In April 1975, Saigon was a dangerous place. US forces had left Vietnam two years prior, and the northern and southern governments were functioning as two countries following the Paris Peace Accords of 1973. But by early 1975, communist forces had begun making their way southward to depose the S. Vietnamese government and "unify" the country. Knowing his family could face execution if they stayed, Chau Nguyen, a Lt Col and S. Vietnamese C-130 pilot, hatched a daring plan to save his family - his wife, Mai and their two children, Mai's parents, and her three younger brothers. Uncommon Cargo is based on the true story of the Nguyen family's race to escape South Vietnam and reach freedom. It would not be without heartache, tragedy, and despair but it is also a story of love, strength of family, and determination. Much has been written about the American war experience in Vietnam, but little chronicles the lives of the families who survived it. Uncommon Cargo is the story of one that did.

A young woman in Edwardian England is expected to behave with propriety, especially if she is the daughter of a vicar. But Harriet Loxley’s family is not as staid as you might imagine and when Harriet leaves Nottingham for London to pursue her studies it is with her family’s support. What she doesn’t tell them is that she also intends to seek out the Women’s Social and Political Union and the notorious Christabel Pankhurst.

Harriet’s fight for the vote plays out against the background of her family’s ups and downs in the Nottingham lace industry and her own struggle to realize her potential in a society that sets limits on women.

‘A smartly plotted historical novel offering an intriguing insight into the Suffragette movement and what they were fighting for. Highly recommended!’ – The Wishing Shelf

Sir Francis Burdett, the 5th Baronet of Bramcote, has, for the most part, been forgotten by history. He was a member of the English House of Commons for 48 years, from 1796 to his death. For most of his career in Parliament, he was a “radical reformer” and the champion of the Westminster rabble that he represented. In addition to parliamentary reform, he championed free speech, prison reform, the Catholic emancipation, and the elimination of flogging. He survived an affair with Lady Oxford, a duel with James Paull, and two prison sentences. For several days in 1810, there were riots (and deaths) in the streets of London, as the government attempted to imprison Sir Francis in the Tower of London. This may have been as close as the English ever came to a French-style Revolution. The book takes the form of “an interview with a dead man.” The answers, for the most part, reflect his letters and speeches -- on the hustings and in the House of Commons.

How significant is love? Is your life worth risking for it? John, a biracial Canadian lawyer living in the Victorian era, faces a difficult decision when he travels to Texas to settle his father's estate and encounters a woman named Virginia. Upon learning of his deceased grandfather's will, John Livingston defies his father's wishes and travels to Texas to sell the inherited plantation. In Texas, John rescues Virginia, a woman he meets, but their love is threatened by Harrison Connell, a plantation owner who wants her. John and Virginia's adventure to Canada is threatened by Harrison Connell's pursuit, leaving John to weigh the value of love against his life.

Building upon a thesis proposed by Arthur Gray, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, this book contains a history play which dramatizes how Henry Goodyer, Thomas Burdett, and Raphael Holinshed, via a literary salon called the “Polesworth Circle,” educated, trained, and supported two of England’s most notable poets and playwrights, Michael Drayton and William Shakespeare. The book begins with an introduction (the six premises of the play) and an overview (abstract, cast, setting, time). The play, which consists of nine acts, begins with a prologue - a brief history of England and Polesworth.

Two cousins, one the son of an English lord and other the son of a German prince, reunite in the summer of 1914 for an idyllic holiday at the family estate in Norfolk.
As they explore their own forbidden feelings for each other, the international situation worsens. Ultimately they are separated as war is declared and serve in the British Army and the German Navy. Both witness the horrors of war but their resolve to be reunited remains unbroken despite the obstacles they might face once the war is over.

It is the dawn of the second millennium. Two royal Scottish children are swept away from their families—Macbeth to the perilous royal court of his grandfather, Gruach to the remnants of the goddess-worshiping Picts. Macbeth learns that blood bonds are easily severed while Gruach finds her path only to lose it when she’s summoned back to the patriarchal world. They struggle with gaining and losing power, guided and misguided by prophecy and politics as their paths converge in a fiery bid for royal succession. Upon the Corner of the Moon separates literary legend from reality, immersing readers in a story about the real rulers who changed the face of Scotland. Some legends are true, and the truth sometimes becomes a legend—or a lie. This novel masterfully dovetails the Macbeth legend and the truth without sacrificing either.

"Nieman has woven a masterful story with the attention to detail of a historian and the lyrical skill of a seasoned poet." Books for Readers

The Air Ministry kept it secret - they didn't want their failure known. It was the biggest explosion ever on UK soil, not caused by enemy warfare. Bombs were being stored and refurbished in disused alabaster mines, under fields in Staffordshire, for the war effort. The store wasn't properly supervised and the resultant explosion left a crater as big as six football pitches, into which a whole farm disappeared. The explosion erupted in a mushroom cloud, containing earth, trees, cattle, and 20 ton chunks of alabaster, that descended, crashing through buildings for miles around. The explosion was recorded in Geneva and heard in London. Survivors were trapped underground, desperately trying to escape the toxic gas pervading the tunnels. Rescue services were called from all over, attempting to get to them but bring held back by the gas. Bodies were still being recovered years afterwards. This is a history that should never be allowed to be forgotten.

When an outcast signed on to map the New World, finding a dead body was not part of the job description. With an incompetent sheriff determined to arrest him, his dream job just became his worst nightmare…

"Amorosi uses a plethora of historical details to paint a portrait of colonial America with a truly "You are there" feel.—Amazon review

"The author's portrayal of 18th-century America is a delight. Through Angus' eyes, readers feel the fresh wonder of early settlement—the hard work and boundless opportunities; the conflicts and injustices."—Kirkus Reviews

The last tale in the trilogy, bringing the lives of the 3 main characters to a point where they are ready to step out on their own. It's now 1830; Dock, the adopted sin of Stamford Raffles, is a successful artist, but when he welcomes his friend Chin Ming & her husband back to Singapore after 4 years in England, his life changes. He realises his focus has strayed from the ideals that Raffles sanctioned; values that he wants to call his own. To rectify the situation, he begins seeking out the men who are smuggling young Sumatran women into Singapore to provide entertainment in a male-dominates society. The friends are observed by a man who has recently been released from prison in Calcutta where he has spent the last 7 years. He is he'll bent on revenge, but as Raffles is now dead, those who received his patronage must be held accountable.

Dec 1776. On the banks of the Delaware River, George Washington’s Continental Army is embattled. It’s short of rations, men and morale. The war for independence against the British Empire is in the balance. Washington is planning an audacious fight back, but when one of his spies, tasked with bringing news of the British Army goes missing, the conclusion is stark: Washington has a traitor in camp. Who can he trust? Desperate for intelligence and short of trusted men, Washington sends a local militiaman, Isaak Moore, over the river to meet with a Rebel agent in Trenton. Unbeknownst to Moore, all hell is to be let loose, and his mission will draw him into a web of intrigue, secrets and deception.
"1776: A River of Spies" is an action adventure story set against the backdrop of the crossing of the Delaware and attack on Trenton.

One fateful night in 1826, Sceva Thayer, a blacksmith, is murdered on the street with an axe. Rumors ran rampant through the southern tidewater town. Fingers pointed to the man's son. This is the story of the Thayer family, Petersburg, and it's enslaved people who must struggle fires, floods, jealousy, humiliation, rage. Imprisonment and death to come through to become like iron, annealed by fire. Available on amazon.com/dp/B0DS8ZMTQL