Michael Phillips Books in Order
Explore Michael Phillips books in order with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start, from Stonewycke and Corrie Belle Hollister onward.
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Publication Order
74 books
Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War
by Michael Phillips
2023
Michael Phillips argues that key moral virtues are being eroded by modern ideological conflict. He examines how public debates shape character, community, and faith, and he offers a call to recover habits like honesty, courage, and humility in a combative age.
Where's Jesus
by Michael Phillips
2020
When faith feels distant, easy answers don’t help much. This short, reflective story follows a believer wrestling with doubt and longing, searching for Jesus in ordinary life and in silence, and learning that presence can be real even when it isn’t felt.
Out of the Wardrobe
by Michael Phillips
2018
A faith-focused guide that steps out from the world of fantasy and asks what it means to live what we believe. Using story and reflection, Michael Phillips connects imagination to discipleship and invites readers to bring spiritual truth into everyday choices.
The Legacy
by Michael Phillips
2017
A surprising inheritance pulls a newcomer into a tight island community, where every kindness seems to carry a history. As questions about family and belonging mount, a buried truth threatens to reshape what the word legacy really means.
The Inheritance
by Michael Phillips
2016
When an unexpected inheritance opens a door to a life she never imagined, a woman must decide whether to step into the past or run from it. On the edge of a windswept community, secrets and faith collide.
The Cottage
by Michael Phillips
2016
A small cottage that should feel like refuge becomes the center of a mystery that refuses to stay quiet. As relationships deepen and suspicions grow, the characters learn that home is not a place you claim, it’s a truth you live.
White Nights, Red Morning
by Judith Pella
2015
Against the stark beauty of Russia’s white nights, danger and suspicion creep into everyday life. As a new regime tightens its grip, the characters must navigate fear, loyalty, and faith, knowing that one wrong word can change their future.
The Dawning of Deliverance
by Judith Pella
2015
In a Russia reshaped by revolution, hope feels fragile and the cost of belief can be high. As characters seek deliverance for themselves and those they love, they’re forced to risk everything for truth, freedom, and the chance to begin again.
Passage into Light
by Judith Pella
2015
After years of darkness and loss, the characters search for a way forward that feels like more than survival. With relationships strained and the world uncertain, they must decide what they truly believe, and whether light can be found without honesty and sacrifice.
Murder By Quill
by Michael Phillips
2014
A stay at a remote Scottish castle turns deadly when a murder shatters the calm. With suspects close and motives tangled, an unlikely investigator has to follow the clues, and the lies, before the next chapter is written in blood.
Heaven and Beyond
by Michael Phillips
2014
After dying in a sudden terrorist attack on Easter Sunday, a man awakens to a reality he never expected. His journey through the world beyond forces him to face his assumptions about God, love, and what makes a life truly lived.
Angel Dreams
by Michael Phillips
2014
In a story shaped by faith and wonder, ordinary life is interrupted by encounters that feel impossible to explain. As characters wrestle with loss and hope, the idea of angels becomes less about spectacle and more about quiet guidance.
The Sword, the Garden, and the King
by Michael Phillips
2013
In a mythic world of loyalty and temptation, a quest for a legendary sword and a guarded garden turns into a test of the heart. The journey asks what it means to serve a true king, and what power does to those who chase it.
The Cappuccino Club
by Michael Phillips
2013
A small circle of friends forms around conversation, coffee, and big spiritual questions. As they debate faith, doubt, and what obedience looks like in everyday life, their relationships are tested, and their assumptions start to shift.
Hell and Beyond
by Michael Phillips
2013
A confident atheist dies expecting nothingness and wakes in a place that looks like hell. As he tries to make sense of where he is, the experience forces him to confront pride, fear, and the unsettling possibility that grace may reach further than he believed.
The Treasure of the Celtic Triangle
by Michael Phillips
2012
Clues and legend point toward a fabled treasure tied to Welsh history, but the hunt demands more than cleverness. As Percy presses on, he discovers that the real prize may be courage, integrity, and the people who walk the journey with him.
The Commands
by Michael Phillips
2012
This book explores the commands Jesus gives his followers and what they look like in real life. With a steady, practical tone, Michael Phillips connects Scripture to daily decisions, inviting readers to move from agreement to action without turning faith into a checklist.
