Tracy Grant Books in Order
This page has Tracy Grant books in order, with quick summaries, series background, and helpful tips on where to start across her mysteries and romances.
Last updated: July 8, 2026
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Publication Order
46 books
Widow's Gambit
by Tracy Grant
1988
Destitute Livia Neville reinvents herself as the respectable Widow Royce to improve her prospects. The plan works well enough until Nicholas Warwick appears and tangles her neat deception with genuine feeling.
The Courting of Philippa
by Tracy Grant
1989
Philippa's path toward marriage proves far less simple than it looks. Family expectations, social strategy, and unexpectedly deep feeling turn this into a warm, character-driven Regency romance.
Frivolous Pretence
by Tracy Grant
1990
Set during the uproar around Queen Caroline's divorce trial, this linked Regency romance mixes political tension with courtship and social maneuvering. Appearances are useful here, but never safe.
A Touch of Scandal
by Tracy Grant
1991
Disgraced Viscount Gideon Came returns to England to rebuild his life and save his failing business. Fiona Alastair agrees to help, but only on strict terms, and their investigation soon stirs up old hurt and dangerous attraction.
The Counterfeit Heart
by Tracy Grant
1991
Set against Regency politics and deception, this early linked romance follows two wary people through shifting loyalties and hidden motives. The emotional question is whether anything true can grow out of so much disguise.
A Mother's Heart
by Tracy Grant
1992
This Regency anthology includes Anthea Malcolm's story 'The Perfect Mother,' about a lord seeking the ideal mother for his child and the woman who may change his carefully made plans.
An Improper Proposal
by Tracy Grant
1992
When Guy returns to London a hunted man, Rachel shocks everyone by claiming they are engaged. Their improvised bargain opens into a lively blend of family drama, theater-world mystery, and slow-building romance.
A Sensible Match
by Tracy Grant
1993
A practical Regency match seems like the safest answer for everyone involved, until family pressures and inconvenient attraction complicate the plan. Sensible choices turn risky when real feeling enters the room.
A Valentine's Day Delight
by Tracy Grant
1994
This Regency anthology includes Anthea Malcolm's 'Fit for a Prince,' where Simon, Prince di Tassio, goes looking for a suitable bride and instead collides with an old love at a lively Valentine's house party.
Dark Angel
by Tracy Grant
1994
Adam Durward, diplomat and spy, crosses paths again with Caroline, the woman he never stopped loving, in wartime Spain. To survive treachery, enemy lines, and old betrayals, they have to trust each other at last.
Shadows of the Heart
by Tracy Grant
1996
Paul Lescaut rescues a wounded, pregnant woman who cannot even remember her own name. As he tries to protect her, both are pulled toward the dangerous secrets hidden in her lost past.
Shores of Desire
by Tracy Grant
1997
Robert Lescaut comes to Scotland hunting the truth about his murdered wife and finds Emma Blair instead. Their growing attraction is shadowed by war, family secrets, and a past neither of them can ignore.
Rightfully His
by Tracy Grant
1998
Charlotte de Ribard turns to Francis Storbridge, once her closest friend, to save her family from disgrace. His price is marriage, and their bargain leads into family conflict, political intrigue, and long-buried feeling.
Daughter of the Game/ Secrets of a Lady
by Tracy Grant
2002
Charles Fraser thinks he knows his wife, until a desperate crisis forces Mélanie's hidden past into the open. Political secrets and personal betrayals make this as much a marriage story as a mystery.
Beneath a Silent Moon
by Tracy Grant
2003
Charles Fraser and his enigmatic wife Mélanie arrive in Scotland expecting family complications and find far worse. Murder, buried loyalties, and wartime secrets turn a country visit into a dangerous investigation.
The Mask of Night
by Tracy Grant
2011
A glittering London ball sets off another dangerous unraveling for Charles and Mélanie Fraser. Intrigue, secrets, and strain within their marriage drive this darker, more intimate mystery.
Vienna Waltz
by Tracy Grant
2011
At the Congress of Vienna, Malcolm and Suzanne investigate the murder of a celebrated princess. What begins as a society scandal becomes a tense hunt through blackmail, diplomacy, and an assassination plot.
His Spanish Bride
by Tracy Grant
2012
In war-torn Spain, Malcolm rescues Suzanne and marries her to protect her. Their first investigation together begins almost at once, shaping the partnership at the heart of the whole series.
Imperial Scandal
by Tracy Grant
2012
In Brussels on the eve of Waterloo, revelry and war sit side by side. When Malcolm is sent on a perilous errand and a mysterious death follows, he and Suzanne must navigate espionage, betrayal, and battle.
