Kate Kingsbury Books in Order

A tough western romance that throws a wary heroine and a risk-taking cowboy into the same high-stakes orbit. Old hurts, money trouble, and stubborn attraction make every choice feel dangerous.

A search tied to a piece of jade pulls the heroine into trouble and toward a man with secrets of his own. What begins as a hunt for answers becomes a tense mix of danger and romance.

A woman drawn into a dangerous scheme finds herself relying on a man she is not sure she can trust. As the pressure rises, suspicion and attraction become equally hard to resist.

Set against an unforgiving landscape, this romantic suspense pairs simmering attraction with real danger. Two strong-willed people have to trust each other before the heat around them turns deadly.

A dangerous secret threatens to shatter lives when the past starts coming to light. The heroine and the man at her side must outrun suspicion, scandal, and a growing attraction.

A holiday homecoming stirs up family emotions, unfinished business, and the possibility of love. It is a warm seasonal romance with just enough tension to keep things moving.

Duty and desire collide when a capable heroine is caught up in a case with real stakes. The danger is immediate, but trusting the wrong person may be even riskier.

A bruised past leaves both hero and heroine wary in this emotional romantic suspense. Healing comes slowly, and it may not come at all unless they face the truth together.

Arizona trucker Dugan Granger rescues Abby James after her car dies by the highway, but she is hiding more than fear. Their journey becomes a fight for safety, trust, and a future neither expected.

Former agent Duke Winter was supposed to be dead, but revenge drags him back into danger and into the life of widow Carol Everett. In London, the past refuses to stay buried.

Rodeo rider Hank Tyler reluctantly agrees to bodyguard country singer Jill Preston, the woman he has spent years trying to forget. Close quarters, old feelings, and a growing threat make the trip anything but simple.

At the Pennyfoot Hotel in Edwardian England, owner Cecily Sinclair sees her smooth-running business threatened when an unpleasant guest dies. To save the hotel's name, she starts asking questions the police miss.

Another death at the Pennyfoot pulls Cecily Sinclair back into sleuthing when gossip and class tensions start spreading through Badgers End. Protecting her guests means looking well beyond polite appearances.

A festive atmosphere at the Pennyfoot turns sour when a killing disrupts the hotel's careful routine. Cecily follows the whispers behind the scene, knowing one wrong move could ruin her business.

Cecily's seaside hotel should be serving comfort and order, not murder. When trouble lands at the Pennyfoot again, she and Baxter have to sort the clues before scandal overwhelms the season.

Widower Turner Mitchell is determined to keep his little girl, and Claire Spencer may be the only person willing to stand beside him. Their custody fight grows more complicated as buried feelings surface.

Badgers End is full of secrets, and Cecily Sinclair is once again forced to leave hospitality behind for detection. A suspicious death makes check-out anything but simple.

Even a quiet day at the Pennyfoot can end in scandal. Cecily traces a fresh murder through local gossip, divided loyalties, and the many hidden corners of hotel life.

Corie Trenton finds an injured stranger who barely knows his own name, only that something is terribly wrong. As his memories return, love and danger arrive together.

Sharon Douglass has kept a life-changing secret for years, and the cowboy tied to that secret is back. One summer memory becomes a reckoning about family, forgiveness, and second chances.

Grumpy store owner Matthew Blanchard is not looking for holiday magic, but his young daughter is. When Sherri steps into their lives, Christmas starts to look a lot different.

Polite manners offer little protection when murder visits the Pennyfoot again. Cecily must look past good breeding and romantic appearances to find out who is truly dangerous.

Cecily knows that a charming guest or tidy story can hide something darker. At the Pennyfoot, a new death leaves her sorting through money, motive, and carefully polished lies.

What begins as attraction soon tangles with fear, memory, and danger in this 1990s romantic suspense. The closer the heroine gets to the truth, the harder it is to walk away.

An office romance gets complicated fast when professional boundaries start to crumble. Kate Kingsbury turns a familiar setup into a warm, breezy story about trust and taking a chance.

