Alexandra Ripley Books in Order

Widowed English teacher Mary Campbell unexpectedly becomes the first woman elected president of the United States. Political resistance, family complications and romance follow her into office in this comic novel about an unconventional occupant of the White House.

Elizabeth Tradd grows up amid the upheaval of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Charleston. As her family's fortunes decline, she confronts poverty, romance and the demands of maintaining a life in a changing Southern city.

Garden Tradd, the grandniece of Charleston matriarch Elizabeth, marries Yankee Sky Harris and leaves home for a wider world. Family history, scandal and betrayal complicate her pursuit of independence during the restless years of the 1920s.

In Renaissance Florence, Lorenzo de' Medici and Ginevra de' Pazzi belong to rival families. Their lives unfold amid romantic entanglements, artistic ambition and political conflict, with the struggle for power shaping both private loyalties and public events.

After her father's death, sixteen-year-old Mary leaves Pennsylvania to search New Orleans for her Creole mother's family. Her quest for relatives and belonging draws her into an unfamiliar world where her inheritance and future are uncertain.

This authorized sequel to Gone with the Wind continues Scarlett O'Hara's story as she struggles with her marriage to Rhett Butler. Family ties, old attachments and her determination to shape her future propel a new historical romance.

With his family's wealth lost after the Civil War, Chess seeks success through a patented tobacco machine. His partnership and marriage of convenience with Nate Richardson combine business ambition with romantic complications and conflicting personal loyalties.

This historical novel imagines the life of Joseph of Arimathea through trade, sea voyages and his love for Sarah. Roman-occupied Palestine, Rome and Britain form the backdrop to a story that brings him into contact with Jesus.