Julie Klassen Books in Order

When vicar’s daughter Charlotte Lamb becomes pregnant out of wedlock, she hides herself away in London’s grim Milkweed Manor, a home for unwed mothers. There she meets a former suitor with secrets of his own and must choose between scandal, sacrifice, and a fragile hope for redemption.

Lilly Haswell grew up grinding herbs in her father’s village apothecary, dreaming of travel and searching for answers about the mother who vanished. A glittering London season tempts her away, until illness and family duty call her home to choose where—and with whom—she truly belongs.

Banished from her family home after a scandal, Mariah Aubrey lives quietly in a crumbling gatehouse, secretly supporting herself by writing novels. When Captain Matthew Bryant leases the estate, his curiosity about the mysterious girl on the hill stirs up old secrets and the chance of new love.

Fleeing a scandal of her own making, Olivia Keene stumbles onto a country estate and accidentally overhears a secret that could ruin its heir. Forced into a governess post so he can keep her close, she’s soon entangled in a web of hidden pasts and forbidden feelings.

Heiress Margaret Macy flees London in disguise when her scheming stepfather tries to force her into a loveless marriage. Taking refuge as a servant at Fairbourne Hall, home of two former suitors, she must endure life belowstairs while hiding her identity and dodging a dangerous plot.

After scandal ends his London career, dancing master Alec Valcourt brings his mother and sister to a Devonshire village, only to find dancing mysteriously banned. Partnering with the restless Julia Midwinter, he challenges long-held resentments and uncovers the heartbreak behind the town’s joyless rule.

To rescue her widowed father’s failing school, studious Emma Smallwood accepts a position tutoring two younger sons of a baronet on the Cornwall coast. Strange nighttime music, missing items, and four very different brothers draw her into a house full of secrets and an unexpected romance.

Facing financial ruin, practical Abigail Foster gratefully accepts the use of Pembrooke Park, a grand estate abandoned for nearly twenty years and left as if its owners fled overnight. Rumors of a hidden treasure and anonymous letters lure her into forgotten rooms, family secrets, and a perilous search for both fortune and love.

When a carriage plunges from a cliff during a storm, one woman awakens in a strange house with a valuable ring on her finger and only fragments of memory. Surrounded by strangers and shadowed by dreams of a child in danger, she must piece together who to trust before the truth destroys her.

Devout Sophie Dupont assists her father in his Devon studio and secretly loves charming artist Wesley Overtree—until he sails for Italy, leaving her in desperate circumstances. His dutiful brother Stephen offers a marriage of convenience before returning to war, forcing Sophie to navigate a new household, old passions, and an uncertain future.

When her innkeeper husband dies suddenly, genteel Jane Bell inherits The Bell, the coaching inn that keeps Ivy Hill alive—and a crushing bank loan she has no idea how to repay. With help from her formidable mother-in-law and loyal friends, she must learn the trade, face unwelcome suitors, and decide what kind of life she wants.

Impoverished gentlewoman Rachel Ashford takes refuge with Mercy Grove at Ivy Cottage and opens a small circulating library using her inherited books. As donations arrive, hidden documents and visiting gentlemen stir up mysteries, new opportunities, and questions of the heart for Rachel, Mercy, and their friends across Ivy Hill.

Change is sweeping through Ivy Hill as former schoolmistress Mercy Grove faces life without her girls’ academy and considers a risky new post. Jane Bell must decide whether to remarry, a secretive dressmaker unsettles the village, and more than one woman could end up as the unexpected bride.

After a costly mistake in court, young lawyer Benjamin Booker is eager to redeem himself by investigating a partner’s murder on mist-shrouded Belle Island. There he meets reclusive heiress Isabelle Wilder, who has not left the island in years yet dreams of the very crime he is trying to solve.

Feeling like a castoff herself, orphan Laura Callaway walks the treacherous Cornwall shoreline, cataloguing shipwreck victims and returning keepsakes to their families. When she rescues a badly injured stranger from the surf, his hidden mission and dangerous enemies pull her into smuggling intrigues and a hesitant, hard-won love.

London rake Richard Brockwell has happily avoided his family estate for years—until his mother threatens to cut off his funds unless he comes home for Christmas. Back in Ivy Hill, encounters with an orphaned apprentice, an old flame, and blunt Arabella Awdry force him to rethink the life he has chosen.

To help her troubled brother, companion Rebecca Lane agrees to deliver his manuscript to a famous author staying at Swanford Abbey, a former monastery turned grand hotel. Whispers of a ghostly nun, a long-ago heartbreak with Sir Frederick, and a sudden murder soon leave her at the center of a very real investigation.

After their father’s death, the Summers sisters open their seaside home in Sidmouth to paying guests to support their ailing mother. Capable Sarah manages the house, veiled Viola reads to local invalids, and unexpected visitors bring both unwelcome scrutiny and the possibility of healing, friendship, and romance.

When the Duke and Duchess of Kent winter nearby with their young daughter, Sea View is asked to lodge members of the royal household. Aspiring novelist Emily Summers researches a guidebook with the duke’s private secretary just as a former love returns, leaving her torn between old dreams and new hope.

Disgraced eldest sister Claire Summers has been living in exile as a companion in Scotland when an advertisement for a partner in a Sidmouth boardinghouse offers a way back. As she hides her past from the house’s secretive owner, her sisters race to find her and the whole family must decide what forgiveness will cost.

At Sea View, the Summers sisters prepare for a bustling holiday season on the Devonshire coast, juggling demanding guests, old heartbreaks, and one sister’s promise to make this Christmas unforgettable. As snow, secrets, and second chances collide, love and family ties are quietly tested and renewed.

Seeking escape from her matchmaking stepmother, surgeon’s daughter Anne Loveday returns to Painswick to nurse formidable Lady Celia at a brooding country house rumored to be haunted. When a string of suspicious mishaps suggests someone wants her patient dead, Anne must uncover the culprit before she becomes the next target.