Gayle Callen

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (10 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1999
  • Latest Book:
    December 2021
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About the Author

Gayle Kloecker, grew up in Erie, Pensylvaina, daughter of Renee and Francis Kloecker. In the college, she started to study engineering, but she left it. She married James Callen, and they had three children: Jim, Michelle, and Laura. The family resides in a suburb of Central New York.

She needed 13 years to sell her first novel in 1999. Named the "Notable New Author of 1999," Gayle has also won the Holt Medallion and the Laurel Wreath Award, and finaled in the National Readers Choice Awards. A past President of the Central New York Romance Writers, she is also a member of Romance Writers of America, the Authors Guild, and Novelists Inc. She wrote also under the pseudoyms of Julia Latham and Emma Cane. Besides writing, she loves to read, sing, crochet, and delve too deeply into historical research.

Full Series List in Order

Brides of Redemption

1 - Return of the Viscount (Aug-2012)
2 - Surrender to the Earl (Jun-2013)
3 - Redemption of the Duke (May-2014)

Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy (Duplicate)

1 - His Betrothed // Almost a Bride (Jan-2001)
2 - His Scandal (May-2002)
3 - His Bride (Nov-2002)

Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy

1 - His Betrothed // Almost a Bride (Jan-2001)
2 - His Scandal (May-2002)
3 - His Bride (Nov-2002)

Highland Weddings

1 - The Wrong Bride (Nov-2015)
2 - The Groom Wore Plaid (Feb-2016)
3 - Love with a Scottish Outlaw (Jul-2017)

Scandalous

1 - In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady (May-2010)
2 - A Most Scandalous Engagement (Dec-2010)
3 - Every Scandalous Secret (Oct-2011)

The Sisters of Willow Pond

1 - The Lord Next Door (Dec-2005)
2 - The Duke in Disguise (Jul-2006)
3 - The Viscount in Her Bedroom (Jun-2007)

Sons of Scandal

1 - Never Trust a Scoundrel (Jan-2008)
2 - Never Dare a Duke (Nov-2008)
3 - Never Marry a Stranger (Aug-2009)

Spies and Lovers

1 - No Ordinary Groom (Jan-2004)
2 - The Beauty and the Spy (Oct-2004)
3 - A Woman's Innocence (Apr-2005)

Welles Reaissance Trilogy (Duplicate)

1 - The Darkest Knight (Jan-1999)
2 - A Knight's Vow (Sep-1999)
3 - My Lady's Guardian (Jun-2000)

Welles Renaissance Trilogy

1 - The Darkest Knight (Jan-1999)
2 - A Knight's Vow (Sep-1999)
3 - My Lady's Guardian (Jun-2000)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • The Darkest Knight

    Welles Reaissance Trilogy (Duplicate) - 1
    Welles Renaissance Trilogy - 1

    A MYSTERIOUS RESCUER Trained as a knight, yet sworn to the monastery, Reynold Welles had always lived by a strict code of honor. Yet the night he rescues beautiful Lady Katherine Berkeley from a treasonous kidnapper and an arranged marriage, he is...

  • A Knight's Vow

    Welles Reaissance Trilogy (Duplicate) - 2
    Welles Renaissance Trilogy - 2

    Married by His Majesty's Request He was her father's enemy, and now he was her husband by the king's decree. But that didn't mean Lady Isabel Atherstone planned on honoring James Markham, Earl of Bolton, with her love. She only hop...

  • My Lady's Guardian

    Welles Reaissance Trilogy (Duplicate) - 3
    Welles Renaissance Trilogy - 3

    SHE SWORE NEVER TO MARRY Lady Margery Welles has the uncommon privilege of choosing her own husband -- but it's a decision she has no desire to make, and the king wants an answer soon. Pursued by noblemen eager for a wealthy bride, Margery finds...

  • His Betrothed // Almost a Bride

    Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy - 1
    Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy (Duplicate) - 1

    She was a reluctant bride... When Lady Roselyn Harrington discovers an injured sailor from the Spanish Armada washed up on shore, she's stunned to see he's the fiance she abandoned at the altar two years before. When she'd first met Sir Spencer Thor...

  • Compromised

    in Hot and Bothered

    When summer reaches its peak, temperatures rise... Compromised by Gayle Callen Country baron John Malory nobly offers to wed Lady Elizabeth Stanwood when they are caught together alone in a garden. Elizabeth never expected to be compromised -- or...

  • His Scandal

    Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy - 2
    Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy (Duplicate) - 2

    TAMING A ROGUE Lady Emmeline Prescott is shocked when Sir Alexander Thornton, the most incorrigible scoundrel in England, suddenly notices she even exists -- and starts flirting with her! The dashing cad has a well-earned reputation for carousing ...

  • His Bride

    Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy - 3
    Elizabethan/Renaissance Trilogy (Duplicate) - 3

    A STRANGER'S BED Gwyneth Hall has heard the dark rumors about Sir Edmund Blackwell, the man she is betrothed to but has never seen. To save her penniless family from ruin, however, she would wed the devil himself. And this gorgeous, moody "...

  • No Ordinary Groom

    Spies and Lovers - 1

    NO ORDINARY ENGAGEMENT Miss Jane Whittington's hopes have been dashed. She'd always imagined herself marrying someone daring, adventurous, exciting. Instead, the man her father has betrothed her to is...a fop! Certainly William Chadwick is devastati...