From Across the Ancient Waters
by Michael Phillips
2012
A sudden shipwreck off the Welsh coast throws strangers together and sparks a mystery rooted in the past. In the green hills of Snowdonia, danger and discovery travel side by side as the characters search for answers, and for themselves.
Heather Song
by Michael Phillips
2011
Marie Buchan’s story continues as the past catches up with the present and the choices she made begin to echo outward. With relationships at stake and faith under strain, she must learn what it means to belong, and what it costs to be free.
Angel Harp
by Michael Phillips
2011
Marie Buchan’s gift for music opens doors she never expected, and exposes her to pressures she isn’t ready for. As love and ambition pull her in different directions, Marie must decide whether her calling will shape her life, or consume it.
Dream of Love
by Michael Phillips
2008
As war and division spread across the country, the Davidson family faces the hardest test yet: protecting the people they’ve helped while keeping their own home from breaking apart. Love, courage, and conscience collide in a world that punishes compassion.
Never Too Late
by Michael Phillips
2007
In the tense years after the Civil War, danger returns to Rosewood in the form of intimidation and secret violence. As Katie and Mayme fight to protect their community, they learn that the choice to stand for what’s right is never too late, but it is costly.
Miss Katie's Rosewood
by Michael Phillips
2007
Katie is forced to leave the safety of Rosewood and step into a wider world that judges her quickly and understands her hardly at all. Far from home, she faces new threats and unexpected allies, and discovers how fragile a hard-won peace can be.
The Soldier's Lady
by Michael Phillips
2006
A wounded soldier and a determined woman find their lives crossing in the unsettled aftermath of war. As old loyalties and new prejudices close in, she must choose between the safe path expected of her and the brave one her conscience demands.
Dream of Life
by Michael Phillips
2006
Having chosen to free their enslaved workers, Richmond and Carolyn Davidson are drawn deeper into the dangerous work of helping others escape. As the nation fractures, their own family lines of loyalty are tested, and the cost of doing right keeps rising.
Dream of Freedom
by Michael Phillips
2005
In the slaveholding South, Richmond and Carolyn Davidson face a moral crossroads that will change everything. When they choose to free their enslaved workers, they step into conflict with neighbors, family, and a system built to crush anyone who resists.
A Perilous Proposal
by Michael Phillips
2005
At Rosewood, a proposal that should bring joy instead draws unwanted attention and stirs up old tensions in the postwar South. As Katie and Mayme try to protect the people they love, they discover that commitment can be as risky as it is hopeful.
Together Is All We Need
by Michael Phillips
2004
Katie and Mayme have fought to keep Rosewood standing, but the hardest battles are often the ones that happen inside a family. When new pressures threaten their fragile peace, the women must lean on faith and on each other to hold their world together.
The Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart
by Michael Phillips
2003
As hatred tightens around their community, Katie and Mayme discover how dangerous it can be to insist on dignity and justice. When violence and betrayal surface, they must protect their found family and hold onto faith that refuses to measure people by the wrong things.
Angels Watching Over Me
by Michael Phillips
2003
As the Civil War ends, Katie and Mayme struggle to save Rosewood and the people who depend on it. Bound by love that feels like sisterhood, they face grief, danger, and a changing South that offers freedom with one hand and fear with the other.
A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton
by Michael Phillips
2003
Rebuilding after war is slow, and the promise of freedom comes with new threats. At Rosewood, Katie and Mayme face hard choices about land, work, and safety, while love and loyalty are tested by prejudice and intimidation.
Jesus, an Obedient Son
by Michael Phillips
2002
A devotional look at Jesus through the lens of obedience, focused on how his life and choices shape discipleship. Michael Phillips writes for readers who want thoughtful, practical reflection, not abstract theology, and who are willing to be challenged by the Gospels.
Destiny Junction
by Michael Phillips
2002
At a small-town crossroads, lives intersect in unexpected ways, forcing old wounds into the open. As choices ripple through family and community, the characters discover that destiny isn’t fate, it’s the result of daily decisions about love, truth, and trust.
A New Dawn Over Devon
by Michael Phillips
2001
In Devon, a new beginning seems possible, until the past attached to Heathersleigh Hall starts to surface. As relationships form and loyalties shift, a family must decide whether to protect old secrets or risk everything for a cleaner, truer future.
Hidden in Time
by Michael Phillips
2000
Archaeologist Adam Livingstone is drawn into a hunt for the Ark of the Covenant, a quest that turns research into danger. As rivals close in, he must decide what truth is worth risking lives for, and whether some discoveries should remain hidden.
