Christopher Nicole Books in Order

In British Guiana in 1823, plantation heiress Joan Dart becomes involved with rebel Jackey Reed. Their relationship unfolds amid an uprising against slavery, forcing private loyalties into conflict with the brutal order supporting her family's wealth.

Anne Winton marries into the Amyot family and pursues power over its fortune and island domain. This family saga follows an ambitious woman whose determination to live and love on her own terms challenges social convention.

British assassin Jonas Wilde is assigned to eliminate Gunnar Moel, a respected designer of women's clothing. Behind the fashion business lies a sophisticated intelligence network, making Wilde's target more dangerous than his public reputation suggests.

After murders strike the offices of his intelligence service, Jonas Wilde heads to Italy under a false identity. Entering an assassination school brings him closer to the killers, but leaves the supposedly retired assassin in renewed danger.

A booming tourist trade seems to promise prosperity for a West Indian island. Beneath the appearance of paradise, scandal and tragedy expose tensions that threaten to turn its comfortable new world into revolution.

British agent Jonathan Anders investigates deaths linked to a Russian trawler near Guernsey. Pursued by Soviet operatives and wanted by British police, he uncovers suspicious marine research that may conceal a threat to many lives.

Jonas Wilde is sent behind the Iron Curtain to kill a defecting British scientist. Traveling through Warsaw to Moscow brings him into KGB hands, where surviving may require putting his abilities to work for his enemies.

Inger seeks Jonas Wilde's help escaping a religious cult in Africa. Its powerful leader, known as the Lord, will not willingly let her leave, drawing the British assassin into a dangerous struggle over her freedom.

A Polish general disappears from behind the Iron Curtain, and British intelligence assigns Jonathan Anders to find him. The missing man's fate becomes the focus of a spy mission set amid the divisions of the Cold War.

Five lives converge as Soviet troops enter Budapest in 1945, including British and Russian intelligence officers and young Alexander Galitsin. Their wartime experiences continue to shape them as the Cold War divides the world they inherit.

In 1697, young Guernsey fisherman Helier l'Eree rescues a woman from the English Channel. Their encounter overturns his sheltered life and launches a turbulent journey across Europe as he searches for answers to the questions it raises.

Mark's Bermuda holiday turns dangerous when his sister is kidnapped. Discovering that criminals have planned the abduction for some time, he must confront the frightening realization that his whole family is caught in their scheme.

Jonas Wilde kills Britain's enemies for a secret intelligence section that also provides his protection. When someone begins targeting the organization itself, the assassin must confront a threat to the people and structure keeping him alive.

Jonathan Anders searches for hidden notes about a device that could transform underwater movement. Dangerous caves, Irish rebels, an ex-Nazi scientist and a Russian agent complicate an assignment whose scientific prize might become a weapon.

American researchers working in Britain become targets of kidnapping and murder. Jonas Wilde is ordered to stop attacks apparently designed to damage relations between the countries, bringing the assassin into a politically sensitive hunt.

Japanese pilot Keiko Hatasune survives being shot down and recovers for another return to combat. Honored by his country and family, he remembers American pilot Clive Wharton and anticipates the chance to face him again.

English sailor Will Adams survives a disastrous voyage to reach seventeenth-century Japan. As he enters the shogun's circle, unfamiliar customs and hostile rivals make adapting to his new home a matter of survival and ambition.

A princess travels through Europe under another identity, hoping to experience life beyond her official position. When someone sells her secret and kidnappers seize her, Jonas Wilde is sent to recover the missing royal.

Tom Warner and his son Edward leave England to help establish a Caribbean colony. Their hopes for a new life meet the harsher realities of settlement, as the promise of freedom collides with ambition and conflict.

A vast ship fails to appear during a scheduled encounter with its sister vessel. Investigators discover that explosives have turned it into a floating bomb headed for Nagasaki, threatening catastrophic destruction unless the plot can be stopped.

After serving time for a crime he did not commit, Tommy Angel becomes skipper of a yacht on the French Riviera. New trouble suggests another frame-up, forcing him to search for proof before he becomes someone else's victim.

Former buccaneer Kit Hilton returns to Antigua and encounters the governor's independent daughter, Marguerite Warner. Island society opposes him, while tensions over slavery add danger to his struggle for acceptance and the woman he wants.

Retired in Spain, Jonas Wilde is recruited to protect the Prince of Xanda, an Arab ruler friendly to Israel and Western powers. Working aboard the prince's yacht puts him back into political intrigue and personal danger.

