Catherine Palmer

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  • Bibliography:
    57 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1988
  • Latest Book:
    October 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Finders Keepers

1 - Finders Keepers (Oct-1999)
2 - Hide and Seek (May-2001)

Four Seasons

1 - It Happens Every Spring (Jan-2007)
2 - Summer Breeze (May-2007)
3 - Falling for You Again (Oct-2007)
4 - Winter Turns to Spring (Jun-2008)

Miss Pickworth

1 - Affectionate Adversary (Jan-2006)
2 - The Bachelor's Bargain (Oct-2006)
3 - The Courteous Cad (Dec-2009)

A Town Called Hope

1 - Prairie Rose (Aug-1997)
2 - Prairie Fire (Oct-1998)
3 - Prairie Storm (Apr-1999)
4 - Reforming Seneca Jones (Oct-2000)

Treasures of the Heart

1 - The Treasure of Timbuktu // A Kiss of Adventure (Mar-1997)
2 - The Treasure of Zanzibar // Whisper of Danger (Oct-2000)
3 - A Touch of Betrayal (Nov-2000)

Multi-Author Series List

Haven

Fatal Harvest (Aug-2003)
Thread of Deceit (May-2008)
Stranger In The Night (May-2009)

Book List in Order: 57 titles

  • The Burning Plains

    FIRES OF DESIRE Adam King stormed across the ballroom, and as he came near, Emmaline Pickworth's pulse hammered like thunder. Within moments, the dark-haired American rancher had swept her around the room to a popular waltz. In the warmth of his e...

  • The Wild Winds

    A HEADSTRONG, IMPETUOUS VIXEN Tegan Lloyd was a dark-haired beauty with flashing turquoise eyes and a strong mouth that bespoke the Lloyd stubbornness. When she learned she had been cheated of the inheritance of her father's magnificent whaling ship...

  • Land of Enchantment

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 367

    Buried Treasures Archaeologist Kitt Tucker had spent her life studying the past, but she'd never been able to make sense of her own. And now she had to, because Garth Culhane, the husband who'd walked out on her so many years before, was back in ...

  • Forbidden

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 403

    UNDER SUSPICION Ridge Gordon had a job to do. He had to catch a very clever, very dangerous drug dealer. And all the evidence pointed to someone he didn't want to believe could be guilty--someone who had haunted him from the moment he'd first laid...

  • Weeping Grass

    Mills & Boon Intimate (Australia) - 109
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 426

    THE CALL OF THE WILD Elephant researcher Fiona Thornton thought her worst threat was the ivory poachers skulking around her Kenya campsite--until she came up against safari company owner Rogan McCullough. For a woman who'd always felt safe in t...

  • Outlaw Heart

    RECKLESS LADY Isobel risked her life to travel to the New Mexico Territory--but her heart was in far greater danger when she met him ... HARD RIDING MAN Noah rescued the hot-blooded beauty from a gunman --and against all odds became her lover......

  • Red Hot

    Mills & Boon Intimate (Australia) - 144
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 461

    HE WAS ONE HOT HOMBRE... And to her dismay, cool, aloof Rachel Hart needed roughshod migrant worker Ruben Salazar. For, mysteriously, only Ruben could coax his fellow chile pickers to reap the precious, fiery fruits that would ransom her family's...

  • Gunman's Lady

    WELL-BRED In Kansas City, Rosie had wealth and culture, but she dreamed of the wild frontier--and the man she once loved... HALF-BREED Son of an Apache warrior, Bart lived on the wrong side of the law--a wanted man with a wanting heart... GUN...

  • Renegade Flame

    WHISPERED WORDS Moira thought the stranger was dying--until he hoarsely whispered the words: "beautiful woman..." INFLAMED DESIRES Josiah thought the woman was an angel. But she provoked the most devilish thoughts... She nursed him ba...



  • For the Love of a Child

    Mills & Boon Intimate (Australia) - 221
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 551

    LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY... For one reckless, youthful interlude, Lilia Eden had dared to believe in forever. Now she knew better. Fate had cruelly shattered her marriage to the debonair Miles Kane--and now it had struck again. Nothing could ease ...

  • Behind Closed Doors

    in Secret Loves

    Satisfaction comes first at Hartley Hotels, and when A Texas millionaire checks in, it's up to hotel executive Sarah Ellsworth to make sure everything is in place. Only her heart has fallen......