An Ancient Strife
by Michael Phillips
2000
Scotland’s struggle for freedom grows more complicated as politics, romance, and legend collide. With a coveted stone and a nation’s future in the balance, the characters are pulled into intrigue where every alliance has a price, and every choice leaves a mark.
Wayward Winds
by Michael Phillips
1999
Change blows through Heathersleigh Hall, stirring up long-buried tensions and new temptation. As a close community wrestles with loyalty, love, and truth, one wrong decision could undo years of hard-won trust and send lives in unexpected directions.
Legend of the Celtic Stone
by Michael Phillips
1999
A young Scottish politician finds his ambitions entwined with a legendary stone tied to his nation’s identity. As he rises into influence, he’s forced to choose between power and principle, and to decide what freedom is worth sacrificing for.
Heathersleigh Homecoming
by Michael Phillips
1999
A return to Heathersleigh Hall should bring closure, but homecoming has a way of reopening old wounds. As hidden connections come to light, the characters must confront what they’ve avoided and decide whether reconciliation is possible without honesty.
Wild Grows the Heather in Devon
by Michael Phillips
1998
In the Devon countryside, Heathersleigh Hall looks like a peaceful refuge, but the house carries its own history. When new relationships and old secrets collide, the characters discover that healing takes more than time, it takes truth.
The Garden at the Edge of Beyond
by Michael Phillips
1998
A man wakes in a strange garden on the edge of eternity and meets guides who challenge everything he assumes about God and himself. As he walks deeper into the unknown, his past is reframed, and his future becomes a question he can’t ignore.
A Rift in Time
by Michael Phillips
1997
British archaeologist Adam Livingstone makes a discovery on Mount Ararat that could rewrite history: evidence linked to Noah’s Ark. The claim sparks controversy and danger, drawing in people who want proof, profit, or silence, and forcing Livingstone to choose his next move carefully.
A New Beginning
by Michael Phillips
1997
Life in Miracle Springs is changing fast for Corrie and Christopher Braxton. With surprising news, risky work, and new responsibilities pressing in, they have to decide whether to stay rooted where they are or follow a calling that could take them far from home.
A Dangerous Love
by Michael Phillips
1997
A relationship that began with hope turns perilous as outside threats and inner fears collide. Forced to choose between safety and loyalty, the characters learn that love without trust can destroy, and that real commitment sometimes means risking everything.
The Braxtons of Miracle Springs
by Michael Phillips
1996
Newly married, Corrie and Christopher Braxton settle in Miracle Springs, hoping for a quiet life. Instead, trouble follows them, and an old enemy resurfaces with vengeance in mind. Corrie’s journal records the strain, and the grace, of building community under pressure.
Mercy and Eagleflight
by Michael Phillips
1996
Two lives collide in a story where compassion and danger walk side by side. As Mercy grows close to the mysterious Eagleflight, trust becomes the hardest task of all. Love offers healing, but it also attracts enemies who don’t want the past disturbed.
Grayfox
by Judith Pella
1996
Corrie Belle Hollister and her siblings have finally found some stability, until a dangerous stranger known as Grayfox pulls them into a new fight for safety and justice in gold-rush California.
Dawn of Liberty
by Michael Phillips
1995
The struggle for freedom reaches a breaking point, and the secret at the heart of the series can no longer stay hidden. As danger closes in, the characters must choose courage over comfort, and decide what kind of future they’re willing to pay for.
Escape to Freedom
by Michael Phillips
1994
With pursuers closing in, the characters are forced into flight, where every mile demands trust and every decision carries consequences. The escape is physical, but it’s also spiritual, as faith is tested in moments when rescue feels impossible.
A Rose Remembered
by Michael Phillips
1994
A hidden secret, symbolized by a rose, binds the characters together as the risks around them grow. When love and loyalty are tested by fear and secrecy, remembering the past becomes both a comfort and a threat that could expose them.
A Home for the Heart
by Judith Pella
1994
After years on the run in gold-rush California, Corrie Belle Hollister longs for a real home. But building a future means facing old enemies, hard choices, and the risk of losing the family she’s protected.
The Eleventh Hour
by Michael Phillips
1993
Time is running out for a group caught in a dangerous web of secrets and pursuit. As loyalties shift and trust becomes scarce, one decision made at the eleventh hour could save lives, or destroy the fragile hope they’ve been holding onto.
