Vivian VA Stuart Books in Order

Ann intends to do her job despite Doctor Aneas MacDiarmid’s obvious disapproval. Her confidence in keeping work and emotions separate is tested when she discovers that she is falling in love with the doctor’s son.

Catherine Duncan joins a liner’s voyage to China and finds herself seated at Captain Robert Blair’s table. He is her dead fiancé’s brother and blames her for Hugh’s death, making their daily encounters painfully difficult.

Ann takes a nursing post aboard an Australia-bound liner, determined to prove she deserves a job obtained through family connections. The presence of Nicholas Frazer and his former fiancée complicates her work as Ann recognizes her feelings for him.

After completing her nursing training, Deborah travels to Indonesia to marry surgeon Anton Kramer. Three years apart have changed his life and relationships, leaving her to question whether her devoted love can fit into the world he has built.

Doctor Francesca Challis begins work on the Pacific island of Loei expecting a new professional chapter. Instead, she encounters the man who abandoned her in England without explanation, while dangers beneath the island’s calm surface threaten them.

Deirdre falls for a man her artist brother Sean intensely dislikes, putting love at odds with family loyalty. Sean faces opposition to his own romance as both relationships become entwined with life at the Sheridan Stud.

Alastair Macrae must sell his family’s island estate to meet inherited taxes, and wealthy American Cornelia McCall becomes the buyer. Others urge him to marry her, but his pride resists treating his future as part of the sale.

Alan Ruthven wakes aboard a steamer bound for the Western Isles with no memory of who he is. Frances offers care and reassurance, but a newspaper photograph threatens the peace of their unexpected companionship and uncertain future.

A Mediterranean cruise brings Janie a new wardrobe and the attentions of celebrated Spanish bullfighter Paul Cortes. David McNab insists that Paul is wrong for her, forcing Janie to reconsider the romantic dream she has begun to believe.

The neat routines of Foster Ward conceal rivalries and powerful feelings among its surgeons, students and nurses. Professional ambition, romantic attachment and jealousy complicate their relationships as the demands of hospital life bring private emotions into public work.

Lucy wants to pursue a medical specialty after a failed romance, but men around her doubt that she can put career before marriage. Her former boyfriend, an old friend and her surgeon boss all challenge that resolve.

Becky runs a riding school and has always regarded veterinarian Jamie as her closest friend. When a handsome stranger enters her life, she must reconsider what she wants from romance and whether Jamie could mean something more.

Olivia Lessing once welcomed her posting to Garrison Hospital on Miljura Island as good fortune. Daily danger and tensions within its isolated community erode that optimism, while her stalled relationship with Commander Hugh Falconer adds to her doubts.

Ninian Moray returns from two years in the Arctic to discover that he was presumed dead. His brother has inherited his Highland estate and married his fiancée, leaving an engagement to Jill as a troubling possible refuge.

Frances takes a secretarial job with a Spanish novelist in Madrid, anticipating adventure in a new country. His attractive brother and an Australian acquaintance make her stay more complicated, drawing her into unexpected possibilities for romance.

Presumed dead for two years, Ninian Moray returns to find his former fiancée married to his twin brother. Jill proposes a temporary engagement to help them both, but their practical alliance soon becomes harder to keep free of emotion.

Australian sheep-station worker Johnny Chisholm travels to Scotland to claim his ancestral inheritance and finds a chilly reception. A woman who once rejected him and a cousin who resents his arrival complicate his place in the Highland family.

Kathy Gregson joins her governor father in India after finishing school in Paris, struggling with the strict etiquette of hill-station society. Meeting Desmond Conroy sparks attraction, but her polished older sister Harriet seems to know him unusually well.

In postwar Burma, Vicky Randall’s life is shaped by three men: a doctor who survived imprisonment, a former Chindit devoted to her, and her restless husband. Their different histories and desires complicate her search for love and happiness.

Jane boards a Mediterranean cruise expecting to watch the romantic drama between Marcia Delage and two men who love her. As the voyage continues, her role as an observer changes when feelings of her own begin to emerge.

Somerled Sinclair returns to his Scottish family’s castle to find grief, financial troubles and changed loyalties. His brother’s engagement conflicts with a wealthy family’s plans, leaving Somerled suspicious of the woman who may shape the estate’s future.

John Anson gains an important post in Gaupal and becomes engaged to Sandra Beauchamp on the same day. Meeting Rose Lian complicates his new future, while a man from Sandra’s past links their lives in unexpected ways.

Visiting India, Emma Lindsay falls for Captain Hugh Richmond but refuses his warning to leave the country. Her decision to stay becomes dangerous when the Sepoy uprising begins, trapping her amid the violence she had dismissed as unlikely.

Surgeon Mary Courage takes an assistant general practitioner’s post in a small Yorkshire town despite her impressive qualifications. Working with Doctor Mark Bellamy offers a new beginning, but a tragic past still shapes her hopes for love.

