Historical fiction Books

WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS FOR FICTION 2025'Magnificent' Tim WintonIn the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris and Floyd are out of work,...

The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington during the 1930s, Sam and Henny Pollit are a warring husband and wife. Their tempestuous marriage, aggravated by too little money, lies at the centre of...

The Duke’s Runaway Bride - Jenni FletcherFrom shopkeeper...to Duke’s wife.When Beatrix, Duchess of Howden, writes to her estranged husband offering a divorce, she’s stunned when he arrives on her doorstep with a different proposition: a six-week...

Their Second Chance Season - Ella MatthewsCan a ballroom reunion...lead to a union at the altar? War hero, James Ashworth, needs a rich wife to restore his family’s fortune. Despite the scars battle left on his soul, he’ll do his duty — even if...

Compromised Into Marrying The Duke - Lucy AshfordHer first love betrayed her. Now they must marry! Once Anthony had been Marianne’s brother’s best friend...and the man she’d secretly dreamed of marrying. Then he betrayed her by wedding someone else —...

London is under attack. But within the rubble, a greater danger lurks… The Luftwaffe has been bombing London continuously since September 1940.During a bombing raid, Madeline Fairfax is caught in her kitchen whilst cooking for her husband and children...

How To Court A Rake - Bronwyn ScottSparks fly when the wallflower...waltzes with the rake!When the Crown awards spy Caine Parkhurst the title of marquess, it’s with the outrageous stipulation he marries within the year! Caine’s catapulted into London’s...

A visionary and poignant novel centered around former newspaperman Sam Cunningham as he prepares to die, Late City covers much of the early twentieth century, unfurling as a conversation between the dying man and a surprising God. As the two review Sam's...

Only An Heiress Will Do - Virginia HeathA marriage made in haste...repented at leisure? Major Adam Mayhew has returned from war to discover his family facing ruin. He no longer cares for the expectations of the ton, but he needs a wealthy, convenient...

Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, a powerful, heart-wrenching novel about maternal love that endures against pitiless odds. Kidnapped by sealers and enslaved far from her homeland, Nannertgarrook has a spirit that refuses to bow …From...

Rescued By The Viscount’s RingAn unexpected proposal...for the runaway heiress!After escaping to avoid an arranged marriage, American heiress Madeline Macooish stows away on board a ship bound for England. She’s rescued by Rees Dalton and spends the...

"A fast-paced roller-coaster ride of deceit, espionage, danger, and-above all-the unbreakable bonds of friendship. This tense page-turner peels back new layers in the complexities of World War II espionage as it hurtles toward its satisfying finish."...

The second captivating novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is...

‘Draws you in from the start and doesn’t let you go until the end’ Reader Review ‘Wonderfully written and oozing wartime spirit. Couldn’t ask for more!’ Reader Review The second inspiring novel in the heartwarming and hopeful Bletchley Park Girls series...

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The second book in Raymond Feist’s bestselling quartet: The Serpentwar Saga. It’s hard to build a business empire in the midst of magic and murder…After a harrowing brush with the armies of the Emerald Queen Roo Avery is now free to choose his own...

A gorgeously written, immersive and deeply moving novel about the stories that shape us and the memories that ensnare us. In 1929, young Jack travels with his parents to Henry Ford's rubber tree plantation in the Brazilian Amazon. In this beautiful but...

In the last days of the Roman Empire a desperate princess and brutal Gothic warlord forge a dangerous alliance.'Enemy of My Dreams is a romantic romp through the ashes of a dying empire.' - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche and Eros Julia, only daughter...

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE HENNA ARTIST, this sweeping novel follows a young Anglo-Indian nurse who embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay, through Europe, to uncover a mystery and prove her innocence after a famous painter...

Miss Anna And The Earl - Catherine TinleyThe key to unlocking Cinderella’s past...the enigmatic Earl? For Miss Anna Lennox, a house party hosted by the Earl of Garvald is a timely distraction from uncovering the truth about her past. And a chance to...

Tempted By Her Enemy Marquis - Louise AllenRevenge is sweet...but will the marquis’s kiss be sweeter? When Will, the Marquis of Ravenham, advertises for an expert in antiques to help him navigate the hoard of treasures that fill his newly inherited...

A Debutante In DisguiseA society lady...with a secret!Determined to help people, Letty Barton has a double life...she’s a trained doctor! No-one must know ‘Dr Hatfield’ is actually a woman. Called to an emergency, she comes face to face with her...

