Category: Historical Fiction

Cable Girls meets Peaky Blinders meets Titanic The girls had forged a bond together like iron that could not be broken. Claudia, Kiersten, Lina, and Florian were on the brink of making history with their powerful feminist movement, but then they suddenly disappeared without a trace. Alexander was a desperate bootlegger who was willing to risk it all to search for them. Not only were they in cahoots with him to help smuggle feminist contraband and forbidden booze, but Claudia had also unknowingl... [Read More...]

When celebrated author and lecturer Maria Kovalenko receives an invitation to speak at a charity function in Chicago from Leonid Kozlov, whom she hasn’t seen since he abandoned her 4 years ago, the past grips her. Leonid is now a wealthy man and a criminal boss. She shouldn’t go. She has to see him. Their love story began years ago in Ukraine under the Russian oppression and man-made famine. He was a hero lost in an evil cause. And I was a female dying in that cause. Despite his tra... [Read More...]

THE DELILAH ENIGMA follows Lt. Sarah Leach, an MI6 British naval officer, and Robert Johnston, her OSS counterpart in London, as they team up to trade secrets and sex while gathering intelligence for the Allied war effort. When an SS patrol captures Sarah working with the French Resistance in Normandy, Robert partners with associates at Bletchley Park and a German Jewish refugee to rescue her. On return, she learns her old boyfriend, badly wounded in France, is coming home. Choosing between a f... [Read More...]

How exactly did the Keystone Cops achieve national comedic infamy? Before the slapstick films, Rick Darrow (The Big Gun) and his brothers ran Keystone Oil, the Keystone Gazette, and Keystone, Ohio’s brothels and speakeasies. All seemed to chug along until ignoring reality led to disastrous events. A prequel that reflects timeless Keystone chaos. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Darfur, 2006: There was not much room in the tent. There was less room on the cot. She lay, intertwined with Alex, staring dreamily as light wisps of sand sifted in front of the lamp. Alexander Barr stands on the edge of society. Humanity, devoid of civilization, is bared before him, raw and visceral. Sketches from the Periphery, MP Summers’ debut novel, is a gripping narrative that delves into the complexities of the Darfur Conflict through the eyes of Alexander Barr, a young contractor conf... [Read More...]

In this Irish American story, the voyage across the Atlantic after the Great Hunger proves just the beginning for two young people facing the challenges of a new life. After the death of the young wife he loves passionately, Richard marries Maggie with the help of a deceptive go-between who brews trouble in their marriage that never goes away. Their family’s future will include battles for the workingman with the Knights of Labor, the Navy during the Spanish-American War, the challenges of a ... [Read More...]

With over 200,000 books sold, 2600 5 star Amazon reader reviews/ratings, and over 5000 Goodreads reader ratings, FAR AWAY HOME has ranked as a bestseller in U.S. Historical Fiction, Historical Romance American, and Historical Irish Fiction. In post-Civil War New York City, sixteen-year-old Aislynn Denehy cannot find a job, she has no place to live and no family to help her. Some might think this is a problem; Aislynn believes it is an opportunity, but she has a lot to learn. No formulaic romanc... [Read More...]

1242. After being wounded in the Battle on the Ice, Richard Fitz Simon becomes a prisoner of Prince Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod. Alexander, intrigued by his captive’s story, instructs his scholar to assist Richard in writing about his life. Richard’s chronicle begins in 1203, when his training to be a knight is disrupted by treachery. He is forced to flee England for Lübeck, where he begins work for a greedy salt merchant. After an illicit love affair, his new life is thrown into turmoil,... [Read More...]