As revolution consumes France, wealthy Nicholas Minnett becomes entangled in political intrigue across England and Paris. Relationships with four women complicate his role in a struggle where desire and deception threaten decisions affecting Europe's future.

Gislane is abducted from England and returned to slavery in the Caribbean to separate her from Matt Hilton. Searching the islands for her forces Matt to confront his family's plantations and the brutality of their wealth.

Nicholas Minnett moves between English aristocratic society and revolutionary Paris in a web of intrigue. His attempt to reach the woman he loves brings him into a world where political conflict, treachery and revenge intersect.

Richard Hilton arrives in Jamaica to manage his uncle's plantations and unexpectedly inherits them. His opposition to slavery clashes with island society and his brother Anthony's ambitions, turning family power into a struggle over the estate's future.

Grand Flamingo presents itself as a prosperous Caribbean paradise, but racial tensions and private grievances erupt into violence. Police Commissioner Munroe Tallant must uncover the forces behind terrorism, riots and murder beneath the island's attractive surface.

Lorna MacMahon's adventures carry her from colonial America to the courts of England and Russia. Used by three monarchs, she risks her security to take control of her own life amid competing demands for power.

Nicholas Minnett becomes captivated by Lorna Fitzgerald despite knowing that trusting her is dangerous. Their relationship draws him through English estates, European intrigue and warfare in Egypt, where personal desire and political danger become inseparable.

Meg Hilton returns to her family's West Indian plantation, but inheritance rules require her to marry before she can control it. Her attachment to sea captain Alan McAvoy clashes with family demands, threatening both her independence and the estate's future.

The prospect of hidden treasure consumes Grand Flamingo's cash-strapped government, despite two murders connected to the search. Police commissioner Munroe Tallant investigates the killings while political ambitions, rival treasure hunters and an approaching Caribbean hurricane complicate his work.

Abducted and sold to the ruler of Algiers, Catherine struggles through captivity and an abusive marriage. Her love for a man she cannot have drives a journey across North Africa, where survival and the hope of freedom remain intertwined.

Raised amid the French Revolution, Richilde rises from poverty into a world shaped by ambition and war. Her relationship with Napoleon carries her between Paris and Egypt, where personal desire becomes entangled with the power he seeks.

This historical romance follows pirate Anne Bonney from Ireland to the waters of the Americas. Alongside Mary Read and a dangerous crew, she pursues freedom through battles and relationships while the threat of capture and execution shadows her life.

A supposedly rediscovered manuscript provides the frame for this fictional account of Lord Byron's lost memoirs. The poet recounts relationships, scandal and travels, placing his private desires alongside the public reputation that made him a controversial figure.

Wealthy Barbados planter John Haggard takes his unconventional household to England, hoping to find a place in society. His relationship with former convict Emma Dearborn and the family's open arrangements provoke hostility that his money cannot easily overcome.

The aristocratic Borodin family struggles to preserve its place in Tsarist Russia as political unrest threatens the old order. Prince Peter, Princess Ilona and their relatives face conflicts between personal desire, family pride and the forces reshaping their country.

This historical adventure reimagines the Chevalier d'Eon through a tale of shifting identities, court intrigue and dangerous romances. Moving between Versailles and imperial Russia, the resourceful protagonist uses disguise and swordsmanship to navigate powerful enemies and changing fortunes.

In Nazi Berlin, a female spy's romantic attachment threatens to compromise her. Her value to those who depend on her becomes inseparable from the prospect of betrayal, placing intimacy and espionage in dangerous conflict.

After revolution scatters the Borodins, dancer Tatiana remains in Russia, trapped in marriage to secret police commander Ivan Nej. Her love for an Englishman provokes his revenge, while his ally Anna Ragosina pursues ambitions that threaten the wider family.

Roger Haggard inherits Derleth Hall after his father's death while his rebellious brother Johnnie faces execution and exile. Political seduction, forbidden desires, and the family's dependence on slavery complicate their new responsibilities in nineteenth-century England.

Peter Borodin reunites with Judith after a political amnesty, but their relationship faces the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution. As servants challenge their former masters, the Borodin family must navigate a collapsing social order and increasingly dangerous personal loyalties.

Rebellious seafarers Jack and Jamey Grant pursue opportunity in South America while defying Britain's king. Their rivalry over Portuguese noblewoman Christina de Sousa complicates dreams of wealth, turning a shared expedition toward a struggle between brothers and competing desires.

During World War II, John Hayman and his fiancée Natasha fight Nazis with resistance forces in the Pripet forests. Elsewhere, Svetlana Nej seeks to turn one of Hitler's own against him, extending the Borodins' struggle across dangerous fronts.

