Virginia Coffman Books in Order

Housekeeper Anne Wicklow follows a former pupil to the sinister Chateau Moura, hoping to protect her from a strange guardian. Hostile inhabitants and unsettling legends threaten Anne's safety, while attraction to the estate's brooding master makes trusting her instincts increasingly difficult.

After a miner is killed in a frontier town, Padge Regan faces a mob eager to hang him before his wealthy family intervenes. A dubious dentist argues for a trial, but even the accused man's defenders may want his death.

Hired to care for a lonely girl in an isolated Irish castle, Anne Wicklow senses danger within its gloomy halls. Protecting her young charge requires uncovering a concealed truth, even if doing so means betraying the man she loves.

American heiress Cathy Blake inherits a Caribbean plantation after her cousin's mysterious death. Arriving on St. Cloud, she encounters family secrets, warnings of a haunting, and disturbing clues surrounding the pool where her predecessor died.

Kathleen Bodmun plans to turn an abandoned inn into a girls' school, despite its murderous history and Sir Nicholas Everett's objections. As attraction grows between them, she investigates rumors linking him to a woman's death.

After losing her father and fiancé, Climene buys the old Vaudraye castle against her guardian's advice. Rumors of witchcraft surround her new home, and a murder deepens her fear that its sinister history is returning.

Wealthy young Melissa Summers arrives as an honored guest at an island fortress ruled by the enigmatic Countess Silvana Lera. A household of secretive relatives and frightened servants surrounds a dangerous family mystery, leaving Melissa vulnerable to both love and menace.

Taking a temporary post on the moors, Estella hopes to reunite with a man the villagers believe embodies a dead, murderous vicar. A series of killings forces her to question whether the man she loves is protecting her or preparing to strike.

A newly married woman sails to Hawaii to join her handsome husband, only to hear disturbing rumors during the voyage. Claudia tries to dismiss them, but Stephen's concealed past threatens to overturn the happiness she expected in their new home.

Anne Wicklow takes a temporary post in a remote moorland village, hoping to see Marc Branshaw again. Villagers believe he embodies a notorious dead vicar, while murders begin targeting people connected to an old tragedy.

Three killers responsible for nine brutal murders remain free, and Deil Connor decides to hunt them down himself. Determined to match their cunning and violence, he pursues a personal campaign of revenge against the roaming murderers.

A vacation in England becomes a nightmare when Nona witnesses a murder and a gunshot leaves her deaf. Pursued by the killer, she must decide whom to trust among the intelligence agents protecting her and the doctor who saved her.

Stranded near an abandoned French village, American actress Jane Shore seeks help from townspeople who believe she is a ghost bringing death. Archaeologist Duncan Frazier offers support as their hostility turns into an increasingly dangerous threat.

Senator Jessica March is caught between a controlling husband, a political enemy, and a man offering unexpected love. When violence and murder strike California, she must choose whether to remain in her husband's shadow or fight for the truth.

Widowed Anne Wicklow takes a housekeeping position in a Venetian palace during carnival, hoping for refuge from grief. Her elderly employer's apparent recovery ends in a sudden death, turning the new household into a source of troubling uncertainty and danger.

Searching for her vanished aunt, Amanda encounters an inexplicable will and a circle of people who could benefit from the disappearance. A seemingly affectionate cat appears at every turn, raising the disturbing possibility that the animal is connected to several deaths.

Leslie Fisher hopes an island stay will save her marriage, but her novelist husband appears to fall under a deadly spell. Turning to Governor Edmund Durrell, she seeks protection from the menace surrounding their tropical home.

Paid companion Iras accompanies a wealthy bride on a voyage shadowed by unexplained dread. Her attraction to a fiancé she has never met, the arrival of a disturbing stranger, and her employer's jealous suspicion make the journey increasingly perilous.

Seeking relief from a failed marriage, Christie Deeth moves to the beautiful spa at Lucifer Cove and falls for its enigmatic director. His uncanny knowledge and influence over other guests gradually suggest that the refuge she chose conceals a supernatural danger.

Visiting her godmother in Paris, American heiress Kitty Temple finds the city troubled by a murderer. When another woman dies after borrowing her hat, Kitty fears she is the intended victim and questions whom she can trust.

