historical fiction

When seven-year-old Anna's father went away on November 6 in 1939, he never returned. Alone in Poland during World War II, Anna is taken under the care of strange man whose name she never knows, but who she calls Swallow Man. Alongside a Jewish man named Reb Hirschl, the three try to survive the horrors of hiding away as a war rages around them and danger lurks at every turn.

When Grace Mae is sent to the Boston insane asylum she is pregnant with her father's baby and mute. But when the staff of the asylum push her too far, her voice erupts as she acts out violently causing her to lose her baby. Locked away in the basement for her actions, Grace is discovered by a visiting doctor who sees a brilliance inside her mind. He sneaks her away to his asylum in Ohio where she assists him in solving a string of murders. But the pair soon find themselves in the sights of the murderer, and Grace will need to face the pain she has been hiding from within herself so she can survive.

Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.

In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.

Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.

In 1800s London, a young heiress and her law clerk are caught up in a kidnapping plot to steal her fortune, but as their investigation delves deeper and their affections for each other grow, Lydia starts to wonder what she truly wants.

Hanneke lives in Amsterdam in 1943 in the midst of World War II. She juggles the dangers of secretly securing and selling goods on the black market with hiding her work from her parents while grieving the death of her boyfriend at the hands of the Nazis. But life becomes even more harrowing when a women convinces Hanneke to find a missing Jew she's been hiding in her home.

Set in a graveyard over the course of one night, the story tells of Abraham Lincoln's son Willie who dies and finds himself in a strange purgatory called the bardo where a battle is waged for his soul.

In 1751 Scotland, young Davie Balfour seeks out his uncle after his parents' death only to find that his uncle has already murdered to keep the family estate to himself and he has plans for Davie as well.

Lady Magdalen, a poor baron's daughter, receives a marriage proposal from the handsome, wealthy Duke of Wolfberg that could save her people from starvation. However, on the way to Wolfberg Castle, an evil servant forces Magdalen to trade places with her or else Magdalen's family will die. She is forced to tend geese at the castle while watching the handmaiden live Magdalen's dream. She meets a handsome shepherd with secrets of his own and together they uncover a plot against the duke and work to save him and his kingdom.