Wendy Corsi Staub Books in Order
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Wendy Corsi Staub books in publication order
81 books
Summer Lightning
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1993
Melissa Loring has a loving family and devoted boyfriend, but longs for a deeper connection. On her seventeenth birthday, a ghost reveals himself as her protector, forcing her to choose between living love and a dangerous otherworldly attachment.
Getting Attached CJ
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1994
C. J. Clarke wants her relationship with longtime boyfriend David Griffin to move toward marriage. His reluctance to commit frustrates her, especially since they already spend most days and nights together, prompting questions about love and the future she expects.
Getting it Together CJ
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1994
At twenty-one, C. J. Clarke finds independence less glamorous than she imagined. A cramped shared apartment, disappointing job, unsuccessful diet, and uncertain romance with David Griffin leave her disillusioned just as her fortunes begin taking an unexpected turn.
Brittany Butterfield and the Back-To-School Blues
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1995
Brittany Butterfield struggles with the unfamiliar demands of middle school while her friends move on and her confidence falters. Nathan, a teenage guardian angel, offers guidance that encourages her to think differently about herself and pursue her ambition to write.
Candace Caine and the Christmas Angel
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1995
Candace Caine feels neglected during Christmas as her parents focus on work and a coming baby. Seeking acceptance, she joins an exclusive group whose expectations tempt her into needless risks, complicating her search for attention and belonging.
Getting Hitched CJ
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1995
As wedding preparations grow chaotic, C. J. Clarke becomes anxious about her approaching marriage to David. A secret she has kept from her fiancé deepens her doubts, raising fears that its discovery could end their plans before the ceremony.
Help Me!
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1995
A teenage girl struggles with depression while trying to understand the pain surrounding her mother's suicide. As her own behavior worsens and affects people around her, she must recognize the seriousness of her difficulties and consider seeking help.
Henry Hopkins and the Horrible Halloween Happening
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1995
Twelve-year-old Henry resents his mother's plans for a Halloween costume wedding and investigates the father he never knew. Helpful teenager Bryan promises answers, but disappears just as a revelation from Henry's mother makes the family mystery more urgent.
Mitzi Malloy and the Anything-But-Heavenly Summer
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1995
Mitzi faces a bleak summer with her best friend at camp, little money, and her parents approaching separation. Meeting mysterious older girl Maddie offers unexpected support, though improving Mitzi's life may require more than the miracles she imagines.
Witch Hunt
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1995
Abbey moves into an old Massachusetts house once occupied by a girl executed for witchcraft. An encounter with two time travelers sends her into the past, where she attempts to save the accused teenager from the hanging that history records.
Dearly Beloved
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1996
Sandy, Liza, and Jennie arrive at a secluded New England inn for different reasons, unaware someone has selected them for revenge. As a storm isolates the island, a killer waiting with wedding gowns turns their visits into a struggle to survive.
Obsession
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1996
Popular Megan McKenna enjoys a privileged life until disturbing incidents suggest someone is targeting her. Unaware of her connection to a powerful voodoo priest, she faces jealous rival Candra, whose own supernatural gift threatens Megan's identity and relationships.
Bridget: The Fling
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1997
Bridget leaves for college in Seattle while her boyfriend Grant remains behind grieving his father's death. Distance, new experiences, and temptation strain their relationship, forcing her to question whether the romance she brought from home can survive her changing life.
Cameron: The Sorority
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1997
Cameron begins college in Florida determined to join the most desirable sorority. Attraction to Cuban-born Tad challenges her enthusiasm for Greek life, while prejudice surrounding her mixed-race heritage exposes an uglier side of the social world she hopes to enter.
Kim: The Party
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1997
Kim chooses Summervale University for its reputation as a party school and embraces its drinking scene. Attraction to straight-laced Joe complicates that lifestyle, forcing her to reconsider her behavior before it costs her the relationship she wants.
