Historical Fiction audiobooks

Summer Is for Lovers

By: Jennifer McQuiston

Narrated by: Lana J. Weston

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

His heart is unavailable. Luckily, her interest lies in the rest of him . . .Though she was just a girl when they first met, Caroline Tolbertson's infatuation with David Cameron remains undimmed. Now fate has brought the handsome Scotsman back to Brighton for what promises to be an unforgettable summer. Soon, Caroline will have to choose a... Read more

Tempting the Highlander

By: Michele Sinclair

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When Raelynd Schellden and her sister are caught in the stables with the notorious McTiernay twins, her father sees not scandal, but opportunity. The future of his clan is uncertain, and a double engagement—even under false pretenses—will lend security to his people and protect his beloved daughters from power-mad fools.

But Raelynd's... Read more

What He Would Not Do

By: P. O. Dixon

Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Pride and Prejudice lovers who enjoyed To Have His Cake (and Eat It Too) won't want to miss what happens next. Now that the honeymoon is over, will Darcy and Elizabeth's love for each other survive the difficult times that an unequal alliance will surely bring? Or will those who insist on tearing them apart win the battle?What Listeners Said:"I... Read more

The Aftermath

By: Rhidian Brook

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

1946, post-World War II Hamburg. While thousands wander the rubble, lost and homeless, Colonel Lewis Morgan, charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the denazification of its defeated people, is stationed in a grand house on the River Elbe. He is awaiting the arrival of his wife, Rachael—still grieving for their eldest... Read more

Undone by the Duke

By: Michelle Willingham

Narrated by: Sue Pitkin

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Victoria has a secret…
Reclusive designer Victoria Andrews hasn’t gone outside in five years, though she yearns to escape the prison of her house. She designs sensual lingerie for the most exclusive dressmaker in London, although she has never known a man’s touch.A Duke in disguise…
Wounded and stranded in Scotland, Jonathan Nottoway, the Duke of... Read more

The Circuit Rider

By: Dan Ames

Narrated by: Mikael Naramore

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning and international bestselling author Dan Ames comes The Circuit Rider, a fast-paced, action-packed serialized Western.In a wild land full of lawlessness and sin rides Mike Tower, a traveling preacher known as a Circuit Rider. Circuit Riders travel from town to town, offering their services to those in need. Tower is a man of... Read more

Seven for a Secret

By: Lyndsay Faye

Narrated by: Steven Boyer

Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From Edgar-nominated author Lyndsay Faye comes what Gillian Flynn calls “a brilliant new mystery.”

One of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Mysteries of the Year

Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, thinks himself well versed in his city’s dark practices—until he learns of the... Read more

The Shogun's Daughter

By: Laura Joh Rowland

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed. The death of the Shogun's daughter has immediate consequences on his regime. Faced with his own mortality and beset by troubles, he names as his heir Yoshisato, the seventeen-year-old son he only recently discovered was his. Until five months ago, Yoshisato... Read more

The Big Crowd

By: Kevin Baker

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 16 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on one of the great unsolved murders in mob history, and the rise-and-fall of a real-life hero, The Big Crowd tells the sweeping story of Charlie O' Kane. He is the American dream come to life, a poor Irish immigrant who worked his way up from beat cop to mayor of New York at the city' s dazzling, post-war zenith. Famous, powerful, and... Read more

The Rose and the Thorn

By: Michael J. Sullivan

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Two thieves want answers. Riyria is born …

For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death.

Unable to get her out of his mind, Royce returns to Medford with Hadrian but the two receive a very different reception—Gwen refuses to see them. The victim... Read more

The Longest Ride

By: Nicholas Sparks

Narrated by: Ron McLarty & January LaVoy

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From the dark days of WWII to present-day North Carolina, this New York Times bestseller shares the lives of two couples overcoming destructive secrets -- and finding joy together.

Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes... Read more

The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman Unab

By: Sena Jeter Naslund

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso & Cynthia Darlow

Length: 15 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Is it a crime to live? To create happiness for yourself through your own work?"How do writers and painters get their ideas? And what are the hard realities of such seemingly glamorous and romantic lives? In her groundbreaking new novel, New York Times bestselling author Sena Jeter Naslund explores the transformative power of art, history, and... Read more

Seven for a Secret

By: Lyndsay Faye

Narrated by: Steven Boyer

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, thinks himself well versed in his city's dark practices - until he learns of the gruesome underworld ruled by the 'blackbirders,' who snatch free Northerners of color, masquerade them as slaves, and sell them South to toil as plantation property.... Read more

The Quest

By: Nelson DeMille

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 18 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

AUTHOR'S NOTE:
An earlier, shorter version of The Quest was published in paperback in 1975. In 2013, I rewrote The Quest and doubled its length, making it, I hope, a far better story than the original, without deviating from the elements that made the story so powerful and compelling when I first wrote it. In other words, what made The Quest... Read more

The Longest Ride - Abridged

By: Nicholas Sparks

Narrated by: Ron McLarty & January LaVoy

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the dark days of WWII to present-day North Carolina, this New York Times bestseller shares the lives of two couples overcoming destructive secrets -- and finding joy together.

Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes... Read more

Hell or Richmond

By: Ralph Peters

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 21 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Ralph Peters returns with the sequel to his smash hit Cain at GettysburgBetween May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies suffered eighty-eight thousand casualties. Twenty-nine thousand were killed, wounded, or captured in the first two days of combat. The savagery shocked a young, divided nation.... Read more

My Notorious Life

By: Kate Manning

Narrated by: Terry Donnelly

Length: 19 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by a real midwife who became one of the most controversial figures in Victorian New York City, this “action-packed, thought-provoking page-turner” (The New York Times) is an unforgettable tale—a love story, a family saga, and the confessions of a charismatic and passionate woman who changed the lives of countless others.

Meet the... Read more

The Fifth Knight

By: E.M. Powell

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

To escape a lifetime of poverty, mercenary Sir Benedict Palmer agrees to one final, lucrative job: help King Henry II’s knights seize the traitor Archbishop Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. But what begins as a clandestine arrest ends in cold-blooded murder. And when Fitzurse, the knights’ ringleader, kidnaps Theodosia, a beautiful young... Read more

The Bones of Paris

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King garners widespread acclaim for her suspenseful novels rich with historical detail. Set in the vibrant Paris Jazz Age, The Bones of Paris introduces private investigator Harris Stuyvesant, an American agent who' s been given the plum assignment of locating beautiful young model Philippa Crosby. But... Read more

The Storycatcher

By: Ann Hite

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the "wonderfully crafted" (San Francisco Book Review) Ghost on Black Mountain comes a haunting gothic novel set in the Depression-era South about two young women who form an unlikely alliance when the spirit of a dead woman takes up residence in their home.Shelly Parker, a sixteen-year-old servant who works for the tyrannical... Read more

Lowcountry Spirit

By: Ann Hite

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A haunting historical novella, Lowcountry Spirit tells the story of three slave girls with mystical powers living on an eerie island off the coast of Georgia whose lives intertwine in their quest for freedom.Meet Emmaline, Celestia, and Liza, three slave girls on a haunted barrier island in Georgia low country.Emmaline is a mouthy, stubborn... Read more

Songs of Willow Frost

By: Jamie Ford

Narrated by: Ryan Gesell

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope,... Read more

The Thicket

By: Joe R. Lansdale

Narrated by: Will Collyer

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Love and vengeance at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom from Joe Lansdale, "a true American original" (Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box).

Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox... Read more

How to Tame Your Duke

By: Juliana Gray

Narrated by: Veida Dehmlow

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

England, 1888. Quiet and scholarly Princess Emilie has always avoided adventure, until she's forced to disguise herself as a tutor in the household of the imposing Duke of Ashland, a former soldier disfigured in battle and abandoned by his wife. When chance draws her into a secret liaison with the duke, Emilie can't resist the opportunity to... Read more