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  • Bibliography:
    58 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1994
  • Latest Book:
    June 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Capitol Chronicles

1 - Under the Sheets (Dec-2014)
2 - White Diamonds (Aug-1996)
3 - More Than Gold (Oct-2000)
4 - Mirror Image (Jun-1998)
5 - Legacy (Jul-1997)
6 - One Christmas Night (Oct-2014)

The Claytons

1 - A Father's Fortune (Feb-2003)
2 - Love On Call (Feb-2004)
3 - Secret (Apr-2006)
4 - On My Terms (Jan-2008)
5 - Last Night's Kiss (Sep-2008)

House of Thorn

1 - Love in Logan Beach (Sep-2017)

Tales From Blythe Cove Manor

1 - Forever Bound (Apr-2016)
2 - An Everlasting Bond (May-2016)
3 - Brush Strokes (Dec-2018)
4 - The Obsidian Cat (May-2019)

Ticket to True Love

1 - Hot Nights in Honolulu (Nov-2019)
2 - Running Wild in Reno (Jun-2020)

Weddings by Diana

1 - His Love Match (Feb-2014)
2 - Someone Like You (Sep-2014)
3 - All He Needs (Feb-2017)

Multi-Author Series List

Arabesque

Whispers of Love (Sep-1994)
Clara's Promise (Jun-1995)
Invitation to Love (Dec-1995)
White Diamonds (Aug-1996)
Legacy (Jul-1997)
The Engagement (Feb-1998)
Mirror Image (Jun-1998)
Kwanzaa Angel (Dec-1998)
Opposites Attract (Mar-1999)
More Than Gold (Oct-2000)
His 1-800 Wife (Apr-2001)

Surprise!: You're Expecting

Nine Months With Thomas (Apr-2009)

Book List in Order: 58 titles



  • WHISPERS OF DESIRE Their marriage had been a never-ending whirl of passion and excitement...a fantasy come true. But that was five years ago, before her testimony against an international assassin forced FBI agent Robyn Richards to fake her death, c...



  • GOLDEN PROMISE At fifteen, orphaned Clara Winslow married Wade Cameron -- a man twenty years her senior -- and settled into a life helping to run his farm and care for his two young sons. But now, at twenty-one, Clara feels unfulfilled, and harbor...



  • Every year, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve combine to create a season of hope and happiness, cherished memories and new beginnings. Now, this exciting Arabesque collection captures the spirit of the season in three heartwarming stories of pass...



  • White Heat Sandra Rutledge is a woman who has never taken risks. Until, one fateful night in the secluded mountains of Pennsylvania, she stumbles upon a fortune in diamonds. Even more shocking is the man who is carrying those diamonds: handsome, cel...



  • Erika St. James long ago stopped believing in miracles. The she learns she is about to inherit a fortune--provided she comply with the unusual terms of the will. For one year, she must manage an old friend's estate in cooperation with her benefactor'...



  • in I Do

    AT NEW YORK'S MOST ROMANTIC SETTING--VALENTINE'S DAY CAN BRING LOVE'S SPECIAL SURPRISE Amid Manhattan's most elegant restaurants, The Rainbow Room casts a golden glow with nights filled with fine dining, magical music and the splendor of dancing h...



  • IN TELEVISION'S MOST GLAMOROUS, HIGH-RISK ARENA, IS LOVE JUST AN ILLUSION? Marsha Chambers is the hottest talk show host in the country -- savvy, beautiful, sophisticated, she can get everyday people and celebrities to reveal their deepest, most hid...



  • Erin Scott withstood the humiliation of being abandoned at a high school prom by the man of her dreams. Channeling her personal feelings into work, Erin opened a department store which now flourishes and is about to expand.  Just as her family g...



  • A Place for Change... Nefertiti Kincaid had worked hard to reach the top of Worthington Pharmaceutical--until a corporate merger turned her ordered world upside down. To make matters worse, the merging companies had hired the savvy consultant Averal...






  • A travel mix-up finds Naomi Davenport and Stephen Weller sharing the same Hawaiian estate together. Virtual strangers, the two have nothing in common. Nothing, but fierce chemistry that will either have them at each other's throats--or in each other'...



  • She holds an Olympic gold medal Her name is a household word And her face is that of America’s Sweetheart So why is someone trying to kill her? Morgan Kirkwood was only nineteen when she garnered a gold medal at the Seoul Olympics....



  • Fed up with her meddling family, Catherine Carson had the perfect plan...make a deal with a nice, unexciting guy who would agree to marry her for six months, then divorce. And she knew her childhood friend Jarrod Greene was just the perfect man for t...





  • Tough, rugged carpenter Digger Clayton was good at avoiding his past -- he stayed far away from kids and pretty women. Until nursery school teacher Erin Taylor offered him a job he couldn't refuse, in a sweet, sexy voice that took his breath away...a...



  • It wasn't a love bug Dr. Mallory Russell was looking to cure when she stepped into the Philadelphia General E.R. that day. But that's exactly what she was bitten by when the notoriously gifted-but-cold pediatric surgeon Bradley Clayton suddenly start...



