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Danelle Harmon Books in Order

Browse Danelle Harmon books in order, with series lists, short summaries, reading paths, and simple advice on where to start with her historical romances.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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23 books

Captain of My Heart

by Danelle Harmon

1992

Brash Mira Ashton sneaks aboard privateer Brendan Merrick’s new schooner and turns wartime New England upside down. Between sea battles, rivalry, and disaster, she and Brendan discover that love can be every bit as unruly as war.

Pirate in My Arms

by Danelle Harmon

1992

Maria Hallett falls hard for Sam Bellamy, only to watch him sail away in search of fortune. When he returns to Cape Cod as a feared pirate captain, history, legend, and love collide.

Master of My Dreams

by Danelle Harmon

1993

Royal Navy captain Christian Lord heads for Boston with a mutinous crew and a haunted past. The greatest danger aboard his ship is Irish stowaway Deirdre O'Devir, who wants revenge almost as much as she wants him.

My Lady Pirate

by Danelle Harmon

1994

Maeve Merrick rules the Caribbean with an all-female pirate crew and wants nothing from any man. Then the sea delivers a handsome castaway whose hidden identity could change England’s fate, and break her heart.

Taken by Storm

by Danelle Harmon

1995

Ex-naval captain Colin Lord wants a quiet new life as a London veterinarian. Then runaway heiress Ariadne St. Aubyn sweeps him into a cross-country chase with a rare racehorse, family trouble, and more feeling than either expected.

Wicked At Heart

by Danelle Harmon

1996

Widowed reformer Gwyneth Evans Simms sets out to improve the brutal prison hulks in England’s harbors. Her fiercest obstacle is Damon deWolfe, a dark, wounded marquess whose anger and longing make him as dangerous as he is compelling.

The Wild One

by Danelle Harmon

1997

When Lord Gareth de Montforte rescues Juliet Paige from a stagecoach attack, he learns she is his late brother’s fiancée and the mother of his late brother’s infant daughter. Gareth is determined to give them a name, a home, and a future.

The Beloved One

by Danelle Harmon

1998

Wounded English officer Charles de Montforte recovers in Massachusetts under Amy Leighton’s gentle care. But war, class, and Charles’s ties to the Crown and another woman make their growing love feel impossible.

The Defiant One

by Danelle Harmon

2000

Brooding Lord Andrew de Montforte wants to be left alone, not trapped into marriage. But after a compromising encounter with Lady Celsiana Blake, reluctance gives way to a battle of wills, growing tenderness, and an unexpectedly warm love story.

The Wicked One

by Danelle Harmon

2012

Lucien, Duke of Blackheath, is used to controlling every room and every life around him. Then fiery Eva de la Mouriére turns his schemes back on him, and desire, pride, and family pressure push them toward a dangerous match.

Lord of the Sea

by Danelle Harmon

2013

American privateer Connor Merrick rescues adventurous Rhiannon Evans from pirates on her way to Barbados. His swagger hides a devastating secret, and when danger closes in, love may be the only thing strong enough to save them.

The Admiral’s Heart

by Danelle Harmon

2013

Ten years after sacrificing the man she loved, Lady Philippa Ponsonby Hatfield meets him again at a glittering London ball. Now a celebrated admiral, Elliott Lord offers the kind of second chance neither of them expected.

The Fox & the Angel

by Danelle Harmon

2014

At Christmas, Lucien de Montforte nudges grieving Sir Roger Foxcote and widowed Angela Holmes into each other’s orbit. What seems like a simple gift soon turns into a gentle second chance at love.

My First Noel

by Danelle Harmon

2016

Jilted and guarded, Lady Katharine Farnsley opens her door on Christmas Eve to a wounded stranger. One act of mercy becomes a tender story about hope, healing, and the chance to begin again.

The Wayward One

by Danelle Harmon

2016

Irish captain Ruaidri O'Devir sails to England on a dangerous mission and expects to leave with a powerful new explosive. He does not expect to abduct Lady Nerissa de Montforte, or fall for the woman who can complicate everything.

Scandal at Christmas

by Danelle Harmon

2017

Tristan St. Aubyn thinks his life is work, horses, and keeping regret at bay. Then Letitia Ponsonby, determined to escape an unwanted suitor, collides with him at a Christmas house party and finds exactly the scandal she needs.

Heart of the Sea Wolfe

by Danelle Harmon

2018

In Concord in 1775, injured sea captain Lord Dorian de Wolfe must trust Mercy Payne, a woman living with dangerous secrets. Revolution, divided loyalties, and the need to survive give this novella real urgency.