A fresh death sets Cecily and the Pennyfoot staff on edge as rumors race through the hotel. She will have to keep the guests calm while quietly chasing a killer.

Reservations pile up, tempers flare, and Cecily's hotel becomes the scene of another suspicious death. Solving the crime is the only way to keep the Pennyfoot from becoming known for more than seaside luxury.

Another Pennyfoot case traps Cecily between nervous guests, stubborn officials, and clues that refuse to line up. The hotel may look elegant, but danger is moving just under the surface.

A western homecoming romance where love has to compete with pride, old history, and the pull of the open road. The cowboy hero may finally be forced to choose where he belongs.

A dangerous past and a marriage promise pull a battle-hardened hero back into a relationship he cannot ignore. It is a compact romantic suspense built on loyalty, danger, and unfinished feelings.

This rodeo-country romance leans into lasting love, small-town feeling, and the fear of getting hurt again. The question is whether a cowboy built to roam can learn to stay.

When one of the Pennyfoot's maids becomes entangled in a killing, Cecily has little choice but to step in. Clearing the staff means probing the sharp divide between upstairs polish and downstairs secrets.

Work and romance collide in this contemporary love story, where deadlines, public pressure, and mixed signals keep the couple off balance. It is a quick, affectionate read with a strong 1990s category-romance feel.

A fiercely independent hero meets his match in a romance full of stubborn hearts and western charm. Marriage may solve one problem, but it opens the door to several more.

A surprise pregnancy turns the countdown to New Year's into a turning point for two people who were not planning a family. It is light, fast, and built around a big emotional jolt.

In wartime Sitting Marsh, Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton refuses to accept that a village girl's death was a simple accident. Her search for answers opens up jealousy, gossip, and deeper trouble.

An escaped German pilot throws Sitting Marsh into panic just as a local girl is found murdered. Lady Elizabeth suspects the obvious answer is the wrong one.

Scarcity, strain, and old resentments simmer beneath village life as Lady Elizabeth tackles another wartime killing. What looks straightforward soon reveals far older and darker roots.

War has made every loss in Sitting Marsh feel personal, and another suspicious death tests Lady Elizabeth's resolve. She keeps digging even when the village would rather look away.

Back in Badgers End after time away, Cecily and Hugh find the Pennyfoot changed and just as troublesome as ever. A maid's death in the middle of Christmas preparations makes their return anything but restful.

A baby changes everything in this later romance about responsibility, unexpected family, and a chance at love. What starts as a practical problem soon becomes deeply personal.

Sitting Marsh is supposed to be focused on getting through the war, not on another violent death. Lady Elizabeth follows a tangle of appearances, ambitions, and hidden grudges.

Even small village pleasures come with complications in wartime England. When trouble turns deadly, Lady Elizabeth once again becomes the person everyone depends on for the truth.

Military tensions and village loyalties collide when another murder disturbs Sitting Marsh. Lady Elizabeth must balance wartime duty with her own stubborn pursuit of justice.

Ginny Matthews returns to Gold Peak, Oregon, after her foster parents are murdered, and that means facing cowboy lawman Cully Black. Grief, old feelings, and a murder case make home more dangerous than ever.

Rationing, nerves, and fragile reputations shape life in Sitting Marsh, where even scandal has to mind its manners. Lady Elizabeth digs into another death that the village would rather not discuss.

A Christmas party at the Pennyfoot goes badly wrong when holiday cheer gives way to murder. Cecily has to keep the festivities afloat while untangling a deadly seasonal mess.

After her husband's death, orderly Marjorie Maitland inherits a cottage in England and a photograph marked with an apology. The trip becomes a quiet mystery about marriage, secrets, and starting over.

A wedding should bring joy to Sitting Marsh, but hurt feelings and secrets soon turn the celebration sour. Lady Elizabeth steps in when the day becomes shadowed by murder.

Christmas greenery, missing men, and a grim discovery send Cecily into another winter investigation. Holiday charm is everywhere, but so is danger.

At Bellehaven Finishing School in the English Cotswolds, headmistress Meredith Llewellyn is used to managing girls, staff, and etiquette. Murder adds a far messier subject to the curriculum.

