful Rosita Luna and his son, Martin Jr. are just out of reach, no matter what Martin tries....

Both epic and intimate, Sharon Emmerichs's extraordinary debut novel reimagines Beowulf from the perspective of a young woman reclaiming her power. All her life, Fryda has longed to be a shield maiden, an honor reserved for Geatland's mightiest warriors. When a childhood accident leaves...

Seven Siblings. Seven Years. Seven Spellbinding Novels.1972. New Orleans. The remaining six Deschanel siblings live with their long-suffering mother outside New Orleans, in the historic family plantation. Each of them unique. Each of them born with a gift. In some cases, a gift they...

Seven Siblings. Seven Years. Seven Spellbinding Novels.1975. New Orleans. The Deschanel siblings are far from children now, some having kids of their own, others settling into the possibility, as they make choices that will shape their futures forever.Charles, the playboy, finds new meaning as...

Casey Clemens is having a bad day. And it's going to get worse. It's the day before Casey's 40th birthday and Hollywood doesn't want her anymore (not that it ever did). Her career and personal life are a disaster. Frantic to escape her own...

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails.But they are most assuredly dead.Nebula and Alex Award winner P. Djèlí Clark introduces a brand-new world and a fantastical city full of gods and assassins. A Most Anticipated Book of 2024...

Displaced from her comfortable life in Texas, fourteen-year-old Cara Corrigan despises her new Denver home, desperately misses her friends, andcan't resist the resentment that now controls her life. When Cara's father places a full-length antique mirror in her new bedroom, the unthinkable begins: a...

When mighty empires clash over his blood-torn country, can a valiant bastard best his rivals and take his father's throne to fulfill a magic prophecy? Or will he, like many others, lose his head?Vlad Dracul is shattered. After two decades of faithful service, the...

An unwilling swan maiden. A deadly plague. Can a mother's love defeat death?Once upon a time...For Swanhild and Raphael, life is perfect. Betrothed and about to be married, their future should hold only happiness.Until the plague arrives.Swanhild's mother transforms her into a swan, hoping...

Two households. One ancient grudge. Can two starcrossed lovers bridge the gap between them?Once upon a time...Julia has one goal: to protect her mother's lands. But the land itself is dying, beset by salt and the encroaching sea, and she's forced to head home...

From 18th Century France to 20th Century San Francisco, the Promise of the Rose Crystal both empowered and mystified Grace Moreau and her daughter Rose Wyndham.They fought for women's rights, suffered prejudice and conspiracy theorists, and blazed their way through a male-dominated world to...

From 18th Century France to 20th Century San Francisco, the Promise of the Rose Crystal both empowered and mystified Grace Moreau and her daughter Rose Wyndham.They fought for women's rights, suffered prejudice and conspiracy theorists, and blazed their way through a male-dominated world to...

In a world where magic is tightly controlled, the most powerful man in history must choose between his kingdom and his son in the first book in the epic NYT bestselling Lightbringer series. Guile is the Prism. He is high priest and emperor, a...

BOOK 14 IN THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIES, FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JODI TAYLOR. 'Brilliant, hilarious, keeps you on your toes' Reader review 'The characters make me come back time and time again' Reader review 'I have not found another author who can...