Kathleen McGurl Books in Order

In 1829 Worthing, young maid Jemima Brown goes to work for wealthy Henry Cavell, who has returned from India with a famous diamond and hopes of a fresh start. When a cunning beauty traps Henry into marriage, Jemima is left watching his life unravel.

Katie's hobby of tracing her family tree turns urgent when she falls for crumbling Kingsley House, once home to her ancestors. As she digs into the St Clair past, an old house and a missing keepsake lead her toward betrayal, obsession and buried truth.

Ali thinks inheriting her great-aunt's seaside house is simply a practical stroke of luck, until her daughter uncovers a message hidden beneath the wallpaper. A pearl locket, wartime letters and family silences draw them into a love story that never truly ended.

When Gemma finds a pair of ruby-studded duelling pistols in a museum cellar, she is pulled into the 1838 deaths of two sisters at Red Hill Hall. The deeper she digs, the more her own friendships begin to echo the danger of the past.

As famine devastates Ireland in 1847, Kitty McCarthy must decide how far she will go to keep her children alive. In the present, Maria arrives in Ballymor to research her ancestor and finds herself caught between a family mystery and her own uncertain future.

A drought exposes the ruins of the village Stella lost as a child when a reservoir swallowed her home in 1935. Sent there by her grandmother, Laura races to uncover what was left behind before the waters rise again.

In revolutionary Ireland, maid Ellen O'Brien is swept into danger, love and a secret that will shape generations. Decades later, Clare inherits a crumbling farmhouse and uncovers a birth certificate and medal that refuse to stay forgotten.

In 1935 Dorset, shy stationmaster Ted falls hard for Annie just as the railway that has shaped his life begins to close. Years later, Tilly finds his diary in an old ticket office and is drawn into a tragedy that still casts a shadow.

When Lucy dies after rejecting him, George finds himself at the center of a murder investigation he cannot escape. In the present day, Cassie receives a strange legacy from an old will, and her search for answers upends both family history and her own life.

As revolution closes in on France in 1789, Catherine and Pierre Aubert flee Versailles for their Alpine château, only to face a devastating choice. In the present, grieving Lu moves into the same house and begins untangling Catherine's unexplained disappearance.

In 1942, gifted mathematician Pam gives up Oxford to work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, where love and loyalty soon collide. In the present, Julia uncovers her grandmother's hidden past and draws strength from a story of secrecy, betrayal and courage.

Emma leaves home in 1911 to work aboard the Olympic, hoping to support her two sisters and build a better future. A century later, Harriet finds a photograph hidden in her grandmother's trunk and begins tracing a heartbreaking story linked to the Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.

In 1916 Dublin, Gráinne joins Countess Markiewicz's revolutionary circle and learns the true cost of rebellion. In 1998, student Nicky turns to her great-grandmother's story for a research project and finds a history far braver than she expected.

In 1784, Esther steps into her injured father's smuggling work and is soon trapped between family loyalty, murder and the man she loves. In the present, Millie renovates an old inn at Mudeford and uncovers a disappearance that still unsettles the house.

After the Titanic disaster, Lucy searches the Carpathia for the baby torn from her arms, while another woman vows to help. In 2022, archivist Jackie discovers their story in an old notebook and follows it into a century-old mystery.

On the eve of Indian independence, Celia's family diamond becomes tangled up with questions of love, power and who truly owns the past. Decades later, Lisa finds a gem and an unopened letter in a glacier, and opens the door to a long-buried curse.

When Granville Sharp helps a brutally beaten Black youth in 1765 London, he is drawn into a fight that will reshape his life. This historical novel follows his determined campaign against slavery, and the cost of standing against a system many people accepted.

During the long summer of 1976, Jo and her friends are changed forever when little Pippa Jenkins disappears. Nearly fifty years later, Jo returns home to face the guilt, grief and secrets that have never truly let her go.