Alice Duncan Books in Order

Widow Maggie Bright is already worn thin by her farm, her baby daughter, and a drunken hand when wounded Jubal Green appears at her door. His arrival brings both danger and the chance for new love.

Emily von Plotz supports her eccentric aunt and uncle by writing a newspaper advice column, then lands in a frothy Texas mix of danger, misunderstandings, and romance. It is one of Duncan's most openly comic historicals.

A warm holiday historical romance with family bustle, comic complications, and a slowly earned love story. Duncan keeps the mood cozy while giving her Christmas setting real heart.

Jedediah Hardcastle is hired to escort Tacita Grantham from New Mexico Territory to San Francisco, but winning her heart means first surviving Rosamunda, her very opinionated Yorkshire terrier.

Fourteen years after they last met, Gracie runs to New Mexico and preacher Jake with a child named Charity in her arms. Old feelings return fast, but Jake's rough town is no easy place for hope.

In post-Civil War New Mexico, dreamy Adelaide Blewitt has been raised on old notions of Southern gentility and romance. When Charley Wilde rides into the night, she is sure her prince has arrived.

Bitter, wounded Noah Partridge comes to New Mexico Territory wanting only land and solitude. Widow Grace Richardson and her small daughter offer him something harder to accept, warmth, home, and love.

In 1895 Maine, a secret diary pulls Susanna toward the long-unsolved disappearance of a great-aunt. The mystery is old, but the danger and the hope of love feel very present.

Penelope Potter goes to England for a wedding and finds trouble instead when her brother behaves wildly after a taste of corn liquor. A meddling spirit may be the key to romance and rescue.

By day Claire Montague is the proper housekeeper at Partington Place. By night she secretly writes dime novels, and when the real Tom Partington returns, her double life becomes impossible to hide.

Cody O'Fannin rides toward a scream expecting trouble and finds a woman in labor instead. Helping Melissa Wilmeth changes his life, and quiet New Mexico magic does the rest.

Crowfoot Castle in Bittersweet, New York, is rumored to be haunted, but the new owner is even more unsettled by its beautiful housekeeper, Genevieve Crowfoot. Old family trouble shadows every attraction.

Georgina Witherspoon heads west to care for her supposedly mad grandmother and learns the old woman is haunted, not crazy. A ghost, a stubborn heroine, and unexpected love complicate everything.

After gambler Elijah Perry is shot, straight-laced Joy Hardesty finds herself tending a man she does not trust. In Rio Hondo, suspicion and attraction grow side by side.

Heather Mahaffey's father boasts that she can outcook anyone in New Mexico Territory, which is unfortunate because she cannot. Hired by handsome Philippe St. Pierre, she scrambles to fake it before love and trouble boil over.

Rose Larkin sails to Ireland with her eccentric Aunt Kate determined to live boldly at last. There she meets Cullen O'Banyon, and both soon discover the other is not what they first seemed.

While Martin Tafft films *Indian Love Song*, Amy Wilkes is dazzled by movie-making opportunity and a tempting leading man. She may need a steadier sort of hero than the one the camera prefers.

In the early silent-film era, orphan Amy Wilkes is discovered by producer Martin Tafft and swept into the strange new world of motion pictures. Glamour comes fast, but trust is much harder to find.

Fortune-teller Sophie Madrigal reads the palm of bounty hunter Gabriel Caine and senses far more than she should. As he hunts a murderer, Sophie begins to see that their fates may be tied together.

While caring for six-year-old Becky, Callida Prophet discovers old love letters written by her stern employer. The tender man in those pages seems very different from the father standing before her.

In 1913 Southern California, actress Christina Mayhew works in pictures to save money for medical school. Her growing affair with producer Martin Tafft forces both of them to choose between ambition and love.

Producer Martin Tafft plans to use Marigold Pottersby's struggling family mine in a film. Then tough investor Tony Ewing arrives, copper is discovered, and business trouble turns into romance.

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Kate Finney works two jobs to support her mother and dodge her violent father. Stiff, proper Alex English wants her gone, until he starts seeing her very differently.

Rose Ellen Gilhooley is a star rider in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show when the 1893 Chicago World's Fair throws her into new trouble. Fame, scandal, and romance arrive all at once.

Belle Monroe leaves her Southern family to work as a nanny in New York, then visits the Chicago World's Fair and catches the eye of a gifted young photographer. His shocking offer could change her whole future.

Daisy is called in to deal with a supposedly haunted basement, but ghosts are the least of the problem. What she finds instead is a frightened young woman and a mystery Sam will not ignore.

Union veteran Jack Valentine and Phoebe Honeycutt, a proud Southern woman, dislike each other on sight. On the Texas plain, that spark of hostility slowly turns into something much harder to resist.

During the California gold rush, restaurant owner Zee Gray meets hard-working Sam Ransom, a man set apart from the camp around him. As attraction grows, secrets from the past ride into Muddy Flats.

In 1920 Pasadena, fake medium Daisy Gumm Majesty is barely supporting her family when a wealthy client's missing husband turns into a murder case. Detective Sam Rotondo wants Daisy's help, whether she likes it or not.

Life in Rosedale, New Mexico, seems too quiet for much excitement, until Annabelle Blue trips over murder. In a town this small, every clue comes wrapped in gossip and family trouble.

