Jane Lovering Books in Order

Single mother Alys works in a York bookshop and repeatedly falls for unattainable men, including the long-dead author of a poetry collection. Encounters with living prospects force her to question what love and happiness actually mean.

Jemima Hutton's struggling jewelry business gains a lifeline when Ben Davies offers to sell her handmade buckles. Discovering his past as a successful musician draws her closer, while both try to keep painful personal secrets.

After a devastating crash leaves her bereaved and scarred, Skye Threppel travels to a Nevada television convention. Meeting writer Jack Whitaker brings unexpected attraction, but his guarded history and her damaged confidence complicate their connection.

York Council employee Jessica Grant monitors supernatural residents and dislikes their arrogant habits, especially vampire Sil's. A demon threat forces them to cooperate, bringing dangerous new stakes to their work and Jess's increasingly complicated feelings.

Holly Grey joins amateur witches to keep a friend out of trouble, only to encounter extreme weather, armed men, and other complications. Welsh journalist Kai's search for his identity draws him into their chaotic Yorkshire circle.

Jessica Grant's vampire lover Sil disappears amid disturbing signs of violence and fractured memory. Already under scrutiny for defending zombies, Jess must decide whether to help him or surrender him as human and supernatural loyalties collide.

Molly Gilchrist discovers a distressed man on the Yorkshire moors and learns he is astrophysicist Phinn Baxter. Their troubled histories draw them together, while mysterious lights in the sky give Molly further questions about his arrival.

Writer Winter Gregory retreats to a Yorkshire village after separating from Dan, relying on her distant twin Daisy for support. New connections with Alex Hill and his family bring hope, but Dan returns with troubling knowledge.

Widowed Harriet discovers valuable graphic novels among her late husband’s belongings, raising questions about the man she married. Eccentric dealer Kell Foxton helps investigate the collection, bringing unexpected companionship as Harriet confronts secrets and considers a different future.

After escaping a damaging relationship, Mattie inherits her great-aunt’s house with a peculiar condition: scatter Millie’s ashes over the boys of Christmas. Travelling with her friend Toby to Christmas Steepleton, she must unravel what that request means.

An inheritance and a changed appearance give Willow fresh confidence when she meets former crush Luke. Friendship with computer enthusiast Cal complicates her romantic hopes, while her new wealth makes other people's motives harder to judge.

Tearoom worker Amy Knowles feels overshadowed by her friend Jules, but falconer Joshua Wilson notices her. New manager Edmund Evershott also shows interest, leaving Amy caught between a lonely man's affection and potentially questionable intentions.

Yorkshire teachers Lydia Knight and Jake Immingham organize a Christmas performance for a local care home. Dance routines, costume mishaps, and one pupil's rap ambitions complicate preparations while Lydia confronts her own difficulties with festive spirit.

After losing her business and relationship, Tansy lives in a campervan on a Dorset beach. Work scouting television locations brings her into contact with grouchy star Davin O'Riordan, while their dogs create an unexpected connection.

History teacher Grace Nicholls joins a Yorkshire archaeological dig hoping for a distraction from loss. Site director Duncan McDonald seems unreachable, but a missing woman and unsettling discoveries bring their investigation disturbingly close to the past.

Jane Lovering and Rhoda Baxter explain how writers can bring humor into romantic fiction. This practical guide covers comic styles, joke structure, specificity, narrative uses of comedy, and ways to communicate timing on the page.

Researcher Leah visits Dorset to collect seaweed while struggling with family troubles and grief. Australian Brendon's search for a vanished ancestor creates an unexpected friendship, complicated by their histories and Roger, a particularly persistent seagull.

Katie and teenage daughter Poppy leave London for a neglected Dorset cottage. Expensive renovations make a film-location offer welcome, while friendship with Gabriel raises romantic possibilities as the approaching winter tests their commitment to country life.

York counselor Ruby Oldbridge excels at helping clients but struggles with money and relationships. When restructuring pits her against upbeat colleague Zac Drewe for one remaining job, growing friendship complicates competition and reveals hidden vulnerabilities.

Dora finds peace tending rare sheep on her Yorkshire farm until sister Cass, nephew Thor, and tutor Nat arrive for a lengthy stay. Their presence disrupts her routine and revives feelings she hoped rural seclusion would silence.

Tamzin moves into a Yorkshire cottage seeking escape from her previous life. A photograph draws her toward Stella, a woman who lived there fifty years earlier, whose troubled marriage offers unsettling echoes of Tamzin's own experience.

Alice Donaldson's missing ex-husband draws her into an investigation at a supposedly haunted house on the North York moors. Working with his girlfriend and her brother Max brings strange discoveries alongside unexpected possibilities for romance.

Seren’s sheltered life changes when her brother signs her up for dating and she adopts a troubled collie. New colleague Ned brings friendship and possible romance, but moving forward means confronting the childhood secret that still shapes her fears.

Izzy joins five strangers camping on the Yorkshire moors for a reality television competition, hoping its prize will solve her problems. Difficult conditions and concealed troubles test their growing friendships, forcing her to reconsider what belonging and home mean.

Cressida’s animal rescue work brings her close to Ivo, an old university friend living in a gatehouse on his family’s estate. As they investigate unusual mysteries together, journeys and revelations challenge the assumptions that have kept their feelings unspoken.

Brid travels to Orkney to renovate and sell an inherited cottage, only to discover local expectations attached to its former owner. An unusual community and her connection with Magnus complicate the practical plan of returning to her Yorkshire life.

Rowan Thorpe is struggling with a loss that has changed her future when historian Connor O’Keefe arrives with his own guarded past. A snowstorm brings them together, drawing personal revelations into their disagreements over the stories their community tells.

Book-loving Andi Glover finds comfort in fictional romances while living at Templewood Hall, where reality proves much less predictable. A missing heir, ghostly mysteries, and unexpected attraction draw her toward a story she cannot simply close and put aside.

Natalie’s inherited herb farm offers shelter from the wider world, but a new employee and a famous band’s filming visit disrupt her routine. Questions about the past and fresh attraction challenge the secluded life she has built around caring responsibilities.

After being dumped on Valentine’s Day, Fee joins women meeting at a Yorkshire wine bar to share relationship troubles. Their friendships lead to an investigation into a possibly unfaithful husband, while new connections encourage Fee to rebuild her confidence.

Single mother Libby takes a well-paid cleaning job at a woodland cottage, where architect Ross and its stubborn resident Isobel conceal difficult histories. As she becomes involved in their lives, old wounds complicate the possibility of friendship and romance.