Patricia Rice Books in Order

Pregnant after one night with riverboat captain Marcus Armstrong, Jennifer Lee is banished from her home. When their paths cross again, Marcus must persuade the woman carrying his child to trust him with her heart.

Katherine falls in love with the English lord who protected her when she was a child. But the man she longs for cannot marry her, leaving them caught between forbidden desire and the barriers separating them.

Orphaned Aelvina Fairfax and Sir Philippe St. Aubyn, a soldier serving Henry II, become entangled in Lady Ravenna's schemes. The reclusive widow's reputation for sorcery adds another danger to the forces shaping their unexpected relationship.

Christine MacTavish risks her honor and her heart for Damien Drayton, an American who has left the Revolution behind. His journey to England to claim an inheritance and title puts their love under strain.

Denied the marriage she wants, Lady Aubree strikes a bargain with the notorious Earl of Heathmont. Their temporary alliance serves his military ambitions and her independence, but political intrigue and attraction complicate their planned separation.

A mute artist with no memory of her origins, Eileen attracts the attention of Lord Sherbourne. As Drake Neville investigates her mysterious family history, their growing attachment becomes entangled with Jacobite danger and concealed identities.

Maria Connolly inherits a New Mexico cattle empire along with powerful enemies. Gunfighter Cheyenne Walker returns under a contract with her father, drawing them into a struggle against thieves, ambitious landowners, and territorial politics.

Fleeing scandal, Philadelphia heiress Alicia Stanford hides her identity aboard a Mississippi keelboat. Frontier hardship tests her sheltered upbringing, while a mysterious member of the crew sees courage beneath the disguise she depends on.

Impoverished vicar's daughter Penelope Carlisle agrees to marry scarred Viscount Graham Trevelyan and care for his silent daughter. But his pursuit of revenge threatens the home and growing affection their practical arrangement might offer.

After inheriting a fortune, Alyson Hampton flees a predatory cousin and finds protection with Scottish outlaw Rory Maclean. Her second sight and his dangerous past complicate their journey toward safety and an uncertain future.

Trying to preserve her family's shipping business, Evelyn Wellington discovers contraband in her Boston warehouse. British heir Alex Hampton arrives to investigate, placing their attraction amid smuggling accusations, imperial taxes, and growing colonial unrest.

Arianne Richards hopes to sell a hidden painting to support her struggling family and ailing mother. When wealthy Lord Locke takes an interest in both the artwork and her, she begins questioning his motives.

Orphaned by her preacher father's murder, Faith Montague encounters highwayman Morgan de Lacy on the road to London. His protection offers unexpected refuge, but his appetite for vengeance threatens the principles she has always trusted.

Shadowed by rumors of her mother's madness, Daphne Templeton leaves London and encounters a masked highwayman. Her attraction to the stranger unsettles her judgment, especially when respectable Lord Griffin seems strangely familiar to her.

Lady Cassandra Howard resists her brother's plan to sell her into an unwanted marriage. Her attempt to enlist virtuous Earl Wyatt Mannering draws them into a struggle between independence, propriety, and an increasingly inconvenient attraction.

Grieving widow Eavin Dupre agrees to run Nicholas Saint-Just's household and care for his motherless daughter. As Britain threatens New Orleans, her bargain with the notorious plantation owner becomes entangled with dangerous loyalties and desire.

Laura Kincaid loves a tenant farmer's son who leaves to seek his fortune. When he returns pursuing her calculating cousin, Laura must weigh her enduring feelings against the uncertain future he offers her instead.

Widowed Lily Porter must raise her child and defend her Texas ranch as rebellion against Mexican rule gathers force. Mysterious cowboy Cade offers vital help, but his hidden past complicates their struggle for survival.

Lady Marian seeks a wealthy husband to rescue her family from financial ruin. Lord Darley's suspicious friend Reginald Montague sets out to expose her intentions, only to complicate her carefully planned courtship with attraction.

A letter promising answers about her origins sends abandoned Evie Howell toward Texas. The escort she mistakes for a legendary gunslinger is gambler Tyler Monteigne, whose secrets and charm make their frontier journey unpredictable.

Heiress Georgina Hanover expects to marry wealthy Peter Mulloney, securing the alliance her father wants. His mysterious journalist brother Daniel challenges that future, forcing Georgina to reconsider her loyalties and her place in society.