  • Falcon Moon

    Hannah Brownlow knew she was putting her life on the line. But the lovely Bostonian novelist was determined to find her long-lost brother -- even if she had to squeeze her hoopskirts into a westward wagon ... with an Indian. Luke Maples, the raven-ha...

  • His Best Friend's Wife

    Mills & Boon Intimate (Australia) - 297
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 627

    GOING TO THE CHAPEL... Widowed and eight months pregnant, Mara Rosemond accepted rancher Brock Barnett's marriage proposal against her will. To Mara, he was a devil with black hair and bedroom eyes ...her late husband's best friend ...her worst ni...

  • Sometimes Forever

    It began as a joke - and became the scandal of the century. Ruel Chouteau, Marquess of Blackthorne, proposed to a common housemaid. Anne Webster called his bluff, shocking him and all of England... It was a scandal well worth enduring - for Ruel k...

  • The Treasure of Timbuktu // A Kiss of Adventure

    Treasures of the Heart - 1

    The Treasures of the Heart series are fast-paced contemporary romance adventure novels. The stories follow three grown siblings who grow in their understanding of God and overcome obstacles to find lasting love and romance. (Books #1 and #2 were form...

  • Prairie Rose

    A Town Called Hope - 1

    Hope and love blossom on the untamed prairie as a young woman searching for a place to call home happens upon a Kansas homestead during the 1860s . . . A Town Called Hope, the inspiring series set in post Civil War Kansas, is the creation of best-se...

  • Angel in the Attic

    in A Victorian Christmas Tea

    Victorian America -- a time when life was uncomplicated, faith was sincere . . . and love was a gift to be cherished forever. A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS TEA will take you there . .. to the mountains of New Mexico, where mistaken identities nearly dera...

  • Something Blue

    in With This Ring (Tyndale)

    Value priced!

    Lori Copeland, Dianna Crawford, Ginny Aiken, and Catherine Palmer

    Four Victorian-era wedding novellas comprise this romance anthology. Each ends with a wedding feature of a different culture....

  • Prairie Fire

    A Town Called Hope - 2

    1998 HOLT Medallion finalist! / 1998 finalist for Romantic Times Reviewers Choice!

    The fictional town of Hope discovers the importance of forgiveness, overcoming prejudice, and the dangers of keeping unhealthy family secrets....



  • Lone Star

    in A Victorian Christmas Quilt

    A beautiful patchwork of four novellas about love and joy at Christmastime by best selling author Catherine Palmer. These four novellas were previously published in four anthologies--"A Victorian Christmas Quilt," "A Victorian Christmas Tea," "A Vict...

  • Prairie Storm

    A Town Called Hope - 3

    Prairie Storm, by award-winning author Catherine Palmer, is the third book in the series A Town Called Hope. Continuing the saga of the Kansas town, Palmer teaches readers that God's wonderful plan for each of us includes peace and healing, even amid...

  • Finders Keepers

    Finders Keepers - 1

    Series premiere special price!

    Award-winning author Catherine Palmer presents the first novel in another HeartQuest series. Fiery Elizabeth Hayes is determined to preserve Chalmers House, the Victorian mansion next to her growing antiques b...

  • Under His Wings

    in A Victorian Christmas Cottage

    $lt;B>Catherine Palmer, Jeri Odell, Debra White Smith, and Peggy Stoks $lt;p>Catherine Palmer's story, "Under His Wings," won the 1999 Northern Lights Best Novella contest (historical category)$lt;/B> $lt;P>Another entry in the popular Victorian Chri...

  • The Treasure of Zanzibar // Whisper of Danger

    Treasures of the Heart - 2

    The Treasures of the Heart series are fast-paced contemporary romance adventure novels. The stories follow three grown siblings who grow in their understanding of God and overcome obstacles to find lasting love and romance. (Books #1 and #2 were form...

  • Reforming Seneca Jones

    in Prairie Christmas
    A Town Called Hope - 4

    Another great historical Christmas anthology from HeartQuest featuring Catherine Palmer, Elizabeth White, and Peggy Stoks. Each new story by these favorite authors celebrates faith, love, and the joy of Christmas. Each story is followed by ...

  • A Touch of Betrayal

    Treasures of the Heart - 3

    2001 Christy Award winner! Fashion designer Alexandra Prescott fully expects her latest business trip to be an adventure. After all, she is looking for inspiration for a line of exotic fabrics. But her well-ordered plans are shattered by news ...