Nurse Margaret Hay abandons her planned Spanish beach holiday to accompany surgeon Julian Freyton and care for his young patient. Mutual dislike complicates their journey, while dangerous intrigue turns an errand of mercy into something far less straightforward.

Harriet accepts work at Spencer’s Hospital knowing it will reunite her with Randall Spencer, the man she once loved. After more than two years apart, she must discover whether their relationship can survive the changes she sees in him.

Melanie Gordon invites her brother to a Scottish castle hoping to disrupt her father’s engagement to Janet Beaton. Her scheme complicates the family’s stay and exposes her own attraction to their reluctant host, laird Alastair Moray.

A young woman arrives as a temporary doctor in the Queensland township of Wollaton Springs, where residents greet her with suspicion. Treating a newly arrived English jackaroo and his employer, Phil Barton, draws her into local life.

Dedicated intern Joe Gorman treats medicine as his sole purpose, leaving little room for romance with Kay Loren. A teenage street-gang member’s arrival at Franklin General Hospital forces him to reconsider his patients’ lives and his own priorities.

Doctor Alison Graham leaves a promising Edinburgh hospital career to assist her seriously ill aunt in the Outer Hebrides. Instead of ordinary reserve toward a newcomer, she encounters open hostility and must discover what lies behind it.

During the Crimean War, Captain Alex Sheridan commands East India Company volunteers amid fierce fighting. Aristocratic army officers look down on his unit, leaving Sheridan to face dangers from the enemy and treachery among those meant to support him.

Assistant purser Elizabeth Ogilvie joins the maiden voyage of the S.S. Viking and discovers her former love Hugh Anson is its captain. Concealed family connections and other passengers’ hostility make the voyage more complicated than her duties alone.

Lieutenant Phillip Hazard sails toward the Crimea aboard the steam frigate Trojan as war threatens the Black Sea. A mysterious female passenger attracts his attention, but the ship’s cruel and possibly unstable captain presents the more immediate danger.

Doctor Stacey Heriot travels to Budapest for a long-awaited holiday and instead finds herself caught in intrigue and danger. She turns to Major Max Harrap for help, though his changing manner leaves his intentions difficult to judge.

Surgeon Samarinda Lazenby takes a post on Random Island after her father’s death, only to face a typhoon and urgent medical needs. Cut off from normal transport, she seeks help from the enigmatic Captain James Bruce.

This biography examines the life and times of Sir Henry Keppel, Admiral of the Fleet, who lived from 1809 to 1904. Vivian Stuart presents the naval officer’s story against the historical setting of his long lifetime.

Doctor Sarah Hamilton takes a temporary post in Granville, where a former patient and a dangerous stranger raise troubling questions. Her trust in Steve Gresham conflicts with professional loyalties as she tries to understand his uncertain circumstances.

With Balaclava threatened by Russian cavalry, Phillip Hazard serves as liaison to the British Army after slander blocks his promotion. His sailors fight ashore beside outnumbered troops, confronting artillery fire and the desperate demands of the Crimean campaign.

Doctor Sarah Hamilton hopes a temporary job in a Midwestern town will help her understand American life. Two other newcomers complicate her plans, leaving her uncertain whether a trusted former patient is also the dangerous man threatening Granville.

Kate Cluny enjoys assisting the capable but emotionally distant Doctor Joe Mason, until his former love Barbie Ryker returns. Knowing Barbie once broke his heart, Kate watches her renewed pursuit with growing concern about Joe's future.

During the winter of 1854, Phillip Hazard's frigate carries reinforcements from Constantinople toward Eupatoria. A demanding nobleman and violent weather complicate the voyage, before a wrecked French transport presents a rescue mission under Russian artillery fire.

Commander Phillip Hazard must deliver troops aboard the steam-screw frigate Trojan during the Crimean War. Facing a bloodthirsty young nobleman, a fierce storm, and stranded French medical personnel, he must balance his orders against an urgent rescue.

Newly promoted to command the Huntress, Russian-speaking Phillip Hazard undertakes a spying mission in Odessa. A difficult first lieutenant, his predecessor's mysterious death, and an unidentified illness aboard ship threaten the operation before Hazard can achieve his objective.

With the siege of Sebastopol stalled, Phillip Hazard takes a small party into Circassia to seek military allies. His mission depends on finding guerrilla leader Serfir Pasha and persuading him to cooperate against the Russians.

During the Indian uprising of 1857, Alexander Sheridan and his wife Emmy face a siege at Cawnpore. Exhausted soldiers struggle to protect women and children behind inadequate defenses while the arrival of relief remains uncertain.

Ann Royston's attachment to St. Martha's Hospital brings back memories of her student years with Michael Loder and her first meeting with his brother Nicholas. Professional belonging and personal relationships intertwine in this medical romance.

