Fiction » Historical » USA

Axis    by Carlos Luria
Price: $1.99 USD. 6430 words. Language: English. Published on September 1, 2012. Fiction » Historical » USA.

(5.00 from 4 reviews)
Hatched in Afghanistan, the 9/11 attack was carried out by al Qaeda’s Hamburg Cell, code-named Axis. CIA’s Hamburg station officers got wind of it and were almost able to foil it. Almost - but not quite. This short story, fictionalized for security and readability, relates the events. Contains Special Offer
The Broken Rose    by Ken Lord
Price: $5.99 USD. 88950 words. Language: English. Published on August 28, 2012. Fiction » Historical » USA.

Rose Silberg, a madam, and Gus Priesner, a miner, are thrown together by an influenza quarantine in Alaska in 1918. He needs her money for an expensive shipment. She needs her money to “go home” to Long Island. The lifting of the quarantine brings the situation to a head. Gus runs to Russia. This story tells what happened to McCarthy Rose.
19 Years 10 Months 24 Days    by AJ Pearson-VanderBroek
Price: $2.99 USD. 79140 words. Language: English. Published on August 28, 2012. Fiction » Historical » USA.

A novel of time-travel and the Underground Railroad. Museum tour guide Sophie Irving is one day caught in a rainstorm that begins a chain of encounters with people from the past. As instances of time travel become stronger, Sophie and two of her friends land themselves in a posse of vigilante abolitionists and a dangerous plot to rescue a group of slaves from an 1857 auction.
Emma's Day (A Novella)    by Jill Metcalf
Price: $2.99 USD. 33140 words. Language: English. Published on August 26, 2012. Fiction » Historical » USA.

A grandmother protects her young grandson from a stranger. But can Emma Parker protect her heart from this man who would come to have a huge impact on, not only Emma, but her entire family?
The Pirates of Buccaneer Bay    by Jenny Osko
Price: $2.99 USD. 24580 words. Language: English. Published on August 24, 2012. Fiction » Adventure » Action.

While vacationing on the island of Key West, Brad learns about pirates, shipwrecks and the fascinating work in sunken treasure recovery. In alternating chapters, Abigale and her adventures among the pirates, tell of perilous shipwrecks, buried treasures and Caribbean life. In the end, the two stories connect as the past meets the present and both lifetimes blend.
CHILDREN OF DOLHINOV: A SMALL TOWN IN THE MIDST AND MIST OF HISTORY    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 145130 words. Language: English. Published on August 23, 2012. Fiction » Inspirational.

The story is told that long after he left Dolhinov and became a distinguished rabbi in America, Yakov Kaminetsky was one day sitting in a doctor’s waiting room when he spotted a Jewish boy who was obviously not religious. He grabbed a ball and began to play with the young boy. His assistant was amazed and later asked the rabbi why he had done that.
Deborah Sampson: The Girl Who Went to War    by Marilyn Komechak
Price: $4.99 USD. 37480 words. Language: English. Published on August 22, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » War.

Deborah Sampson, a true hero of the American Revolutionary War, is the only woman in early American history thought to serve as a soldier without being discovered.
Burying Zimmerman    by Edward A. Stabler
Price: $0.99 USD. 104350 words. Language: American English. Published on August 21, 2012. Fiction » Historical » USA.

Two decades after his brother and the outlaw Gig Garrett shot each other in a burning cabin beside the Potomac river, Owen Thompson comes home to resolve his own guilt. He had planned to accompany Drew to Garrett's cabin. So had Henry Zimmerman, who vanished after the killings. Now Zimmerman has resurfaced, and Owen is determined to make him explain what happened the night Drew died.
Waterproof: A novel of the Johnstown Flood    by Judith Redline Coopey
Price: $2.99 USD. 101260 words. Language: English. Published on August 20, 2012. Fiction » Historical » USA.

Fifty years after an earthen dam broke and sent a thirty foot wall of raging destruction down on the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Pamela McRae looks back on the tragedy with new perspective. This fast-moving retrospective propels the reader forward much as did the flood itself.
Dark Artist: The Black Doodler    by Sean Dexter
Price: $2.99 USD. 71720 words. Language: English. Published on August 20, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.

Young men are being brutally murdered in San Diego. Beautiful charcoal sketches of the victims are left behind as the killer's calling card...an infamous serial killer from the 1970's is back to make up for lost time…