Murder on 34th Street
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1997
New York's holiday season turns sinister when department-store Santas are shot and killed. Mayor Ed Koch, hampered by a cold caught during the Thanksgiving parade, becomes involved in solving the murders before another festive appearance brings another victim.
Zara: The Roommate
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1997
Zara follows her parents' hopes into a prestigious women's college and a pre-med program, only to struggle academically. An obnoxious roommate and uncertain romantic interest compound her stress, pushing her to decide whether medicine reflects her own ambitions.
Allison: The Townie
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1998
Allison remains at home in upstate New York while commuting to college and working as a waitress. Her crowded schedule and overprotective parents, who restrict her driving, make the independence enjoyed by her friends seem increasingly out of reach.
Fade To Black
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1998
Former actress Mallory Eden faked her death to escape a stalker and now lives quietly as Elizabeth Baxter. A threatening card exposes her hiding place, while attraction to local Harper Smith becomes dangerous when she learns his past connects to hers.
Party of Five
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1998
This companion to the television series presents the Salinger siblings' lives through a fictional family album. Photographs, letters, diary entries, and keepsakes revisit familiar episodes and the efforts of five children to remain together after losing their parents.
The Reunion
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1998
Cameron, Zara, Allison, Kim, and Bridget reunite after college has sent them toward different schools and experiences. Their new lives raise questions about whether a friendship formed in high school can endure changing priorities, relationships, and independence.
The Senator Must Die
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1998
An attack on Ed Koch, Senator Anson Hubbard, and their bodyguards reveals a conspiracy linked to Hubbard's support for investigating Nazi gold in Swiss banks. Koch races to uncover those responsible before another attempt can end the senator's life.
All the Way Home
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1999
Rory returns to Lake Charlotte to care for her troubled mother and younger sister ten years after four local girls vanished. A fresh disappearance revives the unresolved loss of Rory's sister and friend, drawing her back into the town's buried terror.
Long Way Home
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1999
Italian immigrant Cira Valentino falls for wealthy American Thatcher Montgomery, whose world differs sharply from hers. Separation and a promise to her friend Lucia take her across the Atlantic, where Thatcher's return forces a choice between loyalty and love.
Voodoo Moon
by Wendy Corsi Staub
1999
The Halliwell sisters vacation in New Orleans, where Phoebe dreams of violent rituals beneath a full moon. When Prue's new friend disappears, their search draws the Charmed Ones into dangerous supernatural activity involving voodoo sorcery and hidden threats.
Gossip
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2000
Cathy, Derrick, and Travis start a rumor as an experiment, intending to track how it spreads. What seems like a harmless game escalates into criminal accusations and death, forcing the friends to confront the destructive consequences of their gossip.
Halloween Party
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2000
Sam Genetti's friends plan a Halloween celebration for her seventeenth birthday while a stalker watches her and sends threats. Crank calls, frightening notes, and a break-in reveal that someone intends to turn her apparently happy life into a fatal nightmare.
More Than This
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2000
Jessica believes she loves her boyfriend Alex, but attraction to Scott unsettles her confidence in both her relationship and herself. Among friends approaching seventeen, competing desires raise uncomfortable questions about loyalty, honesty, and the choices that define first love.
The Last to Know
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2001
Tasha Banks leaves a demanding career for motherhood in peaceful Townsend Heights, only to find someone targeting women like her. As stay-at-home mothers disappear and are murdered, the familiar suburb becomes a place where an ordinary face may conceal a killer.
This Boy is Mine
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2001
Jessica begins spending time with Glen and cannot understand her friend Erin's jealous response. Since Erin insists that she and Glen are merely friends, Jessica must navigate the difference between what people say and the feelings their behavior reveals.
A Thoroughly Modern Princess
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2003
Princess Emmaline of Verdunia flees her arranged wedding after a brief affair with American playboy Granger Lockwood leaves her pregnant. Their escape to America attracts royal outrage and press attention, while unexpected domestic intimacy threatens Granger's comfortable bachelorhood.
