For readers tired of clichés and cartoons, award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader offers nuanced insight into historical events and figures based on sound research and an understanding of human nature. Her complex and engaging characters bring history back to life as a means to better understand ourselves.

Her motto is: Understanding ourselves by Understandig the Past. Helena’s chief areas of expertise are Aviation, the Second World War, Ancient Sparta, and the Crusader States.

Helena holds a PhD in history from the University of Hamburg, which she earned with a ground-breaking biography of a leader of the German Resistance to Hitler, and served as an American diplomat in Europe and Africa. She grew up sailing the Maine coast, was a passionate horsewoman, and is now retired and living with her husband and two dogs.

An escaped Templar, an intrepid, old crusader, and a discarded bride embark on a quest for justice in the face of tyranny.

An English Templar travelling to Cyprus is one of thousands arrested on Friday 13 October 1307. Victims of Philip IV's greed for the Order's legendary riches, they are cruelly tortured. The English knight becomes the first non-French Templar to confess to the trumped-up charges. Then he disappears. Soon, other imprisoned Templars also go missing from the French King's dungeons. Rumours begin to circulate of a band of free Templars.

Based on historical events, not fantasy, The Tale of the English Templar tells the story of the struggle between good and evil in human hearts - and of the power of love even in our darkest hour.

It has been four years since the Civil War ended, and westward expansion seems imminent. Thirsty for adventure, Patrick Mulligan, a young Irish immigrant, learns of gold being discovered in Colorado Territory, so he moves his family from Pennsylvania farmland to the wilderness.

Gold lust lures him to the small town of Breckenridge, where he befriends several Irish immigrants and miners. One man in particular, Silas Garvey, strikes Patrick’s fancy and the two become fast friends. But Silas has a dark secret and is doomed due to chronic illness. Although Patrick adores the old man, he knows there is danger lurking about. Will Patrick’s golden opportunity materialize? And will his fantasy of striking it rich be fulfilled? Or will he fall victim to the threat that looms in the shadows?

One sunny spring day in Dijon, a fearless forty-eight-year-old German businesswoman sits down in a cake shop with a thirteen-year younger vulnerable French bookseller. “My son is dead,” Brigitte announces. Christian pretends not to hear it and devours two pieces of cake – fearfully seeing his divorced wife in every dark-haired woman passing by: a love lost. A taboo.

Two broken hearts. Two fugitives on the quest in a starless night. In their agony and despair, in spite of their differences and secrets, against all odds, they become close. Surprisingly close.
As a thunderstorm approaches…

A story of letting go, forgetting, and forgiving. Of new beginnings, friendship, and passion.
An ode to hope, courage, and faith.

When her latest human companion dies, the immortal Freydis meets an innovative and boundary-pushing scientist, but the deeper Freydis falls for him, the more difficult it becomes for her to hide the inhuman parts of herself. Then a fellow immortal introduces Freydis to his protégé, who vies for Freydis's affection and whose presence awakens a terrifying magic within her.

While Freydis struggles to reconcile her desperate desire to belong in the human realm with the dawning realization about who and what she is, there is an Otherworld threat to her and those she cares for. Should she risk everything to seek help from the scientist, despite the past of humans fearing what they don't understand, or embrace the otherworldly part of herself and risk shattering everything she thought was real?

Daisy Nicolazzi is an overweight fifteen-year-old girl whose parents’ own the local Italian bakery. As she tries to wade through her emotional high school years at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, she understands all too well what it’s like to be an outcast. She knows what it’s like to be numb.

Jett Fontenot is the ten-year-old boy who moves in next door and he has a secret—he sees letters and numbers in specific colors and he can taste peoples’ names. He loves black and white movies, hates being touched, and is obsessed with blues singer Etta James. He, too, understands what it’s like to be an outcast. He, too, knows what it’s like to be numb, even though he is too young to understand it all.

Missing From Me is a coming of age story that tackles issues such as bullying, self-harm, eating disorders, and the neurological phenomenon, synesthesia.

How far would you go to be accepted? To be loved? What would you do to save a friend from themselves? And when does enough become enough?

Can poetry heal the deepest wounds?

Under Your Nails by Lauren Marelli is a compelling collection of poetry that dives into the complexities of love, emotional pain, and personal transformation. The poems explore the raw experiences of heartache, trauma, and self-discovery, offering a candid look at the human experience.

With a unique blend of vulnerability and strength, the verses capture the conflicting emotions that arise from toxic relationships, childhood trauma, and the long journey toward healing.

In this collection, Marelli navigates the aftermath of pain and loss, seeking empowerment through introspection and self-expression. From the depths of emotional turmoil to the awakening of self-worth, each poem serves as a testament to resilience and the power of self-love.

Let these words guide you toward freedom.

From the rolling hills and working-class valleys of south Wales to the poker tables of Europe, high-stakes online roulette, and dangerous sporting accumulators, Philip M John recalls his incredible gambling journey and sheds light on the relentlessness of the battle with your own psyche.

Memoirs of a Gambler is a raw and real account of the dramatic highs and tragic lows of taking on the house before the long road to self-discovery and redemption.

The moment I stepped foot in this house I knew I was going to die, or maybe I was dying before I got here. I don't know, Mom always said I was a hypochondriac, but this feels different. There's something seriously strange about Harker Drake and finding out the truth will be the death of me. Werewolf, wizard, shapeshifter, heck maybe he's a robot and I'm just overthinking it.

I thought he was a vampire, but like, come on, that would be so obvious. At the very least, he's totally annoying and clearly has an attitude problem. I guess I can still leave wraith on the table, but human? Fat chance. How am I supposed to live with him when he clearly doesn't want me here? Classes haven't even started yet, and this school year already bites.

From the mist-shrouded battlefields of ancient times to the glittering courts of Versailles, from the dusty trails of the Wild West to the tense war rooms of the 20th century, our stories span the globe and the ages. Whether you're a fan of heart-pounding adventures, swooning romances, or mind-bending mysteries, our diverse collection has something for every historical fiction enthusiast.

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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia.

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia.