Marie Astor Books in Order

This collection follows varied characters through romantic disappointments, jealousy, loss, and unexpected encounters. Blending everyday experiences with coincidences and touches of magic, the stories explore how people find hope while facing adversity.

After discovering her fiance's infidelity, Annabel Green struggles to rebuild her confidence. A fortune teller's necklace and an invitation to accompany her best friend to Paris offer the possibility of a fresh start and an unexpected romance.

Snowboarding in Colorado transports Peter Bailey to the hidden world of Transadonia, where his specially crafted board marks him for a dangerous mission. Joined by Lara Grover, he must confront an enemy threatening its magical inhabitants.

Claire Chatfield's engagement to a wealthy heir looks ideal, but her new neighbor Alec unsettles her certainty. While her fiance loves another woman, Claire must decide whether the future she has chosen is the one she actually wants.

Janet Maple's new job at an investment firm becomes troubling when she notices questionable business practices. She confides in an appealing IT employee, unaware that he is an undercover investigator whose growing attraction could complicate his assignment.

Janet Maple and Dennis Walker enjoy both a romance and rewarding work at a private investigation agency. An assignment involving a gangster and a politician strains their partnership as ambition, competition, and dangerous risks enter the case.

Investigators Janet Maple and Dennis Walker face a setback when their major case collapses and Janet's untrustworthy ex becomes their boss. Following suspicions of hidden motives, they uncover connections to powerful figures while resisting their mutual attraction.

A new assignment threatens the life Allyson Roberts has rebuilt with Jake Morrissey. Meanwhile, fellow agent Delilah Jones pursues an undercover lead that could force her to choose between professional success and her own chance at love.

New graduate Maggie Robin is uncertain about marrying her ambitious television-producer boyfriend. During a ski holiday in British Columbia, she meets a free-spirited skier whose appeal forces her to reconsider her engagement and the future she wants.

After losing her fiance, job, and fortune, Allyson Roberts joins an undercover agency determined to get even. Training instructor Jake Morrissey is drawn to her despite his own troubled past, and a shared assignment challenges their resistance to love.

Janet Maple and Dennis Walker's wedding preparations are interrupted when an apparently closed case resurfaces. After a former witness's Manhattan bar is destroyed and a threatening note appears, the investigators must pursue danger before they can celebrate.

Newlyweds Janet Maple and Dennis Walker return from their honeymoon with a painting that draws them into an international art-theft scheme. Catching a notorious criminal will require the investigators to navigate a world far beyond their expertise.