Possession
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2003
With her twin Megan unconscious after an evil spell, Candra Bowen assumes her sister's identity and enjoys the life she coveted. Further experiments with dark magic summon a sinister force determined to possess both women, threatening the deception she has created.
She Loves Me Not
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2003
Widowed mother Rose Larabee struggles financially after a heart transplant and begins receiving unsettling heart-shaped gifts. When her bookstore employer is found dead on her lawn, the apparent secret admirer becomes a threat to Rose and her children.
The Nine Month Plan
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2003
Nina Chickalini wants to leave Queens after years raising siblings and helping run the family pizzeria. Her best friend Joe asks her to have his baby, complicating that escape plan and changing how she sees their longstanding relationship.
Kiss Her Goodbye
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2004
Kathleen Carmody hopes an affluent New York suburb will give daughter Jen the secure childhood she never had. Disappearing teenage girls shatter that promise, especially when the victims resemble Jen and someone appears to be waiting for Kathleen to relax her guard.
Mike, Mike & Me
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2004
As a young woman, Beau chose between her high-school sweetheart and a stranger met in an airport bar, both named Mike. Fifteen years later, a distant marriage and a flirtatious email from the other Mike force her to reconsider that decision.
Never on a Sundae
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2004
Three linked romances center on Manhattan's retro Sundae's diner. An engaged woman doubts her fiancé, a successful photographer reconnects with an ex, and a waitress falls for a regular whose wedding ring seems to place him beyond reach.
Once Upon a Blind Date
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2004
Maggie and Charlie arrange a blind date for their respective best friends and accompany them for support. Meeting each other redirects the matchmakers' attention, but Maggie's existing relationship and Charlie's commitment to bachelorhood complicate their unexpected attraction.
Bride Needs Groom
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2005
Mia must marry quickly to avoid losing her grandfather's financial support and heads to Las Vegas to meet an Internet acquaintance. When that plan fails, she offers fellow passenger Dominic Chickalini a temporary marriage that challenges his determination to stay single.
Hello, It's Me
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2005
Widow Annie Harlowe calls her late husband's phone to hear his recorded voice, then experiences an unexpected connection from beyond. Meeting wealthy Thomas Brannock while catering at his family's mansion opens another possibility for love amid grief and uncertainty.
Lullaby and Goodnight
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2005
Advertising executive Peyton Somerset prepares to raise a baby alone after her fiancé abandons her. Signs that someone has entered her Manhattan apartment and is following her turn pregnancy anxieties into fears of a threat close to home.
If Only In My Dreams
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2006
Actress Clara McCallum receives a breast cancer diagnosis just as she lands a role in a wartime film. Transported to 1941, she falls for the soldier behind the story and must weigh love against her need for treatment.
The Final Victim
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2006
Charlotte Remington Maitland hopes her new marriage will restore happiness after years of loss. Inheriting her grandfather's Savannah estate instead draws her family into danger, as a killer exploits the secrets surrounding their wealth and tragic past.
Awakening
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2007
After her mother's sudden death, Calla Delaney spends the summer with her grandmother in Lily Dale, a community of spiritualists. Discovering her own psychic abilities draws her toward the truth behind the loss that brought her there.
Don't Scream
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2007
Ten years after Rachel Lorant's death, four sorority sisters receive birthday cards apparently sent by their dead friend. Brynn Costello fears someone knows the secret they concealed and will target her family as revenge for that night.
Love, Suburban Style
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2007
Meg Addams leaves Manhattan with her teenage daughter and returns to a hometown transformed by wealth. Moving beside former crush Sam Rooney brings romance, family complications, and strange disturbances in the house she can afford to buy.
Believing
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2008
Calla stays in Lily Dale to investigate her mother's death while adjusting to school and conflicting romantic feelings. Urgent visions suggest a killer has kidnapped another girl, forcing Calla to take warnings from the spirit world seriously.
Connecting
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2008
Calla accepts her psychic gift but still cannot reach her mother's spirit or explain her death. As her relationship with Jacy deepens, his visions place her in danger, making their search for answers increasingly urgent and personal.
