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the BIG BUMP at Number 2    by Carol Marlene Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4970 words. Language: English. Published on November 22, 2011. Fiction » Historical » Canada.

The most severe bump in North American mining history, where 74 died and 100 survived, is a heart wrenching tale of survival and endurance. Susan’s brother and her friend’s father are miners.Both miners were to work the afternoon shift, in which the Big Bump occurred. Susan’s account of events just after the Bump gives insight into what it was like to live in a small coal mining town.
The Gold Watch    by Rik Hunik
Price: Free! 4530 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2013. Fiction » Horror » Ghost.

While prospecting a creek in the Cariboo Mountains near Barkerville in 1866, Pete comes across the corpse of a murdered man clutching a gold watch in his hand. Pete decides to return the watch to Sylvia, the name engraved on the back, but the owner of the watch, even though he is dead, has vengeance in mind, and a job for Pete. This story first appeared in Crimson Online Magazine #13, 2000.
The Good Servant    by Adrien Leduc
Price: Free! 38790 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Canada.

Kingston, Canada. 1842. The Good Servant tells the tale of the Hutchinson's, a prominent English family, and Ernest Caldwell, the man who serves them. The Hutchinson's spectacular fall from grace, coupled with the riveting and suspenseful drama of the daily goings-on of their househould make this historical thriller a fast-paced and exciting read that will keep you captivated until the very end.
CUSHING, a Novel    by marylou miner
Price: $2.99 USD. 38000 words. Language: English. Published on February 21, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Canada.

(5.00 from 4 reviews)
This novel, based on actual events, follows the lives of James and Annabelle Wallace and their four daughters. Their triumphs and tragedies are interwoven with the town of Cushing, Quebec itself, and are set against the backdrop of a momentous period in Canadian history, 1850-1934.
Godfrey: Book One    by Adrien Leduc
Price: Free! 12220 words. Language: English. Published on July 15, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Historical.

The year is 1920 and Godfrey Leduc has a difficult decision to make. Stay on the family farm in rural Quebec or make the move out West and start his own? Family, love, and a bit of humour set against the backdrop of post-WWI Canada make this semi-biographical work an entertaining read for all ages.
The Big Story    by Kathryn Imbriani
Price: $0.99 USD. 75970 words. Language: English. Published on December 19, 2011. Fiction » Romance » Historical.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Samantha Wilder can smell a story and she’s determined to sniff out one that will make her a star reporter. Thousands of dollars in Yukon gold dust are passing through the trusted hands of the North West Mounted Police. Surely they aren’t all as honest as their reputation, she surmises, and sets out on a journey that will bring her acclaim, just not the variety she envisioned.
Moonrakers at Peace and War    by Brooke Broadbent
Price: $2.99 USD. 66150 words. Language: English. Published on July 21, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Family history.

Navigating between fact and fiction and constantly seeking to uncover truth, Moonrakers recounts the story of immigrants from Wiltshire England to Canada and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries as they encounter the forces governing their lives whether they are political, religious, economic, legal or social.
A Soldier's Story-Family, Love & War    by Emma Gee
Price: $1.99 USD. 93050 words. Language: English. Published on February 26, 2012. Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom.

The Great War shattered the plans of the Gee Family. The Atlantic Ocean, swarming with German U-boats, separated Bob Gee in Canada from his wife and children in England. His son, age 17, joined the British Army. Bob Gee enlisted with the Canadian Army and heads home to England, only to find tragic news awaiting him. The fighting on the battlefields and the struggle on the home front began.
Buried Pasts    by George Stratford
Price: $2.99 USD. 128070 words. Language: English. Published by GMTA PUBLISHING  on February 19, 2013. Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom.

Personal demons can be a killer. Even after eighteen years, Canadian pilot Mike Stafford still carries a powerful sense of guilt over the death of his best friend during a huge RAF bombing raid to Berlin in 1944. He eventually returns to England for an inaugural squadron reunion full of apprehension over what the visit may produce.
Olivier de la Beauregard    by Lionel Lizee
Price: $2.99 USD. 69180 words. Language: English. Published on July 17, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Canada.

Françoise, an only child, in the 1660's, finds love with Olivier,whose promise to wed her on completion of his military tour does not occur. She seeks to find him in New France, relying upon the King's girls program to pay her passage and dowry. She must marry within three months. Pierre Baudin, contrary to the law prohibiting Huguenots coming, meets her there. He had snuck him into the colony.