Jane Goodger Books in Order
Explore Jane Goodger books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where-to-start picks for her historical romances and time-slip love stories.
Last updated: July 11, 2026
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Jane Goodger books in publication order
22 books
When There is Hope
by Jane Goodger
1996
Pregnant and happily married Susan Butler dies in a car crash and wakes in 1888 Newport in the body of a woman everyone hates. To survive, she must repair a ruined life and win over the husband who despises her.
Anything for Love
by Jane Goodger
1997
Scarred former model Victoria Ashford is given a chance at a new life in the nineteenth century. Living as another woman, she is drawn to a widower and his child, even though love is the one thing she is not supposed to claim.
Memories of You
by Jane Goodger
1997
After a helicopter crash, Army lieutenant Claire Dumont wakes in the Civil War and falls for a brooding Union officer. War, dislocation, and the threat of being torn from him again give their romance its ache.
Dancing with Sin
by Jane Goodger
1998
Rose Beaudette thought marriage to Luke would free her from the convent life planned for her. Instead she is drawn into a glittering world of temptation, betrayal, and murder, where only love might save what remains between them.
Into the Wild Wind
by Jane Goodger
1999
Determined to find her missing fiance in Gold Rush California, Hannah Wright signs on with legendary captain James MacRae. Their stormy voyage turns into a battle of wills, especially once Hannah realizes the wrong man may be the right one.
The Perfect Wife
by Jane Goodger
2000
Anne Foster is chosen as a convenient bride, then cruelly abandoned by the man who married her for money. When Henry Owen reenters her life, Anne plans revenge, but love and pride prove harder to control.
Gifts From the Sea
by Jane Goodger
2001
Rachel Best keeps walking the Cape Cod shore, hoping her missing husband will return from the sea. Instead she finds broken whaling captain Jared Mitchell, and their shared grief slowly opens the door to new love.
Marry Christmas
by Jane Goodger
2008
Elizabeth Cummings is appalled to be bartered into a Christmas wedding with the Duke of Bellingham. He needs her fortune, she wants another man, and their arranged match quickly becomes more complicated than either expected.
A Christmas Scandal
by Jane Goodger
2009
Maggie Pierce thought Edward Hollings had left her behind for good, until an English Christmas puts them back in each other's orbit. Shame, secrets, and stubborn longing turn their reunion into a risky second chance.
A Christmas Waltz
by Jane Goodger
2010
Lady Amelia Wellesley crosses the ocean to surprise her fiance in Texas, only to be rejected on arrival. His brother Boone offers marriage to save her name, and their uneasy bargain deepens into something much harder to deny.
If I Wait For You
by Jane Goodger
2011
Falsely accused of killing her parents, Sara Dawes begs Captain West Mitchell to take her aboard his whaling ship. Close quarters, a murder mystery, and West's divided heart make the voyage far more dangerous than the sea.
When a Duke Says I Do
by Jane Goodger
2011
Elsie Stanhope has been promised since childhood to a future duke, but duty becomes far messier when she falls for the wrong man. Hidden birth, tangled loyalties, and real feeling turn a tidy marriage plan upside down.
The Mad Lord's Daughter
by Jane Goodger
2012
After years of seclusion with her troubled father, Melissa is thrust into society and the care of an ambitious uncle. New freedoms, old secrets, and a forbidden attachment force her to question everything she has been told.
When a Lord Needs a Lady
by Jane Goodger
2014
Lord Graham Spencer needs an heiress to save his estate, while Katherine Wright is being pushed toward a title. One beachside kiss, two false identities, and a tangle of scheming mothers make love dangerously inconvenient.
Behind a Lady's Smile
by Jane Goodger
2015
Raised in Yosemite, Genny Hayes charms a handsome photographer into helping her reach the English grandparents she has never known. Their wild journey across continents becomes a headlong lesson in class, adventure, and falling in love.
The Spinster Bride
by Jane Goodger
2015
Charles Norris asks sensible Lady Marjorie Penwhistle to help him find a wife, certain she is safely out of reach. But matchmaking only reveals how perfectly they suit, and how little Marjorie wants the titled husbands chosen for her.
How to Please a Lady
by Jane Goodger
2016
Widowed Rose Dunford is scandalized by the women visiting her Manhattan neighbor, until she discovers the man is Charlie Avery, the former stable groom who once changed her life. Old class barriers and unfinished feelings make their reunion anything but simple.
Lady Lost
by Jane Goodger
2016
Accused of murder, Lady Lilian Martin flees and ends up under the reluctant protection of Marcus Granton, a man nursing his own public wounds. Isolation, suspicion, and fierce attraction turn his lonely estate into an unexpected refuge.
The Bad Luck Bride
by Jane Goodger
2017
After being jilted for the third time, Lady Alice Hubbard retreats to St. Ives expecting a quiet spinster life. Instead she meets Henderson Southwell, her late brother's best friend, and old affection turns suddenly dangerous.
