Rachel McMillan Books in Order

At Christmas in 1910 Toronto, detectives Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts follow a missing-cat case into the disappearance of young women from a reformatory. Their investigation leads through suffrage politics and the city's shipping industry as a routine inquiry becomes dangerous.

Political unrest in 1912 Toronto intersects with Merinda and Jem's search for a Mountie's runaway cousin. Following the case to Chicago exposes a plot against Theodore Roosevelt, while attraction, marriage, and independence complicate the detectives' efforts to prevent an assassination.

A quiet spell in their detective business ends when Merinda and Jem receive a suffragette friend's request to investigate a disappearance in Massachusetts. Their inquiries lead through stolen letters and unusual affairs toward Orchard House, the former home of Louisa May Alcott.

In 1910 Toronto, friends Merinda and Jem establish a detective agency inspired by Sherlock Holmes. Investigating the deaths of young Irish women draws them into immigrant hardship, prejudice, and corruption, with a police constable and a reporter providing complicated assistance.

An actor dies during a Toronto vaudeville performance witnessed by a constable and a reporter. Detectives Jem and Merinda join the backstage investigation, confronting a troupe full of motives and trying to prevent another death before the theatrical mystery is resolved.

As Toronto prepares for war in 1914, detectives Merinda and Jem confront political hostility and police corruption. A murder involving a civic club and a slanderous white feather threatens their friends, forcing them to investigate before more members are targeted.

After losing her job, Evelyn Watt accepts work cataloging heirlooms in Vienna for the Austrian colleague she adores. A secret in his family’s past and her encounters with enigmatic Klaus Bauner unsettle her expectations of love.

An anxious young lawyer and a runaway heiress begin new lives around a fashionable Boston nightclub in 1937. Discovering a corpse draws Hamish and Reggie into an underworld investigation that tests loyalty, conscience, and their growing partnership.

Now happily married in Vienna, Rose McNeil and Oliver Thorne face the challenge of choosing Christmas presents for each other. This brief sequel follows their life together as they discover the romantic possibilities of giving shared experiences.

Violinist Rose McNeil wins a coveted position in Vienna, only for visa trouble to threaten her future there. Conductor Oliver Thorne proposes a marriage of convenience, complicating their professional relationship and the feelings neither has admitted.

Boston investigators Hamish and Reggie take a baseball player's fears seriously when apparent pranks suggest escalating hate crimes. As their case becomes more dangerous, a figure from Hamish's past threatens the fragile life and partnership they have built.

Rachel McMillan assembles themed celebrations for fans of made-for-television Christmas films. Viewing lists, seasonal facts, and suggestions for watch parties and new traditions connect holiday romances, books, baking, and other interests with ways to enjoy the movies together.

Reporter Johanna Murphy needs a Christmas scoop to secure her future in Vienna, but rivalry and an unwelcome visitor disrupt her plans. An uneasy alliance with Felix Huber sends them across Austria, uncovering family memories and an unexpected chance at romance.

Rachel McMillan combines travel memoir with practical guidance for taking independent trips. Ideas for destinations and local excursions sit alongside advice on budgeting, packing, safety, and reflective journaling, encouraging readers to explore without waiting for a companion to join them.

In 1920s Boston, a reluctant heiress and a piano tuner are drawn together through a game of chess. This historical romance gives the Rapunzel fairy tale a new setting, following Esther and Nic’s developing connection.

After wartime separation, Diana and Brent struggle to rebuild their marriage in London while intelligence secrets keep them apart. Her architectural knowledge may help expose a Russian agent, but official secrecy prevents her from explaining the work that threatens their fragile reunion.

Conductor Oliver Thorne's Christmas joy falters when his violinist wife plans to leave their orchestra. A dream offers the successful cello career he once imagined, but its altered future forces him to weigh musical ambition against the woman he loves.

In postwar Vienna, Sophie searches for Mozart's death mask while working within a covert intelligence network. Her husband Simon questions a mysterious client's influence as espionage, concealed loyalties, and revelations about his own past threaten their relationship and mission.

Leedswick Castle links three women across 1870, 1917, and 1945, each facing love, scandal, or war while the Alnwick family curse hangs over the estate. Their stories slowly reveal whether the past can be healed, or only endured.

During World War I, a Liberty scarf passes through the lives of three women, carrying hope between London, France, and the front. Their intertwined stories mix love, duty, and survival as war reshapes everything around them.

In occupied France, resistance operative Phineas reconnects with opera singer Marlena and falls in love. Their wedding exposes secrets each has concealed, forcing them to navigate divided loyalties as approaching D-Day places their relationship and their country's future under increasing pressure.