Colonial Saga

Life has dealt him an unfair hand, leaving him with few options. Will a chance encounter with a caring American colonial family provide a poor English boy with a stable home, or will the boy be lost in events that are spiraling out of control? Peter Smith, a boy of humble beginnings, is a testament to the human spirit. Despite his impoverished upbringing, abduction, and mistreatment, he refuses to be defined by his circumstances. Born into poverty and hopelessness on the streets of Portsmouth, England, Peter is forced into a life of crime just to survive. His resilience is tested when he is...

Born in a London workhouse, John has suffered years of physical and verbal abuse. Finally managing to escape, he stows away on a ship bound for the colonies, only to be discovered while out at sea. After another failed attempt at freedom, he is sold as an indentured servant to the bootmaker in Williamsburg, Virginia. His new-found faith in Christ is tested daily by his master’s arrogant son. Then Elizabeth walks into his life… (A Christian Historical Romance Novel)

Three people—two enslaved, one indentured—living beside each other, struggling against their circumstances, trying to bend destiny.

Captured in battle. Banished from home. Sold at auction. Gabriel Chisholm longs for the freedom he once enjoyed, long before he was sold into seven years of indentured servitude. But two obstacles stand between him and liberty. First he must survive the most dangerous storm of the 17th century, a tempest that imperils the entire Virginia colony. Then he must battle greedy predators primed to destroy both him and his master. And in a world of aristocrats, simply defending himself could leave Gabriel hanging high on English gallows. Can this transplanted warrior survive both men and nature in...

Seeking a new life, the Oberstrasse family lands on the wild Maine coast in 1753. They find that the American frontier teems with conniving swindlers, hostile French and Indians, killing diseases, and then a powerful movement for independence from Britain. They have come because Christianne has decided that their infant sons will never soldier for the Landgraf of Hesse like their father, hired out to serve King George of England. Expecting to till the soil, Johann finds that opportunity on the rocky coast comes from the forest, not land, so he learns carpentry and trapping.

The Hazard Trade In British-occupied Newport, Rhode Island, the most dangerous weapons are the people the enemy refuses to see. Newport, Rhode Island is the crown jewel of the colonies—one of the most beautiful cities, one of the wealthiest, with the finest natural harbor in the new world. Rhode Island is a hotbed of rebellion, and the British have made an example of it: brutally occupying the city, blockading the harbor, and cutting off trade. More than half the population has fled the island, every tree has been cut down to feed the voracious need for firewood, and the British have ...

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This is the story of John Minns, a Quaker abolitionist who was shipwrecked near Nassau, Bahamas in 1800, and was rescued from a watery grave by Rosette, an African slave who was part of the cargo on board. In time, John and Rosette fell in love and this novel is about their subsequent adventures and their rise to prosperity. The book transports readers to 19th century Bahamas, and its many historical facts are gently imparted through conversations between the cast of colorful characters within its pages. It also examines the complexity of race relations in the colony at that time. This ...

It begins with a choice that wasn't theirs to make. North Carolina, 1775. Raised a Quaker, Captain Edward Beeson, a patriarch of deep faith, takes up arms for a revolution his conscience condemns. The women of his family are left to carry what he cannot. His mother, Elizabeth, holds the meeting house together. His wife, Ann, holds the family together. And when Edward returns from the battlefield a different man than the one who left, they must find a way to hold him together too. Fading Light is the story of the American Revolution as the women who lived it knew it. Rooted in more than ...

A spellbinding story of family, love, and betrayal set during the Salem witch trials as a mother is condemned by the truth—and her daughter is saved by a lie. Salem, 1752. Sarah Carrier Chapman, weak with infirmity, writes a letter to her granddaughter that reveals the secret she has closely...

Tuppence to Pass (Hunter to Macquarie Collection Bk 3) London 1800s to Parramatta 1820s An Unlikely Partnership *** Josh Callan is a London lad making the best of the life dealt to him. Stealing from the man who killed his father, Josh gets arrested. The judge belittles him, saying he is not worth tuppence. Transported to the penal colony of Sydney, Josh arrives at the commencement of Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s term. Life in the Colonial town opens opportunities Josh could never have dreamed of and soon proves his worth to the Governor, who becomes his confidante. Can Josh find his ...