Searching for her true family, Evie Howell needs an escort to Texas and accidentally recruits gambler Tyler Monteigne. Their uneasy bargain carries them through frontier dangers while his dubious reputation challenges her hopes for security.

Returning from Europe, Georgina Hanover anticipates marriage to ambitious Peter Mulloney. His brother Daniel, a crusading journalist, attacks the wealth she takes for granted, drawing her into a conflict between family expectations and personal conviction.

Samantha Neely confronts Sloan Talbott, the dangerous man she believes knows what happened to her missing father. Her determined search for answers threatens his guarded past and draws them toward both attraction and hidden enemies.

Schoolteacher Janice Harrison wants to protect her younger sister, while Peter Mulloney needs money for a gold claim. Their encounter revives old grievances and tests whether either can trust someone carrying such dangerous family secrets.

Janice Harrison hides painful secrets behind her schoolteacher's reserve. Peter Mulloney hopes a gold claim will free him from his corrupt family, but their growing connection exposes them to frontier greed and the risks of trust.

Threats against his software send JD Marshall on the run until an accident strands him in Kentucky. Nina Toon offers help, but his promise to support her botanical garden cannot erase the danger following him.

Dillian Whitnell hides her injured cousin in a manor after an attempt on their lives. The new marquess's arrival disrupts her escape plans, turning a game of concealment into attraction while their pursuer remains nearby.

Raised by Kentucky Quakers after escaping an abusive aristocratic father, Dora conceals her origins and loves Pace Nicholls. His commitment to the Union cause draws them into a Civil War struggle over duty, identity, and trust.

Escaping an abusive boyfriend, Pippa Cochran finds work in horror novelist Seth Wyatt's isolated home. Her bond with his troubled son begins changing their lives, until dangerous accidents threaten the fragile refuge they share.

Accused of drug smuggling in St. Lucia, Penelope Albright is rescued by a stranger claiming to be her husband. Charlie Smith needs that disguise to investigate a missing partner, but their alliance attracts lethal trouble.

Healer Ninian Malcolm and skeptical scientist Drogo Ives are drawn together despite their families' disastrous history. An unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront marriage, inherited fears, and the clash between his reason and her magic.

Beatrice Cavendish inherits a heavily indebted estate and needs help managing it. Seafarer Lachlan MacTavish offers assistance in exchange for childcare, concealing the dangerous circumstances under which he rescued his niece and nephew.

Released after four years of wrongful imprisonment, Adrian Quinn seeks answers from his late partner's former wife. Faith Nicholls has rebuilt her life in hiding, but his arrival brings old secrets and renewed danger.

Cartoonist Jared McCloud rents a secluded beach cottage to overcome a creative block. His guarded landlady Cleo Alyssum wants privacy while rebuilding her life, but his persistence threatens the defenses protecting her hopes and heart.

Lady Leila needs scientific help cultivating the plants used in her potions and turns to Dunstan Ives. Their collaboration brings botanical knowledge into contact with her unusual gifts, creating an attraction neither can easily explain.

Forensic anthropologist TJ McCloud's investigation of beachside remains obstructs a film shoot planned by Mara Simon. Their shared past intensifies the dispute, forcing them to confront old insecurities while competing demands bring them together again.

Lady Felicity Malcolm Childe seeks a book of spells to end her painful gift of psychometry. Inventor Ewen Ives insists on escorting her, while she senses threats to him that his practical mind cannot recognize.

When elderly Mame vanishes from hospital, Alys Seagraves recruits her skeptical nephew Elliot Ross to find her. Their pursuit along Route 66 in a pink Cadillac exposes them to danger and an unexpected romantic connection.

Aurora Jenkins is determined to protect her South Carolina island from overdevelopment. Reclusive Clay McCloud unsettles her plans and her heart, but their conflicting views of the island's future stand between them and a lasting relationship.

Unexpectedly inheriting a debt-ridden dukedom, Harry Winchester turns to his wealthy childhood betrothed for help. Christina Malcolm's ability to read auras reveals a troubling change in him, making their marriage depend on more than rescuing his estate.

