Discover Historical Fiction Best Sellers

Find the Best Historical Fiction stories through a handpicked selection of sample chapters and reviews! Each story is available exclusively on Galatea, an immersive reading platform available on iOS and Android.

A Highlander’s Faith

A dark, intriguing cavern. A strange mystery. An almost impossible love. Emily and her kilt-wearing, horse-riding, Greek god look-alike Highlander are caught up in a tangled web. What does destiny have in store for them?

Age Rating: 18+ (Content Warning: Domestic Violence, Extreme Violence/Gore, Rape, Sexual Assault/Abuse Violence Against Women)

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My Very Own Pirate

Erica has a boring job and bad taste in men. Her only adventures come from her books about the ocean, sailing, and pirates. But an idle wish in the middle of a dramatic storm brings her exactly the right kind of man, and he’s ready to take her on adventures she never could have imagined.

Age Rating: 18+

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When Night Comes

London, 1838. Christine Smith lives in a changed world, where Britain is under the strict control of the Evynwoods, an ancient vampiric family. In a shocking crime, two of Chrissy’s closest friends are brutally killed. After a chance encounter, James Evynwood, heir to the throne, takes Chrissy for himself. Is he the murderous beast she expects…or something more?

Age Rating: 18+

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Frankenstein

After his mother dies of scarlet fever, scientist Victor Frankenstein buries his grief in a wild experiment: to create a living man from dead matter. His creation is eight feet tall and with beautiful features, but when Victor brings it to life, its features turn hideous. The mad scientist tries to hide what he’s done, but when his loved ones start dying off, he realizes there’s no escape. He must confront the creature. Little does he know, the creature is about to share a shocking revelation.

Age Rating: 16+

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Dering Siblings

When Harper Dering turns eighteen, she leaves behind her ten siblings and finds work as a maid for Damon Grayson in Dubbury. Right away, she notices how handsome he is…and he seems to be attracted to her, too. Will they be able to make their romance work, despite the difference in their stations?

Age Rating: 18+

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The Laird’s Marker

Fate intervenes to save Ally from her abusive husband… but then she finds herself in a completely new world. Transported back in time to the 1700s, she’s mistaken for Emily, a ward of the King. When she’s sold off to be the wife of a former Scottish Privateer, does another marital nightmare await her? Or will she finally succeed in finding a new life all her own?

Age Rating: 18+

Note: This story is the authror’s original version and does not have sound.

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London Fairy Tales

From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Rachel Van Dyken comes her epic regency saga the London Fairy Tales Series.

Age Rating: 18+

Note: This story is the author’s original version and does not have sound.

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Survival of the Rose

After the death of her father, the king, Deanna finds herself in a dangerous situation. She is a bastard princess, and her stepmother, Queen Rosaline, and her stepbrother, Prince Lamont, will stop at nothing to see that she is removed from the court. Alone and without anyone to protect her, Deanna begins to fear for her life. But when suitors begin arriving to court Queen Rosaline, Deanna meets a handsome stranger from a faraway land who may offer the salvation she seeks…

Age Rating: 18+

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