The Paris Affair
by Tracy Grant
2013
Post-Waterloo Paris is restless, dangerous, and full of unfinished business. Malcolm and Suzanne walk straight into murder, vengeance, and political uncertainty in the wake of war.
The Berkeley Square Affair
by Tracy Grant
2014
This book resets key events of the larger saga in a parallel version of Malcolm and Suzanne's lives. A London mystery in Berkeley Square becomes tangled with family history, grief, and hard revelations.
The Paris Plot
by Tracy Grant
2014
In the unsettled years after Napoleon's fall, Malcolm and Suzanne are drawn into another Parisian tangle of politics and private betrayal. The city is beautiful, but the danger has not gone anywhere.
Incident in Berkeley Square
by Tracy Grant
2015
A sudden crisis at the Rannochs' Berkeley Square home turns domestic life into a tense mystery. This novella is compact, intimate, and full of quick-moving danger.
London Interlude
by Tracy Grant
2015
Back in London after war and upheaval, Malcolm and Suzanne try to find their footing as husband and wife. The pause is brief, and family pressures and hidden truths soon complicate everything.
The Mayfair Affair
by Tracy Grant
2015
In elegant Mayfair, a new mystery draws Malcolm and Suzanne into danger among the fashionable and the powerful. Beneath the polish, secrets and old enmities are waiting.
London Gambit
by Tracy Grant
2016
A violent encounter on a moonlit London night pulls Suzanne back toward the life she and Malcolm hoped to leave behind. Their investigation quickly becomes a dangerous new test of trust.
Mission for a Queen
by Tracy Grant
2016
A royal mission puts Malcolm and Suzanne in the middle of another risky political game. Duty, deception, and divided loyalties keep this novella moving at a brisk clip.
Gilded Deceit
by Tracy Grant
2017
Secrets from Suzanne Rannoch's scandalous past return with real force in this London-set mystery. What begins as social unease turns into a dangerous reckoning with betrayal, identity, and survival.
Midwinter Intrigue
by Tracy Grant
2017
News of the Duke of Strathdon's illness sends Malcolm and Mélanie to the Scottish Highlands for Christmas. Instead of a quiet family visit, they find old tensions, fresh danger, and a holiday full of suspense.
The Darlington Letters
by Tracy Grant
2018
When stolen letters are used to blackmail Lord Weston, glittering society events become the backdrop for a tense investigation. Malcolm and Mélanie have to sort out who is lying, and why, before reputations and lives are ruined.
The Duke's Gambit
by Tracy Grant
2018
Called to Scotland by Malcolm's grandfather, the Rannochs hope for answers about their future. Instead they get a missing sister, fresh danger, and a game that reaches into the highest levels of government.
A Midwinter’s Masquerade
by Tracy Grant
2019
A winter masquerade gives Malcolm and Mélanie no real chance to rest. Holiday glitter, family feeling, and concealed motives make this novella both festive and uneasy.
The Glenister Papers
by Tracy Grant
2019
Papers from Mélanie's shadowed past surface at the worst possible time, threatening secrets long buried. Malcolm and Mélanie must untangle old espionage, old loyalties, and a danger that reaches into the present.
The Carfax Intrigue
by Tracy Grant
2020
Set against the scandals of 1820, this novella folds royal politics and family tensions into a sharp, dangerous mystery. Malcolm and Mélanie have to read motives fast before gossip turns into real damage.
The Tavistock Plot
by Tracy Grant
2020
A young man's death at the Tavistock Theatre, just before Mélanie's play is due to open, drags the Rannochs into a case full of radicals, actors, and old spy-world enemies. The stage is lively, but the stakes are deadly.
The Apsley House Incident
by Tracy Grant
2021
Set in the middle of the 1820 political crisis, this novella follows Malcolm and Mélanie into another tightly wound London mystery. What looks contained quickly opens onto deeper danger and shifting loyalties.
The Westminster Intrigue
by Tracy Grant
2021
A murder tied to blackmail and the Queen Caroline scandal sends Malcolm and Mélanie across Mayfair, Covent Garden, and Westminster. The case is fast, crowded, and packed with political danger.
The Mayfair Mistletoe Plot
by Tracy Grant
2022
A friend's vanished fiancée sends Malcolm and Mélanie into a festive Mayfair gathering full of secrets. Holiday sparkle, awkward reunions, and dangerous motives make this a smart seasonal mystery.
The Whitehall Conspiracy
by Tracy Grant
2022
During Queen Caroline's divorce trial, Mélanie literally stumbles over a dying man in the House of Lords. The clue he leaves behind pulls her and Malcolm into a deadly investigation tied to government secrets, old friendships, and the future of their family.
