Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Rancher Takes a Cook

By: Misty M. Beller

Narrated by: Tiffany Williams

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A quiet Texas ranch may be just the safety they seek...When their South Carolina home burns to the ground, Anna Stewart’s only choice is to move with her younger brother to the wilds of a Texas ranch. Their prospects are beginning to look better, until the rancher’s son, Jacob O’Brien, shows up with his alarmingly blue eyes to put a kink in... Read more

The Doorstep Girls

By: Val Wood

Narrated by: Anne Dover

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Can two friends find hope in hard times?

Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood, they have supported each other in bad times and good. But their families are bound together by more than friendship, and secrets from the past threaten to make their lives even more difficult.

The local cotton mill... Read more

Water Gypsies

By: Annie Murray

Narrated by: Penelope Freeman

Length: 13 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

It is 1942, and after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness and safety with her husband Joel and their children, working the canals on his narrowboat, the Esther Jane. But the back-breaking work and constant childbearing take their toll on Maryann, and the tragic loss of her old friend Nancy,... Read more

The Striker

By: Monica McCarty

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

Six years ago, Eoin "Striker" MacLean endured the greatest betrayal of his life, a disaster that led Robert the Bruce to a crushing defeat and left Eoin without the spirited woman who ruled his heart. Eoin knew that falling in love with Margaret MacDowell—his sworn enemy's daughter—was risky. He promised Bruce that he would keep his fiery bride... Read more

The Evening Spider

By: Emily Arsenault

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne & Nan McNamara

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping blend of psychological suspense and historical true crime, this riveting novel—inspired by a sensational real-life murder from the 1800s—by critically acclaimed author Emily Arsenault delivers a heart-stopping mystery linking two young mothers from different centuries.Frances Barnett and Abby Bernacki are two haunted young mothers... Read more

Duke of My Heart

By: Kelly Bowen

Narrated by: Ashford McNab

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Captain Maximus Harcourt, the unconventional tenth Duke of Alderidge, can deal with tropical storms, raging seas, and the fiercest of pirates. But he's returned home from his latest voyage to find a naked earl - quite inconveniently deceased - tied to his missing sister's bed. And he has only one place to turn. Now he's at the mercy of the... Read more

Eaters of the Dead

By: Michael Crichton

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs—the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness…their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is... Read more

Unspeakable Things

By: Kathleen Spivack

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The setting: New York, the early 1940s, with the spectre of a red-hot Europe at war. At the center of Kathleen Spivack’s Unspeakable Things: Anna (known as the Rat), an exotic Hungarian countess with the face of an angel, beautiful eyes and a seraphic smile, with a passionate intelligence, an exquisite ugliness, and the power to enchant…Her... Read more

Forbidden

By: Beverly Jenkins

Narrated by: Kim Staunton

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns with the first book in a breathtaking new series set in the Old WestRhine Fontaine is building the successful life he's always dreamed of—one that depends upon him passing for White. But for the first time in years, he wishes he could step out from behind the façade. The reason: Eddy... Read more

Front Lines

By: Michael Grant

Narrated by: Erin Mallon & Therese Plummer

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Code Name Verity, New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant unleashes an epic, genre-bending, and transformative new series that reimagines World War II with girl soldiers fighting on the front lines.World War II, 1942. A court decision makes women subject to the draft and eligible for service. The... Read more

The Plague of Thieves Affair

By: Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini

Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell & Mark Peckham

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Can the true identity of the Sherlock Holmes imposter be revealed at last?Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon are no stranger to mysteries. In the five years since they opened Carpenter and Quinncannon, Professional Detective Services, they have solved dozens, but one has eluded even them: Sherlock Holmes or, rather, the madman claiming his... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic 19th century story of love battling pride, we meet Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth is a smart, well-rounded woman, and she is one of five unmarried daughters of the country gentleman, Mr. Bennet, a country gentleman. Marriage is at the forefront Mrs. Bennet's mind, especially since her elderly husband's estate will not pass down to... Read more

