Anne Gracie Books in Order
Browse Anne Gracie books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy suggestions on where to start her witty historical romances.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
30 books
Gallant Waif
by Anne Gracie
1999
Penniless Kate Farleigh is swept into Lady Cahill's scheme and lands in the crumbling household of Jack Carstairs, a war-scarred recluse. Kate refuses to indulge his isolation, and their clashes slowly turn tender.
Tallie's Knight
by Anne Gracie
2000
Orphaned Tallie Robinson lives quietly as a nursemaid until Magnus, Earl of D'Arenville, arrives to choose a wife. His plan points elsewhere, but Tallie's warmth with children makes her impossible to ignore.
An Honorable Thief
by Anne Gracie
2001
When genteel London is plagued by thefts, Hugo Devenish becomes suspicious of Miss Kit Singleton. Kit is stealing for a reason tied to her father's honor, and stopping her means risking both their hearts.
How The Sheriff Was Won
by Anne Gracie
2002
Big-city reporter Jassie McQuilty heads to Bear Claw, Montana, planning to fix up her inherited newspaper and leave. Then she collides with Sheriff John T. Stone, and small-town life becomes far more complicated.
The Perfect Rake
by Anne Gracie
2005
Prudence Merridew flees her brutal grandfather with her sisters and invents a secret engagement to keep them safe. Then the supposed groom, the irresistible Gideon, appears in person and gleefully upends her plan.
The Perfect Waltz
by Anne Gracie
2005
Hope Merridew dreams of one perfect dance with one perfect man, and brooding Sebastian Reyne is not meant to be him. But his wounded past and his two little sisters pull her into a much deeper story.
The Perfect Stranger
by Anne Gracie
2006
After the man she trusted abandons her, Faith Merridew faces ruin until Nicholas Blacklock offers a marriage of convenience. Nick has secrets of his own, and their practical bargain quickly turns personal.
The King, the Queen, and the Mistress
by Anne Gracie
2007
A novelization of the first season of The Tudors, this follows young Henry VIII as court politics, his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, and his attraction to Anne Boleyn begin to reshape England.
The Perfect Kiss
by Anne Gracie
2007
Grace Merridew poses as a timid companion to help her friend escape a forced marriage and ends up at the forbidding Wolfe estate. What begins as a rescue becomes a battle of wit, attraction, and trust.
His Captive Lady
by Anne Gracie
2008
Harry Morant plans a sensible, unemotional marriage after years of war. Then he meets Lady Helen Freymore, a woman hemmed in by lies and danger, and practicality stops looking safe.
The Stolen Princess
by Anne Gracie
2008
Gabriel Renfrew finds a princess in hiding, along with her small son and enemies close behind. A marriage of convenience seems the safest answer, but protecting Callie soon becomes anything but simple.
The Virtuous Widow
by Anne Gracie
2008
Destitute young widow Ellie Carmichael is trying to keep herself and her little daughter afloat when a nameless, memory-lost stranger collapses at her door. At Christmas, pity and danger quickly turn into something deeper.
To Catch a Bride
by Anne Gracie
2009
Sent to Egypt to retrieve a missing granddaughter, Rafe Ramsey finds a fierce young woman in disguise, hiding from slavers and danger. Their journey is full of mistrust, adventure, and growing desire.
The Accidental Wedding
by Anne Gracie
2010
Nash Renfrew wakes in Maddy Woodford's bed with no memory and nowhere else to go. As her warmth and her chaotic household draw him in, a scandal leaves them facing an unexpected marriage.
Bride by Mistake
by Anne Gracie
2012
Years after a hasty wartime marriage meant only to save her, Luke Ripton returns to claim Isabella from a Spanish convent. The shy girl he married is now a determined woman, and old promises suddenly matter.
The Autumn Bride
by Anne Gracie
2012
Desperate to save her sister and two friends, governess Abby Chantry breaks into a mansion and finds neglected Lady Beatrice instead of valuables. Soon the four girls are posing as nieces, until Max Davenham comes home.
The Winter Bride
by Anne Gracie
2014
Damaris Chance wants independence, not marriage, and Freddy Monkton-Coombes wants a fake fiancée to fend off his family. Their tidy arrangement goes badly off script when compromise and real feeling collide.
The Spring Bride
by Anne Gracie
2015
On the eve of her first London season, Jane Chance rescues a dog and meets a dangerous stranger. Zachary Black is hiding in plain sight, wanted for murder, and determined to win her anyway.
The Summer Bride
by Anne Gracie
2016
Daisy Chance wants a career as a dressmaker, not a husband telling her what to do. Wealthy, ambitious Patrick Flynn plans to marry advantageously, until Daisy becomes the only woman he can see.
Marry in Haste
by Anne Gracie
2017
Major Calbourne Rutherford returns from war to find he has inherited a title, an estate, and a nest of unruly half-sisters. He proposes a practical marriage to Emmaline Westwood, and practicality does not last long.
