Susanne Dunlap

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2005
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Orphans of Tolosa

1 - Listen to the Wind (Apr-2019)
2 - The Spirit of Fire (Dec-2019)
3 - Voices in the Mist (Sep-2021)

A Theresa Schurman Mystery

1 - The Musician's Daughter (Jan-2009)
2 - The Mozart Conspiracy (Oct-2019)
3 - The Paris Affair (Oct-2020)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Emilie's Voice

    Set against the backdrop of Paris and the court of Versailles, émilie's Voice introduces a young heroine of modest upbringing who possesses a special gift: the voice of an angel. When distinguished composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier hears émilie's v...

  • Liszt's Kiss

    The romantic story of a young female pianist in cholera-ravaged Paris of 1832, whose own tragedy leaves her susceptible to the passions and scandals of the composer Franz Liszt At the height of the Romantic era in Paris, there was no bigger cele...

  • The Musician's Daughter

    A Theresa Schurman Mystery - 1

    Amid the glitter and glamour of musical and court life in 18th century Vienna, fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria Shurman is trying to solve a brutal mystery. Who killed her father, an acclaimed violinist, and stole his valuable Amati violin? When Haydn ...

  • Anastasia's Secret

    "Will I never see you again either?" I asked, feeling as though I was about to jump off a high mountain peak and hope to land without hurting myself. That's how impossible everything seemed at that moment, no matter what I did. "Perhaps we will me...

  • In the Shadow of the Lamp

    When sixteen-year-old Molly meets Florence Nightingale, she jumps at the chance to join the nurses heading to war. The work is grueling, but it soon becomes more than just a mission of mercy. Molly falls in love with both a dashing young doctor and a...

  • The Academie

    Eliza Monroe-daughter of the future president of the United States-is devastated when her mother decides to send her to boarding school outside of Paris. But the young American teen is quickly reconciled to the idea when-ooh, la-la!-she discovers who...

  • Listen to the Wind

    The Orphans of Tolosa - 1

    Sent away for their own protection when they were very young, Azemar and Azalaïs become separated when they flee from the band of outlaws who served as their supposed protectors. Armed only with fleeting memories, their names, and the wits and intel...

  • The Mozart Conspiracy

    A Theresa Schurman Mystery - 2

    A murder. A disappearing body. And someone wants to make sure Mozart's opera never sees the light of day -- The gripping sequel to award-nominated THE MUSICIAN'S DAUGHTERTheresa Schurman leads a double life, as a sweet, young Viennese girl from a res...

  • The Spirit of Fire

    The Orphans of Tolosa - 2

    The Journey Continues

    Thirteenth-century Languedoc, torn apart by decades of crusades against the Cathar heretics, braces for the final stand of the Catholic Church against the Good Men and Good Women at the remote fortress of Montsegur. ...



  • The Paris Affair

    A Theresa Schurman Mystery - 3

    Apparently, false rumors about Marie Antoinette are all the fashion in 1783. Marie Antoinette is facing hostility from the populace, inflamed by rumors circulated in pamphlets throughout Paris. The rumors claim that she has dozens of lovers, drinks t...

  • Voices in the Mist

    The Orphans of Tolosa - 3

    Marry a Catholic stranger, or flee the only world she's ever known...Headstrong Bruna de Gansard must choose one or the other to save her Cathar family from the inquisitors. Toulouse, 1229. The inquisitors have arrived to rid the city of Cathar heret...

  • The Portraitist

    Based on a true story, this is the tale of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s fight to take her rightful place in the competitive art world of eighteenth-century Paris.   With a beautiful rival who’s better connected and better trained th...

  • A Death and a Marriage

    Two brilliant women artists fought for recognition and a place at the table in the competitive art world of pre-Revolutionary Paris. They both had royal patrons. They both were elected to the prestigious Académie Royale. But only one was ...

  • A Raid and a Proposal

    Elisabeth's story continues!19-year-old Elisabeth Vigée's career as a portraitist is really taking off, until, that is, she meets an unforeseen obstacle and her studio is raided by the officers of the court. And then she discovers that her gre...

  • A Confession and a Royal Portrait

    Elisabeth's portrait of Marie Antoinette is a dream come true—but is she ready for the treachery of Versailles? Elisabeth begins her married life after Pierre's business dealing falls through, and receives the hoped-for commissions for roy...

  • A Rival and a Looming Crisis

    As Elisabeth tests the waters in a clandestine dalliance, her reputation as an artist and a saloniste grows. But tragedy strikes close to home, and the queen suffers not just calumnies, but terrible losses. Elisabeth's loyalty is unwavering in the fa...

  • A Straw Hat and an Allegory

    Finally official portraitist to Marie Antoinette, and with an important artistic breakthrough, Elisabeth's struggles for recognition seem at an end. But when she discovers that she has been directly compared to her increasingly important rival, she p...

  • Flight and Return

    As discontent grows more and more dangerous, Elisabeth clings to her role as the premier portraitist in Paris. But are her ties to Marie Antoinette too close for safety? This final book in Behind the Painted Fan brings the story full circle...

  • The Courtesan's Daughter

    What happens when a daughter's dream and a mother's sordid past collide?New York, 1910. Seventeen-year-old Sylvie and her French-immigrant mother Justine eke out a living doing piecework in a tenement on the Lower East Side, while Sylvie attends scho...



  • The Adored One

    Lillian Lorraine was a naive 15-year-old chorine on Broadway when she attracted the notice of the notorious 41-year-old Florenz Ziegfeld. Accustomed to getting what he wanted, Ziegfeld took Lillian under his wing and into his arms, giving her coveted...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susanne Dunlap has published 20 books.

Susanne Dunlap does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Adored One, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Susanne Dunlap, Emilie's Voice, was published in April 2005.

Yes. Susanne Dunlap has 2 series.
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