  • From four of today's most exciting writers comes a compelling collection of stories about a group of sisters whose lives are about to take an unexpected turn... For Maxine, Morgan, Taylor, and Samantha Chambers, being the daughters of Liberty, Geor...



  • She's Given Up On Love. But It Hasn't Given Up On Her. Nine years ago, Rachel Wells died. At least, that's the official story put out by the government. The real breakdown is this: After her parents testified against a mob boss, seventeen-year-old ...



  • A Twist Of Fate... At the age of three, Stephanie Hunter was kidnapped and adopted by her abductor. Now, thirty-four years later, Stephanie is an independent, creative woman, and the new founder of her own design firm. She's also on the verge of dis...



  • Dr. Rosamund Albright could never stand by and watch someone in pain without helping. Evan Harper had been her best friend, but now the man was hurting. The Washington, D.C., speechwriter had come home to Lighthouse, Maine, to escape the demons th...






  • She'll Have To Return To Her Past... Theresa Ramsey has gone to great lengths to put her hometown of Lake Royce, New York, behind her. It was a place of bad memories. But her cousin's recent death and the young daughter she's left behind have brough...



  • When a mix-up leaves Cinnamon Scott with a gorgeous wedding dress instead of a ball gown, she can't resist trying it on. MacKenzie Grier appears at her door to retrieve his sister's missing gown, only to be floored by this angelic vision and his own ...



  • The heart knows what it wants--accepting it is another story... Supermodel Rosa Clayton has the glamorous lifestyle most women envy. She's traveled the world modeling, and she's made a fortune doing it. But Rosa is always on the go, and she needs a ...



  • Social worker Meghan Howard lived to help others. But she's the one in need after being downsized out of her job. Now the only way Meghan can get her life back on track is to accept an out-of-this-world offer from wealthy, widowed businessman Thomas ...



  • Samara Scott doesn't believe in happily ever after. So when she finds a vintage wedding gown in a beautiful antique trunk, she vows never to put it on. Even if tantalizing visions of sexy attorney Justin Beckett in tux and tails are tempting her to r...



  • Can She Listen To Her Heart.... Disillusioned by love and dreading her thirtieth birthday, Amberlina Nash is determined to snag a rich man by spending the summer mingling with the country club set on Martha's Vineyard. But when Amber meets charismat...



  • Lisa Russell wasn’t a make lemonade kind of woman when it came to life’s little surprises. Her plans were to re-decorate her empty-nested house and find a man. Having to accept custody of a three-month old granddaughter she didn’t know she ha...



  • Georgiana Castleton is gifted. But she knows all gifts come with a price. And hers is a short life. This will be her last Christmas and she's resolved to her fate-until two mysterious men enter her life and revive her hope. But she has to get somethi...



  • Georgiana Castleton is gifted. But she knows all gifts come with a price. And hers is a short life. This will be her last Christmas and she’s resolved to her fate--until two mysterious men enter her life and revive her hope. But she has to get ...



  • Joy Road is the story of four remarkable black women from Woodmere, Goergia (referred to as Bottoms by the locals) and their struggle to survive, to love their men and, to raise their children. As the Great Depression puts forty percent of the countr...






  • A freak accident changed the course of tennis player Allie Underwood’s life. Two years in recuperation, she’s finally back on her feet, but her plans of opening a tennis academy died with the accident. Then Allie encounters architect Peter Bar...



  • Rachel Jordan’s world changed after her accident. It continues to alter while she’s on vacation. She’s confused and can’t remember simple things. She’s losing people and memories, and fears her mind is going too. The only thing that rem...



  • Will he be the last bachelor standing? Wedding planner Diana Greer still believes in happily-ever-after. She's just given up finding her own dream man. Until an internet dating site matches her up with her ideal mate. Too bad he's someone she alr...



  • Robyn and Grant Richards’ happily ever after was short lived. He is captured and held prisoner in Lebanon and her government-coerced testimony against a crime network whisked her into Witness Protection as Brooke Johnson. Five years later a criti...



  • This is a short story -- Nancy Emerson is back in Craggs Station. She's not a prodigal daughter after being responsible for the death of the town's favorite son, but she needs closure and Craggs Station is the only place she'll find it. When she di...



  • Does the perfect plan have a surprise ending? Wedding consultant Theresa "Teddy" Granville helps her clients plan lavish black-tie ceremonies, though her own love life is strictly casual. Her matchmaking mother's latest candidate, Adam Sullivan, ...



  • Books make great holiday gifts. Gift One Christmas Night to someone on their list or grab it for yourself. After all, books are the cheapest form of entertainment. ...



  • Was she dead or alive?She couldn't be both.Because Grant Richards buried his wife five years ago.Robyn and Grant Richards’ happily ever after is short lived. He's captured and held prisoner. Her government-coerced testimony whisked her into Witness...