Nadine Janos arrives at Lucifer Cove seeking power and encounters Marc Meridon, the seemingly gentle director of its luxurious spa. Their struggle for dominance exposes a darker world beneath the resort's attractive surface, placing Nadine in danger.

Returning to Moura as housekeeper, widowed Anne Wicklow finds her former home transformed into a girls' academy by a mysterious master and his daughter. Strange events, roaming wolves, and the master's disturbing influence complicate her attraction to a visiting captain.

After her husband's fatal plane crash, Kay visits Lucifer Cove to discover why he was drawn to its mysterious chalet. Her suspicions clash with an attraction to the spa's enigmatic director, Marc Meridon, as she investigates.

Maeva Wells stays overnight at Lucifer Cove after her niece is injured, then finds the girl strangely unwilling to leave. Rescuing her from the resort's alluring director means resisting an influence that threatens Maeva's own freedom and soul.

Jean Benedict travels to Lucifer Cove after receiving a troubled friend's appeal for help. The resort promises healing through freedom and occult powers, but its fascinating director draws Jean into a struggle that endangers the very soul she hoped to protect.

Visiting her mother at Lucifer Cove, Diane Deeth encounters the mysterious man whose influence has transformed her mother's life. The resort seems to offer everything she desires, but her attraction to him draws her toward a dangerous bargain of her own.

Sent to care for two children after their mother's violent death, Livia finds a secluded manor filled with hostility and signs of evil. Her growing love for their father complicates the fear that his family conceals something far more dangerous.

An aspiring actress joins a Boston theatrical company as unrest against British rule builds toward revolution. Touring the colonies, Devon is torn between its leading actor and his half-brother, becoming entangled in their political schemes as personal loyalties fracture.

Hired to manage a moated household, Kathleen Killain encounters an uneasy family and rumors of a murdered man's ghost. When another death echoes the earlier killing, her search for answers places her own life at risk.

A widow hears a ghostly voice resembling her dead husband's while worrying about her young son's safety. Her attraction to her brother-in-law deepens the uncertainty, since she fears he may have been responsible for the death.

Fleeing revolutionary France, Rachel seeks safety in Venice, only to find its society turbulent and its shadows dangerous. A mysterious man draws her toward romance while concealing a nature she must understand before her apparent sanctuary becomes another trap.

In 1919, Merideth returns to San Francisco to sell inherited property and search for a mother possibly lost in the earthquake. Impostors, fortune hunters, and a hidden childhood memory complicate a mission that soon threatens her own life.

Paroled after nine years for her sister-in-law's murder, Judith travels to Hawaii to care for her niece. Attraction to the household's commanding young master unsettles her fresh start, while two mysterious deaths place both her freedom and her life in danger.

Heiress Romy Becker marries an artist after overcoming her fear of fortune hunters. Soon memory gaps and dangerous accidents unsettle her new life, leaving her uncertain whether her husband is protecting her or helping orchestrate her downfall.

Threatened by the upheaval of revolutionary France, Madeleine seeks refuge through a marriage of convenience on a Caribbean island. What promises security instead becomes an unexpectedly passionate union, transforming the arrangement she entered solely to escape danger.

Sent from troubled France to aristocratic relatives near London, young heiress Marsanne finds her supposed refuge filled with deceit. A compelling man's connections to smugglers, pirates, and political intrigue force her to weigh attraction against the danger to her inheritance.

Penniless Clare accepts a mysterious princess's offer to abduct her great-granddaughter and bring the child to Milan to claim an inheritance. Escaping the girl's dangerous household promises generous payment, but draws Clare into a perilous journey with unexpected romantic possibilities.

Sheltered aristocrat Veronique falls for a radical political idealist, defying everything her family values at the glittering court of Marie Antoinette. Their confidence in an enduring love is tested when revolutionary violence forces both to confront a transformed world.

On a frontier unsettled by British intrigue, Hansi Verin grows up between her scout father's world and her embittered mother's expectations. Increasing danger ends her carefree life, while two men pursue her amid competing ambitions and military conflict.

Visiting her father at an Irish coastal mansion, Moira discovers that he has concealed the identity of its true master. Drawn to a married man and troubled by suspicious shipwrecks, she struggles to escape a household whose loyalties she cannot trust.

