Fiction » Historical » Victorian

The Lost Souls of Cinnamon Pass    by Robert Erdman
You set the price! 121630 words. Language: English. Published on July 6, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Victorian.

Portrays the life and times of a 'working stiff', a hardrock gold miner in the old West. A Denver attorney interviews a 97 year-old 'hold-out' in a land deal. The resulting friendship between the lawyer and the last survivor of the turn of the century gold mining camps provides a backdrop for a compelling message of greed and redemption. Inspired by true events.
Strange Case of Mr. Bodkin and Father Whitechapel: the other side of Jekyll and Hyde    by M Elias Keller
Price: $4.95 USD. 38090 words. Language: English. Published on July 3, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Victorian.

A brilliant reinvention of Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! Cold-blooded banker Geoffrey Bodkin stumbles upon the fateful potion and unleashes his own alter-ego: saintly almsgiver Father Whitechapel. But what begins as a story of loving charity soon becomes one of embezzlement, scandal and murder, as Mr. Bodkin struggles to keep Father Whitechapel from being branded as Jack the Ripper!
Sherlock Holmes Investigates. The Barking Emporium    by Philip van Wulven
Price: $1.49 USD. 11260 words. Language: English. Published on June 30, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British.

The great detective uncovers a convoluted conspiracy to conceal the cause of two fires, one of which results in the death of an elderly couple. Dr Watson records the fine details which lead to the exposure of the villains.
But a Walking Shadow    by Jacquee Storozynski-Toll
Price: $4.00 USD. 153560 words. Language: English. Published on June 27, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Victorian.

A beautiful young woman, leaves Paris after the death of her father to live in the mansion that was her deceased sister, Lady Freya Fitzroy’s home. She finds the once grand Stoneleigh is now a gloomy, decaying mansion and her sister's husband a raddled, drug addict. A dark, gothic tale of disillusionment, tragedy, loss, rape, lunacy, child abuse, and frustrated love set in Victorian England
The Tin Tsaritsa    by Rächal Monigatti
Price: $2.99 USD. 234500 words. Language: Commonwealth English. Published on June 22, 2012. Fiction » Drama » European.

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Laura Asanton married her prince to escape the terror of Lady Ramkinson’s finishing school. She was supposed to live happily ever after; instead she found herself isolated in a backwards principality, surrounded by traditions and a language foreign to her. But as her people's simmering resentment teeters towards revolution, can Laura hold on to what she grew to love, or will it all be swept away?
The Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage: A Victorian San Francisco Story    by M. Louisa Locke
Price: $0.99 USD. 7580 words. Language: English. Published on June 18, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Victorian.

This short story, set in 1879 San Francisco, features two elderly dressmakers, Miss Minnie and Miss Millie Moffet, who face a moral dilemma of no small dimensions. They turn for advice to Annie Fuller, a widowed boardinghouse owner who supplements her income as a clairvoyant, Madam Sibyl. For those who have read Locke’s two full-length Victorian San Francisco mysteries, Maids of Misfortune and
Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective    by Richard Behrens
Price: $8.99 USD. 84910 words. Language: English. Published by PearTree Press  on June 1, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Introducing Miss Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Mass., a most excellent girl detective and the most remarkable young woman ever to take on the criminal underworld in late 19th century New England. In these five early tales of mystery and adventure, Lizzie Borden explores Fall River's dark side through a landscape that is industrial, Victorian, and distinctly American.
The Call of the Huntsman    by Nina Whitehouse
Price: $3.99 USD. 102510 words. Language: English. Published by Derwent Press  on June 1, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Victorian.

The story opens in 1999 with a grown-up and successful Frances Wiseman looking for Lambecote Grange and its land. The story then flashes back to 1889 and the land owning gentry and life seen through the eyes of Rosina, the grandmother of Frances. We share a century of heartbreaking events with Rosina and her daughter, Sarah.
The Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum    by D. L. Mackenzie
Price: Free! 13820 words. Language: English. Published on June 1, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk.

In this first novelette of the Magnetron Chronicles series, eccentric Nineteenth Century inventor Phineas J. Magnetron reveals his association with the secretive Hogalum Society. When his mentor and Society founder Dr. Hogalum dies, Phineas embarks on a daring and improbable caper to bring the good doctor's greatest dream to fruition posthumously, thus unearthing a haunting and compelling mystery.
A Bowdon Romance    by Alice Frank
Price: $4.85 USD. 56910 words. Language: English. Published by Memoirs Publishing  on May 25, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Regency.

A 19th century period romance set in rural England, tells how Charlotte, a humble servant, whose main care in life is her daughter Tooty had no choice but to work long hours, when the love of her life died tragically young. Then a series of terrible crimes come to light, Charlotte begins to wonder if her new friend David is somehow mixed up in them.