  • Public Relations consultant, Serena Coleman, works with the rich and famous. However, she's been unable to get her fiancé to stay put long enough to say I do! But suddenly he's there to stay. And now she has misgivings about their future together...



  • Homes -- and families -- aren't restored overnight Jason Kendall grew up being treated like the poor relation he was. And after a devastating betrayal, he fled under a cloud of scandal. Now he needs a place to raise his four-year-old adopted son,...






  • Tricky curves ahead After three years of grieving, it's finally time for widow McKenna Wellington to take that long-awaited road trip…though her adventure isn't meant to include Parker Fordum. The stodgy, set-in-his-ways economics professor is ...



  • Elizabeth Gregory's heart is as cold as the snow falling on the nation's capital. Three years ago, her life went on hold when a fatal accident took her only sister on Christmas Eve. That accident involved James Hill, Elizabeth's fiancé. Since th...



  • Darwin L. Clarence III, called Dancey since he was in nursery school, has eaten his favorite sandwich for lunch every day for years - peanut butter and jelly.  But his parents are moving to another planet, one where they don't grow peanuts or st...



  • You never know what you'll find when you pull a wall down. But Eleanora Sloan was unprepared for the mahogany box and its unusual contents as she worked on her home in Tennessee. And she never thought it would lead her to Blythe Cove Manor on Martha'...



  • In this second edition of the Blythe Cove Manor series, Blythe Calvert, with her unwavering wisdom, helps her guests discover the hidden secrets of their pasts or an intriguing glimpse into their mysterious futures.A Final Gift by Lorraine Bartlett.W...



  • Sharon Parker's daughter convinced the family to go to Blythe Cove Manor for Mother's Day.  Little did she know that the simple act of love would unveil a long held secret that could bring the family together or tear them apart....



  • Suffering from grief a year after losing her fiancé, Whitney Emerson is startled when a strange gypsy in an empty restaurant plops down across from her. It was a hot June day and she tells Whitney that she has two things for her and Whitney must com...



  • She's all he ever wanted Wedding consultant Renee Hart is finally ready to take the plunge…as creator of an innovative bridal magazine. Her own dreams of happily-ever-after were shattered when Carter Hampshire broke off their relationship witho...



  • A love like this only strikes once… The storm that devastated the town of Logan Beach also ravaged everything Rosanna Turner once knew. First she lost her childhood home. Then the Thorn family bought out the store where she comfortably worked f...



  • What would you call surviving a lightning strike? Michaela Manfred Smith did just that. But what happened next would be considered a gift by most. For Michaela, it felt like a curse. The owner of a world-class art gallery could lose her reputation if...






  • Ethan Pollack thinks of Blythe Cove Manor as his second home and Blythe is second mother. A career navy officer, Ethan never returns to Martha's Vineyard without a gift for Blythe. However, he didn't know there was anything unusual about the obsidian...



  • Completely captivated by his new employee, André Thorn is about to break his never-mix-business-with-pleasure rule. But amateur photographer Susan Dewhurst is concealing her true identity. Although she’s falling for the House of Thorn scion, she c...



  • Melissa wants to believe in the legend of the fountain waters, but nothing ever happened to her in True Springs. Spiriting off to Hawaii, she's surrounded by flyboys and the women they see when on the island. Melissa refuses to be one of them. Then p...



  • He’s a great doctor… Will she make him a better man? When pediatrician Lauren Peterson becomes a live-in companion to Jake Masters, a reclusive surgeon with an arm injury and attitude problem, she knows it’ll be tough going. Jake is total...



  • Sable Ballantine has been on the run for a year and she doesn't know why. Apparently in the wrong place at the wrong time, she's had to escape strangers bent on harming her. Taking the common name of Helen Ryan and finally feeling safe, she meets Off...



  • Jennie Olsen fell in love with a man of letters - actual letters. Alex Christensen exchanged mail with her while in high school and college. Then, without explanation, he abruptly stopped writing. Years later when Jennie comes face-to-face with him o...



  • Ticket to True Love - Vol 4Includes 5 OPPOSITES ATTRACT ROMANCE stories! Do you believe in the legend of True Springs? Running Wild in Reno Running for her life was hard, but tripping over a gorgeous police officer and leaving him behi...



  • Emerson Stewart needs a lucrative contract to save his fledgling business. Nöelle Graham, someone he went to high school with, could be the ticket he needs. Emerson was a popular guy in high school, star of the basketball team, the dream of ever...



  • Finding home… And falling in love? Piper Logan’s career has stalled. After the rising Hollywood stunt rider is shunned for a crew member’s injury, she returns to her family ranch to regroup. When her irritating neighbor, engineer Caleb Ma...


Award-Winning Books by Shirley Hailstock

My Lover, My Friend
2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Kimani Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Shirley Hailstock has published 58 books.

Shirley Hailstock does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, His Montana Star, was published in June 2023.

The first book by Shirley Hailstock, Whispers of Love, was published in September 1994.

Yes. Shirley Hailstock has 6 series.