Historical Fiction audiobooks
The Wild Girl
By: Kate Forsyth
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 17 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
One of six sisters, Dortchen Wild lives in the small German kingdom of Hesse-Cassel in the early nineteenth century. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to the boy next door, the handsome but very poor fairy-tale scholar Wilhelm Grimm. It is a time of tyranny and terror. Napoleon Bonaparte wants to conquer all Europe, and Hesse-Cassel is one of... Read more
View audiobookBell Weather
By: Dennis Mahoney
Narrated by: William Dufris
Length: 14 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A thrilling adventure set in a peculiar world, a fantastical 18th century, where a young woman must uncover the secrets of her past while confronting the present dangers of a magical wilderness
When Tom Orange rescues a mysterious young woman from a flooded river, he senses that their fates will deeply intertwine.
At first, she claims to remember... Read more
The Innocent
By: Ann H. Gabhart
Narrated by: Lynne McCollough
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
She longs for peace--for her land and her heart--but can it truly be found at Harmony Hill? Carlyn Kearney has spent two lonely years not knowing whether to mourn or to hope after she receives word from the Union Army that her husband is missing. When the war ends without further word, Carlyn finds herself penniless, in debt, and forced from her... Read more
View audiobookThe Flying Circus
By: Susan Crandall
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The award-winning, national bestselling author of Whistling Past the Graveyard sends an unlikely trio on an exhilarating adventure high above the American Midwest of the 1920s in a spirited, “entertaining surprise” (Publishers Weekly) of a novel in league with Water for Elephants and The Aviator’s Wife.
They are barnstormers…the daredevil fliers... Read more
Mrs. Jeffries On The Ball
By: Emily Brightwell
Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
When Hannah Greenwood is murdered at the Queen's Jubilee, suspicion falls on the members of her literary circle. The case makes a baffling turn when it seems that no one has a motive for the murder. Since Inspector Witherspoon was a guest at the ball, the job of finding the murderer falls to him. Fortunately, Mrs. Jeffries is there to help him... Read more
View audiobookRefining Fire
By: Tracie Peterson
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Twenty-two-year-old Militine Scott is in training at the Madison Bridal School in Seattle, yet she has no intention of pursuing marriage. What respectable man would have her? But she has found the school provides the perfect opportunity to keep her unsavory past hidden. Thane Patton, though fun-loving and fiercely loyal to his friends, hides a... Read more
View audiobookEarls Just Want to Have Fun
By: Shana Galen
Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Marlowe is a pickpocket, a housebreaker-and a better actress than any professional on the stage. She runs with the Covent Garden Cubs, a gang of thieves living in the slums of London's Seven Dials. It's a fierce life, and Marlowe has a hard outer shell. But when she's alone, she allows herself to think of a time before—a dimly remembered life... Read more
View audiobookA Bride at Last
By: Melissa Jagears
Narrated by: Pilar Witherspoon
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Abandoned by his mail-order bride, Silas Jonesey has fought an uphill battle to recover from a pattern of poor choices. Now his prayers for reconciliation have finally come true and his estranged wife has contacted him with her whereabouts. Kate Dawson was supposed to be a mail-order bride, but upon realizing she'd been deceived about her... Read more
View audiobook1636: The Cardinal Virtues
By: Eric Flint & Walter H. Hunt
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 12 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Book #19 in the multiple New York Times bestselling Ring of Fire series.
After carving a free state for itself in war-torn 17th-century Europe, citizens of the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, must contend with France's infamous Cardinal Richilieu, who is determined to keep his grip on power no matter what history says.
France, 1636 … It... Read more
Twice in a Lifetime
By: Dorothy Garlock
Narrated by: Widdi Turner
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Sunset, Missouri, 1954. As hope flourishes in postwar America, a young widow dares to dream of a second chance at a forever love . . .