Marry in Scandal
by Anne Gracie
2018
Shy heiress Lily Rutherford dreams of love, not compromise, until danger and scandal push her into marriage with rake Edward Galbraith. Lily wants a real partnership, but his past makes him keep his distance.
Marry in Secret
by Anne Gracie
2019
Lady Rose Rutherford plans a convenient match to buy herself freedom, only for a fierce naval officer to interrupt the wedding and claim he is her very much alive husband. Her secret marriage has come back.
Marry in Scarlet
by Anne Gracie
2020
The proud Duke of Everingham decides independent heiress Lady Georgiana Rutherford is the perfect practical bride. George wants nothing to do with him, but sparks, scandal, and a forced betrothal have other ideas.
The Christmas Bride
by Anne Gracie
2020
Blake Ashton accidentally wounds Charlotte Underwood while she is hiding with her little brother from an unscrupulous guardian. A Christmas stay with the Davenham circle forces both of them to face old hurts.
The Scoundrel's Daughter
by Anne Gracie
2021
Widowed Alice, Lady Charlton, is blackmailed into launching Lucy Bamber, a scoundrel's daughter, into society. As Alice and Lucy join forces, the season brings two romances and a fight for real security.
The Rake's Daughter
by Anne Gracie
2022
Newly returned Leo, Earl of Salcott, becomes guardian to heiress Clarissa and is expected to find her a husband. But Clarissa's devoted half-sister Izzy, beautiful and illegitimate, is the one he cannot stop wanting.
The Laird's Bride
by Anne Gracie
2023
Cameron Fraser vows to marry the first woman he sees so he can reclaim control of his clan before his uncle ruins it. The woman is shepherdess Jeannie McLeay, and their impulsive bargain soon turns personal.
The Heiress's Daughter
by Anne Gracie
2024
Clarissa Studley is rich, shy, and determined to avoid rakes and fortune-hunters alike. When a charming man with a scandalous past tries to prove he has changed, safety and love pull her in opposite directions.
The Secret Daughter
by Anne Gracie
2024
Zoë Benoît, half-French and illegitimate, meets a wandering artist while traveling in France under an assumed name. Their brief idyll ends in heartbreak, and London brings an even more complicated reunion.
A Bride For Marcus
by Anne Gracie
2026
Marcus, Earl of Alverleigh, believes a practical marriage is safest. When his childhood friend Tessa, twice widowed and facing another forced match, needs help, scandal and long-buried feelings make convenience anything but simple.
Where should I start?
If you want witty Regency family chaos: The Perfect Rake → The Perfect Waltz → The Perfect Stranger → The Perfect Kiss
If you like found-family romance: The Autumn Bride → The Winter Bride → The Spring Bride → The Summer Bride
If you want soldiers, danger, and adventure: The Stolen Princess → His Captive Lady → To Catch a Bride → The Accidental Wedding
If you enjoy marriage-of-convenience stories: Marry in Haste → Marry in Scandal → Marry in Secret → Marry in Scarlet
If you want her newer interconnected romances: The Scoundrel's Daughter → The Rake's Daughter → The Heiress's Daughter → The Secret Daughter
Author bio
Anne Gracie is an Australian writer of historical romance whose books are mostly set in Regency England, even though her own childhood was anything but settled. Because of her father's work, she grew up moving from place to place and lived in Australia, Scotland, Malaysia, and Greece, learning early how different people can feel familiar once stories enter the room.
Books were constant. She has written about a home full of animals, parents who were both teachers, long road trips, and being the new girl at six different schools in twelve years. Reading became the steady thing, and she tore through whatever she could find, from children's classics to Jane Austen, Dickens, Georgette Heyer, and many others.
She was a storyteller before she ever thought of herself as a novelist.
After university she became a teacher herself, working with teenagers and later adults, and she also worked as a counselor. For a long time she encouraged other people to write while barely making time for her own fiction. A year of solo backpacking changed that, and she began her first novel by hand in notebooks bought in places like Quebec, Spain, Greece, and Indonesia.
That first manuscript never left the notebooks, but the writing bug did not let go.
Her published career began with books such as Gallant Waif, Tallie's Knight, and An Honorable Thief. Later came the novels many readers now reach for first, including The Perfect Rake, The Stolen Princess, The Autumn Bride, and Marry in Haste. People tend to come to Anne Gracie for the wit and warmth, then stay for the loyal families, stubborn heroines, wounded soldiers, and marriages that start as practical bargains and turn into real partnerships.
She returns again and again to a few favorite patterns, women helping women, outsiders finding a home, children and older relatives who matter to the plot, and men trying to learn how to live after war or disappointment. Her settings may include London ballrooms and country houses, but they also make room for ruined households, long recoveries, and the small daily business of trust. That mix keeps the books romantic without making them feel weightless.
Over the years she has won major romance awards in Australia and has been a finalist several times for the RITA Awards in the United States. Her books have been translated widely, and she has also written books for adults who are just learning to read, which fits with her long interest in literacy. She lives in Melbourne, writes full time, and still gives occasional talks and workshops on writing.
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