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11 Hard Times Oklahoma by TC Allen

Harley and Ida Duran were share croppers and nice people in a time and place where nice people weren't appreciated. Share croppers were considered less valuable than dirt. However, there are those who can be nice and still persevere, no matter who their enemies may be. Harley teaches his enemies that it's okay to turn the other cheek... After that you make sure they can't smite you on the other cheek.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Romance, Violence, Historical, True, Dystopian, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 8856 | Votes: 281 | Score: 8.80
Size: 496KB | 97,058 words | Posted: Concluded:

12 Rough Waters by Argon

Anthony Carter is back! Now a senior captain and married to Harriet, he faces challenges in his professional and private live, encountering Caribbean pirates, arrogant colonial officers, Irish traitors, French soldiers, a lunatic admiral, and a pitched naval battle in the Bay of Biscay. In all this, he and Harriet must realise that married life is no endless honeymoon. Rough waters indeed. Book 2 (of 3) in the Anthony Carter Sea Adventures covers the years 1806 to 1810 in Tony's life.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Romance, Drama, Politics, Violence, Historical, War, Military
Downloads: 1264 | Votes: 54 | Score: 8.74
Size: 265KB | 48,597 words | Posted: in progress Updated:

13 The Trumpets of Mars by Lumpy

Imperium (2)
The Carthaginians are marching to destroy Rome and it is up to Ky, a test pilot from the future thrown into an alternate past, to keep the once mighty Roman Empire from being destroyed. As Ky gathers Roman and Caledonian forces together to form a new Britannic Empire to defend against the Carthaginian host, he must also struggle to contend with a malfunctioning AI implanted in his brain that is slowly gaining sentience. Thankfully, Ky is not alone.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Historical, War, Military, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Timeline, AI
Downloads: 7954 | Votes: 93 | Score: 8.74
Size: 640KB | 120,453 words | Posted: Concluded:

14 Lost by Oz Ozzie

Sarah Holding, daughter of a convict, finds herself completely lost in Australia. The land is at once quite familiar and completely different in every regard when she runs away from her mother's murderer.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical, Time Travel
Downloads: 4861 | Votes: 422 | Score: 8.72
Size: 162KB | 30,910 words | Posted:

15 His Lucky Charm by Argon

After losing his beloved fiancé to a dishonourable rival and being wounded in the Crimean War, Captain James Tremayne leaves England as a bitter man. He heads for the Western Territories of the United States and eventually becomes a digger during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. 'Baltimore Rose' Donegal is a saloon girl and convict who crosses his path in Fort Laramie. Read how she of all women becomes His Lucky Charm and much more.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Romance, Historical, Western, Military
Downloads: 19847 | Votes: 620 | Score: 8.71
Size: 766KB | 140,229 words | Posted: Concluded:

16 Advice on Choosing a Mistress by Benjamin Franklin

One of the USA's Founding Fathers offers sage advice just as appropriate now as when it was first penned more than 250 years ago.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: True
Tags: Historical, True
Downloads: 1603 | Votes: 62 | Score: 8.71
Size: 3KB | 632 words | Posted:

17 Lucky Jim 1--Firehair by FantasyLover

The adventures of 16-year-old Jim Reynolds start in 1856 Virginia. When his family and several others head west to settle near Council Bluffs, his adventures continue, becoming more numerous and earning him the moniker Lucky Jim. Follow Jim as he grows into a leadership role that he feels unqualified to hold, until finally forced to test both his leadership ability and his luck. A "fantasy history."
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Historical, War, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 5957 | Votes: 164 | Score: 8.68
Size: 733KB | 137,560 words | Posted: Concluded:

18 Retreat (Robledo Mountain #3) by Kraken

Paul and Anna McAllister, along with their family and friends want nothing more than to be left in peace as they continue building Estancia Dos Santos into their querencia, a retreat, a place to rest and relax free from all worry. Using the wealth they've accumulated, they begin to right historical wrongs and lay the foundations for seeking statehood. The mysterious 'Boss' has other plans for Paul, Anna, and the Estancia. Two Chapters every Friday until complete.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Western
Tags: Historical, Western, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 8993 | Votes: 196 | Score: 8.58
Size: 784KB | 151,260 words | Posted: Concluded:

19 The Riflemen of the Ohio by Joseph A. Altsheler

A The Young Trailers Series (6)
A Story of Early Days along "The Beautiful River"
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Novel-Classic, Young Adult
Downloads: 1540 | Votes: 55 | Score: 8.54
Size: 537KB | 102,470 words | Posted: Concluded:

20 Muleskinner Blues by Joe J

Jeremiah Brock was a violin playing muleskinner, a veteran of the War Between the States and a man who had trouble staying in one place...or time.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Coming of Age, Western, Post Apocalyptic, Time Travel
Downloads: 20029 | Votes: 729 | Score: 8.53
Size: 594KB | 112,481 words | Posted: Concluded:
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