Linda Windsor Books in Order
Explore Linda Windsor books in order, from Celtic historicals to romantic comedies, with series lists, quick summaries, and where to start.
Last updated: July 5, 2026
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Publication Order
28 books
Hawaiian Caress
by Linda Windsor
1990
Missionary's daughter Melanie Hammond is desperate to escape the narrow life laid out for her in Hawaii. Sailing away as the more daring Meilani, she finds freedom, trouble, and a powerful attraction to a sea captain who changes everything.
Pirate's Wild Embrace
by Linda Windsor
1990
Shannon Brennan wants out of an arranged marriage and the pirate stronghold that has shaped her life. Morgan Hawke agrees to help, but he has his own revenge in mind, and their escape turns quickly into danger and desire.
Hawaiian Temptress
by Linda Windsor
1991
On her way to San Francisco, Hawaiian heiress Kristen Caldwell falls overboard and is rescued by treasure hunter Ian Mackay. Their plans shift with the tide as adventure and attraction draw them toward a far less sensible future.
Texas Lovestorm
by Linda Windsor
1991
Desperate to find her missing brother, Laura Skylar crosses enemy lines by pretending to be a Confederate widow. The gamble lands her beside a stranger claiming to be her husband, and the lie quickly becomes far more dangerous than she expected.
Wings of Love
by Linda Windsor
1991
Pilot Kelly Benson mistakenly kisses her new boss before she even knows who he is. Working closely with former fighter pilot Mac Mackenzie turns that embarrassing moment into a risky romance between two people trying to keep business separate from the heart.
Delta Moonfire
by Linda Windsor
1992
Disguised as a boy, streetwise con woman Erin Devereau signs onto Jackson Beauregard Tyler's steamship without knowing he once made a promise to her mother. Hidden pasts and shifting loyalties turn the journey into a fight for truth and a future.
Midnight Lovestorm
by Linda Windsor
1992
In one of Windsor's early historical romances, danger and desire collide as a determined heroine is swept into a crisis that tests every instinct she has for survival. It is a stormy love story built on risk, mistrust, and hard choices.
Mexican Caress
by Linda Windsor
1993
Marianna Gallier is saved by Texas Ranger Tristan McCulloch after the man who killed her parents closes in. She repays Tristan with passion, then steals his horse to continue her own quest for vengeance, pulling both of them between love and justice.
The Knight and the Raven
by Linda Windsor
1994
After Wales falls in battle, Branwen of Caradoc is handed to the enemy and blames Ulric of Kent for the slaughter around her. In flight and disguise, she falls for a mercenary known as Wolf, not realizing who he truly is.
Island Flame
by Linda Windsor
1995
Noreen Doherty travels to Hawaii to bring home the heir to an English estate and instead finds herself stranded with Kent Mallory, the man she seeks. As secrets from his past surface, paradise becomes a testing ground for love and identity.
Autumn Rose
by Linda Windsor
1996
After the French and Indian War, Alain Beaujeau abducts British Tamson Stewart in a desperate bid to reclaim his family's lands. Their dangerous journey turns a political act into a deeply personal battle over trust, loyalty, and love.
Winter Rose
by Linda Windsor
1997
Canadian herbalist Arissa Conway is pulled into the American struggle for independence when a wounded man is brought to her door. What begins as compassion becomes a dangerous test of loyalty, courage, and the future she wants for herself.
Border Rose
by Linda Windsor
1998
During the War of 1812, Rose Beaujeu is thrown together with childhood sweetheart Dillon Mackay, now a feared privateer on the opposite side of the conflict. Survival demands an uneasy alliance, and old feelings return at the worst possible time.
Hi Honey, I'm Home
by Linda Windsor
1999
Kathryn Sinclair opens the door expecting dinner guests and finds her supposedly dead husband instead. Nick Egan says captivity changed him, but Kate and their sons must decide whether faith and family can survive such an impossible return.
Maire
by Linda Windsor
2000
Warrior queen Maire takes Christian mercenary Rowan of Emerys captive during a raid and expects weakness. Instead she meets a man whose faith unsettles everything she believes about strength, rule, and the kind of love that can change a kingdom.
Not Exactly Eden
by Linda Windsor
2000
After ending her engagement, Jenna Marsten discovers a strange wedding gift that points to the father she thought was dead. Her search leads her to Peru, a jungle hospital, and widower Adam DeSanto, whose grief is as fierce as his attraction.
It Had to Be You
by Linda Windsor
2001
Dan Jarrett boards a family cruise determined to prove his mother's new husband is a fraud. Sunny Elders, an ER nurse with terrible luck and a generous heart, keeps colliding with him until suspicion gives way to trust and romance.
Riona
by Linda Windsor
2001
Riona hopes to spend her life helping the vulnerable, but orphaned children and a threatened estate leave her little room to choose. Proud Lord Kieran may offer protection, yet marriage to him brings its own risks.
Deirdre
by Linda Windsor
2002
On a mission to ransom her abducted brother, Princess Deirdre is captured by Saxon pirate prince Alric of Galstead. Their forced journey becomes a clash of faith, destiny, and divided loyalties, with two kingdoms hanging in the balance.
