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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2012
  • Latest Book:
    March 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Gibson Falls Paranormal Society

1 - The Haunting of Perkins Woods ()
2 - The Haunting of Mayfield Manor ()
3 - The Haunting of Connelly Station ()

Stevens Island

1 - For Now and Always (Jul-2012)
2 - Choices ()
3 - Always And Forever ()
4 - Family Ties ()
5 - The Ties That Bind ()
6 - Someone To Love Me ()
7 - The Right Time ()
8 - The Very Thought Of You ()
9 - The First Moment ()

Watkins Cove

1 - Emma And August ()
2 - Claire And Noah ()
3 - Iris And Landon ()
4 - Arden and Cooper ()
5 - Ivy And Deke ()

Book List in Order: 40 titles



  • In 2006, with wars in the Middle East raging, Rod Strong enlists in the Army to seek the goal his father did not achieve when he tragically died in the Gulf War. His objective: The Old Guard regiment, the elite Soldiers who stand as Sentinels at the ...



  • Over three hundred years after the young Gideon Flynn is betrayed and accused of the capital crime of witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch Trials his family’s long abandoned manor still stands in the woods, as though frozen in time. No one ha...



  • Home is where the heart is, or so the saying goes. Ana Lund never knew how true this was until she went away to college. Now, back for winter break just after her first semester away, Ana desperately wants to stay home, but doesn’t know how to tell...



  • What are you supposed to do when the guy you like â€" or even love â€" is with someone else? That is a question Hayley Emerson has been trying to avoid answering since Aiden Thorpe-Stevens’ ex-girlfriend arrived on his doorstep, unannounced, at the...



  • The last thing that Elizabeth Walden ever expected to happen when she moved to the small island town of Stevens Island was to find a very dear friend from her tumultuous childhood. She certainly hadn't ever expected that when she met Chase Stafford a...



  • When Scarlett Pierce left behind everything she knew to find the brother she had never known, she didn’t really know what to expect. All she knew was that she wanted desperately to meet him, to see if she could find, finally, someone that she could...



  • When Ryan Kelly first moved to Stevens Island, she hadn’t been expecting to find a home, just a place to stay for the year before she headed off to college. But since arriving on the island she has found herself quickly accepted into the Stevens fa...



  • Emma and AugustEmma Lewis is looking forward to summer and spending time with her boyfriend, August. But then she learns that August is keeping a secret. Will they be able to work through it? One thing is for sure, it’s not a summer that Emma and h...



  • With hers and her brother, Parker’s, joint birthday party, the opening of the long awaited Conservation Center, and her brother, Davis’, wedding all on the horizon, Lorelai Stevens knows she’s got a busy summer ahead of her. There’s just one ...






  • Often wondered what a cat gets up to when it’s away from home? Come and delve into the secret world of Roddy the Magic Cat. In this, his first journey, Roddy travels to Nepal where he realises a lifelong dream to see Mount Everest. Along the way, h...



  • It’s the beginning of summer, and Annie Chapman is excited at the prospect of getting to spend it with her boyfriend after months of separation while he’s been away at school. Though both are very busy, Annie helping her mom at her boutique and M...



  • Zoey Pedersen thought her dad had lost his mind when he decided to move their family from their easy-going lives in tropical Florida to the small coastal New England town of Stevens Island. Then she got her first look at the rundown motel he planned ...



  • So much has changed since the last time Lyric Blackwell has been to Stevens Island, but one thing has remained the same; she’s still undeniably in love with Rufus Stone. She tries not to dwell on this too much, since he’s also one of her best fri...



  • So far it’s been an eventful summer in Holden Point, and no more so than for Charlie Holden.Mostly recovered from the fire that nearly took her life, Charlie is ready to get back in the thick of things, especially now that things have changed betwe...



  • One year ago a single horrific act of violence shook the foundation of the Stevens Island community, and changed Isobel Stone’s life. Once a straight A student with a bright future ahead of her, Isobel now finds herself struggling to get through sc...



  • 1823: It is a time when a wife's dowry, even children, automatically becomes her husband's property. Slavery is an economic advantage entrenched in America but rumblings of abolition abound. For a young woman to confront this culture is unheard of, y...



  • With graduation just around the corner, and a summer already planned with work and celebrations, Rebecca Stevens certainly wasn’t expecting that a chance run in with an old family friend would change her life so completely. But the moment she sees ...



  • Though not too thrilled with the idea of having to spend her summer away from home, at least Marnie will have her friend, Wyatt, with her as she travels to Stevens Island, Maine for her cousin’s wedding.And despite a few minor ups and downs it turn...



  • ’Tis the Season to be jolly…and Christina Stevens has great plans for the holiday season â€" that is, she does until her boyfriend Matt’s estranged dad unexpectedly shows up in town.Things haven’t been good between Matt and his dad for nearly...






