Ann B Ross Books in Order

Wedding fever hits Abbotsville as several of Miss Julia's friends head toward the altar, each with very different ideas of the perfect ceremony. Between destination plans, secret vows, Lillian's doubts, and a mysterious figure vandalizing neighborhood gardens, Julia must once again steady hearts and restore order.

Determined to meddle less, Miss Julia is quickly pulled into neighbor Mildred's troubles when an unknown grandchild arrives and Mildred's husband begins to lose his memory. At the same time Etta Mae may lose her home care job, and Julia suspects the new child is not what she seems.

With her regular doctor away, Miss Julia invites his charming temporary replacement, Don Crawford, and his painfully shy wife to dinner, only to sense something off about the couple. While Lloyd enjoys his first car and LuAnne starts work at a funeral home, Julia digs into the doctor's secrets.

While Sam travels in Europe, Miss Julia learns that a nosy neighbor and the new pastor want to buy the house next to Hazel Marie for a group home. Investigating further, she uncovers a far less generous plan and rallies friends to protect both the neighborhood and vulnerable teenagers.

Sam organizes a beach trip for family and friends, hoping for rest, but trouble follows. LuAnne suspects her husband is cheating, and little Latisha finds valuable treasures washed ashore after a storm. When three strangers grow too interested in the girl and her find, Julia must keep everyone safe.

After Miss Mattie Freeman dies, Miss Julia is shocked to learn she has been named both power of attorney and executor of the modest estate. Sorting through a cluttered apartment, she hunts for a valuable antique, fends off a supposed long lost relative, and deals with a brazen theft.

Snobbish newcomer Connie Clayborn insults Abbotsville and its women, leaving Miss Julia fuming. When the pastor begs her to smooth things over, Julia visits Connie and instead finds a body on the kitchen floor. With her fingerprints at the scene, she must investigate the murder to clear her own name.

Summer in Abbotsville is derailed when cousin Elsie sends her teenage granddaughter Trixie to learn how to be a lady under Miss Julia's roof. As Julia and her friends attempt a head to toe makeover, she also scrambles to rescue Sam's faltering state senate campaign after a health scare.

Etta Mae Wiggins, outspoken home health aide and sometime trouble magnet, sees her chance to escape trailer park life when she nurses Abbotsville's wealthiest widower. Wedding bells could secure her future, but jealous relatives, old enemies, and one very unlucky day keep complicating her plans.

In this Valentine themed novella, Miss Julia looks back on her first year of marriage to Sam and her fear that he might turn out like her late husband. With help from friends, she learns to trust his generous nature and chooses a gift that finally feels worthy in return.

When Hazel Marie's cook James is sidelined by an accident, Miss Julia organizes cooking lessons so Hazel Marie can feed her growing household. Into the chaos walk Brother Vern, teenage schemes, and an online investment scam that threatens James's savings, giving Julia a full plate of problems to fix.

With Lloyd starting life on his own and Sam touring the Holy Land, Miss Julia feels restless until news comes that private investigator J. D. Pickens is missing in West Virginia. Driving north to help, she stumbles into a bizarre religious group and must untangle cult secrets to bring him home.

During a snowstorm and power outage, Hazel Marie goes into labor, leaving Miss Julia, Lillian, and Etta Mae to deliver the twins while the men are away. Back in town, a dead body in Miss Petty's toolshed and forged checks draining Julia's account give her fresh mysteries to unravel.

Miss Julia is determined to see Hazel Marie and J. D. Pickens married before her friend's twin pregnancy becomes impossible to hide. At the same time Sam drags Julia to uncomfortable marital enrichment sessions and Etta Mae lands in jail, forcing Julia to juggle romance, reputation, and a mystery.

When Hazel Marie's mysterious illness turns out to be a surprise twin pregnancy, she has already broken things off with J. D. Pickens. After a break in at Sam's office targets sensitive case files, Miss Julia hatches a plan that may solve a crime and repair a fractured romance.

A slick developer plans to tear down Abbotsville's old courthouse and replace it with luxury condos, sending Miss Julia into action. As several local husbands mysteriously vanish on business trips, she and Etta Mae dig into the deal and expose secrets that threaten their town's past and future.

After a party at an upscale hotel, Miss Julia discovers her beloved engagement ring has been stolen by a roaming jewelry gang. Refusing to sit still, she and Little Lloyd drive to Florida, posing as Bible salespeople while tracking the thieves and proving that a church lady can handle undercover work.

Hazel Marie's scheming uncle Brother Vern arrives with a man who may be Little Lloyd's father and hints at a challenge to Miss Julia's late husband's estate. To protect the boy's place in the family without exhuming a grave, Julia hunts for proof and faces fresh battles within her church.

Newly eloped with Sam, Miss Julia comes home to find herself roped into Hazel Marie's plan for a beauty pageant to benefit the sheriff's department. While drilling contestants on manners, she also worries that their quick trip to a roadside chapel might not have produced a legal marriage.

Marriage minded Sam Murdoch wants Julia to set a wedding date, but she is reluctant to give up her independence. At the same time a Holy Land theme park threatens her property, rumors fly about an affair at city hall, and Julia must decide what kind of future she wants.

Sam Murdoch has started wearing cowboy boots, sending flowers, and riding a Harley, and Miss Julia is sure he has lost his mind. When Lillian faces eviction from her neighborhood, Julia reluctantly climbs into the motorcycle sidecar and joins a high stakes charity ride to save her friend's home.

When lawyer Binkie Enloe and Deputy Coleman Bates plan a quick courthouse wedding, Miss Julia refuses to let such a bare bones ceremony stand. Organizing a proper home wedding, she juggles a queasy bride, a missing preacher, and an unexpected crowd of guests.

After Hazel Marie disappears during a date with a flashy fundraiser, Miss Julia cannot convince the police anything is wrong. She hires private investigator J. D. Pickens and, with Little Lloyd in tow, barrels into a hunt that leads to fistfights and a NASCAR speedway.

Proper Southern widow Julia Springer thinks her life is settled until Hazel Marie arrives with a nine year old boy who looks just like Julia's late husband. Scandal, scheming churchmen, and a custody fight push Julia to finally speak her mind.

Set on the Oregon Trail in 1846, this historical novel follows orphaned sisters Jessie and Emma Heath as they travel west determined to save Native souls. With Emma disguised as 'Emmett' for protection, the girls face hardship, dubious preachers, and unexpected romance on their dangerous journey.

This early romantic suspense novel centers on a woman whose new relationship pulls her into a tangle of secrets and simmering danger. As tensions rise and motives blur, she must decide whom to trust before passion and violence collide.

Divorced nurse Amy Boland wants only the satisfaction of doing her hospital job well, until a series of deaths points to a killer inside the wards. Caught between a risky affair and rising fear, she races to uncover the murderer before she becomes the next victim.