Wedding plans and holiday bustle should keep Cecily busy enough, yet murder intrudes once again. At the Pennyfoot, even the most cheerful season comes with deadly complications.

The hotel is dressed for Christmas, but someone has brought trouble in with the decorations. Cecily faces another holiday mystery full of nerves, secrets, and suspicious guests.

Meredith Llewellyn already has plenty to manage at Bellehaven, but a child's ghost seems to be asking for help. To set old wrongs right, she must look past the school's polished surface.

Bellehaven prides itself on refinement, but another killing proves good breeding cannot keep trouble out. Meredith Llewellyn has to protect her school while uncovering the truth.

Friends, family, and holiday visitors pack the Pennyfoot just in time for murder. Cecily must cut through the seasonal confusion before mayhem becomes tragedy.

A strange pattern of killings unsettles Badgers End during Christmas, and Cecily sees danger closing in fast. The festive mood darkens as she hunts a killer with a chilling signature.

In Finn's Harbor, cousins Clara and Stephanie Quinn run the Raven's Nest bookstore, but Clara's psychic gift gives her another talent, reading people. When a local troublemaker is murdered, the evidence points the wrong way.

Clara Quinn's inherited gift offers no help with her messy love life, until a body is found in Rick Sanders's truck. To clear him, she has to decide whether she is following intuition or hope.

Christmas dinner at the Pennyfoot demands perfection, but murder ruins the menu. Cecily follows a trail of small domestic clues that may point to something much worse.

Staff shortages and holiday expectations already have Cecily stretched thin when another body turns up. Christmas at the Pennyfoot is warm, lively, and unexpectedly lethal.

A bitter fight over a new resort ends with a fatal fall, and Clara Quinn's premonition tells her it was no accident. In a divided town, she and Stephanie start digging.

Clara's Quinn Sense flashes trouble before a rodeo visit, and soon a dead body is found behind the concert stage. To protect an old friend of Rick's, she has to untangle motive from misdirection.

Told as the diary of Jeanie Morris, this standalone leans into eerie atmosphere and a young narrator's close-up view of unsettling events. It is a quick, spooky read built on suspense rather than gore.

This shorter Pennyfoot tale pairs Edwardian atmosphere with an old promise that leads straight into danger. Even away from a full hotel season, Cecily cannot avoid a mystery for long.

On the colony world Pangea, fifteen-year-old Jessica Lewis and sixteen-year-old Claire Railstone are pulled into a war that reaches far beyond their separate lives. At the center is an ancient portal with the power to change everything.

After a messy divorce, Melanie West joins her grandmother to open a haunted B and B on the Oregon coast. Renovation turns into murder when they uncover a skeleton and then a second body.

Grand opening week at the Merry Ghost Inn should be a triumph, until one of the guests turns up dead. Melanie and her grandmother have to protect the inn, and themselves, while living with a killer.

A hated developer is murdered, Liza's friend becomes the main suspect, and danger comes very close to home. Melanie races through ghostly clues to save both the innocent and the inn.

The second Portal novel returns to Pangea, where old prejudices, hidden loyalties, and the struggle over the portal grow even more dangerous. Jessica and Claire face a bigger fight than either expected.

It is Christmas at the reopened Pennyfoot, and Cecily Sinclair Baxter hopes for celebration, not another corpse. When a young maid is threatened with arrest, she steps back into sleuthing to protect her staff.

Widowed Vivian Wainwright runs a British-style tearoom in Misty Bay, Oregon, and expects an ordinary anniversary celebration. Instead, a man falls from a hotel balcony and her assistant becomes the prime suspect.

When Vivian spots a familiar Big Ben replica in the home of a murdered beachcomber, her curiosity leads to a hidden diamond and an old jewelry heist. The quiet tearoom soon has another mystery brewing.

In Rainbow Bay, sisters Maisie and Annie are shaken when the mailman who stops in for tea every morning suddenly dies. Annie's growing unease turns a small loss into a quiet, painful mystery.