  • A Dangerous Silence

    Hidden Indian burial grounds host a dormant killer. Tragic family secrets remain unspoken. Dr. Marah Morgan must discover the truth about her past in order to break the dangerous silence. Successful pediatrician Marah Morgan returns home to help...

  • Hide and Seek

    Finders Keepers - 2

    Hide and Seek is the sequel to Finders Keepers. Written by best-selling author Catherine Palmer, this romance novel celebrates life and love. It clearly shows that despite our desire to hide from life, the only safe hiding place is in God. Author Cat...

  • Behold the Lamb

    in A Victorian Christmas Keepsake

    HeartQuest brings together three original novellas that will stir readers to treasure their own keepsakes of life, love, and romance. These Victorian-era stories will touch hearts with the beauty of new love at Christmastime.

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  • The Happy Room

    Three adult siblings are reunited when one of them is hospitalized with a life-threatening illness. As Julia and Peter face the reality of their younger sister's condition, they are also forced to face unpleasant truths about growing up as missionary...

  • English Ivy

    Promised to one... Betrothed to another... Swept away by the one man she can never have On the eve of her twenty-first birthday, Ivy Bowden has much to anticipate. Engaged to be married to the man her father has chosen for her, Ivy dreams of a s...

  • A Victorian Rose

    This romantic story will sweep readers back in time to Victorian Yorkshire, England. Against her better judgment, young widow Clemma Laird finds herself connected to Dr. Paul Baine, a man shunned by the community. As she is drawn into Dr. Baine's lif...

  • Sunrise Song

    Dr. Fiona Thornton has committed her life to studying and protecting the elephants of Kenya. Rogan McCullough, a wealthy entrepreneur, offers Fiona generous financial support if she will allow him to bring tourists to her camp to see the elephants. W...

  • Love's Proof

    In Victorian England, Jane Fellowes searches for the truth behind Newton's Box--which may in fact contain proof of the existence of God. Tension mounts as those who touch the box suffer strange, unexplained bouts of illness. As Jane and scientist Tho...

  • Fatal Harvest

    Haven

    His teenage son is on the run -- from a murder charge. Widowed rancher Cole Strong might not win any father-of-the-year awards, but he knows his boy. His son's only crime is caring too much about people and the world. Something Cole has forsaken. ...

  • Wild Heather

    Olivia Hewes has one dream: to make Chatham Manor's wool-producing venture profitable. When she meets Randolph Sherbourne, the heir of her largest competitor, the two are drawn toward a forbidden love that will mean betraying both their families and ...

  • A Rancher's Heart

    in Cowboy Christmas

    Discover a cowboy's heart in these stories of love at Christmastime. Victoria Jennings is in desperate need. But when she returns to her parents' ranch, she discovers that it's now being run by Jesse Conroy -- the man whose heart Victoria broke wh...

  • Christmas in My Heart

    in That Christmas Feeling

    When Claire Ross visited her reclusive aunt Flossie upon moving back home, she never expected her gift of a holiday wreath to come sailing after her as she left. Nor did she suspect her aunt of harboring past secrets...and present mischief. But the g...

  • Love's Haven

    He offered her the opportunity to give her baby a life of privilege, instead of the abject poverty Mara Rosemond remembered from her own childhood. But at what cost? Brock Barnett had been her husband's best friend. Now Mara blamed the reformed playb...



  • Sweet Violet

    Don't miss this continuation of the exciting series that began with English Ivy and continued in Wild Heather. When Edmund Sherbourne is asked to find a runaway girl in India, imagine his surprise when she turns out to be the beautiful and intriguing...

  • Affectionate Adversary

    Miss Pickworth - 1

    Charles Locke is risking everything to make his fortune in a tea-trading enterprise. Sarah Carlyle believes money is the root of all evil and is determined to be rid of her fortune. When Charles and Sarah are thrown together at sea, their hearts are ...

  • Leaves of Hope

    An adventurous spirit has always set Beth Lowell apart in her family, creating tension with her mother, Jan, who cherishes stability. Beth, a risk taker who traverses the globe for her job, wonders how Jan, now widowed, can endure her staid, predicta...

  • The Bachelor's Bargain

    Miss Pickworth - 2

    Best-selling author Catherine Palmer brings readers another stand-alone Regency-period romance in the vein of Jane Austen. When Ruel Chouteau returns home after his supposed death, he shocks everyone. They are even more surprised when he mock-propose...