  • People often pull me aside to say they have an idea for a story I should write. Story ideas come to me in every way except that way. I've learned to listen for an emerging tale when my mind is creating. Sometimes the idea for a complicated novel aris...



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    Wealthy hotelier Alexander Steel has never wanted to get married or have children. But when his grandfather dies and leaves a clause in his will stating that Alex must marry within seven days, or else forfeit his entire â€" and substantial â€" inheri...



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    To her dismay, Jocelyn Van der Voet has been sent to a new boarding school in Boston, far away from her home in Seattle. But it’s not just any kind of school. Run by her godfather, Professor Arthur Wild, she knows that the school caters to students...



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    Ledgecroft is a sleepy town on the coast of Maine. Nothing exciting ever really happens there, not until one summer’s night when a brutal murder takes place. Left in the aftermath, young Amelia turns to James, the heir apparent of the wealthy Ledge...



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    When Owen was younger he was chosen by the Grand master of the Alchemists’ Guild to become his student. This was a very great honor, as that mean that he would one day be the head Alchemist in the King of Southerland’s Royal Court. In the years s...



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    Sophia Gray has always known that Erik Lund was not a boy that her parents or grandparents would ever approve of. That didn’t stop her from falling in love with him.Nearly a year has passed since that summer day when she and Erik admitted their fee...



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    Arden Belcort was resigned to spending the summer in Watkins Cove, away from her home in Boston, away from her two fathers, who she’s very close to. She thought it would be a dull, lonely summer, and she certainly hadn’t expected to make any frie...



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    Sawyer Camden has the perfect life. She’s beautiful, she’s smart, and she’s dating probably the most gorgeous guy on the East Coast, who also happens to be one of her oldest friends. But when her father, the mayor of their small island town, an...



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    Claire Colvin has been friends with Noah Lewis all her life. They’ve always enjoyed spending time together, and teasing and flirting with each other. But then her ex-boyfriend, Conner, comes home for the summer after being away at school. Since he ...



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    Emma Lewis is looking forward to summer break. She’s excited to spend some quality time with her boyfriend, August, who has been away at college, and to hang out with her friends at the stables and the lake. She’ll work as well, but the tips she ...






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    Summer vacation has just begun and Caroline Mackenzie is excited about it. Her plans were simple; there will be work, of course, in her mom’s floral shop, lazy days at the beach with her friends…and hopefully a summer romance.She has known Adam S...



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    It’s Christmas time in Gibson Falls, and after the last several weeks that she has had, Lyla Hammond is looking forward to relaxing and spending some quality time with her family and friends. But when she finds a box in the attic containing some of...



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    After their last investigation led to the discovery that one of their own team members is a hereditary medium, the Gibson Falls Paranormal Society didn’t think much else could surprise them. They were wrong.When a simple girls’ weekend away turns...



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    Gibson Falls is a sleepy little town at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. It’s always been a quiet town, but unknown to most of its inhabitants, it’s also a hub of paranormal activity. Intrigued by the idea of investigating and fi...



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    Iris Mills has never dated â€" ever. Unlike her friends she’s just never met anyone she’s been interested in going out with, and besides that, she’s never felt overly confident around guys she hasn’t known her whole life. But then she meets L...



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    It’s been an eventful summer in Watkins Cove, and no one knows this better than Ivy Mills. She’s watched as her friends have all worked their way through difficult, personal situations and come through stronger than ever. She’s also witnessed t...



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    Adjusting to a new life isn’t always easy, even when it’s in a place you’ve spent nearly every vacation and holiday you’ve ever had, and with people you’ve known your whole life. No one knows that better than Miranda Stevens after she moves...



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    Months after the accident that changed the lives of so many of the residents of Stevens Island, things are finally starting to settle down, and people are starting to move on. It’s Christmas, after all, a time to celebrate family and friendship.Ren...



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    When Ryan Kelly first moved to Stevens Island, she hadn’t been expecting to find a home, just a place to stay for the year before she headed off to college. But since arriving on the island she has found herself quickly accepted into the Stevens fa...



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    Bree Karlsen has loved Davis Camden for as long as she can remember, and finally, after years of waiting, and working through all of the ups and downs, she and Davis have found happiness together. But after a careless accident nearly takes his life t...






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    Sometimes love comes when you least expect it. And Kaitlyn Fellows certainly hadn’t been expecting love when Kyp Stevens walked into his sister-in-law’s boutique one night and asked her out. Now, weeks later, she’s gone from being an invisible ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sarah Bates has published 40 books.

Sarah Bates does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Handful of Pencils, was published in March 2023.

The first book by Sarah Bates, Twenty-One Steps of Courage, was published in April 2012.

Yes. Sarah Bates has 3 series.