Lady Lucinda's uncanny painting depicts a stranger as a murderer and ruins Sir Trevelyan Rochester's reputation. Fleeing the scandal in disguise, she encounters the furious sea captain himself, whose growing attraction complicates his demand for justice.

Estranged from his family and convinced he brings disaster, Aidan Dougal reluctantly accepts help from Mora Abbott. Newly homeless and discovering her own magical talents, Mora challenges his isolation as a dangerous enemy threatens them both.

Retired country musician Flynn Clinton returns home to raise his sons and run a café. Waitress Joella Sanderson's singing tempts him back toward music, while a local industry's closure forces them to unite to save their community.

Amy Warren hopes to save her Carolina town's mill from the damage left by her ex. Wealthy designer Jacques St. Etienne wants its designs rather than its workers, making their attraction collide with the community's survival.

Desperate to feed her village, Mariel steals a sacred chalice from the hidden island of Aelynn. Its guardian Trystan follows to recover it, drawing them together as the theft threatens his magically protected homeland.

Disasters strike Aelynn after its sacred chalice disappears, forcing leader Ian Olympus into revolutionary France to recover it. His search brings him to gifted musician Chantal Deveau, whose connection to the relic complicates duty with desire.

Aelynn faces destruction unless its sacred chalice is returned. Heir Lissandra Olympus seeks the help of outcast warrior Murdoch LeDroit, but recovering the island's treasure also means confronting their dangerous attraction and his powerful psychic gifts.

Gambler John Fitzhugh Wyckerly inherits a bankrupt earldom and seeks an heiress who will accept his daughter. Instead, he meets Abigail Merriweather, who needs a powerful ally to recover her four half-siblings from their guardian.

Anastasia Devlin discovers that her grandfather's mansion and her family's inheritance are beyond their reach. A pact with the mysterious man occupying the attic entangles her in a missing lawyer, a murder, and a dangerous search.

Blake Montague needs a wife's money to buy an army commission, while Jocelyn Carrington wants her family home back. Their practical marriage brings together conflicting ambitions, eccentric relatives, and an attraction neither planned to trust.

Producer Dylan Oswin follows a mysterious message to a reclusive former child singer while searching for his kidnapped son. Pippa has vowed to silence her dangerous magical voice, but helping him could require the power she fears.

Lady Blanche Perceval struggles to manage an inherited fortune while resisting her cousin's marriage plans. When Michael O'Toole returns seeking help for an orphan, old resentment and renewed attraction give way to danger surrounding her estate.

Fiona MacDermot's plan to provide work for starving Irish villagers collapses when the money for their looms is stolen. She joins the proper Duke of Anglesey to find the culprit, despite their political differences and mutual attraction.

Dorothea Franklin refuses to believe her brother died in a helicopter crash because her unusual senses tell her otherwise. She turns to computer expert Conan Oswin, whose brother also vanished, to investigate the disaster and its hidden dangers.

Pregnant teacher Maya Alyssum struggles to protect her school while raising her nephew and managing her sister's shop. Restaurateur Axell Holm proposes a practical marriage, but his custody battle and political pressures complicate their growing attachment.

When a princess steals Nora Adams's identity and disappears, the schoolteacher must navigate London in unfamiliar royal shoes. Former pirate Nick Atherton becomes her protector as their search tangles with spies, political intrigue, and attraction.

Producer Mara Simon must keep her beachside film production running, but forensic anthropologist TJ McCloud closes the location to investigate possible murder. Working together forces the former sweethearts to confront both mounting evidence and their shared past.

Ana Devlin's half-sister Patra arrives with news of her father's murder and killers in pursuit. Protecting her family requires help from the mysterious Graham, whose interest in the case brings them into conspiracies involving gangsters and media moguls.

Three Regency Christmas romances follow people recovering from bereavement, war and disappointment. A grieving woman meets an American stranger, a widow resists a soldier’s courtship, and a frustrated politician confronts an unexpected guardian angel who challenges his view of life.

Priestess Tasia Olympus must guide her followers away from a tsunami toward a new sanctuary. Captain Nautilus can handle the sea, but trusting her visions and helping build a home on a volcanic island test his certainty.

Psychic Nadine Malcolm secretly sabotages her general stepfather's plans to weaponize gifted children while he confines her in an asylum. Her desperate plea reaches former Special Forces soldier Magnus Oswin, creating an uneasy alliance to rescue the children.