The Ackerley Inheritance
by Tracy Grant
2023
A disputed inheritance and a fresh Mayfair scandal draw Malcolm and Mélanie into another knot of family ambition and concealed motives. Money and status matter here, but so do older, darker secrets.
The Seven Dials Affair
by Tracy Grant
2023
When friends disappear, Malcolm and Mélanie follow the trail from London's diplomatic circles to Seven Dials and the corridors of power. The search becomes a dangerous game of murder, secrets, and state intrigue.
The O'Roarke Affair
by Tracy Grant
2024
An affair bearing the O'Roarke name brings Malcolm and Mélanie face to face with old loyalties and dangerous memories. The London mystery is sharp, personal, and closely tied to the series' deeper past.
The Southcott Jewels
by Tracy Grant
2024
A country house party, stolen jewels, and feuding spies make a volatile combination. Malcolm and Mélanie have to sort through competing agendas before the gathering turns truly deadly.
The Covent Garden Caper
by Tracy Grant
2025
A diplomatic scandal and a frantic escape over the rooftops throw Malcolm and Mélanie into another fast-moving case. Covent Garden provides the bustle, but the real threat lies in what powerful people want kept quiet.
The Gresham Scandal
by Tracy Grant
2025
An elopement sets Regency London talking, but gossip is only the beginning. Malcolm and Mélanie soon find themselves dealing with scandal, hidden agendas, and danger that reaches well beyond drawing-room whispers.
Piccadilly Reckoning
by Tracy Grant
2026
An explosion and an attack on a former diplomat tear through fashionable Piccadilly. Malcolm and Mélanie are soon chasing murder and international intrigue through one of London's busiest, most dangerous corners.
Where should I start?
If you want the series from the beginning: His Spanish Bride → London Interlude → Vienna Waltz → Imperial Scandal
If you want the core London mysteries: The Berkeley Square Affair → The Mayfair Affair → London Gambit → Gilded Deceit
If you want the Fraser alternate-universe books: Beneath a Silent Moon → Daughter of the Game/ Secrets of a Lady → The Mask of Night
If you want linked romantic suspense: Dark Angel → Shores of Desire → Shadows of the Heart → Rightfully His
Author bio
Tracy Grant grew up in Northern California in a family where books and stories were part of daily life. Both of her parents were social psychologists, and her mother, Joan Grant, read aloud to her constantly. Old movies mattered too. Grant has said that seeing Pride and Prejudice as a child sent her straight to Jane Austen, and a family trip to England and Scotland helped turn a general love of stories into a lasting fascination with British history.
She started writing young.
By her teens, she and her mother were plotting a Regency romance together while also sharing favorite books and talking through characters, history, and structure. Grant went on to study history at Stanford University, where she focused on British history and won the Firestone Award for Excellence in Research for her honors thesis. During college, she and her mother returned to that early Regency idea in a serious way. The result was The Widow's Gambit, sold before Grant graduated and published in 1988.
That beginning shaped a lot of what came next. Tracy and Joan Grant wrote a run of Regency romances together under the name Anthea Malcolm, then published Dark Angel under the name Anna Grant. After Joan Grant died in 1995, Tracy kept going on her own. Over time, the books started leaning harder into mystery, espionage, and political danger. The romance stayed, but it had more company.
That shift is easy to see in books like Beneath a Silent Moon, Vienna Waltz, Imperial Scandal, and The Whitehall Conspiracy. They are love stories, yes, but they are also murder mysteries, spy novels, and historical puzzles. Grant likes couples who have to work as partners, not just fall in love. She also likes secrets, divided loyalties, and the awkward fact that marriage does not make the hard parts of life disappear.
Her best-known work centers on Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, later Mélanie, a married pair of former spies moving through Regency London and Napoleonic Europe. Congresses, courtrooms, theaters, country houses, diplomatic salons, and dark London streets all become places where private feeling and public danger collide. Readers who come to Grant for the history tend to stay for the relationships. Readers who come for the romance usually find themselves happily tangled up in politics, murder, and family secrets.
She also has a real fondness for linked worlds. Characters, settings, and bits of political history echo from the early Anthea Malcolm books into the later Rannoch and Fraser novels. A theater in one series may matter in another. A side character in an older romance may quietly deepen the world of a later mystery. It gives her bibliography the feeling of one large historical landscape rather than a set of sealed boxes.
Off the page, Grant has long worked in the nonprofit arts world. She has been active with music and theater organizations, worked with the Merola Opera Program, and in 2025 became executive director of Cantare. That arts background fits her fiction nicely. Her books are full of performance, voice, staging, and the way people play roles for each other and for the world.
She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her daughter and three cats.
It feels like a fitting home base for a writer who loves history, family stories, complicated loyalties, and the moment when a polished social scene suddenly turns dangerous.
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