Along Came Jones
by Linda Windsor
2003
Framed for a crime she did not commit, New Yorker Deanna Manetti flees into the Montana wilderness and lands in a remote ghost town ranch. Ex-marshal Shep Jones sees trouble all over her, but helping her may change both their lives.
Fiesta Moon
by Linda Windsor
2005
After a third DUI, Mark Madison is sent to Mexico to help turn a run-down hacienda into an orphanage. Corinne Diaz wants nothing to do with him, but sabotage, superstition, and attraction keep pulling them onto the same path.
Paper Moon
by Linda Windsor
2005
Single mom Caroline Spencer agrees to chaperone her daughter's class trip to Mexico and ends up trapped beside fellow parent Blaine Madison. Romance is the last thing either expects, especially after their daughters stumble into a smuggling ring.
Blue Moon
by Linda Windsor
2006
Archaeologist Jeanne Madison sees a sunken Spanish ship as her chance to save both her reputation and her brothers' mission project. To reach the Luna Azul, she must trust a rough-edged captain while rivals and buried secrets close in.
Wedding Bell Blues
by Linda Windsor
2007
Alex Butler is determined to get through her sister's wedding without falling apart. Then her ex-husband Josh returns as best man, and in Piper Cove old hurt, loyal friends, and second chances refuse to stay politely in the past.
For Pete's Sake
by Linda Windsor
2008
Tomboy Ellen plans to keep things neighborly with Adrian Sinclair, the handsome widower next door. That gets harder once she befriends his son Pete, senses trouble around Adrian's business, and starts wondering if she has found the family she never expected.
Healer
by Linda Windsor
2010
Hunted Brenna of Gowrys has spent years hidden in the wilds of Arthurian Scotland, training as a healer instead of the warrior others want her to be. When she saves a wounded stranger, love and old prophecy threaten to reshape a divided kingdom.
Thief
by Linda Windsor
2011
After surviving battle, Caden O'Byrne sets out to find Sorcha, the lost daughter of the woman who saved him. Sorcha is a gifted singer and thief, and soon the two are running for their lives with danger closing in from every side.
Rebel
by Linda Windsor
2012
With Arthur's court in turmoil, Kella O'Toole defies orders to search for her missing father. Joined by her foster brother Alyn, a priest wrestling with doubt, she steps into a dangerous web of politics, secrets, and hard-won faith.
Where should I start?
If you want Celtic kingdoms and warrior queens: Maire → Riona → Deirdre
If you want Arthurian Scotland and higher stakes: Healer → Thief → Rebel
If you want funny contemporary suspense: Paper Moon → Fiesta Moon → Blue Moon
If you want small-town second chances: Wedding Bell Blues → For Pete's Sake
If you want a standalone first: Along Came Jones → It Had to Be You
Author bio
Linda Windsor grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in and around the family business her parents started in an old barn shared with race horses. The practical side of that life, along with a strong sense of family and local history, stayed with her. She later earned a degree in elementary education.
Before many readers knew her as a novelist, Windsor worked in music. She was a professional singer and musician, and in the 1980s she performed country and old rock and roll with her late husband, singing and playing guitar and keyboard. She also wrote for the general market before turning more fully toward Christian fiction.
Her publishing career began in 1990 with Pirate's Wild Embrace. Through the 1990s she wrote historical romances like Hawaiian Caress, The Knight and the Raven, and the Border Trilogy books Autumn Rose, Winter Rose, and Border Rose. Even in those early novels, you can see the things she would keep returning to, strong-willed women, dangerous settings, and love stories pushed hard by circumstance.
Then the work changed direction.
Windsor has said she gave both her music and writing over to God, reluctantly at first, but without regret. That turn led to the books many readers know best, especially Maire, Riona, and Deirdre, her Fires of Gleannmara novels set in the early Celtic world. Those stories blend romance, history, and spiritual struggle, but they still move with the energy of adventure fiction.
She has always had a comic streak, too. Contemporary novels like Along Came Jones, Paper Moon, and Wedding Bell Blues lean into small-town warmth, oddball situations, and characters who are a little battered, a little stubborn, and often very funny. Readers who like her work usually talk about that mix of heart, humor, and faith.
Her later historical fiction widened again with Healer, Thief, and Rebel, the Brides of Alba books set in Arthurian-era Britain and Alba. Those novels weave prophecy, clan tension, political unrest, and questions of belief into big romantic plots. Windsor's Christian fiction earned major recognition, including a Christy, but her range may be the more useful fact: she can move from sixth-century kingdoms to modern romantic comedy without losing her voice.
Life did not stay easy while all this was happening. Windsor lost her husband at Christmas in 2004, and in 2013 she stepped away from writing to care for her mother, who had Parkinson's disease. She also left her part-time work as a corporate comptroller in the family electric motor sales and service business, a job that had taken her from office computers to the repair shop floor.
She kept making music.
Windsor continued playing in church, and after 2015 she returned to performing at senior centers and community events. In recent years she has said the pandemic pushed her into fresh research for what she calls the book of her heart, a non-romance novel set in first-century Alexandria, Jerusalem, and what is now north Wales. She still sounds like herself there too, interested in history, faith, grief, humor, and the stubborn hope that keeps both people and stories going.
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