Ana Devlin's teenage brother claims his computer worm has escaped, just as technology executives die from exotic poison. With assassins and government agents pursuing him, Ana must untangle the connection before more lives and the internet are lost.

Widowed Lady Belden intends to remain independent, but her siblings' arrival creates a guardianship dispute with a powerful marquess. Tradesman Lord Quentin Hoyt offers a possible solution, forcing her to weigh family security against surrendering control.

Penniless Honora Hoyt has secured a place in society as her uncle's hostess when an old love returns. Lord Meath's attempt to perform a good deed disrupts their settled lives, reopening attraction and unresolved conflict during the Christmas season.

Astrologer Lady Azenor Dougall foresees fatal danger for her family and seeks help from astronomer Theophilus Ives. Convincing the skeptical scientist to heed her warning proves difficult, especially as their attraction threatens the future she predicts.

Harriet Stansbury finds work with Duncan Ives, a marquess blinded in an assault who can detect lies. Her secret empathy helps soothe his anger, but a scandal pushes them toward marriage before either knows how to trust.

Ana Devlin welcomes her long-lost twin siblings for Christmas, only to face another mystery. Juliana's photographs suggest a televangelist's amusement-park site hides murder victims, and her disappearance sends Ana searching for both her sister and a killer.

Stranded in London with her siblings after their father's death, Celeste Rochester fights for her inheritance and home. Lord Erran Ives arrives to evict them but instead becomes their defender, drawn to the compelling voice she shares with him.

Widowed countess Bridey Darrow faces accusations of witchcraft while hoping to establish a school for midwives. Crown agent Aaron Pascoe-Ives needs her help to quell unrest around royal mines, but his twins and their attraction complicate both ambitions.

Botanist Emilia McDowell proposes a marriage of convenience to a viscount facing a fatal illness. Her inheritance could secure his family's future, but her dangerous healing gift and his plans for her land threaten their developing love.

This collection gathers four Regency novellas: Deceiving Appearances, Fathers and Daughters, Lady Invisible, and The Borrowed Groom. Ghostly intervention, Valentine magic, unconventional courtship, and rejection shape the couples' paths toward love.

Lady Aurelia's painfully acute hearing lets her hear a child's plea that no one else notices. She enlists dog trainer Will Ives and his rescue dogs, turning a distressing gift into a search that crosses their social divide.

Ana Devlin finally has a home and fortune for her siblings, but their pursuits of justice keep putting her in danger. Political revenge, a pharmaceutical whistleblower, a Russian hacker, and a risky news investigation threaten her hard-won sanctuary.

After her mentor's murder, Mariah suspects newly arrived geologist Keegan Ives. His search for journals connected to a corporate scandal forces them into an uneasy partnership, following Hillvale's ghostly clues through crystals, secrets, and cyber-fraud.

Memoryless Samantha Moon arrives in Hillvale with little besides a stray cat, while investigator Chen Ling Walker seeks answers about his vanished father. Old bones and a new death connect their searches in a town crowded with ghosts.

Samantha Moon and Chen Ling Walker prepare for an unconventional Hillvale wedding after confronting their troubled pasts. A wandering mysterious doll and a live-in feng shui master bring fresh complications to their plans for married life.

Theodosia Devine-Baker and Kurt Kennedy struggle to balance busy lives with their relationship. When Halloween brings Hillvale's ghosts closer and Teddy reports a ceramic dragon sending smoke signals, Kurt questions whether he can stay in the eccentric town.

Keegan Ives and Mariah begin new careers and a shared life as Christmas approaches in Hillvale. Different ambitions for the town and an unexpected pregnancy test their relationship amid the community's seasonal, sometimes ghostly excitement.

Empath Teddy Devine-Baker returns to Hillvale seeking refuge in her childhood house, only to find architect Kurt Kennedy claims ownership. A skeleton in the attic forces them to investigate a killing while ghosts and conflicting plans complicate their attraction.

Tarot reader Amber Abercrombie's quiet Hillvale life changes when former lover Josh Gabriel arrives after his fiancée's murder. Facing corrupt figures from their Hollywood past and an angry poltergeist, they must cooperate to identify the killer.