Land of the Brave and the Free
by Judith Pella
1993
Corrie and her siblings are pulled into a larger conflict in a young, restless California where law is still being written. As danger closes in, Corrie learns what freedom costs and who will stand with her.
Heirs of the Motherland
by Judith Pella
1993
As Russia’s old world collapses, the next generation must decide what they will inherit: bitterness, fear, or faith. Family bonds stretch across class and ideology, and love is tested by a nation in upheaval where survival often demands impossible choices.
Travail and Triumph
by Judith Pella
1992
Russia’s turmoil deepens, and Anna and Katrina are forced to fight for hope in a world that punishes loyalty and rewards fear. Love and faith are tested by betrayal, danger, and the question of what kind of future can rise from chaos.
Sea to Shining Sea
by Judith Pella
1992
The Hollister children set out on a risky journey that could finally reunite their scattered family. From crowded towns to open wilderness, Corrie must keep everyone moving forward while questions of trust and faith haunt each decision.
Into the Long Dark Night
by Judith Pella
1992
A sudden threat drives Corrie Belle Hollister and her siblings into hiding, and the trail ahead grows darker than any they’ve faced. Survival depends on courage, quick thinking, and help from the least expected place.
Depths of Destiny
by Michael Phillips
1992
A rising leader discovers that success can hide a deeper emptiness, and that ambition has a price. As relationships strain under pressure, the story asks whether destiny is something you seize or something you submit to, and what mercy looks like when you’ve failed.
A House Divided
by Judith Pella
1992
In imperial Russia, Anna Burenin and Princess Katrina Fedorcenko watch friendships and families fracture as unrest spreads. As loyalties harden, the women must choose between safety and conscience, knowing either path could cost someone they love.
The Crown and the Crucible
by Judith Pella
1991
Peasant girl Anna Burenin and aristocrat Katrina Fedorcenko form an unlikely bond as imperial Russia trembles beneath glittering surface life. Their friendship, and their faith, are tested by class barriers, romance, and the first shocks of coming revolution.
Pinnacles of Power
by Michael Phillips
1991
At the height of influence, a single misstep can start a fall. As power tightens its grip, characters face betrayal, regret, and the hard truth that control isn’t the same as strength. The climb is thrilling, but the reckoning is unavoidable.
On the Trail of the Truth
by Judith Pella
1991
Corrie Belle Hollister follows a trail of clues that could clear a friend and protect her siblings. The search drags the family through gold-rush camps and into fresh danger, where the truth is worth fighting for.
A Place in the Sun
by Judith Pella
1991
Corrie and her siblings catch a glimpse of the peaceful life they’ve been craving, but the promise of safety is fragile in gold-rush California. When trouble finds them again, Corrie must decide what she’s willing to risk for home.
My Father's World
by Judith Pella
1990
In 1852 gold-rush California, fifteen-year-old Corrie Belle Hollister is left responsible for her younger siblings. With danger close and adults hard to trust, Corrie records their fight to stay together, one risky day at a time.
Daughter of Grace
by Judith Pella
1990
Still alone in a lawless frontier, Corrie Belle Hollister struggles to protect her siblings and keep her own hope alive. New allies appear, but so do new threats, and Corrie learns that grace often arrives through the people you least expect.
Treasure of Stonewycke
by Judith Pella
1988
The mystery surrounding Stonewycke deepens, and Allison MacNeil realizes the estate’s past may be the key to its survival. With trust fragile and danger close, she must decide how far to go to bring the truth into the light.
Shadows Over Stonewycke
by Judith Pella
1988
Allison MacNeil’s new life near Stonewycke estate is shadowed by secrets no one wants spoken aloud. As she grows closer to the people of Port Strathy, a hidden history surfaces, threatening lives, love, and the future of the great house.
Stranger at Stonewycke
by Judith Pella
1987
In 1931, Allison MacNeil arrives in the Highland village of Port Strathy hoping for a fresh start. Instead she’s drawn into the guarded world of Stonewycke estate, where whispers, loyalties, and old wounds make her a stranger in every room.
Robbie Taggart
by Judith Pella
1987
Heartbroken and restless, Robbie Taggart leaves the Highlands and takes to the sea in search of adventure and fortune. His journey carries him from London toward Shanghai, where danger and temptation test the kind of man he’s becoming.