  • Unto Us A Child . . .

    in Merry Little Christmas

    When Jeremiah Maddox agreed to let university adminstrator Lara Crane house international students in his guest cottage, he never expected he'd be hosting a married couple with three children. Nor did he imagine circumstances would compel him to baby...

  • It Happens Every Spring

    Four Seasons - 1

    Meet the characters that live, work, dream, and love in the community of Deepwater Cove. Best-selling authors Gary Chapman and Catherine Palmer team up to show how four married couples, all in different stages in life, experience the joys and hardshi...

  • Summer Breeze

    Four Seasons - 2

    In book two of this fiction series based on the best-selling non-fiction book The Four Seasons of Marriage, readers meet the blended family of Derek and Kim Finley. Kim has a set of twins--one boy and one girl--from her first marriage; Luke has recen...

  • The Heart's Treasure

    Archaeologist Kitt Tucker made her living digging up the past but kept memories of her own past deeply buried. Her teenage marriage to Michael Culhane had been destroyed by the loss of their unborn child, and she'd managed to put the pain behind her-...

  • Falling for You Again

    Four Seasons - 3

    Charlie and Esther Moore have been married nearly fifty years when the contented life they've built together begins to crumble. Esther has been forgetful recently, but it's rarely a problem until the day she puts her car in drive instead of reverse, ...

  • The Briton

    Love Inspired Historical - 1

    Lady Bronwen, proud inheritor of the ancient ways of the Britons, had lost all she held dear. She had been widowed in war, then robbed of the ancestral home that was her birthright. And now her last hope was a stranger--one with whom she'd shared a s...



  • Thread of Deceit

    Haven

    Something was terribly wrong with the shy, scared little girl. Every day, she came to Haven, Sam Hawke's inner-city youth center. But the former marine couldn't get Flora to open up. So he turned to newspaper reporter Ana Burns, hoping that her skill...

  • Winter Turns to Spring

    Four Seasons - 4

    This book will focus on Brad and Ashley Hanes, young newlyweds who are facing their first season of winter. Opposite work schedules, differing views on finances and when to start a family, and Brad's selfish and immature habits are forcing the young ...

  • Stranger In The Night

    Haven

    In the dead of night, there's a knock on the door at Haven, an inner-city youth center in St. Louis. A refugee family--scared, tired and hungry--seeks shelter. Fresh back from Afghanistan, former marine sergeant Joshua Duff takes on the mission. He r...

  • The Maverick's Bride

    Love Inspired Historical - 39

    Her faith takes her across the world and into the path of a most extraordinary man. Freshly arrived in East Africa, Emma Pickering is instantly drawn to Adam King. The rugged cowboy is as compelling as he is mysterious. And if he'll agree to a marria...

  • The Courteous Cad

    Miss Pickworth - 3

    HE'S A CAD OF THE WORST SORT. SHE HAS VOWED NEVER TO MARRY. COULD IT BE A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN? The last thing Miss Prudence Watson expects to find on her tour of the English countryside is a cause to crusade. But an unexpected encounter in the stre...

  • The Outlaw's Bride

    Love Inspired Historical - 63

    Isobel Matas's hope of marriage to her betrothed depends on recovering her dowry from the outlaws who killed her father and stole her inheritance. But, while traveling in New Mexico territory, she witnesses a murder that changes everything. Suddenly,...

  • The Gunman's Bride

    Love Inspired Historical - 71

    Bart Kingsley had followed her to New Mexico, ready to lay his love -- and his life -- on the line. But spirited Laura Rose had made a fresh start for herself. She hadn't left her controlling father in Kansas to let some gun-slinging outlaw ruin her ...

  • Nomi's Hiding Place

    Nomi, a 12-year-old South Sudanese girl, leads a comfortable life in her village -- until one terrifying day when rebel soldiers attack. Nomi's family escapes into the thick forest around their home. Scattered, they lose contact with each other, and ...

Award-Winning Books by Catherine Palmer

The Burning Plains
1989 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Exotic Historical Romance
A Touch of Betrayal
2001 Christy Award -- Romance


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Catherine Palmer has published 57 books.

Catherine Palmer does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Nomi's Hiding Place, was published in October 2015.

The first book by Catherine Palmer, The Burning Plains, was published in December 1988.

Yes. Catherine Palmer has 5 series.
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