Fiction » Historical » Renaissance

Brimstone    by Alan Skinner
Price: $2.99 USD. 79350 words. Language: English. Published on June 19, 2013. Fiction » Adventure » Action.

At the age of 14, Jenny Swift is taken from her home to become apprenticed to a master alchemist. Caught in the treachery and intrigue of the court she finds her friendships and loyalties tested. Forced to seek the key to the greatest secrets of the alchemists, Jenny discovers the power that lies within her - skills which could make her the greatest alchemist of the age.
Daughters of Venice    by DIG Publishing Group
Price: $3.99 USD. 110390 words. Language: English. Published on June 16, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

Venice 1570 AD: The well-ordered life of Desdemona Brabantio is turned upside down when she meets the temperamental general Christoforo Moro. Despite a considerable age difference they fall head over heels in love. The unlikely couple gets caught up in a whirlwind of emotion and forges a risky plan: after a secret wedding Desdemona is to follow her husband to the island of Cyprus.
The Rivers of Good Portent    by Mark Igoe
Price: $6.50 USD. 87380 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

In 1608 two African princes went to live with a Portuguese family in the town of Tete on the Zambezi River. This is their story, told against the backdrop of a wild and beautiful continent at war, and lost kingdoms of old Africa. The story is told through their eyes and through those of some of the people they encountered.
Evensong    by Victoria Halsey
Price: $2.99 USD. 82210 words. Language: English. Published on May 28, 2013. Fiction » Romance » Historical.

An impoverished heiress accepts a betrothal to her family’s sworn enemy to save her besieged home. She is left under the protection of her betrothed’s dashing half brother. Soon they find themselves fighting an attraction that could ruin all. Each faces choices that will affect their future. Love or honor, family or duty. Their fates are intertwined as tightly as the conspiracies surrounding them
Buried Secrets    by Robert Stermscheg
Price: $4.99 USD. 130500 words. Language: English. Published on April 5, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

In the spring of 1870, France is preparing for an imminent war with Germany. A French cavalry officer, Bernard de Lemarch, has been given the delicate task of approaching a high-ranking Prussian officer, hoping to glean vital military information. But what he doesn’t know is that the Prussian High Command has been forewarned…. and is expecting him.
The Lady King:Njinga Mbande    by Dhae Walpoole
Price: $4.50 USD. 71560 words. Language: English. Published on March 26, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

We journey back to 17th century Africa, where Njinga Mbande, 81, is in a war that logic would suggest she can't win. The setting--17 December 1663--is Day of First Fruits and 5-years after signing the final revised treaty; requiring lost of her original homeland, The Ndongo kingdom, to the Portuguese. She is determined and remains undaunted by her enemy's apparent superior weaponry advantage.
Books We Love Special Edition - Juliet Waldron    by Juliet Waldron
Price: $6.99 USD. 313280 words. Language: English. Published by Books We Love Ltd.  on March 18, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

This Books We Love Special Edition by Juliet Waldron contains three novels, Mozart's Wife, My Mozart and Red Magic.
Besting the Beast    by Luwa Wande
Price: $1.50 USD. 14810 words. Language: American English. Published on March 7, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

Book two of the Cross and the Black Series. Look at my profile for Book one. What do you do when your tutor is a lecherous lazy buffoon? Why, you pack and go someplace else for good. But for Claude Severin, leaving is a tad difficult, because his tutor might be a wanted murderer...
Whitebeam    by K.M. del Mara
Price: $3.99 USD. 92900 words. Language: English. Published on February 14, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

On the cusp of the fourteenth century, Pippa knows very well that a long-time family friend is both a hot-headed radical and a murderer. But she doesn't find out that he is Scottish national hero Robert the Bruce until she is twelve years old. She also discovers that he is her father.
The Winter Tree: Tales of Borschland, Volume 1    by David Frauenfelder
Price: $2.99 USD. 6600 words. Language: English. Published on January 12, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

In 1642, two adventurers from the Dutch East India Company quest through the wilderness of what will become the nation of Borschland to find a tree blooming in the dead of winter. On that tree, so natives tell the tale, a pair of fabulous silver skates hang, guarded by a monster. When the Dutchmen arrive, however, what they find is even stranger than the legend.