Dying Breath
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2008
Cam Hastings brings her teenage daughter to Long Beach Island hoping to repair her marriage. Her visions of missing children become harder to ignore as a serial killer stalks the Jersey Shore and threatens those she loves.
That's Amore
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2008
Psychic Daria Marshall visits New York and meets Ralph Chickalini, who is grieving his father. Their attraction conflicts with her restless habits and his family ties, while a ghost complicates their efforts to imagine a future together.
Dead Before Dark
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2009
Psychic Lucinda Sloan uses her television profile to help police catch serial killers. Her success attracts the Night Watchman, a murderer newly released after decades in prison, who sees her abilities as an opportunity for a deadly game.
Discovering
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2009
Calla has uncovered part of the truth about her mother's death but still lacks an explanation. Discovering a secret half sibling sends her back to the spirit world for help locating family and completing her investigation.
The Best Gift
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2009
On Christmas morning, Clara tells her husband Drew she is pregnant, only for an earthquake to send her three years into the future. Alone in their home, she searches for answers about her husband and their child.
Live to Tell
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2010
Lauren Walsh tries to shield her children from a painful divorce after her husband leaves her for another woman. His disappearance and a case of mistaken identity expose the family to a predator intent on keeping dangerous secrets hidden.
Scared To Death
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2010
Elsa Cavalon and Marin Quinn form a fragile connection after their families are shattered by loss and secrets. A vengeful predator watches them and their children, drawing on nursery rhymes as both mothers struggle to prevent another tragedy.
Hell to Pay
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2011
Childhood survivors Lucy Walsh and Jeremy Cavalon expect their first baby and hope to leave past violence behind. An apparent accidental death signals a renewed threat, as a predator resumes an old mission against their families.
Nightwatcher
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2012
In New York after the September 11 attacks, Allison Taylor discovers that a woman upstairs has been murdered. Neighbor Mack MacKenna and detective Rocky Manzillo enter her struggle against a serial killer exploiting the city's fear and confusion.
Sleepwalker
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2012
Ten years after surviving the Nightwatcher, Allison MacKenna lives with her husband Mack in Westchester. His unexplained sleepwalking coincides with murders resembling the old killer's crimes, forcing her to question the safety of her home and marriage.
In the Blink of an Eye
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2013
Paine Landry returns to Lily Dale after his daughter's grandmother dies in circumstances echoing her mother's drowning. His blind child and a local medium sense a troubled ghost in the inherited house, challenging his skepticism about its past.
Shadowkiller
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2013
Allison MacKenna believes her family is finally safe until a Caribbean murder begins a plan aimed at her. Detective Rocky Manzillo investigates a disfigured victim and an old photograph as someone connected to Allison's childhood pursues revenge.
The Good Sister
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2013
Jen Archer sends her daughter Carley to the Catholic school she once attended, where the girl becomes a bullying target. An online confidant offers Carley support, but another student's death raises fears that the connection conceals danger.
Cold Hearted
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2014
Abandoned as a child, Johanna Hart escapes her bleak upbringing and reinvents herself as Jenna Coeur. Years later, a calculating young woman with a familiar face threatens the carefully constructed identity and life she hoped would protect her.
The Perfect Stranger
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2014
Landry Wells shares intimate secrets with a supportive circle of bloggers during a difficult time. When one is killed, she travels to the funeral and meets her online confidantes, wondering whether someone she trusts is responsible.
Blood Red
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2015
Rowan Mundy has built a quiet family life in her Hudson Valley hometown after leaving an old mistake behind. An anonymous package revives that fear while a killer targeting red-haired women approaches a town already marked by unsolved murders.
Nine Lives
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2015
Widow Bella Jordan and her son detour to Lily Dale to return a lost cat, only to find its owner dead. Temporarily managing the woman's guesthouse draws Bella into investigating a murder among the town's spiritualists.
