Coventry Saga Books in Order
Part ofRobin Patchen Books in OrderSee the Coventry Saga by Robin Patchen in order, with story summaries, setting background, and suggestions on how these stand alone Christian romantic suspense novels link to her Nutfield and Wright Heroes of Maine series.
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Publication Order
12 books
Vengeance in the Mist
by Robin Patchen
2023
Assistant district attorney Misty Lake is overwhelmed by caseloads and plea deals, then a convict she prosecuted walks free and strange things start happening at home. Forced to work with ambitious rival Tate Steele, she uncovers a web of corruption and revenge that reaches far beyond one angry defendant.
Courage in the Shadows
by Robin Patchen
2023
Years after surviving a terrifying encounter, a woman who rebuilt her life in Coventry is stunned when the man who once hunted her steps out of the shadows. To secure her future, she must team up with an unexpected ally and confront a past that refuses to stay buried.
A Mountain Too Steep
by Robin Patchen
2023
Years after her husband's murder, Camilla Wright is jolted awake by news that her teenage son and nephew have been critically injured in a remote desert car crash. The boys were supposed to be skiing near Salt Lake City, and as Camilla investigates, she realizes the wreck was bait and her husband's killers are closing in.
Wreathed in Disgrace
by Robin Patchen
2022
After years in Hollywood, actress Denise Masters is exhausted by fame's demands and scandalous gossip. She returns to the New England town she once left behind, seeking peace and reconciliation, only to discover that walking away from powerful people comes with dangerous consequences.
Touch of Innocence
by Robin Patchen
2022
Reclusive artist Grace lives quietly in a cabin outside Coventry until eight year old Lily wanders into her life. Realizing the child may be exploited by her father, Grace and neighbor Andrew risk everything to expose the truth and give Lily the safe home she deserves.
Lineage of Corruption
by Robin Patchen
2022
Once a rising political operative, Josie Smith reinvented herself as a quiet Coventry café owner after walking away from Washington's dirty tricks. When her senator father defies corrupt legislation and enemies target his hidden daughter, Josie teams up with reluctant candidate Thomas Windham to survive an election rigged with threats and violence.
Inheritance of Secrets
by Robin Patchen
2022
Aspen Kincaid travels from the West Coast to a mysterious inherited house in Coventry after her father's deathbed confession about her missing mother. Contractor Garrett McCarthy joins her renovation project, and together they uncover buried crimes some locals will kill to keep hidden.
Vanished in the Darkness
by Robin Patchen
2021
As a foster kid whose mother went to prison for murder, Cassidy Leblanc was branded trouble even before the night she and Hallie Sullivan were kidnapped. A decade after Hallie's death, another girl vanishes near Coventry, and Cassidy and James must face old accusations while hunting a killer in the mountains.
Traces of Virtue
by Robin Patchen
2021
Honoring a deathbed promise to protect her fractured stepfamily, Carly Lancaster visits her ex with news that will upend his life and instead witnesses his murder. Pregnant and on the run, she turns to old flame Braden Reilly, and together they must prove the killing happened before the assassins silence her for good.
Tides of Duplicity
by Robin Patchen
2021
Private investigator Fitz McCaffrey takes his sister to Belize to heal after family tragedy and falls for fellow guest Tabitha Eaton. When a mobster accuses Tabby of stealing a fortune in jewels and kidnaps Fitz's sister, Fitz must recover the loot or lose the people he loves.
Glimmer in the Darkness
by Robin Patchen
2021
As a teen, Cassidy Leblanc escaped a kidnapping that killed the little girl she was babysitting, and the town branded her a murderer. A decade later another child vanishes near Coventry, and Cassidy returns to team up with James Sullivan and confront the cave, the past, and a relentless killer.
Betrayal of Genius
by Robin Patchen
2021
Jacqui's breakthrough Alzheimer's research could change countless lives, but her ambitious partner wants to cash in at any cost. Hiding as a small town ice cream shop manager, she draws single dad Reid into a race to shield her work, his daughter, and themselves from a desperate saboteur.
Series background & context
The Coventry Saga is set in a picturesque New Hampshire resort town tucked between two mountains and wrapped around a clear lake. Tourists come for the quaint streets and hiking trails, but readers quickly learn that beneath the postcard scenery lie cold cases, criminal networks, and people carrying more baggage than their weekend suitcases.
Each novel in the series focuses on a different couple, so you can jump in almost anywhere. Glimmer in the Darkness reintroduces Coventry through Cassidy Leblanc and James Sullivan, former friends bound by a childhood kidnapping that ended in tragedy. When a new girl vanishes, they are forced back into the cave and the memories they have both tried to outrun.
Later books widen the lens. Tides of Duplicity whisks a private investigator and his teen sister to Belize only to drag them back into mob trouble. Betrayal of Genius revolves around a brilliant researcher whose Alzheimer's work becomes the target of greed. Traces of Virtue brings in a pregnant heroine who witnesses a murder nobody believes occurred, while Touch of Innocence tackles the exploitation of a foster child that only two determined adults seem willing to fight.
As the saga progresses, Coventry's troubles grow more complex. Inheritance of Secrets connects an inherited mountain house to a decades old disappearance. Lineage of Corruption drops a former Washington insider into a mayoral race riddled with dirty tricks. Wreathed in Disgrace and Courage in the Shadows both explore how past choices and public image collide with present threats, and Vengeance in the Mist pulls prosecutors into a case that exposes corruption inside the justice system itself.
A Mountain Too Steep stretches the geographic boundaries, sending a Coventry connected family to Utah where a suspicious car crash hints that an old murderer has not finished his work. Vanished in the Darkness offers an audio retelling of the first Coventry story for listeners, keeping the same blend of personal stakes and mountain peril.
What ties the series together is not a single overarching villain but the town itself and the families who call it home. Side characters reappear, friendships deepen, and the spiritual journeys of different heroes and heroines intersect in subtle ways. Themes of forgiveness, truth telling, and courage run through the books, alongside honest looks at trauma and healing.
If you like romantic suspense that lives in one community and lets you see both its beauty and its brokenness, the Coventry Saga gives you an entire mountain town to explore.
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