At Sea Abbey for her brother's wedding, Elinor Garrison finds herself drawn to Keith Calder. Accidents and a vicar's death turn the visit into a nightmare, forcing her to question even the man she loves.

In nineteenth-century Virginia, three generations of women compete for love, status, and power within a proud Southern family. A magnetic outsider who marries into the Gaynors faces a hostile mother-in-law, while her daughter struggles to escape her mother's consuming influence.

Professional gambler Nick Corrigan comes from a poor Irish family once neighboring the wealthy Gaynors. His proud and headstrong character meets its match in Dinah Faire, Ellen Gaynor's equally determined daughter, in a story of romantic confrontation.

Between the end of World War I and the approach of another war, Randi Lombard rises from modest beginnings into San Francisco society. Her involvement with a Hollywood director threatens her marriage as her family's fortunes shift amid broader historical upheaval.

A fatal plane crash leaves young Andrea Lombard wealthy but unsure whom she can trust. As she navigates the attention surrounding her inheritance, concealed family history threatens the happiness she hopes her new position might allow her to find.

A woman investigates the death of her father's fiancee, searching for an explanation beneath the surface of family relationships. Her pursuit of the truth draws romance and suspicion together, making the circumstances of the loss increasingly difficult to leave unanswered.

Successful London actress Elisa Carlisle cannot entirely escape her impoverished childhood or the enemies gathering around her. Believing Lord Jeremy offers a route to happiness, she must navigate the past's lingering wounds and the people determined to destroy her future.

A photograph suggests Jacqueline's husband may have survived the drowning that ended their honeymoon three years earlier. Returning to Venice in search of answers brings her into the company of a mysterious man and exposes her to unexpected danger.

An American millionaire's daughter marries into the British aristocracy, joining two very different worlds. Alix Royle's mismatched union with Lord David Miravel reshapes not only their own lives but those of everyone drawn into their circle.

In wartime Europe in 1941, Princess Royal Alexia Kuragin discovers that her love for Prince Stefan Elsbach has made her vulnerable to Hitler's political maneuvering. Their relationship entangles her in dangers beyond her private hopes.

Julia's knowledge places her at risk of imprisonment, while billionaire Tige Royle regards her with suspicion. In the continuing Royle family saga, what she knows becomes a liability as she faces the consequences of being distrusted.

Framed for stealing an emerald in 1816 England, Hester Leland faces execution. A wealthy protector takes up her case, but her Russian prison guard risks everything to uncover evidence in Paris, offering help and love from an unexpected direction.

Ghostwriter Roberta Fischer accepts an opal ring as payment for a fading Hollywood star's scandalous memoir. After the actress is murdered, the supposedly unlucky jewel draws Roberta into blackmail and secrets hidden within the life she was hired to record.

Forced into an acting company by her spy father's schemes, Andrette Bayard discovers a plot against Bonaparte after a friend's murder. Actor Demitri Nile carries her to France, where their attraction becomes entangled with political intrigue and threats to their lives.

Accused of helping a young couple disappear with a valuable ruby, Samara must accompany Sir Anthony Linden on a dangerous journey to Italy. Their growing attraction challenges the social divisions separating the independent outsider and the aristocrat.

Film star Shelby Layne intends to remain at the top and treats the men around her as instruments of success. Her willingness to sacrifice others meets a more dangerous form of corruption, threatening the career she has ruthlessly protected.

Refusing her family's chosen suitors, Tana leaves Cuba for New York determined to marry for love. Falling for insurgent Juan Diego places that resolve against her loyalty to her Spanish heritage, making romance inseparable from a wider political struggle.

Six people gather hoping the ghost of murdered Sybil Thursten will identify her killer. Living beneath the family's roof, Livia Carter must understand the threatening apparition and the people surrounding it before she can trust her attraction to Sybil's husband.

An established San Francisco family faces upheaval across several decades, from World War II in Europe and the Pacific to the unsettled postwar years. The Lombards' personal relationships and ambitions develop against social changes that continue into the turbulent 1960s.

Married young to a fortune hunter, wealthy Kay Amberley resolves never to let another man exploit her inheritance. A new attraction challenges the protections she has built, forcing her to decide whether love offers a future worth risking another betrayal.