Jamie MacLeod
by Judith Pella
1987
In the Scottish Highlands, young Jamie MacLeod faces the limits of tradition, family expectation, and a love that doesn’t fit the life planned for her. As change presses in, Jamie must choose who she will become, whatever the cost.
George MacDonald
by Michael Phillips
1987
A readable introduction to the life and work of Scottish writer George MacDonald. Michael Phillips traces MacDonald’s story, his key ideas, and why his fiction and sermons still matter to modern readers who want faith with imagination and depth.
The Lady of Stonewycke
by Judith Pella
1986
The Stonewycke story widens beyond Maggie Duncan as a new generation faces the weight of inheritance and family secrets. Set between home and exile, the novel asks what it means to belong, and whether grace can outlast the past.
The Heather Hills of Stonewycke
by Judith Pella
1985
Seventeen-year-old Maggie Duncan loves her Scottish home, but she can’t bear her father’s ruthless pursuit of power. Torn between anger and longing for happiness, Maggie must learn whether love and forgiveness can free her from bitterness.
Flight from Stonewycke
by Judith Pella
1985
Maggie Duncan and those she loves gamble everything on a new life across the ocean. The voyage from Scotland to America promises hope, but it also drags old wounds into fresh trials, where faith and family bonds are pushed to the edge.
Where should I start?
If you want a Scotland-to-America family saga: The Heather Hills of Stonewycke → Flight from Stonewycke → The Lady of Stonewycke
If you like gold-rush adventure in journal form: My Father's World → Daughter of Grace → On the Trail of the Truth → A Place in the Sun
If you want imperial Russia and big history: The Crown and the Crucible → A House Divided → Travail and Triumph → Heirs of the Motherland
If you want post-Civil War found-family drama: Angels Watching Over Me → A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton → The Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart
If you want reflective fiction about eternity: The Garden at the Edge of Beyond → Heaven and Beyond → Hell and Beyond
Author bio
Michael Phillips is an American author and editor whose work sits at the crossroads of story and faith. He’s best known for Christian historical novels, many written with collaborator Judith Pella, and for decades of publishing and scholarship focused on the Scottish writer George MacDonald.
Phillips studied physics at Humboldt State University and graduated in 1969. Before he became widely known as a novelist, he worked in the world of independent bookstores, including shops in California and Oregon, and he began writing for the Christian market in the late 1970s. Those years put him close to readers and to the practical side of publishing, what people reach for when life is heavy.
At some point the pull of books outweighed the pull of the lab. Phillips kept circling back to the same idea: if a story could steady someone in a hard season, then writing and publishing weren’t just jobs, they were a kind of service.
The thread running through all of it is the belief that words matter.
A lot of his fiction is built like a long family scrapbook. The books move across years and generations, but they stay close to the day-to-day pressures that shape people, money troubles, strained loyalties, the pull of home, and the question of what forgiveness actually costs.
That approach shows up clearly in The Heather Hills of Stonewycke and in the gold-rush journals that begin with My Father's World. It’s also there in sweeping settings like Russia in The Crown and the Crucible and in postwar Virginia in Angels Watching Over Me. Readers who like big history tend to come away talking about the quieter moments, the way Phillips returns to ordinary choices and how belief plays out when there’s no easy answer.
He has also spent a huge part of his career trying to make George MacDonald’s work easier to find and easier to read. Phillips edited and published many titles by and about MacDonald, including volumes in The Cullen Collection, and he served as general series editor for a set of literary monographs on MacDonald. He’s written MacDonald biography as well, including George MacDonald: Scotland's Beloved Storyteller and George MacDonald.
This isn’t arm’s-length history.
Over the years he’s written more than a hundred books, and his work has been translated into multiple languages. Across the novels you’ll see recurring interests: Scotland and its diaspora, the American South after the Civil War, and communities pulled apart by class, race, or politics. In later years he continued writing both fiction and devotional nonfiction, including titles like Jesus, an Obedient Son and Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War. If you’re new to him, many readers start with the Stonewycke books for a classic Scotland-to-America saga, or with the Corrie Belle Hollister journals for fast-moving adventure told in a young woman’s voice. From there it’s easy to branch out into his Russia novels or the more reflective, allegorical stories about eternity. However you come in, his books tend to keep the focus on ordinary people trying to live faithfully in messy, complicated life.
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