Imagine Finding Your Roots, Roots Less Traveled and Who Do You Think You Are presented in a book format. The Buster Clan: An American Saga does exactly that. It unfolds a trajectory of United States’ events through a collection of Buster narratives and archives, adding authentic and freshly told stories about the American experience. Buster is an Americanism. It is as good and stereotyped as apple pie. Within these hefty histories are smaller sagas where lives were personally affected by how history played out. The Busters were, like all things American, pioneers. They began as farmers ...

For readers of Bernard Cornwell and Geraldine Brooks — a sweeping novel of love, betrayal, and survival on the contested shores of 17th-century Acadia, where French soldiers, English raiders, and the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and Wendat peoples fought to shape a new world. "Tides of Acadia is an epic story, artfully rendered, yet sweeping in its scope. Although it's clear that the author has done his historical homework, the rich details on parade here never overwhelm the narrative." — KIRKUS REVIEWS Charles de La Tour was ten years old when his father took him to sea. By the time he returned ...

An exiled nobleman. A blacksmith’s daughter. A family legacy forged in fire and tested in war. William and Hannah: Iron and Salt is a sweeping historical novel of love, rebellion, and reinvention—from the battlefields of the Seven Years' War to the revolutionary forges of colonial America. Cast out by his family and stripped of his inheritance, William must forge a new life on the far side of the world, where survival means labor, humility and the unexpected strength of love. Beside him stands Hannah, a blacksmith's daughter, whose resilience and quiet wisdom prove as essential as iron,...

The Saddler’s Song London 1790s to Parramatta 1840s The Strains of Starting Again. George Ellis is the son of a tanner, living on the outskirts of London. Alone and hurting after a disease takes his family, he seeks a new life, setting up a business in New South Wales. His beloved violin is his most treasured possession, and his talent for making music is hidden from all but a select few. Ben Parker, a saddler, is also heading to the colony. Combining their skills to start afresh in a new world, the young men find accommodation with a family. Two of the daughters steal their hearts — ...

In the shadow of the London Blitz, artist Elsie Turner clings fiercely to her canvases, refusing to let war dim the colors that define her. The bombs test her nerve, but the struggle also stirs memories of her golden youth in India and of the long-lost love of her life.

She was born in 1931, the youngest of seven, raised on a goat's milk, and stubborn from the start. By the time she was done, she had sat in a military prison, earned a doctorate from the University of London, married an Indian anthropologist against her family's wishes, and watched the world she grew up in disappear. Goat Milk and Roses is the memoir of an Iraqi woman who came of age in the last years of the monarchy — moving between Karbala, Hilla, Samarra, Najaf, Ba'quba, and Baghdad as her father's government postings carried the family across the country. She writes of the Jewish ...

The timeline for Crucible is 1775 – 1778. I decided to split the Revolutionary War into two books, mainly because there is so much more action as opposed to The French & Indian War…and because as I was writing, my characters insisted on some scenes I hadn’t previously thought of.  The three Mallory siblings, Daniel, Liza, and Liam play important parts in CoR, but it is their children who begin to make their marks on the saga. Their youngest son, Ethan, and their daughter Abigail, of Daniel and Deborah travel with their parents to Boonesborough and reside there with Daniel Boone. ...

Joshua Hempstead was a well-respected farmer and tradesman in New London, Connecticut. As his remarkable diary - kept from 1711 until 1758 - reveals, he was also a slave owner who owned Adam Jackson for over thirty years. In this engrossing narrative of family life and the slave experience in the colonial North, Allegra di Bonaventura describes the complexity of this master/slave relationship and traces the intertwining stories of two families until the eve of the Revolution.

From Bestselling Author D.K. GREY presents... ECHOED SECRETS Book Three in the chilling Hale Mansion SECRETS series. A fast-paced YA psychological–supernatural thriller where hidden truths, supernatural forces, spiritual warfare, and the darker side of humanity collide. Nearly twelve years have passed since the events of INHERITED SECRETS, and six years since the haunting aftermath of DARKENED SECRETS. Amber Hale’s intuitive gifts and extrasensory perception (ESP) are intensifying as she steps into adolescence. The Hybrid Curse stirs once more—rooted in ancient forces, shaped by ...