Lorraine Bartlett

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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2010
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Life On Victoria Square

1 - Carving Out a Path (Apr-2017)
2 - A Basket Full of Bargains (Jul-2017)
3 - The Broken Teacup (Sep-2017)
4 - It's Tutu Much (Jan-2018)
5 - The Reluctant Bride (Jan-2019)
6 - Tea'd Off (Oct-2019)
7 - A Look Back (Mar-2020)
8 - Tea For You (May-2020)
9 - Davenport Designs (Jun-2021)
10 - A Ruff Week (Jan-2023)
11 - A Lethal Lake Effect (Jun-2024)

Lotus Bay

0.05 - Panty Raid (Jul-2014)
1 - With Baited Breath (Jan-2015)
2 - A Reel Catch (Jul-2018)

A Tale From Blythe Cove Manor

1 - A Dream Weekend (Mar-2016)
2 - A Final Gift (Aug-2016)
3 - An Unexpected Visitor (Dec-2016)
5 - Foul Weather Friends (Apr-2019)
6 - Mystical Blythe Cove Manor (Apr-2019)

A Victoria Square Mystery

1 - A Crafty Killing (Feb-2011)
2 - The Walled Flower (Feb-2012)
3 - One Hot Murder (Feb-2013)
4 - Dead, Bath, and Beyond (Dec-2016)
5 - Yule Be Dead (Dec-2018)
6 - Murder Ink (Jan-2020)
7 - A Murderous Misconception (May-2020)
8 - Dead Man's Hand (Jan-2021)

Book List in Order: 48 titles

  • Prisoner of Love

    Rhonda Roberts went looking for love in all the wrong places, and found it through an ad in the personals section of her local newspaper. Family and friends think she's crazy when she becomes engaged to a convicted felon, and the lengths she'll go...

  • An Unconditional Love

    A one-night stand changes Leslie Turner's life forever when she discovers she's pregnant. Keeping the child means losing her business. Even more devastating, the baby is born with a disfiguring birth defect. Her carefully planned life falls apart ...

  • We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

    A mini mystery! In this short story the Nichols family that finds their stingy Uncle Albert, who's been mooching off of the family for years, is actually quite wealthy. Naturally they aren't at all that happy about it and decide that Uncle Albert h...

  • A Crafty Killing

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 1

    Murder is right up her alley... The last thing Katie Bonner wanted was to become the manager of Artisans Alley. But when her business partner, Ezra Hilton, is found lying at the bottom of a staircase, bludgeoned to death, she has no other choice. A ...

  • Love Heals

    A Valentine's Day short story.It's the most romantic night of the year and Diana Mason is alone. She broke up with her boyfriend because he wanted a playmate not a soul mate, but it's someone else who haunts her thoughts on the most romantic of holi...

  • Recipes To Die For

    Recipes To Die For is a companion piece to the New York Times bestselling Victoria Square Mystery series. Now updated to include recipes in Celsius and Gas Marks.Cozy readers everywhere have fallen in love with Lorraine Bartlett's A Crafty Killing a...

  • The Walled Flower

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 2

    Her fate was sealed... If Katie Bonner's late husband hadn't invested all their savings in the craft fair Artisans Alley -- which Katie is now responsible for keeping in the black -- the Webster mansion could have been hers to remodel. For years s...

  • STRANDED

  • One Hot Murder

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 3

    Where there’s smoke… Katie Bonner, the reluctant manager of Artisans Alley in the quaint shopping district of Victoria Square, is no stranger to ambivalence. Things have been going hot and heavy with pizza maker Andy Rust -- so much so that Ka...



  • Blue Christmas

  • Journey

    Life takes an unexpected turn when Prince Paxdon bans Amanda Shelton from Telenia’s Summer Palace, but that’s just the first step in an incredible journey that has her leading the province’s oppressed women into a life of self-sufficiency. The ...

  • Tales of Telenia

    Life takes an unexpected turn when Prince Paxdon bans Amanda Shelton from Telenia’s Summer Palace, but that’s just the first step in an incredible journey that has her leading the province’s oppressed women into a life of self-sufficiency. The ...

  • THRESHOLD

    One crash landing. One strange planet. And the chauvinists who inhabit it. When her interplanetary shuttle encounters a spatial rift and crash lands on god-forsaken Telenia, the clever and adventurous Amanda Sheldon is held captive by Prince Paxdon. ...