Clara Sinclair has learned to live one lonely day at a time. It was the only way she managed to survive her husband's death in World War II and raise their young son alone. But now she's at a loss as to how to... Read more
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
By: Kelli Estes
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets.Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt’s island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara’s life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein, a young Chinese girl mysteriously driven from... Read more
View audiobookA Heart's Promise
By: Colleen Coble
Narrated by: Devon O'Day
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Emmie makes a promise to her friend that, if fulfilled, could mean the end to her dreams of a future with Isaac.Emmie Croftner let Isaac Liddle go to avoid telling him about her past. But Isaac remains determined to win Emmie’s heart and hand. Though Emmie resolves to keep her heart in check, it hurts when she sees that another woman has set her... Read more
View audiobookNo Place For A Lady
By: Gill Paul
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
IN WARTIME, THE RULES OF LOVE CHANGE … 1854. Britain is fighting a gruesome war. There has been no news of Lucy Gray since she eloped with handsome and impetuous Captain Charlie Harvington and embarked with him to the Crimea. Dorothea Gray will risk anything to heal the rift with her little sister and... Read more
View audiobookA Code of the Heart
By: Jacki Delecki
Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Enter the emotional, suspenseful Regency world of USA Today bestselling author Jacki Delecki’s Code Breakers spy series. Undaunted by danger or scandal, these intrepid lords and ladies discover true love as they risk it all to save England from Napoleon’s treacherous designs.Miss Amelia Bonnington has been in love with her childhood hero since... Read more
View audiobookA Man of Some Repute
By: Elizabeth Edmondson
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Truth is rarely pure and never simple…Selchester Castle in 1953 sits quiet and near-empty, its corridors echoing with glories of the past.Or so it seems to intelligence officer Hugo Hawksworth, wounded on a secret mission and now reluctantly assuming an altogether less perilous role at Selchester.The Castle’s faded grandeur hides a web of... Read more
View audiobookThe Undying Legion: Crown & Key
By: Clay Griffith & Susan Griffith
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
A thrilling new Victorian-era urban fantasy for fans of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles, the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, and the Sherlock Holmes movies featuring Robert Downey, Jr.
With a flood of dark magic about to engulf Victorian London, can a handful of heroes vanquish a legion of the undead?
When monster-hunter Malcolm... Read more
Enemies at Home
By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Lucy Brown
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
“There are rules for private informers accepting a new case. Never take on clients who cannot pay you. Never do favors for friends. Don’t work with relatives. If, like me, you are a woman, keep clear of men you find attractive.”“Will I never learn?”In ancient Rome, the number of slaves was far greater than that of free citizens. As a result,... Read more
View audiobookFlame Tree Road
By: Shona Patel
Narrated by: Neil Shah
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
From the acclaimed author of Teatime for the Firefly comes the story of a man with dreams of changing the world, who finds himself changed by love
1870s India. In a tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage, young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of... Read more
How to Disgrace a Lady
By: Bronwyn Scott
Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
MERRICK ST MAGNUS: THIS RAKE'S REPUTATION FOR THE PURSUIT OF SHAMELESS DEBAUCHERY IS SOCIETY LEGEND! Arriving for a party, Merrick finds his season of outrageous scandal takes a challenging turn. Caught in a far less than usually compromising situation with Lady Alixe Burke, this so-called gentleman is tasked by her father with making his... Read more
View audiobookRalph Compton One Man's Fire
By: Ralph Compton & Marcus Galloway
Narrated by: Lee Aaron Rosen
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Eli had always led the life of an outlaw. Cutting corners and breaking the law, he knows how to get away with pretty much anything-- until he' s caught red handed attempting to rob a wagon set out as a trap. Imprisoned and alone, Eli is unsure whether the members of his gang have made it out alive, or if the men behind the disguised wagon are... Read more
View audiobookFetch Nurse Connie
By: Jean Fullerton
Narrated by: Julie Maisey
Length: 12 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Connie Byrne, a nurse in London's East End working alongside Millie Sullivan from Call Nurse Millie, is planning her wedding to Charlie Ross, set to take place as soon as he returns from the war. But when she meets him off the train at London Bridge, she finds that his homecoming isn't going to go according to plan.
Connie's busy professional... Read more
Helena
By: Selma Mahlknecht
Narrated by: Selma Mahlknecht
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Vergötterung, Flucht, Liebe, Entführung, Vergewaltigung. "Bin ich noch Helena?", fragt sich die schöne Prinzessin aus Sparta, nachdem sie von Paris verschleppt und geschändet wurde. Schönheit verspricht in Mahlknechts Neuerzählung der griechischen Sage kein Glück. Um dem Werben der Freier zu entkommen, entflieht Helena mit Theseus nach Aphidnai.... Read more
View audiobookDie Verlobung in St. Domingo - Abridged
By: Heinrich von Kleist
Narrated by: Heiner Heusinger
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Die schwarze Sucht der Seele" nannte Kleist das Mißtrauen, das sich in der Liebesgeschichte zwischen dem jungen Schweizer Gustav von Ried und der Mestizin Toni als tödliche Leidenschaft erweist. Kleists Erzählung spielt vor dem Hintergrund des blutigen Sklavenaufstandes 1803 in Haiti um den schwarzen General Dessalines. Dessen Motto "Köpfe... Read more
View audiobookThe Enemy
By: J.L. Jarvis
Narrated by: Jeff Leslie
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Only an enemy soldier could save her life–and her heart.Highlander Callum MacDonell battled lowland Covenanters at the service of the King. Now charged with hunting an assassin, his journey will lead not to justice, but to a murderer’s passionate Covenanter sister, Mari McEwan.Betrayed and abandoned by the man she loved, Mari faces judgment by a... Read more
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