Mary Burton Books in Order

After witnessing something she can’t explain, a woman becomes the target of someone desperate to control the story. With an investigator who believes her, she pieces together the night’s events and learns the truth is dangerous.

Cancer survivor Ruby Nevins is cautiously rebuilding her life when a research project on a vanished French actress leads her to an old diary. Through Cécile and her dressmaker Sylvia, who risked everything in 1940s occupied France, Ruby finds the courage to stop living in fear and reach for her own future.

History professor Marisa Thompson would rather skip Christmas than relive her grief. When a Texas Ranger crosses her path in the middle of a holiday crisis, she’s forced to take a chance on help, and on love.

After a year of traveling, Olympia comes home only to finalize her divorce from Spencer and close the door on their shared life. Instead, old grief, new family secrets, and an undeniable pull toward her soon‑to‑be ex make her question what home and marriage are supposed to look like.

A missing-girl case tears open old wounds when it mirrors an earlier disappearance that was never solved. An investigator and a woman with a personal connection chase leads through false sightings and buried secrets.

Artist Dani Manchester is slowly losing her vision and has just lost her ex‑husband in a sudden accident. Selling their Outer Banks home, she drags her grieving daughter to a rundown Virginia farm, where renovating a silo into an art studio helps them build new connections and a life they can stand to hope for.

When a woman inherits a remote coastal house beyond the dunes, she expects grief and repairs, not danger. A local investigator warns her someone is watching, and the secrets inside may be worth killing for.

A woman with a carefully rebuilt life is forced to confront the lies she told to survive when a new investigation digs into her past. A relentless detective won’t let her run, and neither will the killer who knows the truth.

When her grandmother dies, Ivy Neale inherits a weathered beachfront cottage in Nags Head and the painful memories she left there. A powerful storm exposes a legendary shipwreck and clues to a glamorous 1950 seaside resort, forcing Ivy to uncover her family’s buried history and rethink where she belongs.

Hospice nurse Zara Mitchell returns to Richmond to care for her sharp‑witted Italian grandmother, Nonna, whose heart is failing. Cleaning out the attic, she discovers a journal, a brooch, and a wooden chest that reveal Nonna’s life in wartime Rome and help Zara imagine a different future for herself.

Forensic psychologist Ann Bailey is drawn into a Montana investigation when human remains are found and the clues don’t add up. Working with law enforcement, she profiles a killer who blends in, and realizes he may already be near her.

A determined detective hunts a serial predator and realizes the case is connected to a crime she barely survived. As the bodies mount, she teams with an ally who believes her, and follows the trail toward a killer close to home.

An undercover operation goes sideways when a killer starts targeting vulnerable women, and the agent realizes she’s being pulled into the same pattern. With an FBI partner, she must keep her cover long enough to stop the next murder.

Reeling from her father’s death, a failed marriage, and miscarriages, wedding photographer Libby McKenzie feels untethered. A job at the historic Woodmont estate—and its vine‑covered greenhouse—draws her into the property’s layered past, where long‑hidden family secrets mirror her own search for healing and belonging.

Detective Joan Mason returns to Missoula just as a suspicious fire reignites an old case she thought was over. When bodies surface and evidence points inward, she teams with an ally to hunt an arsonist who knows her weaknesses.

Pregnant and grieving her fiancé, historian Megan Buchanan takes on restoring her family’s old hunting lodge and a neglected caretaker’s cottage known as Spring House. A stash of century‑old letters pulls her into another woman’s life, revealing parallel hopes, mistakes, and the courage it takes to start again.

A woman who prides herself on reading people starts to feel watched, then the threat becomes impossible to dismiss. A seasoned investigator believes the stalker is escalating, and together they dig into secrets someone will kill to keep.

FBI agent Macy Crow is offered a shot at an elite profiling team, but first she has to help solve a case that won’t stay buried. As she and her partner follow the trail, they realize the killer is hiding in plain sight.

A string of murders disrupts a small Southern community that depends on reputation and polite smiles. A determined investigator and a woman with local ties pull at the town’s secrets, and discover charm can be a deadly disguise.

After her mother’s death, Lucy Kincaid travels to the faded coastal town of Cape Hudson, Virginia, to claim an inheritance from a stranger: a sprawling estate called Winter Cottage. Among its shadows she uncovers decades of love, betrayal, and family secrets that may finally reveal who her father is.

Kaitlin Roe was the last person to see her cousin alive, and she’s never escaped the suspicion. When new violence points back to that cold case, detective John Adler helps her chase the truth while someone tries to silence her.

Searching for her birth family, Faith McIntyre gets caught in a murder investigation that hits too close to home. With an investigator who doesn’t fully trust her, she follows clues that suggest her own history is the motive.

FBI agent Kate Hayden faces a killer who treats murder like a game, leaving taunting clues and escalating with each move. Forced into a partnership she didn’t ask for, she must outthink the pattern before the next body appears.

Officer Julia Vargas can’t let go of a serial killer known as the Hangman, whose crimes are tied to her father’s death. When new evidence surfaces, she and detective Tobias Novak reopen the hunt, and the killer turns his attention to them.

A woman hiding from her past turns to the one man she least trusts when danger catches up. As a predator closes in, a Morgan detective must separate truth from fear, and decide how far he’ll go to protect her.

Psychologist Rae McDonald has spent fifteen years avoiding the night her sister died in a car crash. When an old friend, Lisa Smyth, returns to Alexandria and a cache of artifacts links their families, both women are pushed to confront buried guilt, addiction, and the possibility of forgiveness.

