Historical Fiction
13 stories
Catching Shadows by CamelotHealer
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Wu Choi is an orphan who lives with her grandmother while struggling to make ends meet, but her life is turned upside down when she is saved from robbers by a mysterious silver-haired man one evening. Finding a strange pendant afterwards, Choi is pulled into a dangerous web of events as her life intertwines with the powerful Xiu family and the enigmatic Liang. Can she survive and find happiness in the process?
An Instrument in His Hands by BeckyTPaget
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At age 15, Abigail longs for a flirtation, but finds herself in dire circumstances caused by the sins of the sons of king Mosiah. When, Aaron, Zarahemla's future king, repents and tries to fix her problems, Abigail wonders if her flirtation can be with him. Her choice of whether or not to forgive him affects not only the course of her own life, but that of the kingdom itself.
A Friendships Love - Settler series book 1 (Wattpad version, first draft) by mcorona7
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Paytons Life was set, simple and she had so much to look forward to, until her childhood friend is abruptly betrayed and sent away. Life afterwards, proves never to be the same. See how Payton manages the love she has for her closest friends, deals with loss, and becomes her own women. Can she survive unscathed from the choices others make for her life, that ultimately takes her across the ocean, to settle in a harsh new land. Or will she make a stand that she can live with to finally make her feel at peace, and find the joy life was always supposed to hold for her.
Her Second Love by HIndia150
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"Beautiful," he exclaimed while looking at her with eyes filled with pure adoration and love. He kissed her shoulders and slowly, gently bent down kissing her breasts one at a time, as she leaned her head back feeling his heated, delicious breath whenever he touched her. His hands continued to explore her as she caressed his back and bit softly on his neck. He ran his tongue all over her body as her hair sparkled. Her skin was soft and inviting as they clung to each other. He felt her hands on his back pulling him closer.
Only the Dawn by GirlLostInWarZone
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150,000 word young adult historical novel! :) On the streets of Paris, the people are gathering. Mothers cannot feed their children whilst the King lives in the most opulent palace ever seen. Plans, prayers and rumours of revolution whisper through the stormy air which hangs above the city. 'This is a story of freedom and of war, of love and of hate ... This is a story about the constant life that clings to the earth without surrender and about what we are licensed to do with our share....' How much can one person be allowed to do in order to change the world? How much can be forgiven? And when the bored and the dying collaborate to take down a nation, can anyone win at all? When there are secrets, lies, shackles, poverty, hatred and murder, can the dawn ever come? If you comment, I will ETERNALLY love you!!! :D <3 Constructive criticism and advice always welcome because I am serious about writing! :)
The Duke's Daughter (Editing) by ACLeon
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In the year of 1915, Lenny Upchurch never thought that she was anything special. Her father left her family when she was baby. All the girls at school would remind her that she would turn out just like her mother, a drunken wench. But little did she know her life was about to change. With just a knock at the door, Lenny soon learns that her father was the Duke of Northumberland in England and must return just in time to find out he has died. Now Lenny and her brother, Jerry are sucked in to the life of the British elite while the war just across the water is erupting. As she learns about what she is soon to become, a duchess, Lenny sees even among all the chaos there may be something that she can do to change the world around her.
Lewis, Clark, & Sacagawea: A Love Triangle in the Louisiana Territory by TheInkQueen
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It’s 1805, and best friends Lewis and Clark are setting out to lead a great expedition into the unknown Louisiana Territory. But their friendship will be tested to no bounds as they each fall for their beautiful guide and translator, Sacagawea. Sacagawea is gorgeous and outspoken. She’s a refreshing burst of energy and femininity to the dreary, grueling journey. It will last years, with hunger, disease, cold, and hostile Indians endangering the lives of the entire expedition. But Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea each have their own secrets and dark backgrounds to hide, including a few which may threaten to break up the entire expedition. In the wilderness, can love hold them together, or will it rip them apart?
Sweet Love of Mine by Ashful
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Emily Weatherly was no gently-bred London debutante. In fact, she had thrived on the streets of London, a pickpocket and urchin, until Fate threw her lot in with the Weatherly's, a prestigious family who unselfishly raised her as their own and protect her from a heinous secret that could destroy her life. Despite this, she is never truly accepted as a proper lady, always scorned and ridiculed, and she vows to do her adopted family proud by making a respectable match with a gentleman of some rank and notoriety. Sebastian Weatherly harbors a secret that could thwart his carefully constructed bachelorhood. Indiscriminate rake, scoundrel and downright rogue, he has had to endure Emily Weatherly's presence for as long as he could remember. Now that she intends to make a respectable match, which he knows cannot ever be him as he is not respectable, he can hardly ignore the bitter jealousy residing in his heart as he is forced to watch Emily courted by various beaus.
The Hundredth Suitor by ForeverNerdyXoxo
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Princess Violet wants nothing to do with marriage. At the age of 17, she is prepared to step up and rule her kingdom proudly, justly, and without a husband. However, her father, the king, has very different plans. Because Violet has resisted every man who has asked for her hand, King Rupert devises a plan to force Violet to choose a husband. One hundred suitors are invited to the palace to compete for Violet's affections, each one very different from the next. Out of one hundred nobles from far and wide, which man will she choose?
Thief of My Heart (Watty Awards Finalist 2012) by sleepswithroses
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Hannibal Heyes is an outlaw trying to go straight. He's wanted dead or alive. The former leader of the Devil's Hole Gang doesn't have time or room for a woman in his life. But when he saves a girl from a band of murdering thieves, everything changes. With the threat of murderers on their tail and the ever growing attraction he has to his young and innocent new charge, Heyes must get to his quick drawing partner fast. Because he doesn't know who's a bigger threat to her...the villains or himself. Evangeline has lost everything. Her family has been murdered and her innocence and freedom nearly lost. But when she is rescued by a handsome, dimple faced cowboy, a whole new life opens up to her. Now she faces an uncertain future and an undeniable, burgeoning sexual awareness of her rescuer. As their friendship and their love grows, she finds that behind the strong, seemingly unshakable man, stands the shadow of a lost, lonely little boy who just may need rescuing himself.