During the Cold War, Gregory Nej becomes involved with Felicitas Hayman, risking both his mission and her safety. Meanwhile, Anna Ragosina directs Soviet espionage in America, seeking atomic secrets as personal loyalties collide with the demands of international rivalry.

Roger Haggard's son Harry stands to inherit Derleth, but his mother's feud with Roger's new wife keeps him away. Rival relatives and competing claims threaten the estate, making Harry a pawn in a family struggle over its future.

Newly married Constance Baird travels to Peking to join her missionary husband, expecting adventure and intimacy. Their failing marriage and her growing involvement in Chinese society draw her toward the Empress's court and international tensions that threaten to become war.

Married Yankee shipbuilder Edward Anderson falls for Charleston belle Penelope Meigs during the maiden voyage of his steamship. Tragedy separates them, but his later role as a Confederate blockade-runner brings renewed hopes of finding her amid civil war.

Shipping heir Richard Grant and Anne de Carvalho want to marry, but their families have arranged royal matches for them. Richard seeks another life in the Amazon jungle while Anne's obligations and rival desires threaten the future they imagine together.

Brande Maddox commands a powerful shipping line, fighting boardroom battles and personal feuds while keeping her private history hidden. Wealth and prestige offer little relief from old tragedy as she searches for a relationship that might bring her peace.

American heiress Diana Hayman disappears, and her uncle John suspects she has been lured to Moscow. KGB operative Anna Ragosina wants revenge against him, turning his search for his niece into a trap that threatens family and national loyalties.

After an American education, Adela Wynne returns to China carrying both royal Chinese and missionary American heritage. Warlords and adventurers seek to use her ancestry, while her feelings for foster brother Charles complicate the struggle to choose her own future.

Slave owner Philippe, Seigneur de Mortmain, faces a woman whose love for him conflicts with her growing attraction to revolt. Their fortunes unfold within a historical saga based on the life of Haiti's first emperor.

In 1860 Japan, fugitive American officer Ralph Freeman and shipwreck survivor Alison Gray struggle to survive amid political upheaval. As forces challenge the Shogun and civil war threatens, their search for safety becomes entangled with a changing nation.

Penniless Lisa Doberley arrives in New York and finds work as a hotel maid through a ship captain's help. Her beauty and determination attract the owner's son, opening possibilities for ambition while an earlier love remains unresolved.

Widowed writer Joan Carter travels to China in 1926 to research the Dowager Empress and unexpectedly falls for Geoffrey Marne. War and rival factions separate them, turning her journey into a struggle for survival and reunion.

Diana West Anderson strives to restore a shipping dynasty damaged by family conflict and sabotage. Her rival Stephanie von Roon challenges her in business and love as Grant Anderson's divided loyalties complicate the company's uncertain future.

William Freeman returns to Japan, the country of his birth, to serve in its Imperial Navy as conflict with China and Russia approaches. His divided heritage, romantic attachments, and revulsion at wartime brutality strain his loyalties.

Philippe, seigneur of Mortmain, lives within Haiti's slaveholding society but finds himself drawn toward revolt. His relationship with the woman he loves becomes entangled with a struggle that threatens the world of masters and slaves.

Forced to leave Ireland in 1769, Harry McGann sails for America and meets the seemingly unattainable Elizabeth Bartlett. His involvement in the emerging American Navy brings intrigue and danger, while memories of her shape his hopes.

Young naval officer Toby McGann meets Felicity Crown as American ships face threats from Barbary pirates. Her capture draws his personal hopes into the struggle at sea, where rescue and romance become entangled with international conflict.

Shipwrecked on the coast of West Africa, widow Victoria Lang leads eighteen fellow survivors toward safety across the Sahara. Her knowledge of the region offers hope, but thirst, rebellion and encounters with hostile forces threaten their journey.

Alexandra Wantage's impulsive marriage to American photographer Clarkson Hale takes her from British privilege to Malaya. Rebuilding a failing rubber plantation brings success, while her attraction to a rajah exposes her to dangers beyond business and marriage.

Reporter Sara poses as a stranded tourist to investigate reclusive Conrad Blake on a Breton island. As attraction complicates her assignment, she faces the consequences of exposing the man whose hospitality has made her deception possible.

Dismissed from the Royal Navy, Rod Bascom finds new opportunities with American friends and a Mississippi steamboat job. As slavery divides the country, conflicting loyalties and romantic attachments place him and Jerry McGann on opposing paths.