State trooper Riley Tatum joins investigator Clay Bowman to track a killer who targets young women and taunts Riley with clues from her own past. The closer they get, the more Riley realizes she may be the point of the game.

Forensic pathologist Tessa McGowan is pulled into a case where victims are posed like dolls. Partnering with federal agent, and her estranged husband, Dakota Sharp, she follows clues toward a killer who wants to control every detail.

A mother’s worst fear becomes real when a child vanishes, and the search exposes connections no one wants to admit. A determined investigator and the woman at the center of the crisis chase leads before the kidnapper disappears.

When a woman realizes someone is stalking her, the threats are dismissed as paranoia until a body proves she was right. A Morgan steps in to protect her, and uncover who wants her silent.

Addie Morgan has finally built a quiet life at a Virginia vineyard, far from the chaos of her childhood in Alexandria. Called home when her sister can’t care for a newborn, Addie takes on a baby, a salvage yard, and a colonial‑era “witch bottle” that might explain her family’s troubled history.

Security expert Greer Hennessy has spent years staying ready, but a killer with a long memory slips past every precaution. A Texas Ranger becomes her ally, and her constant vigilance turns into a fight to trust.

A Nashville investigator leans on a woman who can see details others miss when a killer starts hunting close to home. As the case escalates, their partnership becomes the one thing keeping them both alive.

Daisy McCrae’s career and love life fall apart at once, sending her back to the attic above her family’s failing Alexandria bakery. As she fights to save the shop and reconnect with her sisters, a journal from the 1850s exposes secrets that could redefine her past.

A Texas Ranger tracks a serial killer who leaves a chilling signature at every scene. Teaming with a woman whose past is tied to the case, he races to stop the murderer before she becomes the next name on the list.

Now running the Union Street Bakery, Daisy is just beginning to feel settled when a major renovation and unexpected personal news throw everything into chaos. A hidden box of World War II letters and recipes offers her a mystery—and a chance to decide what she truly wants next.

Psychologist Jolene Granger never stopped mourning her sister’s abduction. When new evidence surfaces, Texas Ranger Brody Winchester draws her into a reopened case that turns deadly fast, forcing them to face the past before it repeats.

A holiday reunion pulls a woman back to the town she tried to leave behind. When an old mystery resurfaces, she teams with a local lawman to uncover what really happened, and what she wants next.

A series of missing women is linked by a chilling pattern, and the clock is running. Working with a woman who survived an earlier attack, an investigator races to find the next victim before it’s too late.

After surviving a brutal attack, a woman struggles to remember the one detail that could identify her assailant. A detective fighting the clock stays close to protect her, and their search for answers turns into a dangerous bond.

The hunt continues as new victims appear and the killer adjusts tactics. Still shaken, survivors and investigators connect hidden clues before the next strike becomes irreversible, and before trust breaks under pressure.

A chilling clue pulls investigators into a case where the victim is never where they’re expected. As the pattern sharpens, a relentless detective and a woman in the crosshairs work together to outrun a killer’s timetable.

A gruesome crime points to a killer who can blend in, and a detective realizes the evidence keeps circling back to someone from his past. As bodies mount, he must spot the dead ringer before the next victim falls.

When women connected to a police unit start disappearing, a detective hunts a predator who likes to watch before he strikes. The closer the investigation gets, the more the danger turns personal for the woman he can’t forget.

Haunted by an unresolved case, a cop gets a second chance when new evidence surfaces. Working with the only witness who can help, he reopens a trail of secrets and realizes the killer is still watching.

Trying to rebuild her life, a woman makes what feels like a smart move, until it draws attention from someone dangerous. With a steady investigator at her side, she untangles threats, lies, and a past that won’t stay buried.

A string of fires leaves a community on edge, and an arson investigation points to a deliberate killer. Partnered with a woman who knows the victims, a determined cop follows a trail of smoke toward the truth.

In Thunder Canyon, tracker Nick Baron is asked to find someone who vanished in the mountains. Teaming with a determined woman, he follows a trail that turns into a fight for survival, and a chance at love.

Diver Kelsey Warren returns to Grant’s Forge, Virginia, to settle an inheritance and search for her missing mother. A quarry dive reveals a body, and her old flame, the sheriff, races to stop a murderer before Kelsey is next.

As a powerful storm bears down, an investigator and a woman with unfinished business are trapped in a small community. A suspicious death forces them to work fast before the weather, and a killer, closes in.

A quick, practical marriage was never supposed to become complicated. When hardship and unexpected danger hit, a guarded husband and the woman he married for convenience learn what partnership really costs, and gives.

Seeking a quiet refuge, a woman takes work near a remote lighthouse and clashes with the guarded man who keeps the light. When danger finds her on the coast, they must decide who to trust.

A practical wedding seems like the easiest solution for two people with too much to lose. But when secrets and outside threats surface, the “perfect wife” arrangement turns into a test of trust, and love.

Rafferty needs a bride to secure his future, but the woman who answers the call brings secrets and a fierce streak of independence. Their new marriage becomes both shelter and challenge as trouble follows.

A woman seeking safety heads to Colorado for a new beginning, only to land in a marriage bargain with a man who needs a partner fast. As danger closes in, their partnership turns real.

Frontier businessman Ross McCain hauls a stubborn schoolteacher west to fill his town’s biggest need. Forced into close quarters, they bargain for a fresh start and discover love wasn’t part of the plan.