Maureen Peters Books in Order

Born during the years of the Black Death, Zabilet marries Jacques d'Arc and raises five children. She struggles to understand her fourth child, Jehanet, whose unusual path sets her apart from the rest of the family.

Anne Boleyn returns from France and falls in love with Henry Percy, only to have their marriage blocked. When Henry VIII seeks her as a mistress, her refusal turns thwarted love into a struggle for power.

Traveling toward the New World with an elderly husband and her fragile sister, Tansy falls for Tom Wolf. As he returns to his father's Native American tribe, her journey toward California tests her loyalties and desires.

Miranda Conway fears she is losing her sanity after marrying Robert Gavin. His first wife's strange death and the disappearance of two boys lead her to question whether her ideal husband hides something dangerous.

Dominated by her cruel father Charles, Joanna of Navarre learns healing and sorcery during childhood. Her growing reputation as a witch complicates the life of a woman whose knowledge attracts suspicion rather than understanding.

This fictional portrait of Emily Brontë explores the childhood traumas and loves that shape her thinking. Through the private experiences behind her writing, it considers how personal pain and attachment influence her inner life.

In fourteenth-century France, peasant girl Zabillet loves a shepherd but enters a noble household whose mistress has plans for her grandson. Conflicting expectations test Zabillet's future as the spreading plague threatens everyone around her.

Abner discovers an abandoned newborn beside a Romani camp and names her Kushti, meaning luck. Years later, she falls for Nahor after he rescues her from an attempted assault, bringing love into a life begun in mystery.

Women murdered in Victorian London are marked with pink ribbons. Tansy Clark, the independent daughter of a retired police officer, meets a runaway named Tilde and becomes involved in the search for a serial killer.

Ignored by her family, twelve-year-old Cordy Sullivan finds companionship with Fred and Fay Maitland in a house on the Yorkshire moors. When a schoolfriend disappears, her secret friendship becomes a source of comfort and unease.

Shy but ambitious Charlotte Brontë struggles to develop her writing within Victorian restrictions. Her friendships, attachment to her tutor Heger, and complicated relationships with her siblings shape the private life behind her literary aspirations.

Living beside the Thames in 1870s Chelsea, Tansy Clark helps her neighbor Verity search for a missing husband. The investigation leads toward London's East End and threatens her friendship with journalist Frank Cartwright.

Heathcliff's daughter Aspen Stewart grows up in Ireland with little attention from her father. Her journey to Yorkshire draws her into his unfinished business and the troubled relationship between Hareton and Cathy, extending the world of Wuthering Heights.

On an Anglesey farm in 1940, eleven-year-old Nell Petrie prepares for grammar school while war threatens her family's world. Her revivalist grandfather and Irish Romani grandmother bring sharply different beliefs to their crowded household.

After two curators die of apparent gastric influenza, Tansy Clark's father asks her to investigate. A millionaire's missing wife and a vanished statue, both named Vashti, draw her toward secrets linked to her fiancé's past.

Orphaned Melody Craven sails to Bengal in place of her cousin to marry Captain Roger Hallet. In 1857 India, reports of bandits and her attraction to Captain Adam Channing complicate a future already shadowed by unrest.

After her father's death, Flora Scott is sent to her uncle's wealthy American household. Behind its comfortable surface, she encounters racial prejudice and a complicated romance between her uncle and his Native American housekeeper.