Elizabeth Adler

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1985
  • Latest Book:
    December 2023
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About the Author

Born in Yorkshire, north England, Elizabeth Adler met in London her future husband, Richard, a American. They had lived in England, Ireland, France, Brazil, and USA. Today, the had one daughter and live in Palm Springs, California. Her first novel, Private Desires, launched an enormously successful writing career, she also wrote as Ariana Scott. She has now written over twenty internationally acclaimed bestsellers.

Full Series List in Order

de Courmon Saga

1 - Private Desires // Leonie (May-1985)
2 - Peach (Aug-1986)

Mac Reilly

1 - One Night in Malibu // One of Those Malibu Nights (Jul-2008)
2 - There's Something About St. Tropez (Jul-2009)
3 - It All Began in Monte Carlo (Jul-2010)
4 - From Barcelona, With Love (Jul-2011)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Private Desires // Leonie

    de Courmon Saga - 1

    Leonie is born into a world of poverty and hardship, she came from the provinces to find her future in Paris. With only her exotic beauty, seductive innocence, and fiery spirit, Leonie vows to rise above her poverty and make a name for herself. As sh...

  • Indiscretions

    The Haven Women--born into Hollywood sin and scandal, they inherited their mother's passion... Venetian, Paris, India-three beautiful women, each named for the city or country in which she'd been conceived, each driven by passionate needs for su...

  • Peach

    de Courmon Saga - 2

    Peach de Courmont -- Wild child, teenage temptress, exquisite woman. The adored granddaughter of Leonie and heiress to the de Courmont dynasty, she grew up in luxury, used to having life -- and love -- on her own terms. Noel Maddox -- Raised in an Io...

  • The Rich Shall Inherit

    Millions of dollars will belong to the person who can prove he or she is a descendant of the mystery woman called Poppy Mallory. Millions of lies have been told along California's Gold Coast, in Paris's demimonde, and Italy's dangerous underworld, t...

  • The Property of a Lady

    THE MAGNIFICENT IVANOFF EMERALD It surfaced at Christie's in Geneva, "The Property of a Lady" -- a lady now sought by powerful men intent on seizing a legacy that could tilt the world balance of power... THE TERRIFYING IVANOFF SECRET She lived l...

  • Fortune Is a Woman

    The Fabulous Lai Tsin Empire...The three met in the aftermath of San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake - the Mandarin Lai Tsin, a runaway American heiress, and a young Englishwoman. Against all odds they made their dreams come true, building on...

  • Present of the Past // Legacy of Secrets

    Maudie Molyneux, a sprightly 80-year-old, lives in poverty-stricken style at her crumbling stately home in Connemara. Then Shannon Keefe arrives with her wild tale of murder and ghosts, and it is Maudie who unravels the past for her. Shocked and s...

  • The Secret of the Villa Mimosa

    WAS IT AN ACCIDENT... Dr. Phyl Forster watched the TV news, horrified at the sight of the broken body in the ravine. Then she raced to the hospital to see the victim. Miraculously, the girl was alive, but without name or memory. An irresistible ch...

  • The Heiresses

    Earl Mountjoy decides to track down his brother's illegitimate descendants and discovers three granddaughters from very different backgrounds. Launched into society as debutantes, the girls become firm friends, but one has a deadly secret in her past...



  • Now or Never

    SHE CAN KEEP THE DOORS LOCKED. THE LIGHTS ON. HER FINGERS CROSSED. BUT SHE CAN'T STOP THE MEMORIES OF A TERRIFYING CRIME. OR KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. The murderer took his time choosing his pretty victims. Then he took his time killing them. ...

  • No Regrets // Sooner or Later

    Sole heir to her family's once formidable fortune, Ellie Parrish Duveen divides her time between running her small restaurant and trying to take care of her beloved grandmother. The last thing she has time for is men.. "Dan Cassidy, formerly a New Yo...

  • All or Nothing

    Lithe, leggy attorney and law professor Marla Cwitowitz is dying for some excitement in her life - that is, other than being the girlfriend of Al Giraud, private detective, sexy soul mate, and all-around best friend. So when she sees the potential fo...

  • In a Heartbeat

    ONCE SHE WAS HIS SECRET. NOW SHE IS HIS ONLY HOPE.... In a New York hospital, a powerful real estate developer lies suspended between life and death while police scramble to solve the mystery of his shooting. With Ed Vincent slipping in and out o...