Set in the Southwest, this historical romance pairs sharp humor with stubborn hearts. Duncan turns rough country, strong wills, and slow-growing trust into an affectionate love story.

Mercy Allcutt leaves Boston for 1920s Los Angeles and lands a job with private investigator Ernie Templeton. Before long she is facing kidnapping, blackmail, murder, and the reality behind her detective dreams.

A seance, a speakeasy, and gangsters are more than Daisy wanted to juggle at once. But when crime edges into her life again, she and Sam have to work together to outmaneuver dangerous men.

Mercy is still settling into life as Ernie Templeton's secretary when a famous gossip columnist is murdered at a seance. The glamorous case quickly turns grubby, risky, and very personal.

Daisy reluctantly agrees to teach a cooking class for poor women at Johnny Buckingham's request. When one of her students vanishes, the lessons turn into a dangerous investigation.

Mercy is no longer content to type letters and stay out of the way. When another Los Angeles case turns deadly, her curiosity puts both the investigation and her own safety at risk.

Family strain and fresh trouble pull Daisy into a polished Pasadena world where good manners hide fear, secrets, and crime. She will need tact, nerve, and her usual stubborn curiosity.

In October 1923, Rosedale is busy with a cattle drive, a rodeo, and a tent revival. Annabelle Blue soon learns that all that excitement makes perfect cover for murder.

After Billy's death, Daisy is adrift. A trip with Harold and Sam leads her into a fresh mystery and gently pushes her toward life, purpose, and the possibility of healing.

Mercy is thrilled to rent rooms to working women in her new Bunker Hill house, until her housekeeper's son is accused of murder. She starts snooping, and the whole household becomes suspect.

Floodwaters in Rosedale, New Mexico, leave Annabelle Blue staring at the murdered town banker. With her brother-in-law under suspicion, she and Phil dig into a case that grows deadlier by the day.

A darker-than-usual Pasadena case tests Daisy's instincts and Sam's patience. Old grudges, hidden motives, and one suspicious death turn this investigation into a dangerous tangle.

Just when Daisy begins to think life may steady, a new case stirs up grief, memory, and danger. Solving it means trusting herself again after a season of loss.

Daisy never expected her fake spiritual gifts to land her onstage in *The Mikado*. When trouble erupts around the production, she has to solve a mystery while surviving rehearsal, gossip, and nerves.

Mercy dreads spending Thanksgiving with her parents in Pasadena, and the holiday gets worse when a woman is hurled over a staircase railing. Solving the murder may be the only way to survive the week.

Daisy longs for a little peace, but chaos has other plans. When an upsetting public incident opens the door to murder, she and Sam find themselves chasing a case that will not stay quiet.

A painful brush with danger leaves Daisy shaken but not deterred. The more she asks questions, the clearer it becomes that someone in Pasadena is willing to hurt again.

Daisy goes to the library looking for a book and finds a corpse instead. The discovery pulls her into another Pasadena mystery where quiet rooms hide very lively motives.

A visit to Billy's grave leads Daisy straight into trouble when a stray clue points to a body. Soon she and Sam are digging into a murder that refuses to stay buried.

A former madam comes to Pasadena hoping to build a respectable new life. When her past begins to threaten her future, Daisy and Sam step into a case full of reinvention, danger, and old secrets.

On New Year's Day, Daisy expects Pasadena pageantry, not crime. A shocking turn during the Rose Parade leaves her chasing answers through crowds, gossip, and a case that rattles everyone involved.

Daisy is already annoyed about joining an exercise class when a woman vanishes from an orange grove mansion. The search draws Daisy, Sam, and Lou Prophet into another dangerous Pasadena puzzle.

Mercy thinks life with private investigator Ernie Templeton has grown too ordinary. Then she crosses paths with bootleggers, proving once again that her imagination is never as wild as real trouble.

A Christmas shopping trip to Chinatown should be harmless fun for Mercy Allcutt. Instead it opens the door to murder, uneasy secrets, and another case that pulls Mercy and Ernie back into danger.

Daisy Gumm Majesty expects wedding nerves, not a corpse. When murder intrudes on the big day, she and Sam have to untangle the case before celebration can turn into disaster.

Newly married Daisy and Sam Rotondo are hoping for a quieter life in Pasadena. Then a cat digs up old bones, and their domestic peace disappears under a fresh mystery with deep roots.

When Mercy's friend Lulu LaBelle is linked to the murder of a slimy Hollywood talent scout, Mercy turns to Ernie for help. The search for the truth leads straight into studio-era secrets.

A respected producer is rattled by a string of suspicious accidents, and Mercy suspects Hollywood's bright surface is hiding something lethal. In this case, fame and danger are close companions.

When Daisy's old enemy Stacy Kincaid is murdered in the Pasadena Public Library gazebo, suspicion falls on Lou Prophet. Daisy means to clear him, even if the case stirs up every old grudge in sight.

The Murray Dance Studio should be full of rhythm, not murder. When one of its dancers is killed, Mercy and Ernie step into a case where performance, deception, and danger move in lockstep.

A baby left on Harold Kincaid's doorstep should be a blessing, not the start of a mystery. Daisy soon finds that abandoned infants can bring out secrets as troubling as murder.