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Patch's Adventure    by Matt Sorensen
Price: $0.99 USD. 4480 words. Language: English. Published on November 17, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

The third in a trilogy of stories about the Mayflower voyage and the establishment of the Plymouth colony. Patch's Adventure tells, from a cat's eye view, how the Pilgrims struggled to maintain friendly relations with their Indian neighbors while being overwhelmed with new settlers, whose main interest was commerical gain from this new land.
Miss Whittier Makes a List    by Carla Kelly
Price: $5.95 USD. 79170 words. Language: English. Published by camelpress on November 14, 2012. Fiction » Romance » Regency.

Hannah Whittier is a passenger on a voyage from Massachusetts to South Carolina. To while away the hours, she composes a list of qualities she wants in a husband. Boredom will soon be the least of her worries. Her ship is sunk by the French, and she is rescued by the arrogant yet dashing Captain Spark of the Royal Navy. Forced to sail to England, she discovers that her “list” matters not a whit.
Justice's Mask    by Louise Bates Ayers
Price: $1.99 USD. 4680 words. Language: English. Published on November 7, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

Cassandra James finds the line between right and wrong blurs when a Loyalist spy is unmasked at her eighteenth birthday party.
The Marriage Price    by Alma Katsu
Price: Free! 3390 words. Language: English. Published on November 6, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

DREAMS CAN COME TRUE—BUT THE PRICE IS STEEP in this short story from THE TAKER saga: Evangeline McDougal is the luckiest girl in St. Andrew, Maine. She’s to wed Jonathan St. Andrew, eldest son of one of the wealthiest families in the state. As for the rumors about her husband-to-be...There's a price to pay for marriage, but surely it's worth the cost. (FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY)
Cap'n Pete's Diary    by Matt Sorensen
Price: $0.99 USD. 4630 words. Language: English. Published on October 29, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

Cap'n Pete's Diary is a follow up to the story, "A Cat's Tale", which tells of the Mayflower voyage. It describes the Pilgrims' exploration of the Cape Cod area and the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the winter of 1620-21.
Betsy Ross: Accidental Spy    by Marilyn Clay
Price: $6.99 USD. 96300 words. Language: English. Published on October 17, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

In Philadelphia 1776, Betsy Ross wonders what really happened the night of the munitions warehouse explosion that killed her husband John Ross. Was it an accident or was the warehouse fire intentionally set? Was someone attempting to steal the Patriot weapons and gunpowder stored there? When the authorities refuse to investigate the crime, Betsy vows to uncover the truth.
Dead Reckoning    by KA Perkins
Price: $3.99 USD. 131420 words. Language: English. Published by LionheART Publishing House  on October 12, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

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Dead Reckoning is an historical adventure of piracy, love and revenge in the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century and is the second book in the Valkyrie Series by K A Perkins. Dead Reckoning was long-listed in the 2011 Mslexia Novel Competition
Severine    by Cassie Deveaux Cohoon
Price: $8.99 USD. 79910 words. Language: English. Published on October 10, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

They say it was the women of Acadia who kept the dream of their homeland alive and preserved its culture. The author explores the lives of several generations of these women whose stories do not appear in the chronicles of history, and also what being Acadian means for a modern woman who feels alienated from her Acadian roots and questions her identity.
The Tern Schooner (Privateers & Gentlemen)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 122950 words. Language: English. Published on October 9, 2012. Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures.

Heir to a privateering tradition, Gideon Markham brings his schooner into the Gulf of Mexico to wage unremitting war on the British who threaten America’s freedom. Gideon must face Jean Laffite’s pirates, a mutiny, an attack by Red Stick Creeks, and a British invasion . . . none of which are as alarming as Maria-Anna de Suarez, an attractive widow with her own way of fighting the war.
Passion's Vision    by Mary Adair
Price: $2.99 USD. 80210 words. Language: American English. Published on September 23, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

Passion's Vision is the story of the love and respect that grows between an agent in the court of King George II and a Cherokee Princess. Their lives are destined to be filled with adventure and triumph, sometimes with loss and pain, but always with passion.