  • Love & Murder

    Love & Murder, a bargain-priced bundle of stories by New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Bartlett (and her alter ego L.L. Bartlett) explores the highs and lows of love and humanity. Each free-standing, complete story explores a different theme...

  • Evolution

  • Panty Raid

    Lotus Bay - 0.05

    A prequel to the Lotus Bay Mysteries.Meet Tori Cannon and her BFF, Kathy Grant, who get together for a girl’s weekend of wine, cookies, and laughter, but there’s also the specter of a panty pincher hanging around the laundry room of the complex w...

  • With Baited Breath

    Lotus Bay - 1

    Tori Cannon and her grandfather, Herb, return from her grandmother’s funeral, and it’s with sadness that she learns the bait shop and small motel they ran has fallen on hard times. Jammed into one of the motel’s units is the body of one of Herb...

  • Happy Holidays?

    The best thing about the holiday season is spending time with family. At the same time, sometimes the worst thing about the holiday season is spending time with family. The stories in this collection touch on that and more as Mandy Nichols, Jeff Resn...

  • Summer Magic

    Lose yourself in the magic of Blythe Cove Manor In SUMMER MAGIC, where you'll learn the stories of three special guests who arrive at this beautiful inn overlooking the sea on Martha's Vineyard:Sweet Dreams by Lorraine Bartlett: Serious life changes ...



  • A Dream Weekend

    A Tale From Blythe Cove Manor - 1

    Serious life changes have pushed Paige and Alex Campbell to the brink of divorce. Still, they win a weekend at lovely Blythe Cove Manor and experience vivid dreams that take them back in time. Is there a chance this magical place inspires the nightt...

  • Mothers and Daughters

    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...

  • Weekend Magic

    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...

  • A Final Gift

    A Tale From Blythe Cove Manor - 2

    Will anything heal the pain of a grieving daughter? When a trip meant to be a gift of a weekend trip together turns into a painful solo journey, can the magic of Blythe Cove Manor help heal Jenny Taylor's soul?...

  • Christmas At Swans Nest

    The holidays are fast approaching, and Kathy Grant is hard at work on the renovations of her soon-to-be bed and breakfast. An unexpected winter storm disrupts her friends’ plans, and it looks like her B&B will have to open a little early. And then ...

  • An Unexpected Visitor

    A Tale From Blythe Cove Manor - 3

    All is quiet at Blythe Cove Manor as its proprietress, Blythe Calvert, anticipates a peaceful holiday along with her cat, Martha. But then a taxi pulls up and drops off a troubled, runaway teen looking for a safe haven. Can the magic of Blythe Cove M...

  • Dead, Bath, and Beyond

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 4

    The New York Times bestselling series is back, as Katie Bonner -- owner of Artisans Alley in the quaint shopping district of Victoria Square -- attempts to solve a murder at a nearby B & B. Katie Bonner feels like nothing can spoil her perfect day...

  • Carving Out a Path

    Life On Victoria Square - 1

    A young shoplifter not only swipes a couple of hand-carved figurines from Ray Davenport, owner of Victoria Square’s Wood U gift shop, but barrels into and injures Katie Bonner, manager of Artisans Alley. Upon his escape, the police are called, but ...

  • A Basket Full of Bargains

    Life On Victoria Square - 2

    Iris Drake is an odd duck. She knows everyone at Artisans Alley arts-and-crafts arcade, but nobody knows her. When she walks into Gilda’s Gourmet Basket on Victoria Square, she’s a stranger there, too -- but not for long. Yet she hasn’t to come...

  • The Broken Teacup

    Life On Victoria Square - 3

    You know about Victoria Square thanks to the Victoria Square Mysteries. Artisans Alley takes center stage in those books, but the merchants -- and their businesses -- are just as intriguing. They all have stories to tell … and that’s what the Lif...



  • It's Tutu Much

    Life On Victoria Square - 4

    Bullies come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. Dana Milton finally opens her own dance studio and one of her Broadway Babies (age 8) is a classic tyrant. Can she teach her students about respect for one another -- and when it’s time to stand up for o...

  • A Reel Catch

    Lotus Bay - 2

    Swans Nest Inn is about to open, and Kathy Grant solicits her BFF, Tori Cannon, to help spruce up her property at the marshy end of Lotus Bay, only they didn’t count on finding a body. Who was he? What’s his connection to their friend Paul Darcy?...