Havelock's relief column reaches Lucknow only to become trapped alongside the garrison it came to save. Alexander Sheridan undertakes a dangerous mission and, after capture, faces a personal struggle connected to the destruction of his family.

In 1857 India, Alexander Sheridan commands an improvised cavalry force as rebellion spreads against the East India Company. Leading volunteers, unemployed officers, and loyal Indian soldiers, he confronts violence on both sides while trying to judge people fairly.

Phillip Hazard and HMS Huntress must mark a passage beneath Russian shore batteries for an Allied attack during the Crimean War. Difficult command decisions expose him to court martial as the siege of Sebastopol approaches its final assault.

After surviving the catastrophe at Cawnpore and losing his family, Alexander Sheridan joins General Havelock's small relief force. Grief accompanies the military struggle as the column fights toward the British garrison still besieged at Lucknow.

Alexander Sheridan emerges from Cawnpore devastated by personal loss, then takes his place in Havelock's advancing column. The outnumbered force must fight its way to Lucknow, where another isolated garrison depends on the success of their march.

Captain Alexander Sheridan leads East India Company volunteers into the Crimean War, facing aristocratic generals who despise his force. Combat hazards mingle with treachery among supposed allies as the campaign moves toward the great cavalry charges.

After service in China, Phillip Hazard hears of rebellion in India and fears for his sisters' safety. Joining British relief forces, he fights toward Cawnpore and Lucknow, where military duty and family concern become inseparable.

Phillip Hazard accompanies an army expedition to relieve the besieged garrison at Ghorabad during the Indian uprising. Serving under a cavalry officer whose family is trapped there, he must navigate battle, betrayal, and the responsibilities of rescue.

This naval history recounts the Royal Navy's capture of Diamond Rock, a towering formation off Martinique, and its conversion into a fixed gun battery. The unusual installation became a fortified position in Britain's campaign at sea.

Fifteen-year-old Jenny Taggart is falsely convicted of theft and transported from England to Australia among hardened prisoners. The hazardous voyage and harsh penal settlement force her to develop the courage and resourcefulness needed for survival.

Freed convict Jenny Taggart struggles to protect her land and young son as the New South Wales Corps tightens its control over the colony. Offers of protection and the return of Justin's father complicate her precarious independence.

Corinna Barrett sails to the West Indies searching for her missing father and hires Captain Hawke to find him. Stowing away aboard his ship brings her into direct conflict with the furious captain whose help she needs.

Governor Bligh arrives in Australia to face the entrenched power of the New South Wales Corps and hostility from Irish rebels. Jenny Taggart-Broome and other settlers confront the personal consequences of political conflict in their fragile colony.

As Governor Lachlan Macquarie begins reforming Sydney, settlers and explorers pursue new possibilities for the Australian colony. Andrew Hawley and Justin Broome are among those whose efforts become important to the governor's plans for its future.

Eden Cortland learns from adventurer Chance Mallory that her sheltered life depends on profits from a notorious San Francisco gambling saloon. Entering the Barbary Coast's turbulent world challenges her upbringing and intensifies their struggle over pride and attraction.

War veterans and rebellious newcomers arrive in Australia seeking opportunity, but exploitation threatens their hopes. Katie O'Malley, Justin Broome, Rick Tempest, and George De Lancey confront struggles that make building a new life more complicated than escape.

After losing her family during the Civil War, Boston-raised Leah Cabot joins a wagon train bound for California. The journey's hardships deepen when mysterious Southerner Cole McCullough arrives, challenging both her loyalties and her expectations of the West.

Three generations of settlers have struggled to build lives in Australia, only to face distant powers threatening what they have achieved. Their established hopes for the colony now require defending the future they expected to inherit.

The discovery of gold transforms the prospects of nineteenth-century Australia, drawing fortune seekers toward its rugged interior. Families who have worked to establish the colony face a new era in which sudden wealth offers opportunity and unsettles existing ambitions.

As settlers continue pushing into the Australian outback, Jenny Broome and Colonel William De Lancey look toward another struggle. Their commitment to the British Empire draws them toward India, where new dangers challenge their established lives.

In the 1860s, Australian settlers turn toward neighboring New Zealand, extending their ambitions beyond the continent they know. Resistance from Indigenous communities brings conflict between cultures and places friendships and romantic relationships under the strain of war.

Two young merchant traders compete for a place in Australia's expanding nineteenth-century shipping business. With Samuel Gordon serving as mate aboard the Cutty Sark, maritime ambitions connect the colony's growing fortunes to the demands of life at sea.

A new Australian-born generation seeks to unite the colonies into one nation, with Java Gordon among those claiming the country as home. Competing ambitions and racial hostility threaten to divide the population as the movement toward unity grows.

As a new century approaches, descendants of convicts and colonists seek wealth and influence across Australia and beyond. Expeditions into the outback, political maneuvering, and expansion toward New Guinea bring fresh dangers alongside dreams of power.