Upon her brother's death, Elizabeth de Scales learns that she shall become an heiress, at the tender age of seven. Although born into a pro-Lancastrian family, when Elizabeth is sent off to live with Lady Isabel, the sister of the Duke of York, she soon must choose where her loyalties lie. Caught between her Lancastrian blood, and her Yorkist heart, Elizabeth finds herself swiftly growing up amid the Wars of the Roses- and deciding on the sacrifices she must make. By an unexpected twist of fate, she soon finds herself entangled with the enigmatic Wydeville family, and is raised to a status beyond her wildest imagination. However, the closer to the crown, the heavier the price Elizabeth and those dearest to her must pay... This is the first book in the 'Forgotten Roses' series of untold stories of women hidden from history, and at the heart of the Cousins' War.

The Wattys 2018 Shortlist 1st Place Wattpad's The Historical Award 2019 During World War I, a black baseball player gets a second chance to play ball on an all-white steel mill baseball team, an action that shocks and divides an entire town. Targeted by opponents, his own team, and a ruthless gang, Henry Louis finds himself facing levels of anger and racism that threaten both his baseball career and his life. When Henry meets Sarah, a free-spirited girl with the dream of becoming a great writer, things get even more complicated as they fall in love. Sarah ignites Henry's heart to keep fighting for his right play the game he loves. But by refusing to back down, Henry will pay the greatest price. And in his suffering, Henry Louis will unite a town torn apart by prejudice and war ... not because of the color of his skin but because of the color of his dreams.

The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), subtitled "The Life and Death of a Man of Character", is a novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge (based on the town of Dorchester in Dorset). The book is one of Hardy's Wessex novels, all set in a fictional rural England. Hardy began writing the book in 1884 and wrote the last page on 17 April 1885. Within the book, he writes that the events took place "before the nineteenth century had reached one-third of its span". Literary critic Dale Kramer sees it as being set somewhat later-in the late 1840s, corresponding to Hardy's youth in Dorchester.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891 and in book form in 1892. Though now considered a major nineteenth-century English novel and possibly Hardy's fictional masterpiece, Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England.

In the feverish heat of 1929, Beatrice Grace was involved in a tragic incident- a drowning by the lake where she spent her childhood. As one of the few who had seen Evelyn Young in her last moments, she became trapped in a web of whispers, secrets and half-truths, compelling her to escape her small town. When Beatrice returns to Winthrop's Hollow in 1933, accompanied by the frigid chill of both the weather and her former friends, the murmurs still haven't died. Her sudden reappearance takes everyone by surprise and suspicions start to resurface. It all makes Beatrice wonder. Is it just a series of coincidences or is she really cursed? Featured September 2017 [#46 Historical Fiction ] [#132 Mystery/ Thriller ] cover by weeknder

#WATTYS2017 Winner - HIGHEST RANKING # 5 - DOWNTON ABBEY meets Libba Bray's THE DIVINERS in this YA Historical Fantasy set in 1922 England. Unlike all the Debutantes she knows, eighteen-year-old Vita couldn't care less about her coming out ball. Trapped in her gloomy country estate, all she wants is to spend the summer dancing to jazzy numbers in East End clubs with her best friend Izzy. Freshly returned from a year abroad, Izzy is ready for the thrill of the London Season, with its endless whirl of balls, shopping sprees and horse races. Most importantly, she's counting on Vita to help her find the rich and handsome husband every high society girl deserves. But when Vita is kidnapped and found barely alive in an East London alleyway, the carefree summer the girls had planned turns into something much stranger than they could ever have imagined. With flappers turning up dead all over the city, and Vita terrified of hybrid monsters she swears she can see lurking in Mayfair's marbled houses, Izzy can't help noticing that darkness is seeping into their lives. As Vita starts to believe she's turning into a monster herself, Izzy suspects her friend's sanity is slipping away. Both girls have to find out what's happening before they lose their friendship and status, and their crowd of Bright Young Things becomes a thing of the past. *** A Wattpad Featured Story from 16/02/17 to 25/07/17 HIGHEST RANKING: # 5 on the Wattpad Historical Hot List *** THE BRIGHT AND THE LOST Pinterest Board: http://uk.pinterest.com/emcastellan/the-bright-and-the-lost/ *** Cover designer: Amalia Chitulescu *** Copyright © 2016. All works posted here are the property of EM Castellan. Please do not use without permission. Any duplication or reproduction of all or part of the work without explicit permission by the author is illegal.

In Germany, Wolfgang Braun is forced to join the Nazis. He isn't sure he believes anything Hitler is doing is good, but he doesn't have a choice. When the most powerful man in the country enlists your help, you don't turn him down. So what happens when he finds a young Jewish girl hiding in the rubble? Does he take her to a concentration camp or kill her? Or does he help her escape to freedom? Naomi Adler is an eighteen year old Jewish girl in the middle of an age of terror, the Holocaust. Her family has already been taken away, but by some sort of fortune, she was saved. Can she make it safely to America, as her family had planned, or will she be found out before then? Her world turns upside down when she meets David Lee who in 1918, WWI, was drafted into the United States Army, just like his father and brother. He was a driver, transporting men, food, and supplies when needed, risking his life to support them on the battlegrounds

The Yuan Dynasty has fallen, and the Ming Dynasty begins. The concubines of the young Emperor Yu's harem are more than just pretty faces to decorate the halls. They are to be whatever he wishes of them; lovers, mothers, friends, advisers, toys. But most importantly, they are his pawns. cover by @lemvnade currently on hold for further research historical fic 96 ( 10.6.16 )

Jane is a cunning girl who's had to do anything she could to keep her and her sickly mother alive. She is notorious as a thief and yet no one can deny her beauty and her ability to charm herself out of any situation; even out of prison. So when the king makes a decree summoning duchesses and princesses everywhere for a chance to marry the prince, she immediately knows what to do in order to keep her mother alive. With the help of her best friend Catherine, daughter of a local seamstress, she disguises herself as a duchess and travels to the palace, under the impression that she'd be able to quickly steal and leave the palace within a day. Quickly caught up in her lies and her own mouth, she soon finds that life as a duchess isn't as fun, nor as easy as it may seem. Tangled with pretending to vie for the prince's attention, lying about who she is and being in the wrong places at the wrong time, she's about to find out that beauty and charm sometimes isn't enough. Especially not when her own heart is also against her.

[ COMPLETED AND ON THE WATTYS 2017 SHORTLIST - Excerpt Only] In an era where the drums of war echo over the Northern plains, when the arrival of the next Copper Moon brings about whispers of a shadowy threat, Nell Yngram is only concerned with struggling to make ends meet. Earning a living as a Lampgirl, and having serviced the Moreighs for the last couple of years, she yet dreams of being assigned to the family's ancestral home at Ashenlight. Despite talk of dark secrets plaguing the Samarna Palace, Nell only seeks to earn a good enough sum with which to send back to her family and allow her to return to them. At present, however, such a wish seems impossible. Yet when the former Baron passes away under unforseen circumstances, and his exiled son returns with a foreign bride-to-be, it seems that things certainly are about to change... A story about intertwining lives and internal struggles, dark magic in a rapidly-changing society, and the acceptance of Fate. Cover by: @elphadora