The Dark Days Club

By: Alison Goodman

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

Length: 14 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

London, April 1812. Eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall is on the eve of her debut presentation to the Queen. Her life should be about gowns and dancing, and securing a suitable marriage. Instead, when one of her family's housemaids goes missing, Lady Helen is drawn to the shadows of Regency London.There, she finds William, the Earl of... Read more

My American Duchess

By: Eloisa James

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The arrogant Duke of Trent intends to marry a well-bred Englishwoman. The last woman he would ever consider marrying is the adventuresome Merry Pelford— an American heiress who has infamously jilted two fiancés.But after one provocative encounter with the captivating Merry, Trent desires her more than any woman he has ever met. He is determined... Read more

Noah’s Wife

By: Lindsay Starck

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Daniel Wallace’s Big Fish and Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child comes a gorgeously written, brilliantly introspective, fable-like novel reimagining Noah’s Ark for our modern times.When young minister Noah and his dutiful wife arrive at their new post in the hills, they find a gray and wet little town where it’s been raining for as... Read more

The Knave of Hearts

By: Elizabeth Boyle

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In the fifth novel of the captivating Rhymes With Love series from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a young woman's hopes of a match encounter a wickedly handsome complication . . .Lavinia Tempest has been eagerly anticipating a spectacular season. But one disastrous pile-up on the Almack's dance floor derails all her plans.... Read more

Anna and the Swallow Man

By: Gavriel Savit

Narrated by: Allan Corduner

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2017 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
A New York Times Bestseller
A Booklist Editors’ Choice Audio
An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
Winner of the Indies Choice Book Award                             ... Read more

The Uninvited Guest

By: Sarah Woodbury

Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A killer lurks among the wedding guests in the second Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mystery …Gareth has returned from the south, and Gwen is overjoyed to find their bond as strong as ever, but all is not well in the court of Owain, King of north Wales. His future in-laws are untrustworthy, the Norman lords on his eastern border are restless, and... Read more

Riding for the Flag

By: Jim R. Woolard

Narrated by: James Jenner

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

An epic story of a nation--and a family--divided by fate, love, loyalty, and war. . . America, 1861. Battle lines have been drawn between the North and the South, pitting state against state--and brother against brother. For the three young sons of Ohio State Senator Clay Bell, the Civil War would change not only their lives, but the destinies... Read more

The Outrageous Belle Marchmain

By: Lucy Ashford

Narrated by: Jilly Bond

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A marriage most inconvenient! Agreeing to a fake betrothal should suit both society dressmaker Belle Marchmain and landowner Adam Davenant fittingly-- clearing Belle's debts and keeping Adam's husband-hunters at bay. Even if blue-blooded Belle, with her extravagant clothes and razor-sharp tongue, despises the very air that nouveau riche Adam... Read more

How to Sin Successfully

By: Bronwyn Scott

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

RIORDAN BARRETT: LAST RAKE STANDING With his comrade rakes-in-arms succumbing to respectability, anyone might think that wicked Riordan Barrett is next. But such happy endings aren't for him-- the whole of society knows there isn't a redeemable bone in his sinfully sexy body. Suddenly Riordan finds himself not only an Earl ... but father to two... Read more

A Ring from a Marquess

By: Christine Merrill

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Mistress or Wife? Independent Margot de Bryun has no intention of giving a man control of her life! Although handsome rake Stephen Standish, Marquess of Fanworth, does pique her interest . Maybe a man can offer other advantages? Stephen sees Margot as perfect marriage material-talented, intelligent and alluring. But when a stolen family ruby is... Read more

Forged by Desire

By: Bec McMaster

Narrated by: Alison Larkin

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Ten years ago, Perry fled her thrall contract to find sanctuary among the Nighthawks. In that time, she's become a respected woman of the Guard, and she's wanted Garrett Reed for as long as she can remember. But when a new case takes a chillingly familiar turn, Perry finds herself once again in the path of a madman—only this time, there's... Read more

Bedded by Her Highland Enemy

By: B. J. Scott

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Brianne Dunbar survived the massacre that claimed the life of her husband and son and vows to seek revenge when she learns that the king has ordered her to marry the lecherous son of the laird she believes is responsible for the attack. Can she follow through with her plan, or will the secrets she carries change her destiny?



Despite every effort... Read more