Talented singer Annabel knows agent Piers Bellingham could advance her career, but blames him for her friend Kate's heartbreak and death. Accepting his professional help means confronting both her distrust and his increasingly personal attention to her.

After his father's death in the bombing of Tokyo, Japanese pilot Keiko Hatatsune plans retaliation against America. A secretly completed German aircraft carrier becomes the means for a daring attack, drawing opposing naval forces into the scheme.

American Toni McGann marries Cuban plantation heir Rafael and enters a family deeply involved in rebellion against Spain. Her imagined life of luxury becomes a struggle through war, while divided affections and political ambitions threaten their future.

A powerful Atlantic hurricane named Faith threatens New York City while television weather expert Richard Connors tracks its approach. His warnings meet disbelief as residents, including journalist Jo Donnelly, confront a catastrophe gathering beyond their control.

Merchant Teng Lee seeks wealth and freedom amid British and Dutch rivalry in Southeast Asia. Meeting Stamford Raffles and exploiting Elizabeth Blaine's abduction offers opportunity, but personal attachments complicate his calculations during Singapore's emergence in the nineteenth century.

Model Sophie inherits a share of her uncle's Welsh perfume factory alongside managing director Ben Ross. Determined to prove her business ability, she discovers that his interest in their partnership may extend beyond the company's future.

Adrian Barclay longs to return to East Africa with his family after exploring it alongside Kurt von Schlieben. Legal trouble and conflicted loyalties complicate the journey, exposing the brutality and racism surrounding European colonial ambitions there.

Pearl Harbor draws Walter McGann toward wartime service alongside his brother Clive, while their sister Joan faces Japanese occupation in Hong Kong. The siblings struggle through naval danger and captivity, uncertain whether they will ever reunite.

Young Murdoch Mackinder joins his family's regiment as the Boer War approaches. Combat reveals the limits of traditional British tactics, while his military career forces him to confront responsibilities extending beyond battlefield courage and inherited expectations.

At a Swiss finishing school in 1932, Julie Allen learns that her father has been killed and led a secret criminal life. Missing fortunes and uncertain allies draw her into dangers reaching across Britain and America.

Escaping execution near India, Irish fugitive Michael Harrington seeks a new life that eventually takes him through Singapore to China. Love, the opium trade, and political upheaval entangle him in conflicts where loyalties become dangerously uncertain.

Beginning in France in 1914, Murdoch Mackinder prepares to lead his regiment into war. His military career advances, but an old relationship and a former friend turned enemy draw his family into conflicts that complicate his service.

Kenyan settler John Barclay forms a friendship with Kikuyu valet Joseph Kinshashu before the First World War. As the country's struggle over colonial rule deepens, their opposing loyalties test a bond forged through years of shared hardship.

Ros inherits rundown stables and establishes a studio there, determined to keep what matters to her. Dan Maxton wants to buy the property, but resisting his plans becomes harder when she falls for a man whose world differs from hers.

Honor Williamson accepts the chance of a home on a sugar plantation in St. Vincent, hoping it will bring happiness. Reaching that new life requires lies and deception, entangling her hopes for security with choices she must conceal.

In 1940, Murdoch Mackinder runs an intelligence department sending saboteurs into occupied Europe. Reluctant to dispatch others to probable death, he takes a Balkan mission himself, while his son Fergus fights with the Desert Rats and faces romantic rivalry.

Julia Sinclair's past returns in the form of Warren Kane, who binds her to a demanding contract. As she tries to meet his terms, she fears that failure could cost her independence and place their relationship entirely under his control.

Actress Amanda Brent's sailing trip near Guernsey turns violent when her husband tries to kill her. His death at sea leaves her facing a murder charge, forcing her to defend herself against a very different threat.

Larry Cairns travels to Singapore to build a trading career and befriends Chung Kai. His love for Kai's sister Lan challenges colonial racial conventions, while ambition and the growing threat of Japanese invasion complicate the future he hopes to secure.

English gunner John Hawkwood brings his family to Constantinople in 1448 to serve the threatened Byzantine emperor. Their changing allegiances begin a multigenerational struggle for survival and influence amid the military campaigns and dangerous politics of Ottoman rule.

Beginning in 1915, Lewis McGann grows into a seafarer in a world shaped by war. His naval service, relationship with Brenda Grant and family ties carry him across continents as the First World War gives way to another international conflict.

Pirates capture Elizabeth Blaine and Clive Hammond during a voyage toward Penang. On Singapura, their lives intersect with pirate ruler Perak Shah and ambitious merchant Teng Lee, drawing love and personal freedom into a struggle over fortune and power.