Jean Hager Books in Order

A children's mystery from Jean Hager. Young readers follow a secret connected to Riverside Farm, where curiosity, observation, and courage are needed to uncover what has been hidden.

A vintage gothic romance by Jean Hager writing as Sara North. Beneath an appealing surface lies an atmosphere of danger, as a developing relationship becomes tangled with secrets and mistrust.

A vintage gothic romance by Jean Hager writing as Sara North. A remote, shadowed setting frames a love story marked by uncertainty, danger, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Marlaine Kyle. It examines the pull between a practical match and genuine feeling, as its characters consider what makes a marriage truly worth choosing.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager. The story centers on a developing love affair and the emotional complications that make commitment feel both irresistible and dangerous for the people involved.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager. A relationship takes shape through attraction, misunderstanding, and the need to see another person clearly before either can risk a lasting commitment.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager. Attraction draws its characters together, but tangled emotions and difficult choices make it hard to know whether desire will lead to love or heartbreak.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Strong desire and uncertainty drive a love story in which two people must decide whether passion can become trust.

Osage attorney Maria Hawk returns to Pawhuska to live with her grandmother after years in Washington. When a powerful landowner pressures her family to sell, Maria finds both conflict and an unexpected romance.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager. Love becomes a risky contest of pride, trust, and desire as two people try to protect themselves while being drawn toward a deeper connection.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A Barbados setting frames a love story full of romantic possibility, complicated feelings, and a decision that could reshape a planned future.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A central love story unfolds through strong feelings, personal conflict, and the question of whether two people can choose a life together.

A vintage gothic romance by Jean Hager writing as Leah Crane. Dark atmosphere and emotional danger surround a central love story, as its characters must decide whom they can trust.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A powerful attraction challenges two guarded people, asking whether they can surrender old defenses without losing themselves in the process.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Under an expansive setting, two people confront the emotional distance and outside pressures that stand between them and a lasting relationship.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Memories of earlier love and loss shape a new relationship, forcing its characters to ask how much of the past they can leave behind.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A Mexican setting adds heat and uncertainty to a love story in which attraction collides with personal history and difficult choices.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager. With a new season comes the possibility of a fresh start, but two people must first face the fears and obligations that have kept them apart.

Gwen Potter may remember too much about what happened at a house on a hill. As a murderer closes in, Matt Tyson tries to protect her while they uncover the danger hiding behind a sunny surface.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Returning home stirs old ties and unfinished feelings, leaving its characters to decide whether the past can lead to a different future.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Mandy's story centers on love, self-determination, and the hard choices that arise when the life she wants conflicts with expectation.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager in which a growing relationship is complicated by concealed motives and uncertain trust. The tension comes from whether honesty can arrive before the chance for love is lost.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Two people find a brief chance for connection, then must decide whether it is strong enough to survive the demands of ordinary life.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A troubled past shadows a new relationship, giving this love story an uneasy edge as its characters confront memories they cannot ignore.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager, centered on an intense relationship and the choices it demands. The story explores whether attraction can survive the practical complications standing in the couple's way.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Past hurts and a difficult season hang over a developing relationship, leaving its characters to decide if they can begin again.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. The story follows a relationship shaped by lingering secrets, uncertain trust, and feelings neither character can easily set aside.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. It follows characters trying to move beyond disappointment while deciding whether damaged hopes can make room for an unexpected love.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A woman connected to an imposing house faces a complicated emotional past and a relationship that may offer a different kind of future.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A summer setting frames a love story about attraction, independence, and whether a temporary escape can become something lasting.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Returning to a meaningful place brings old feelings and new complications, forcing two people to consider what home and love really mean.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Its central relationship is tested by difficult decisions, competing loyalties, and the chance that choosing love may change everything.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. Against a dramatic backdrop, two people must work through personal conflict and uncertainty before they can choose love and a shared future.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. The story puts a relationship under pressure, as its characters weigh trust, desire, and the consequences of taking an emotional risk.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A love story develops amid change and uncertainty, asking its characters to decide whether they can risk a life beyond familiar expectations.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. It follows a central love story shaped by guarded feelings, difficult choices, and the challenge of letting another person close.

