Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand

The Road Goes On    by B E Turner
Price: $3.99 USD. 104450 words. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published on May 28, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.

A historical novel set in New Zealand in the first half of the 20th century. Rowdy Jack is a swagman traveling the back country roads and reflecting on his rich and varied, sad and happy life since he came to New Zealand as a boy.
Song of the Whale    by Barry Brailsford
Price: $4.99 USD. 71320 words. Language: English. Published on May 27, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.

Peaceful mariners of the Pacific join forces to seek distant Aotearoa, travelling the ancient trails. They are opposed by the warlike ones, but helped by the sacred lore of the old wisdom keepers and the whales, whose song reaches across the waters to open the trails of the sea.
Lord of the Manor in Australia    by Raymond Boyd Dunn
Price: $0.99 USD. 72580 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Fiction » Drama » European.

The Man with the Golden Touch. It is the story of one man's obsession to create a dynasty, and his determination to build a monument to his memory. It follows the tenuous line of succession, from the time of the Gympie gold rush, through two World Wars and world-wide depressions, into the twenty-first century, as each generation awaits the birth of a male heir.
All Naked & Bare    by Janice Gallen
Price: $3.99 USD. 78940 words. Language: Australian English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.

It's tough for coalminers in 1956, and they demand respect from their families. Polly Carpenter copes, but when the mine threatens closure, her life turns upside down. She re-evaluates her marriage, especially when her daughter Kathryn faces danger after being deserted by her drunken father. Despite the narrow culture of the area, hope remains for Kathryn and she looks forward to a bright future.
Bushranger's Gold    by Raymond Boyd Dunn
Price: $0.99 USD. 33270 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.

The Sequel to “Millie and the Bushranger”… Millie recovers from the wound received during the shootout which killed her lover, Dandy Jack, and joins the surviving members of the gang to search for the cache hidden by Jack before he was killed.
Black Moon - The legend of Pango-marama    by Ken Gordon
Price: $0.99 USD. 68050 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.

NZ Maori deemed Hawaiki to be their ancestral home & Tiki, 1st man from the heavens, to be son of the god of war and the goddess of death. But half-human, half-bird Manaia, son of Tane and Hine-nui-te-Po, was the 1st. The 2 tribes lived in harmony for generations but food dwindled & the bird people were ousted. Follow their perilous paths, even to the Underworlds, retold in this gripping legend.
The Prisoner    by Adrian Scott
Price: Free! 20710 words. Language: English. Published on April 19, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.

The first 50 years of Australia's settlement by the white man was a time of brutality, cruelty, and harshness - not always on the part of the prisoners. One man, transported for a crime today's world would consider minor, finds that regardless of his crime, regardless of his past, he comes to a time when he discovers some things are worth dying for.
No Second Chance    by Mark Stephenson
Price: $3.99 USD. 85750 words. Language: English. Published on February 20, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.

In 1947 Anna seeks refuge in New Zealand, bringing only a suitcase and a number tattooed on her arm. She begins a new life with Des, an easy-going waterside worker, but something holds her back. Haunted by her past, Anna has difficult choices to make. What price must she pay for her second chance?
The Jackaroo    by Raymond Boyd Dunn
Price: $0.99 USD. 33660 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2013. Fiction » Drama » European.

The conflict between two good friends in England, over the favours of a beautiful woman, continues on the far side of the world in Australia. One becomes a jackaroo, a beginner in the cattle industry ─ the other, his mortal enemy. Llewellyn's boss is a woman, and Ivan marries the girl they fought over. Lew has accepted his friend's victory, but Ivan does not believe him.
Savage Possession    by Margaret Tanner
Price: $4.99 USD. 90340 words. Language: English. Published by Books We Love Ltd.  on February 11, 2013. Fiction » Romance » Historical.

A sweeping tale of love’s triumph over tragedy and treachery in frontier Australia. A mistaken identity opens the door for Martin Mulvaney to take his revenge on the granddaughter of his mortal enemy. A semi-finalist in the Break-Through novel awards