  • The Beauty and the Spy

    Spies and Lovers - 2

    Over Her Head Charlotte Sinclair is seeking a bit of adventure in her life -- but that doesn't mean she relishes being kidnapped by a traitor to England! Straying innocently from a crowded ballroom, she overhears a conversation, and suddenly s...



  • A Woman's Innocence

    Spies and Lovers - 3

    A Gentleman's Passion Julia Reed's love of adventure led her far from home -- and resulted in her wrongful conviction for treason against the British Crown. Now she faces a death sentence, thanks to the determined efforts of Sam Sherryngto...

  • The Lord Next Door

    The Sisters of Willow Pond - 1

    Victoria must wed...and immediately! To rescue her family from financial ruin, lovely Victoria Shelby has no choice but to marry. Her options for a bridegroom are limited...until she remembers the shy servant boy next door. Then she discovers tha...

  • The Duke in Disguise

    The Sisters of Willow Pond - 2

    The dashing nobleman was hiding a dangerous secret...and loving him would be the most scandalous, perilous, exciting thing Meriel had ever done. WHO IS THIS MAN? The Duke of Thanet may have hired her as a governess to his six-year-old son, but ...

  • The Viscount in Her Bedroom

    The Sisters of Willow Pond - 3

    When all hope seems lost... Louisa Shelby's carefree life of elegant balls and beautiful frocks ended when her father died, leaving her penniless. With no hope of securing a proper marriage, the vivacious young miss accepts a position as a com...

  • Never Trust a Scoundrel

    Sons of Scandal - 1

    A pact with the devil... Miss Grace Banbury was in shock. Her mother put her up as a prize in a high stakes card game, and now the gentleman who won is ready to claim her! But Grace has other plans. She just needs the dastardly rogue to go along w...

  • Never Dare a Duke

    Sons of Scandal - 2

    An indecent proposal Abigail Shaw is a proper young lady, hardly the sort to boldly offer a deal to London's most distinguished and perfect duke. But Abigail, desperate to save her father's newspaper business, is after a good scandal. She...

  • Never Marry a Stranger

    Sons of Scandal - 3

    The prodigal return . . . It's an absolute scandal when Captain Matthew Leland arrives at Madingley Court. Presumed dead in battle, his sudden appearance gives the ton quite the shock. But no one is more surprised than Matthew, because waiting for...

  • In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady

    Scandalous - 1

    The biggest secret in London is about to be...revealed. Every gentleman is wondering: Who is the beauty in the scandalous nude portrait hanging in one of London's most fashionable clubs? Is it true that she's a member of the ton? Who w...

  • A Most Scandalous Engagement

    Scandalous - 2

    Could she be the brazen lady who posed for the scandalous portrait? Lady Elizabeth Cabot is no longer the reckless girl she once was. Now the darling of the ton, she is determined to put her past behind her. But who would have imagined that one immo...

  • Every Scandalous Secret

    Scandalous - 3

    Who is the lady setting London astir? All is about to be revealed... Notorious rake Leo Wade is not one for house parties -- he'd much rather pass the time in London's gaming halls...and ladies' boudoirs. But when his gambling instinct...



  • Return of the Viscount

    Brides of Redemption - 1

    Her marriage of convenience seems far too convenient . . . Desperation drove Cecilia Mallory to seek a union with a stranger -- one who would wed her sight unseen and grant her full access to her inheritance with no expectations whatsoever. She an...

  • Surrender to the Earl

    Brides of Redemption - 2

    She wanted a favor, not a fiance Audrey Blake's impromptu plan -- asking a visitor to help her take ownership of her rightful property -- is unraveling in spectacular fashion. Robbed of her sight by a childhood fever, Audrey has been kept in v...

  • Redemption of the Duke

    Brides of Redemption - 3

    A duke who needs to be tamed . . . a lady who refuses to be rescued. Adam Chamberlin was the third son of a duke, known for gambling binges and drunken nights. No one expected anything of him . . . until tragedy strikes. Now Adam is the new Duke o...

  • The Wrong Bride

    Highland Weddings - 1

    USA Today bestselling author Gayle Callen creates an unforgettable story of mistaken identity and irresistible attraction in this first in a wonderfully engaging series set in the Scottish Highlands Shaken from sleep during the night and bundled o...

  • The Groom Wore Plaid

    Highland Weddings - 2

    Falling in love means tempting fate in this passionate new novel in USA Today bestselling author Gayle Callen's Highland Weddings series Maggie McCallum's dreams about her new fiance aren't the romantic sort. It's not just that sh...

  • Love with a Scottish Outlaw

    Highland Weddings - 3

    Love is worth any risk in this seductive finale of USA Today Bestselling Author Gayle Callen’s Highland Wedding series… The last thing clan chief Duncan Carlyle expects to encounter in the rain-soaked highlands was Catriona Duff, daughter of t...

  • The Daring Girls of Guernsey

    From USA Today bestselling author Gayle Callen comes a fascinating historical novel of three courageous young women who aid a desperate British spy during the German occupation of Guernsey Island in World War II. In 1940, Germany seizes control of...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gayle Callen has published 26 books.

Gayle Callen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Daring Girls of Guernsey, was published in December 2021.

The first book by Gayle Callen, The Darkest Knight, was published in January 1999.

Yes. Gayle Callen has 10 series.
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