  • The Last Time I Saw Paris

    Paris: the most romantic city on earth. A place of second honeymoons and newly discovered passions. A banquet of tastes, sounds, sights, and smells. And for Lara Lewis, it is the place where she and her husband once experienced love at its best. Now,...

  • Summer in Tuscany

    She needed a life... Gemma Jericho is an overworked New York doctor with a handful of a teenaged daughter and a mother who worries that Gemma has no life. So when her mother receives a mysterious letter telling her about an even more mysterious i...

  • The Hotel Riviera

    She thought she was in love... American Lola Laforet is swept away in a whirlwind wedding to a handsome Frenchman and finds herself the chef/owner of the Hotel Riviera, a gemlike retreat snuggled up against the blue Mediterranean. In their first bli...

  • Invitation to Provence

    Franny Marten's life is unraveling--after arranging to meet her boyfriend, Marcus Marks, for dinner, she finds his wife waiting for her instead. After the initial shock wears off, Franny finds she has more in common with Clare Marks than she could ev...

  • The House in Amalfi

    The secrets of her past lie in Italy... Lamour Harrington's husband died two years ago. It is the second time she has lest a man she loved to a tragedy: Her father died in a mysterious boating accident when she was seventeen. When a devastating disc...

  • Sailing to Capri

    New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Adler invites you on a decadent Mediterranean cruise--where nothing is what it seems, no one is telling the truth, and murder is on the agenda... When English tycoon Sir Robert Waldo Hardwick dies myster...



  • Meet Me in Venice

    FOUR WORDS WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE... Precious Rafferty is an American antiques dealer living in Paris. Though Precious--known as Preshy--lives in the world's most romantic city, she keeps her feet firmly on the ground. No man will ever sweep her off h...

  • One Night in Malibu // One of Those Malibu Nights

    Mac Reilly - 1

    It was just one of those Malibu nights, dark as a velvet shroud, creamy waves crashing onto the shore, breeze soft as a kitten's breath.... But when Private Investigator to the stars, Mac Reilly, hears the sound of a woman's scream over the crashi...

  • There's Something About St. Tropez

    Mac Reilly - 2

    Five international vacationers, strangers to each other, misfits running from their daily lives, are brought together at the same small seaside Hotel of Dreams, by a rental scam, an international art heist, passion, murder and a haunting. It had s...

  • It All Began in Monte Carlo

    Mac Reilly - 3

    Sunny Alvarez and Mac Reilly always seem to find trouble in the south of France. This time, all the trouble began in Monte Carlo. Sunny's relationship with Mac is in jeopardy and Monte Carlo beckons. Soon Sunny is pulled into a web of intrigue in...

  • From Barcelona, With Love

    Mac Reilly - 4

    From the Hollywood Hills to the streets of Barcelona, from lush vineyards and wineries to the most exclusive homes in Europe, let Elizabeth Adler take you on a journey with a story that will hold you spellbound. Bibi Fortunata was the hottest tic...

  • A Place in the Country

    Elizabeth Adler delivers an emotionally powerful novel about mothers and daughters, the secrets we share, and those we keep to ourselves. Fifteen-year-old Issy, and her newly-single mother, Caroline Evans, are struggling to find their way alone,...

  • Please Don't Tell

    Fen Dexter’s quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to have had a car accident. He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police s...

  • Last to Know

    Evening Lake: an idyllic, peaceful, western Massachusetts getaway with a close-knit community of families. Detective Harry Jordan sees his lake home as a respite from solving crimes on the streets of Boston...until crime comes to Evening Lake. Harry ...

  • One Way or Another

    What begins as a beautiful evening at a party on a yacht ends with attempted murder ... and a quest for revenge......

  • The Charmers

    When Mirabella Matthews’ Aunt Jolly dies unexpectedly and under mysterious circumstances Mirabella suddenly finds herself the new owner of a villa in the South of France. But with the inheritance come unexpected mysteries…and dangers. On her w...



  • Better Than Revenge

    Twin sisters, 38 years old, each attractive and charming, one quiet and cool, the other loud and vivacious. Based in Europe, they travel the world, always first class and always under a different guise. Make-up, wigs, hair styles, clothing, accentsâ€...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth Adler has published 30 books.

Elizabeth Adler does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Better Than Revenge, was published in December 2023.

The first book by Elizabeth Adler, Private Desires // Leonie, was published in May 1985.

Yes. Elizabeth Adler has 2 series.
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