One Waltz With The Viscount - Laura MartinCinderella’s accidental waltz...with the Viscount everyone wants! Nothing will stop destitute Miss Sarah searching for her sister — even breaking into an exclusive ball in London! Fortunately, sneaking in...

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she’s ever made... and how far she’ll go to...

Cinderella At The Duke’s Ball - Bronwyn ScottAn extraordinary dress to change her ordinary life!Cora has one season to find a husband and save her family from poverty! So, when her modest dress order is accidentally replaced with an above-her-station...

In the vein of America’s First Daughter, Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkable friendship of Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt, the daughters of educator Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt.At the turn of the...

Lady Beaumont’s Daring Proposition - Eva ShepherdA proposition so scandalous...even the wild Viscount will be shocked!Lady Emily Beaumont has buried herself away from Society after being deceived by a rake so disastrously in the past. When she encounters...

A grumpy x sunshine Regency Cinderella story. An unsuitable match for the Viscount and not just because she vexes him!Bookworm Rose Lennox has no interest in making her debut, she’s only in London to discover the truth of her parentage. Her sponsor’s...

A Regency marriage of convenience at Christmastime! A wedding they can’t escape, a Christmas they’ll never forget!The last person that Samuel Beresford expected to fish out of a freezing, perilous river was Julia Livingston. The girl who was once an...

A Regency reunion to capture your heart Will they forgive each other by the time the snow melts?Years ago, Sabrina walked away from her first love, Jack, because she was duty bound to marry for money instead. Now a widow, she finds herself back in...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your...

Set against Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear... Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique...

New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8, Kim van Alkemade returns with a gripping and poignant historical saga in which an unmarried college student who’s given up her baby for adoption helps a Dutch Holocaust survivor search for his lost...

Read the next book in the heart-warming WW2 historical romance saga series, The Steel Girls In their darkest days, they’ll find the courage to carry on… Summer 1940The war is raging on but the Steel Girls are fighting their own battles closer to home...

USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns as she delves into the life of Adele Astaire, who served up smiles and love both on and off the stage—with and without her also famous brother Fred Astaire— along with a determined young...

A vivid, beautifully imagined story about the lengths we'll go in order to belong'Beautiful writing - tender and engaging. A wonderful novel' FAVEL PARRETT'Gina Perry has written from the heart to create a story of tenderness, struggle and love' TONY...

From the author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes comes yet another sharp, page-turning novel about a forgotten child star and former Hollywood “It” Girl who is now fighting back against the conservatorship that has controlled her life for...

A must-read for fans of Kate Quinn and Kristin Hannah!Paris 1930s A promise that binds them together. A war that pulls them apart. Childhood companions Fleur and Colette make a vow, under the trailing ivy of their secret garden, that they will be secret...

Hope. Glamour. Independence. A new era has begun…‘A wonderfully absorbing tale of friendship, rich in period detail’ Stylist With the Great War behind them, four friends are ready to live again.Lydia, a society beauty, has everything – wealth,...

From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women, from the perspective of Margaret “Marmee” March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy domestic concerns cherished by...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.. Based on J. G. Ballard’s own childhood,...

Never gamble on your heart’s desire Notorious rake Finn Ransome is much happier at a gaming table than pandering to society’s expectations. However, his father has made it clear he must marry or lose his inheritance.After a disastrous first season,...

Inspired by true events, a breathtaking WWII historical novel about the brave American women who trained the British Royal Air Force, by New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath.1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in...

The latest in the heartwarming WW2 family saga series! ‘Uplifting and full of warmth, this tale of friendship and love is another brilliant instalment in this much loved historical fiction series’ MyWeekly‘This heartwarming, nostalgic book is a fitting...

The Internationally Bestselling Author of The English Wife‘Beautifully epic, romantic & rich in detail’ #1 & USA Today bestseller Lorna Cook‘Sweeping and evocative’ Rosanna LeyThree sisters The Great War The end of innocence… In 1913, in a quiet...

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin MBE, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. England, 1937.Gwen, Noor, Dodo and Vera are four very different teenage girls, with something in common. Their...

A heart-wrenching novel of love, resilience and courage in World War II, from the author of Sisters of War – perfect for readers who loved The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The German Midwife. Ukraine, 1943On a train from Ukraine to Germany, Lisa Smirnova...