Never too Late for Love

by Danelle Harmon

2019

Lieutenant Liam Doherty has spent years living lightly and keeping the past at arm’s length. When he returns to Baltimore and meets widow Annis Cutter again, unfinished feelings and determined matchmakers give them one more chance.

Heir to the Sea

by Danelle Harmon

2020

Grief-stricken privateer Kieran Merrick finds Rosalie McCormack hiding aboard a pirate-ravaged merchant ship in the Caribbean. Their growing attraction is tested by deceit, old wounds, and a brutal pirate who still wants what Rosalie carries.

It Happened One Holiday

by Danelle Harmon

2020

This collection gathers three historical holiday romances, The Fox & the Angel, My First Noel, and Scandal at Christmas. It is a cozy pick for festive settings, familiar families, and short seasonal love stories.

My Saving Grace

by Danelle Harmon

2020

Grace Fairchild wants sailing lessons so she can catch the eye of a celebrated naval hero. Instead, reserved Captain Delmore Lord becomes her teacher, rescuer, and closest ally, just as a wedding party threatens to turn everything upside down.

The Homecoming

by Danelle Harmon

2023

Lady Nerissa de Montforte returns to Blackheath Castle with her husband and child, hoping for a joyful reunion. Instead, old resentments and fresh misunderstandings threaten to turn homecoming into heartbreak.

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When to Let Go

by Danelle Harmon

2026

After a summer of grief and exhaustion, an author in modern New England opens her door to the impossible: three privateer captains she created. Their visit becomes a tender, strange story about love, fate, and releasing what cannot be saved.

Where should I start?

If you want the big family saga: The Wild OneThe Beloved OneThe Defiant OneThe Wicked One
If you want ships, war, and privateers: Master of My DreamsCaptain of My HeartMy Lady Pirate
If you want later-generation sea romance: Lord of the SeaHeir to the SeaNever too Late for LoveMy Saving Grace
If you want shorter holiday reads: The Fox & the AngelMy First NoelScandal at Christmas

Author bio

Danelle Harmon was born and raised in Massachusetts, and the coast was part of her imagination from the start. She grew up near the sea, not far from Newburyport, in a world full of animals, local history, and the weathered feel of old New England.

Horses, chickens, dogs, cats, and salt air all got there early.

As a girl she wrote and illustrated horse stories and thought she might become a veterinarian. Writing stayed with her through high school, even if she did not yet picture herself as a novelist, and she later said the hardest parts of veterinary work helped steer her toward fiction instead.

The real turn came in 1988, when she became fascinated by the story of pirate Sam Bellamy and Maria Hallett on Cape Cod. She began writing what became Pirate in My Arms in longhand, sometimes taking the manuscript to the beach near the wreck of the Whydah so she could sit close to the history that had grabbed her.

That project pulled her even deeper into research. Harmon worked with Barry Clifford and the team that had discovered the Whydah, and the mix of maritime history, romance, and real coastal detail gave her first novel a strong sense of place. Pirate in My Arms became her debut, and it also set the pattern for a lot of what followed: vivid settings, emotional stakes, and people who are never quite as safe as they hope.

The sea was not just scenery. It became one of her favorite ways to pressure a love story.

She was first published by Avon in the early 1990s, and over time became a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her books range across Georgian England, Revolutionary America, and the Atlantic, with a fondness for ships, officers, privateers, stubborn heroines, and men carrying more damage than they let on. Readers who pick up Master of My Dreams meet mutiny, revolution, and a wounded naval hero. The Wild One opens the door to the de Montforte family, full of pride, meddling, and genuine feeling. Captain of My Heart and My Lady Pirate lean harder into shipboard adventure, while Lord of the Sea and Heir to the Sea show how much she enjoys mixing romance with danger, secrecy, and family legacy.

She also likes writing connected worlds. In the broad Heroes of the Sea sequence, one couple’s story can echo into the next generation, so captains, daughters, sons, old friends, and rivals keep reappearing in new ways. Even when a book turns quieter, as in the holiday novellas or the more reflective When to Let Go, the same interests are still there: loyalty, loss, second chances, and the question of whether love can change a life without making it easier.

England matters in her fiction, too, and not only as a setting. Harmon lived in Great Britain for a time, married an Englishman, and drew on that closeness to English places and history in many of her books. She has written about everything from prison hulks and privateers to aristocratic houses and Christmas house parties, but the feeling underneath is usually direct and human.

These days she lives in New England with her family and a lively assortment of animals that has included dogs, an Egyptian Arabian horse, and pet chickens. She has also spoken about loving sailing, plane spotting, and time with her animals, which feels exactly right for a writer whose stories so often carry both motion and home in the same breath.

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