In this historical suspense-fantasy can: the USA overcome the Oil-Nordic-supremacy conspiracy, Armenians and Jews be saved in refuge cities, moderates transform an Islam-centric empire into United Ottoman States? Young Harry salvage the house of Jacob? Free on Kindle.
Free: Young Harry: The Scroll of Spera
Orphans, Assassins & The Existential Eggplant
This award-winning novel takes you on a fun, madcap medieval adventure with a gorgeous alchemist, teenage genius and a 600-year-old shrunken eggplant that speaks to whoever wears it. You’ll cross Europe with the Children’s Crusade, hijack a caravan in the Sahara Desert, touch the petrified body of Adam, and rediscover paradise on the island of Bahrain. $0.99 on Kindle.
War Remains
Robert “Bobby” Washkowiak battles his way through the bitter first winter of the Korean War, longing for home, his wife, and newborn son. Fifty years later, his son and grandson come across his wartime letters and together, they try to find out what really happened to him on one of the battlefields of that “forgotten war.” $0.99 on Kindle.
The Munich Girl
The Munich Girl
The Munich Girl
Surviving the Fatherland: A True Coming-of-age Love Story Set in WWII Germany
***Winner 2017 ‘National Indie Excellence Award’***
***Finalist 2017 ‘Kindle Book Award’***
***An IWIC ‘Hall of Fame Novel’***
Spanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against the epic panorama of WWII, author Annette Oppenlander’s SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the children’s war.
SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND tells the true and heart-wrenching stories of Lilly and Günter struggling with the terror-filled reality of life in the Third Reich, each embarking on their own dangerous path toward survival, freedom, and ultimately each other. Based on the author’s own family and anchored in historical facts, this story celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the strength of war children. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Long Road to Abilene
Free: The Garment Maker’s Daughter
In the early 20th century, two immigrants are aboard a ship sailing into Ellis Island, each with their own dreams about what coming to America will mean for them: Daniel, a Polish boy with a love of language and law, and Lena, a passionate suffragette and hopeless romantic. They are about to meet New Yorkers Jake, a rough labor representative, and his dazzling girlfriend, Sophie. Over the next 50 years, these four friends come into and fall out of one another’s lives through joy and pain, tragedy and triumph. But there is one secret that could tear them apart forever. The Garment Maker’s Daughter is a beautiful multi-generational epic about life, love and the choices we make. Free on Kindle.
A Dream of Daring
In 1859 Louisiana, a cotton-planter’s son develops a new way of farming that threatens the slave system of the town’s plantation owners. His scandalous preference for a beautiful slave woman over a senator’s daughter further uproots the town. A shocking murder, a forbidden love, and questions of freedom and human dignity unfold in a haunting tale that captures the growing tumult of the times, with well-drawn characters, cinematic scenes, plot twists, and shocking revelations you’ll never see coming. Its sweeping themes still challenge us today. Winner of 6 awards. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Unlikely Soldiers Book One (Civvy to Squaddie)
A Welsh girl and an English boy. Nineteen Seventies Britain. The Army.
In a small Welsh village, naïve Michelle Warbutton is devastated by a shocking family secret. Forced to rethink her future, she longs to see the world.
In Yorkshire and already world-weary, Guy Halfpenny is desperate to escape his miserable life.
Both have limited choices.
Their paths aren’t destined to cross until they join the British Army – where sexism is rife, homosexuality illegal, and political correctness a future ideal.
Discover how lives are shaped, friendships forged and loves won and lost in this gripping adventure of love, humour, and tragedy. Free on Kindle.
Hymns of the West: The Complete Series
The Munich Girl
Rich Man’s Folly
A rich man’s folly leaves a devastating legacy. As the world teeters on the brink of World War II, Paul Ashfield travels to Australia in search of the mother who deserted him. He falls in love with Daphne Clarke and they decide to marry, but Paul discovers a long held family secret that rips them apart. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Those Who Dare
This is the first book in the epic WWII Raiding Forces Series. Meticulously researched (the author was an instructor at the Army Ranger School) the series begin with the birth of special operations—as seen through the eyes of a young American officer who has volunteered to serve with British Forces. Free on Kindle.
Son of the Moon
Alexander the Great journeys to India, where he and his time travelling wife, Ashley, are welcomed with feasts and treachery. With their son, Paul, being worshiped as the Son of the Moon, and Alexander’s looming death, Ashley considers the unthinkable: how to save them and whether she dares to cheat Fate. $3.99 on Kindle.
Eternal Flame
16-year-old Julia Olsen’s world is falling apart. Her quarterback boyfriend broke up with her. Her family’s new home under renovation is a mess. Her high school counselor won’t stop harping on about her grades. A time-traveling WW2 soldier crashing into her room is the last thing she needs. In 1944, 18-year-old Edmond Ferris answered the draft and headed to war in France. A chance discovery brought him home to Chicago…in 1989! He’s back in his own room, except a strange girl is living in it. She drives a Japanese car and she listens to Milli Vanilli, a German band. Is their encounter an error in time or a will of fate? Find out in this timeless tale of two young people whose love for each other knows no bounds. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: A Peek at Bathsheba
When Bathsheba becomes pregnant, David attempts to cover up the ensuing scandal. He sends her husband, Uriah—who serves him faithfully in his army—to his death. And for the rest of his life, David is tormented by the memory of that moment. Can he muster the strength to keep his promise to her and protect their son from danger? Will their forbidden love undo his entire legacy? Will he find redemption? This is volume II of the trilogy The David Chronicles, told candidly by the king himself. David uses modern language, indicating that this is no fairytale. Rather, it is a story that is happening here and now. He undergoes a profound change, realizing the curse looming over his entire future. If you like middle eastern historical romance and forbidden love affair, this King David novel has a modern twist like no book you have read before, bringing King David of the bible to life against the background of Israel historical fiction. With vivid descriptions of court intrigue, it paints King David biography in a way that is both classic and timely. Free on Kindle.
Free: Loves in the Shadows, Historical Holocaust Novel
Amazing in its intensity, Loves In The Shadows is a historical novel embracing scores of real events that occurred during the Holocaust and the Second World War. Because of the important message that the author transmits to readers around the world, and because of the fascinating plot and the thrilling stories that fill each page, this book makes an unforgettable reading experience. Free on Kindle.
Free: Comprise with Sin
Legends of Persia
After winning a prestigious award, Ashley is chosen to travel through time and interview a historical figure. Choosing her childhood hero Alexander the Great, she is sent back in time for less than a day. He mistakes her for Persephone, goddess of the dead, and kidnaps her, stranding her in his own time. What follows, after she awakes under the pomegranate tree, is a hilarious, mind-bending tale of a modern woman immersed in the ancient throes of sex, love, quite a bit of vino, war, death, and ever so much more. $3.99 on Kindle.
Then Like The Blind Man, Orbie’s Story
While fiction about the 1950s Civil Rights era is far from rare, few capture the period and struggles from the perspective of a white child. A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like the Blind Man tells the story of a white youth cast aside in the segregated South of the 1950s, and the forces he must overcome to restore order to his world. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Munich Girl
The Nero Prediction
Home Again
The nation is divided, and a bloody Civil War looms on the horizon. Two young men whose paths have crossed before enlist, each with very different reasons for wanting to serve. And while they end up on opposite sides of the battle, in the end, Zach and Luke learn largely the same lessons about honor, human nature, and the horrors of war. Home Again is a rare piece of historical fiction that recounts Civil War experiences in strict compliance to recorded historic detail. Civil War Monitor notes: “History buffs and scholars alike will appreciate Smith’s dedication to historical accuracy.” $0.99 on Kindle.