FREE! The Maiden of Mayfair

This was a sweet story set in 19th century London about an orphaned girl, who is adopted by a wealthy elderly woman--and a murky past that may tie them together. Lots of beautiful characters, great pacing, a clean romance, and some Christianity thrown in.

Shadow of a Century--Free Historical Fiction

This one has multiple story lines in the past and present. I loved the story about Mary and Rory in the Easter Uprising, but I don't know if I can wholehearted recommend this one, because I didn't love Scarlett, the main contemporary character, although her story did bring up some interesting issues about women today.

Bloody Lessons

This is the 3rd in a mystery suspense series (I love these, and they are all on Kindle Unlimited) about Annie Fuller, a young widow making her own way in Victorian San Francisco. As usual, she is working with Nate, a young lawyer, to solve a mystery, but this time it concerns Nate's own schoolteacher sister, Laura.

Defy

The first one of this trilogy is on Kindle Unlimited, but the rest weren't. I really enjoyed this trilogy about a woman warrior disguising herself as as boy to serve in the Prince's guard and all of her adventures during a time of upheaval under an oppressive king. She finds out that there is more to the prince she serves than meets the eye.

Victoria and the Rogue

This book is a bit of a fluffy little regency romance, a fun way to pass a little time. It isn't free, but I was able to get it from the library (on Overdrive) right away.

Twelve Years a Slave FREE!

This one is free for download on Amazon right now. A memoir about how a free black man was kidnapped and enslaved in 1841--a beautiful, enthralling, true story and an important historical piece that influenced the arguments leading into the Civil War. So neat.

Wild

I love memoirs. There's something about people opening up about their own lives, digging deep into the meaning of life itself that is so beautiful to me. Cheryl Strayed writes about a months-long backpacking trek across California and Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail, about all of the problems in her life that led her to that decision, all of the things that were broken about her at that time, and how her adventures alone in the wild ultimately healed her. It is intense, serious, brutal, sometimes disturbing, and yet, she writes with such humor, too, about running into bears and rattlesnakes, the people she met on the trail, and her own inner discoveries.