Historical Fiction audiobooks

Love and Lady Lovelace

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A lord and a lady marry for money in this historical romance by bestselling author M. C. Beaton.When young widow Lady Lovelace realized she had been swindled to near-bankruptcy by her curmudgeonly cousin, she knew she would have to marry again for money.These were the very thoughts of Lord Philip, who had nothing between him and destitution but... Read more

The Magician's Lie

By: Greer Macallister

Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Nick Podehl

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician's Lie, a debut novel in which the country's most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder—and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence.The Amazing Arden is the most famous female illusionist of her day, renowned for her... Read more

The Conspiracy of Us

By: Maggie Hall

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A fast-paced international escapade, laced with adrenaline, glamour, and romance--perfect for fans of Ally Carter

Avery West's newfound family can shut down Prada when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a war. Part of a powerful and dangerous secret society called the Circle, they... Read more

Almost Persuaded

By: P. O. Dixon

Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.” ~ Jane AustenFrom the moment she first saw him, Mary King was attracted to George Wickham. He was good-looking and charming, and he seemed to her like the perfect gentleman. She longed for him to notice her, but he never seemed to even see her. Things change, though, when Mary suddenly... Read more

Rivers of Gold

By: Tracie Peterson

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Miranda Colton, presumed dead, finds herself under the care of a native Alaskan and a studious botanist from England, Teddy Davenport. Miranda only longs to find her friends and continue north. She fears that her chances are diminishing with each passing day.




Teddy is deeply committed to his research of the unique landscape of the rugged Alaskan... Read more

The Dagger's Path

By: Glenda Larke

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 17 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Only a traitor can save them.

When sailors came to Ardhi's homeland, they plundered not only its riches, but its magic too. Now disgraced islander Ardhi must retrieve what was stolen, but there are ruthless men after this power, men who will do anything to possess it. . .

Sorcerers, pirates, and thieves collide in this thrilling sequel to Glenda... Read more

Midnight Pleasures

By: Eloisa James

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In the night, all rules are forgotten …Eloisa James, the acclaimed author of Potent Pleasures, returns to Regency England with an unforgettable new heroine—a genteel but naughty innocent who gets more than she bargains for when she finally says yes to love.To her legions of adoring suitors, it comes as quite a shock when Lady Sophie York rejects... Read more

The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe

By: Timothy Williams

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

April 1990, Guadeloupe: The body white female French tourist has been discovered on a nudist beach. The victim's remains offer no clues about her final hours. What turned this woman's vacation in paradise into a final nightmare? French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveau is assigned the high-profile case as a top priority. As always, the story of a... Read more

His Wicked Seduction

By: Lauren Smith

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Horatia Sheridan has been hopelessly in love with Lucien, her brother's best friend, ever since he rescued her from the broken remains of her parents' wrecked carriage. His reputation as London's most notorious rakehell doesn't frighten her, for under his veneer of cool authority she has glimpsed a man whose wicked desires inspire her... Read more

West of Sunset

By: Stewart O’Nan

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1937 F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruins, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. By December of 1940, he would be dead of a heart attack.Those last three years of Fitzgerald's life,... Read more

The Cheapside Corpse

By: Susanna Gregory

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 14 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear. There is plague in the stews of St Giles, the Dutch fleet is preparing to invade, and a banking crisis threatens to leave Charles II's government with no means of paying for the nation's defence.

Amid the tension, Thomas Chaloner is ordered to investigate the murder of Dick Wheler, one of the... Read more

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By: Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon

Narrated by: Dion Graham & Ilyasah Shabazz

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookCowritten by Malcolm X’s daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world.Malcolm Little’s parents have always told him that he can achieve... Read more

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

By: Alan Bradley

Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Flavia de Luce—“part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” (The New York Times Book Review)—takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in this captivating mystery.

Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia... Read more

A Fine Summer's Day

By: Charles Todd

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd takes readers into Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge’s past—to his perplexing final case before the outbreak of World War I.On a fine summer’s day in June, 1914, Ian Rutledge pays little notice to the assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo. An Inspector at Scotland Yard, he is planning to... Read more

Seeking Scandal

By: Nadine Millard

Narrated by: Veida Dehmlow

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

Two years ago, Caroline Carrington made the biggest mistake of her life; she rejected the man she loved. Now she is back in London and ready to find a husband. But first, before proper Caroline does exactly what is expected of her, she wants a little scandal—something to remember during her life as a perfect society wife. Who, then, is better... Read more

The Revenant

By: Michael Punke

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A thrilling tale of betrayal and revenge set against the nineteenth-century American frontier, Michael Punke's The Revenant is the astonishing story of real-life trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass

The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier... Read more

The Adventure of the Greenbrier Ghost

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Starring Sherlock Holmes, this tale is based on a real-life ghost story from West Virginia. The basis of the story comes from a court case in the nineteenth century in which the testimony of a ghost was entered into evidence, leading to the conviction of a murderer. Jonathan Maberry has thrown Holmes and Watson into the mix for added punch. This... Read more

The Lascar's Dagger

By: Glenda Larke

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 19 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Faith will not save him.

Saker appears to be a simple priest, but in truth he's a spy for the head of his faith. Wounded in the line of duty by a Lascar sailor's blade, the weapon seems to follow him home. Unable to discard it, nor the sense of responsibility it brings, Saker can only follow its lead.

The dagger puts Saker on a journey to distant... Read more

The Body Snatchers Affair

By: Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini

Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell & Mark Peckham

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Drug lords, missing millionaires, corrupt cops. It’s just another day for the Carpenter and Quincannon Detective Services.Two missing bodies and two separate investigations take the detectives from the heights above San Francisco Bay to the depths of Chinatown's opium dens.John Quincannon must search a Chinatown opium den for his client's... Read more

To Wed the Earl

By: Anthea Lawson

Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Miss Miranda Price detests her neighbor Edward Havens, the rakish Earl of Edgerton- but when he catches her breaking into his library at midnight, secrets are revealed that will change the course of their lives... forever. Sensuality level: SWEET - kisses only. Read more

The Blood of the Fifth Knight

By: E.M. Powell

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for attempting to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign.Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved... Read more

The Golden Goose

By: Ellery Queen

Narrated by: Mark Peckham

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Old Slater O'Shea, the golden goose, was ruler of a peculiar roost. A gaggle of free-loading O'Sheas were lazing around the mansion, letting Slater foot the bills, while they waited for him to die and leave them his money. But Uncle Slater was in fine health, and someone got tired of waiting. When Slater went upstairs for a little nip before his... Read more

Price of Privilege

By: Jessica Dotta

Narrated by: Amanda McKnight

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Where will she turn when the truth becomes more dangerous than the lie? Having finally discovered the truth of her birthright, Julia Elliston is determined to outwit Chance Macy at his own game. Holding a secret he’d kill to keep, however, is proving more difficult than she imagined. Just when Julia thinks she’s managed to untangle herself from... Read more

The King Without a Kingdom

By: Maurice Druon

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

‘This was the original GAME OF THRONES’ George R.R. Martin Available for the first time in English, THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM is the seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series. The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, ‘The Good’, second of the Valois dynasty, has taken the throne.Under his... Read more