Chef Fiona McDonald, who detects lies by scent, seeks refuge in Hillvale after losing another job. Her mentor's suspicious death draws her into an investigation with secretive Mayor Monty Kennedy, whose cabin becomes their unlikely shared refuge.

Librarian Hannah Simon seeks a healing moonstone in Hillvale, where former art fraudster Aaron Townsend has rebuilt his life. A murder makes them suspects, and their combined psychic abilities lead through time in search of answers.

This collection follows two Hillvale couples toward their weddings amid supernatural complications. A wandering doll and dubious feng shui expert trouble Samantha and Chen Ling, while Halloween ghosts and a smoking ceramic dragon unsettle Theodosia and Kurt.

Widowed governess Olivia Hargreaves distrusts industrialist Simon Blair after his drunken arrival to reclaim his psychic children. Their shared interests in disputed land offer an alliance, but grief and prejudice complicate a growing connection.

Azmin Dougall becomes governess to scientist Zane Dare's invalid niece, reopening an old romantic wound. When her unusual photographs suggest the girl's suitor is dangerous, Azmin and skeptical Zane must cooperate despite their differences.

Lady Phoebe Duncan takes a governess position when poverty threatens her dream of studying animal medicine. Engineer Andrew Blair needs help protecting psychic children from a killer, but Phoebe's unusual gifts challenge his orderly beliefs.

Impoverished countess Bell Ross accepts work in a ducal household, where her susceptibility to spirits unleashes a troublesome ghost. Marquess Rainford needs to save his dying father, and their reluctant alliance puts both family and affection at risk.

Runaway bride Iona Ross shelters at Wystan Castle, only to encounter an impoverished earl who may evict its residents. A ghost's hints of treasure and a reward for Iona's return offer dangerous possibilities for saving the estate.

Timid Lydia Wystan inherits responsibility for a library whose books whisper to her. Engineer Maxwell Ives seeks solitude there, but a collapsing tower and family theft force them to cooperate before the collection and school lose everything.

Ghost talker Evie Malcolm's family Christmas is interrupted by a former mayor's murder. Her sister Gracie's efforts to help a dead artist expose further danger, linking angry spirits to corrupt dealings that threaten their town's future.

Evie Carstairs investigates whether a dead FBI agent funded her retirement through computer crime, aided by the agent's ghost. Lawyer Jax Ives faces a related phone-scam investigation, drawing their eccentric allies into danger involving elderly suspects.

When lawyer Jax Jackson disappears westward searching for his family's history, psychic Evie Carstairs follows. A potential witness's death brings them home, where more murdered lawyers and demanding ghosts pull the pair into a dangerous investigation.

Young Loretta brings two ghosts to Evie Carstairs's agency and claims someone wants her dead. Skeptical guardian Jax Jackson investigates, uncovering land fraud that forces the lawyer to cooperate with Evie despite his distrust of her abilities.

A boutique owner dies at psychic caterer Priscilla Malcolm's Halloween party, and her ghost attaches to Evie Carstairs. Pris travels to Italy for clues, where archeologist Dante Ives's complicated past makes solving the murder increasingly urgent.

As Evie Carstairs prepares for her wedding, film-production animals behave strangely and their handler disappears. Veterinarian Idonea Malcolm joins the case, working with skeptical producer Cade Garcia to uncover the truth amid ghosts, suspects, and loose bulls.

Impoverished novelist Clare inherits an apparent refuge for herself and her nephew at remote Gravesyde Priory. Hostile caretakers, an enigmatic American captain and rumours of stolen jewels complicate her arrival, before murder forces her to investigate the estate’s hidden past.

Patience returns to Wycliffe Manor for family weddings, only to learn her father has been murdered and his notebook may be the killer’s target. With Henri’s reluctant help, she investigates as further violence threatens the household’s fragile peace.

Minerva investigates an attempted shooting at a book auction, assisted by impoverished curate Paul Upton. When the same collectors gather at Wycliffe Manor and one is murdered, the pair must protect valuable manuscripts, a forthcoming wedding and potential victims.

Clare and Huntley prepare for a double wedding at Wycliffe Manor, but a dying stranger disrupts the celebrations. Missing pearls, ghostly encounters and another death suggest a killer among the guests, forcing the couple to investigate before happiness becomes tragedy.