Historical Fiction

‘The Life and Redemption of Teddy Miller’ is a rip-roaring adventure story, filled with horse chases, gunfights and even has a beautiful Pinkerton Detective. But it is more than just an adventure story; the hero, a young man named Teddy Miller, is forced to grow up and make serious decisions for which he has no experience and no adult guidance. Root for him, cry with him, and cheer for him as he travels from the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to the tip of Florida and back during the last months of the American Civil War in search of love and Life and Redemption of Teddy Miller' is a multiple-award winner, including the eLit Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction and the Internati...

This is excerpt from Chapter One - the story of Bella. Planned for publication as a paperback in the Summer of style="margin-left:0px;">ABDUCTED - ABANDONED - AMBUSHED The odour smelt of danger. Danger in the sense of a living energy, a living entity, a predator, only yards away with a primitive, primeval smell, and purpose. Under the camouflage of darkness, the odour came from the hunter of food, with one single purpose: to kill its prey. This energy from within the hunter, this single purpose created by chemicals within the body, the brain, which passes and finally emanates through the pores of the skin. Perhaps, it was created long ago in the evolution of life forms to lull the vict...

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Available from Amazon - Kindle Unlimited - Heartstopper. Goosebumps. style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(15,17,17);font-size:14px;">Spanning a lifetime of love, sorrow, and the occasional tragedy, Grace’s story will keep you turning the pages to find out what happens style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(15,17,17);font-size:14px;">Living two lifetimes in the space of one, Grace manages to make the best out of every hand she is style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(15,17,17);font-size:14px;">Ridiculed, physically and mentally abused by many, Grace maintains strength in the face of adversity, proving the human spirit can move past almost style="ba...

Part 1 of "The Kerosene Creek Mysteries." 1890, NSW Australia, “Hey Jindy, I hear you got that forgetting business,” said Jimmy Sugarbag. The entire population of Kerosene Creek village disappeared overnight and Jindy Kelly can’t remember a thing about it.  Sister Thomas calls it “hysterical amnesia”. They take her back to the ghost town where she confronts the traumas that wiped her memory: the insanity of the Irish commune leader, the betrayal by her oldest friend, the disappearance of the Chinese boy she loved, and her Ngunnawal mother, condemned to hang for witchcraft and murder.In Part 2, "China Business," Jindy follows Johnny Fong to 1895 Hong Kong—ravaged by plag...

A doctor arrives in the remote Australian town of Gundagai, passionate about the new medicine and Dr. Lister’s pioneering surgery, Louis Gabriel is fired with hope and determination. But he is new, black and overqualified, in the wrong place at the wrong time. So how long will he last?Based on the life of the eminent photographer, surgeon and medico, Dr Gabriel, in legendary Gundagai. Employed as Chief Medical Officer of Gundagai Hospital, a chain of events pits him against a humiliated Dr. O'Dwyer and a town crusade against people of colour. This is his struggle for acceptance as a doctor and a man in an era where Federation could stifle his ambitions and standing. What hope has he o...

It’s 1867, when Dynamite replaces duels. Victor Hugo is exiled, and France is an effective dictatorship. In Gothic Lectoure, Simone Beaufort, a secretive, Parisian entrepreneur employs Patrice, a rebel on-the-run. Acting as a manservant, he discovers her perverse relationship with her estranged husband, Jessai, the Third Empire’s Minister for Simone obsessed with securing a railway for her project, Patrice strikes up a fractious, erotic and doomed romance that could derail her attempted divorce, and end his life at the

Angel of Aleppo is a story of the Armenian Genocide, comparable to Chris Bohjalian's The Sandcastle style="color:black;">It takes the reader through history not widely told and highlights the little-known link between the Genocide and the WW1 Anzac style="color:black;"> It puts into harsh focus the incomprehensible cruelty of the Ottoman Young Turks and their henchmen towards their Armenian citizens, but it is ultimately a story about faith and love and the redemptive power of style="color:black;">Angel of Aleppo is set primarily from 1915 – 1919 in Anatolia (southern modern-day Turkey), Aleppo and the Mesopotamian desert. It moves briefly to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1923, then plays out in ...

Something About Ann, a historical fiction novella, is accompanied by twelve interconnected short stories that follow a group of soldiers who faced traumatic experiences in Vietnam, as depicted in the novel A Long Way Back. Although they managed to remain close after returning to the States, violence and turmoil continue to haunt the soldiers as they try to normalize their lives, sometimes depending on the help of each other or relying on the skills they acquired in the novella Something About Ann, a black Vietnam veteran and a Vietnamese woman fall in love in Cleveland, Ohio, not knowing they were once

CHARLIE BRAND joined the Navy to avenge Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and he has the best eyes and ears in the US Pacific Fleet. In Japan, HADAKI YAMATSUMI journeys to determine his ancestor's will for his life. The two men are thrust on a collision course with history where only one man will style="margin-left:0in;">In Great Britain, a gift to the United States will change the direction of the war and alter the life of Charlie Brand forever. While Charlie struggles through loss, a chance meeting on a train propels him to a new life he never dreamed he could style="color:black;font-size:12pt;">As America prepares her response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, a new secret technology, Radar, ...

Kansas farm boy, Will Akers Jr., unintentionally murders the loudmouth bully from his youth. At law school, he meets, falls in love, and marries a politically ambitious woman, named Maureen Donnellson. Will Jr. successfully hides his dark past for over two decades! However, his heinous crime is uncovered by the pesky Detective Bernie Sharkey in the contentious 2015 presidential campaign; the campaign known for crowning the first ever, female President of the United States. —The chaotic discovery plunges the nation into

is a fact-based 20th century historical romance with a strong female lead set in Britain in the 1930s and during WW2. Emily falls passionately in love with Walter despite opposition from her father and resolves to elope. Her actions see her struggle to survive the devastation brought about by the war, as she and her four-year-old son are thrown into the midst of danger and death. When Walter volunteers for the army, Emily and her son are evacuated to a rat-infested cottage in a farming community near Hebden Bridge. The war changes Walter into an efficient army officer who demands to be obeyed. How can she restore their loving relationship? The Girl Who Disappeared is a moving love story about one woman’s enduring resilience, a story full of quiet humour and surprising twists and written! It's a very moving and emotional story. The characters had a lot of depth and were very realistic. 5 Stars’ (Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews) 'Wow! What a good book' (Goodreads reviewer) 'James brought their lives to life' (Library Thing reviewer) ‘A beautiful historical blend of fact and fiction. This book was an emotional read for me. 5stars.' (Readers Favorite) 'A wonderful, exciting book to read, the author puts us right there in the middle of the story.' (LinkedIn comment) The audiobook of The Girl Who Disappeared reached the top fifty of the 20th Century Historical Romance genre on Amazon. See Sue Vincent's Daily Echo blog at View More