The Black Widow
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2015
Divorced Gaby Duran joins the dating site InTune as a distraction from her failed marriage. When local singles disappear after meeting people online, her search for companionship becomes entangled with a predator hiding behind a promising profile.
Blue Moon
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2016
A reward offered on the centenary of the Sleeping Beauty Murders draws renewed attention to Mundy's Landing. Annabelle Bingham lives in one of the original murder houses, where a copycat's plans threaten to turn historical fascination into fresh violence.
Something Buried, Something Blue
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2016
Bella Jordan agrees to host a destination wedding at her Lily Dale guesthouse, despite the demanding bride and an approaching blizzard. Neighbor Odelia's psychic warnings suggest the celebration may conceal a deadly threat that Bella must investigate.
Bone White
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2017
A centuries-old letter leads Emerson Mundy to her ancestral hometown and relatives with secrets to hide. Detective Sullivan Leary's new beginning is disrupted when a discovered skull and fresh violence threaten members of the Mundy family.
Dead of Winter
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2017
Bella Jordan glimpses a murderer disposing of a body in Lily Dale's lake without understanding what she has seen. A neighborhood child's disappearance during a snowstorm and the discovery of a corpse put her family near an escalating threat.
Little Girl Lost
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2018
In 1987, Amelia Crenshaw searches for the birth mother who abandoned her, while detective Stockton Barnes investigates a missing millionaire. Their separate inquiries intersect with a New York murder spree from 1968 and a predator revisiting its victims.
Dead Silence
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2019
Genealogist Amelia Crenshaw helps a silent boy uncover his origins while a stranger brings a clue to her own childhood. Detective Stockton Barnes searches for a woman from his past as their investigations converge with a killer's plans.
The Butcher's Daughter
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2020
Genealogist Amelia Crenshaw suspects a client's missing daughter may hold clues to her own birth parents. Detective Stockton Barnes also searches for his estranged child, but someone with a lethal grievance threatens the people their inquiries might reveal.
Prose and Cons
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2021
Bella Jordan accommodates former guesthouse owner Pandora Feeney and her visiting relatives while juggling motherhood and a budding relationship. Unease about the guests grows, prompting Bella to investigate what is happening beneath their polite appearance in Lily Dale.
The Other Family
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2022
The Howell family moves from California into a spacious Brooklyn brownstone where a triple murder remains unsolved. Their daughter investigates the house's history as odd discoveries and an unknown watcher expose a threat tied to the family's own secrets.
The Stranger Vanishes
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2022
A year after settling in Lily Dale, innkeeper Bella Jordan faces the disappearance of a guest. A nineteenth-century diary may offer clues, drawing the skeptical widow into another mystery amid the community's spiritualists and her evolving connections there.
Windfall
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2023
Three former college roommates win a billion-dollar lottery and accept a wealth manager’s invitation to a secluded mansion. Trapped by wildfires, they discover that the friend holding their ticket has vanished, raising fears of betrayal or murder.
Dog Days
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2024
After glimpsing her dead husband at an airport, Bella Jordan returns to Lily Dale unable to explain what she saw. Further sightings and strange disappearances challenge her skepticism while she manages her guesthouse, young son, and growing household of pets.
The Fourth Girl
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2025
Three friends reunite on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Caroline's disappearance from Haven Cliff. When a man is found dead nearby with a revealing object, detective Midge Kennedy must investigate whether her surviving friends are implicated or in danger.
The Lost Summer
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2026
Detective Midge Kennedy investigates sixteen-year-old Sarah Greene's disappearance as unsettling clues recall her friend Caroline's vanishing decades earlier. The search returns to Haven Cliff, where the restored estate and Midge's own concealed history may hold answers to both cases.
Toil and Trouble
by Wendy Corsi Staub
2026
Bella Jordan dismisses warnings of approaching evil as Lily Dale prepares a production of Macbeth. But an unsettling guest, her son’s talk of witches, and the guesthouse owner’s planned return hint at dangers that could threaten her family.
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