Diamond in the Rough
by Jane Goodger
2018
Clara Anderson wants nothing to do with titled men, so the handsome gardener on her family's property seems refreshingly safe. He is actually a baron hunting a missing blue diamond, and his lie could cost him Clara entirely.
The Earl Most Likely
by Jane Goodger
2018
Shy Harriet Anderson's perfect memory lands her a lucrative job restoring a ruined castle. Working beside Lord Berkley, she finds buried beauty, an old murder, and a chance at the independence she has always wanted.
The Reluctant Duchess
by Jane Goodger
2019
Rebecca Kane is traded into marriage to a hidden duke to pay her father's debts. At Horncliffe Manor, a gentle husband, a dark house, and a controlling guardian force her to untangle fear, desire, and dangerous secrets.
Where to start with Jane Goodger
For her time-slip romances: When There is Hope → Anything for Love → Memories of You
For festive historical romance: Marry Christmas → A Christmas Scandal → A Christmas Waltz
For aristocrats, secrets, and mistaken identities: When a Duke Says I Do → When a Lord Needs a Lady → The Spinster Bride
For seaside historical romance: The Bad Luck Bride → The Earl Most Likely → Diamond in the Rough → The Reluctant Duchess
Jane Goodger sub-series and character series
Christmas (Jane Goodger) books in order
Explore this seriesLords and Ladies books in order
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When a Duke Says I Do
by Jane Goodger
2011Lords and Ladies, Book 1
The Mad Lord's Daughter
by Jane Goodger
2012Lords and Ladies, Book 2
When a Lord Needs a Lady
by Jane Goodger
2014Lords and Ladies, Book 3
The Spinster Bride
by Jane Goodger
2015Lords and Ladies, Book 4
Lords and Ladies books in chronological order
Lost Heiresses books in order
Explore this seriesThe Brides of St. Ives books in order
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The Bad Luck Bride
by Jane Goodger
2017The Brides of St. Ives, Book 1
Diamond in the Rough
by Jane Goodger
2018The Brides of St. Ives, Book 3
The Earl Most Likely
by Jane Goodger
2018The Brides of St. Ives, Book 2
The Reluctant Duchess
by Jane Goodger
2019The Brides of St. Ives, Book 4
The Brides of St. Ives books in chronological order
Standalone Jane Goodger books
Author bio
Jane Goodger was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, grew up in western Massachusetts, and has spent most of her adult life in New England. She has also said that marriage took her briefly to Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Naples, Italy, but New England is the landscape that keeps showing up in her work, especially its coastlines, old money, stubborn weather, and close-knit towns.
She came to fiction through journalism.
Before she published novels, Goodger worked as a reporter for years, writing for local papers and covering harder stories, including crime. That job gave her an eye for detail and for the small social rules that shape people's lives. At one point she interviewed a romance novelist and realized she wanted to try writing the kind of stories real life does not always provide, stories where people suffer, choose badly, and still get a shot at joy.
Her first published novel as Jane Goodger was When There is Hope in 1996, and it tells you a lot about what she likes to do. A woman from the 1990s wakes in 1888 Newport, Rhode Island, inside another woman's life, and has to rebuild everything from scratch. Goodger returned to that mix of time slip, emotional upheaval, and second chances in books like Memories of You and Anything for Love. Readers who enjoy historical romance with a strong dose of longing tend to remember those early books.
She clearly loves characters who have to earn their happy endings the hard way.
Much of her later work stays in historical romance, often in Victorian or nineteenth-century settings where class, money, and reputation are never just background noise. In the Christmas books, beginning with Marry Christmas, she uses holiday settings without making them too sugary. In the Lords and Ladies novels, including When a Duke Says I Do and The Spinster Bride, she leans into arranged matches, hidden feelings, and people pretending to be less vulnerable than they are.
Another good entry point is the St. Ives run of novels, from The Bad Luck Bride to The Reluctant Duchess. These books bring together jilted brides, ruined estates, buried jewels, remote manors, and wounded men who are not nearly as in control as they think. Across the board, Goodger tends to write heroines who are practical, warm, and tougher than society expects, while her heroes often arrive with grief, guilt, secrets, or all three.
She has also published contemporary romance under the name Jane Blackwood, including The Sexiest Dead Man Alive and A Hard Man Is Good to Find. Even there, you can see the same pull toward smart banter, strong attraction, and a setup that pushes two people together before either is ready.
Goodger has said she lives in Rhode Island with her husband and three children. She has also described herself as someone who works full time, runs an editing business, and writes whenever she can steal the hours. That busy, practical energy suits the books. They may have dukes, earls, and improbable twists, but they stay grounded in people who are lonely, hopeful, proud, wounded, and still reaching for a life that feels worth living.
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