When a wealthy Buckskin hotelier is found dead, Chief Mitch Bushyhead faces a long list of enemies. Rumors blame a Cherokee witch, but Mitch knows a very human killer is hiding in plain sight.

After Cherokee artist Joe Pigeon is murdered, Buckskin police chief Mitch Bushyhead must learn more about his own heritage to solve the crime. Deputy Virgil Rabbit and an elder help him uncover a deeper evil.

A vintage romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens, set during an emotionally charged summer. The story centers on attraction, uncertainty, and the personal obstacles standing between two people.

Cold Turkey is a food‑themed mystery short story, first published in the anthology Death Dines at 8:30, that helped earn Diane Mott Davidson the Anthony Award for best short story. It’s a tight, recipe‑laced tale that shows how even a shared meal can conceal deadly intentions.

As Buckskin prepares for a Cherokee Heritage festival, a young student from a tribal boarding school is murdered. Chief Mitch Bushyhead races to identify the killer before fear and suspicion tear the community apart.

Molly Bearpaw investigates deaths at a Tahlequah nursing home after two residents die from botulism poisoning. With Deputy D. J. Kennedy, she follows a trail of family interests, grudges, and hidden motives.

A vintage contemporary romance by Jean Hager writing as Jeanne Stephens. A central love story unfolds against the pressures of work, place, and the choices two people must make to build a future.

Tess Darcy opens Iris House to a group attending an iris growers' convention. When one guest is found murdered in the garden, the new innkeeper must protect her business and expose the killer.

A lawyer is killed at the Cherokee National Museum, and valuable historic objects soon disappear. Molly Bearpaw and Deputy D. J. Kennedy uncover a web of rivalry, politics, and crimes reaching beyond one murder.

A high school reunion fills Iris House with Tess Darcy's old classmates, including a novelist planning a tell-all book. When the writer is murdered, Tess must find who feared the past becoming public.

Molly Bearpaw looks into a death dismissed as suicide after seven black stones appear at the scene. More deaths and an old warning tied to a proposed bingo hall make the case harder to ignore.

A short mystery work by Jean Hager. Its title points to a dangerous game in which appearances, motives, and the rules people think they understand may conceal a far more serious threat.

The Victoria Springs Quilt Show brings visitors and tension to Iris House. When a suspicious accident and a murder disrupt the event, Tess Darcy has to piece together who wanted a rival out of the way.

Chief Mitch Bushyhead investigates the killing of an abusive local official as winter closes in on Buckskin. An escaped prisoner, a frightened wife, and sightings of a strange light in the woods complicate the case.

A replacement director turns a Victoria Springs Christmas pageant into a battleground before he is found murdered. Tess Darcy must work through a church full of wounded pride, jealousies, and possible motives.

Molly Bearpaw investigates the murder of a woman who tried to contact the spirit of a dead Cherokee. The case leads Molly toward difficult truths about the victim, the community, and her own family.

Jean Hager offers a practical guide to building, revising, and selling a mystery novel. It walks writers from the first idea through the finished manuscript and the basics of approaching the market.

Chief Mitch Bushyhead finds a dead game warden beside an illegally killed bald eagle near Buckskin. As a suspect vanishes, Mitch follows clues through local secrets and Cherokee ceremonial traditions.

While volunteering at Victoria Springs' senior center, Tess Darcy witnesses the death of a sharp-tongued quilting regular. Her search for the killer uncovers blackmail, family tensions, and more than one dangerous secret.

Tess Darcy hosts a demanding group of fitness hopefuls at Iris House while planning her own wedding. When a retreat turns fatal, she must sort through feuds, secrets, and a crowded field of suspects.

Tess Darcy is preparing to marry Luke Fredrik when a despised chef dies at her bridal shower. With Iris House cook Gertie suspected, Tess must clear her friend's name before a killer ruins the wedding.