  • Grape Expectations

  • Yule Be Dead

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 5

    A Christmas crime shocks the merchants of a quaint shopping district in this latest installment of The New York Times bestselling Victoria Square series. It's Christmastime, but not everyone is jolly--especially not Vonne Barnett. Her dead body ha...

  • The Reluctant Bride

    Life On Victoria Square - 5

    Don Parsons and Nick Ferrell bought a ramshackle Victorian spinster and plan to transform her into a Painted Lady. Weddings and other parties are a part of their business plan. They’ll be hosting a small ceremony and reception for bride-to-be Laure...

  • Foul Weather Friends

    A Tale From Blythe Cove Manor - 5

    Alone and suddenly single, Teagan Tate's visit to Martha’s Vineyard for a previously planned couples weekend leaves her feeling more of a third wheel. And when the last ferry off the island is cancelled, she finds herself stranded in the middle of...

  • Mystical Blythe Cove Manor

    A Tale From Blythe Cove Manor - 6

    This collection includes five Tales From Blythe Cove Manor by Lorraine Bartlett.A DREAM WEEKEND: A couple's troubled marriage is about to end unless the magic of Blythe Cove Manor can save them.A FINAL GIFT: Can anything heal the pain of a grieving d...

  • Blythe Cove Seasons

    The Tales From Blythe Cove Manor is the brainchild of New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Bartlett, USA Today bestselling author Kelly McClymer, and award-winning author Shirley Hailstock. In this collection of essays, you'll learn the backgro...

  • Tea'd Off

    Life On Victoria Square - 6

    With the grand relaunch of Victoria Square’s tea shop, Tealicious, just days away, Nona Fiske decides it’s time to sabotage it and its owner, Katie Bonner. With gossip, innuendo, and outright lies, Nona tries to turn the other merchants on the Sq...

  • Murder Ink

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 6

    The charm of Victoria Square may prove to be only skin deep when murder follows the arrival of a tattoo parlor in town in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. A tattoo parlor on Victoria Square? Some of the merchants g...



  • A Look Back

    Life On Victoria Square - 7

    On the anniversary of her great Aunt Lizzie's death, Katie Bonner reflects on the course of events that led her to be the custodian of Artisans Alley, from the moment her husband took their money and invested it in a dying business to the death of it...

  • A Murderous Misconception

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 7

    Katie Bonner loses her lunch -- literally -- when her social media account serves up a shocking announcement. Her boyfriend Andy’s assistant manager, Erikka, is pregnant, and apparently with his child. And when Erikka turns up dead, the Sheriff tur...

  • Tea For You

    Life On Victoria Square - 8

    We hope you enjoy this complimentary cookbooklet based on the Victoria Square Mysteries and the Life On Victoria Square companion series. They feature Katie Bonner, owner of Victoria Square's anchor, Artisans Alley, and the Square's tea shop, Tealici...

  • Sabina Reigns

    Sabina Reigns Miller had it all: a wealthy husband, a beautiful home, a daughter at a great college. Without warning, seven words blow the bottom off her world. I've met someone else-and she's pregnant. Her husband of twenty years wants a divorce so ...

  • Dead Man's Hand

    A Victoria Square Mystery - 8

    Katie's been dealt the Dead Man's Hand ... It's all fun and games when Katie Bonner and her friends play poker for chocolate-covered peanuts, but the very next day Jamie Seifert collapses and dies after visiting Katie's tearoom on Victoria Square. K...

  • Davenport Designs

    Life On Victoria Square - 9

    Former Sheriff's Office detective Ray Davenport now owns the Wood U gift shop on Victoria Square, but it's his talented younger daughters who steal the show with their displays and packaging designs. The girls believe they can earn money by their win...

  • TREACHERY

  • A Ruff Week

    Life On Victoria Square - 10

    When five abandoned puppies were found behind Victoria Square, merchants and Artisan Alley vendors scrambled to claim them. But one of those adoptions hasn't worked out. Katie Bonner has one week to find Lily a new home or she'll be turned in to a ki...

  • A Lethal Lake Effect

    Life On Victoria Square - 11

    Things go awry for Katie Bonner when her former mother-in-law, Margo, throws a housewarming party at her lakeside rental and one of her guests ends up dead in the water. Maxwell Preston was a devoted husband--and a not-so-great dad. He was a beloved ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lorraine Bartlett has published 48 books.

The next book by Lorraine Bartlett, A Lethal Lake Effect, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Lorraine Bartlett, We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert, was published in October 2010.

Yes. Lorraine Bartlett has 4 series.
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