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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1998
  • Latest Book:
    September 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Milford-Haven

1 - What the Heart Knows (Sep-2011)
1.5 - When Whales Watch (Oct-2012)
2 - Where the Heart Lives (Nov-2012)
3 - Why Hearts Keep Secrets (Nov-2014)
4 - When Otters Play (Oct-2017)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Continuing the slice of life in a small, coastal town -- enchanting and eccentric, a haven for some, a trap for other. A missing person investigation leads to an oil magnate, while artist Miranda Jones enthralls Zack Calvin, who in turn is caught up ...



  • Winner - Indie Excellence Award - Fiction/Romance. Winner - Beach Book Award - Romance - Hottest Read for Summer. Finalist - Book Of the Year Award - Fiction/Romance. In the small coastal town of Milford-Haven, Mara Purl delves deep into the misadven...



  • EVVY Award - Fiction - Gold. Like a magnet, the unfinished Clarke mansion overlooking the Cove draws Deputy Delmar Johnson, battered wife Stacey Chernak, rebellious environmentalist Susan Winslow and missing reporter Chris Christian-- whose diary com...



  • Can a hummingbird dream? Artist Miranda Jones thinks so. Sensing the tiny injured bird that wings its way into her world still lives, she paints the creature's dream-garden and seems to reach into his very heart. She reached into her own heart to cre...



  • Miranda Jones has always used her head. With her paintings at a major fine art gallery, her journey as a struggling artist is finally paying off. But while her head told her success in a big city was what she wanted, her heart told her a simpler life...



  • Can a secret be kept for most of a young man's lifetime? Joan Calvin must have thought so before she died years ago. Yet it was a secret she didn't want kept from her son forever-just until he was ready to hear the truth. This Christmas, the time has...



  • Can whales watch the humans who watch them? Miranda Jones is convinced they can and do. Shes looking forward to her day of whale-watching off Californias Central Coast. In preparation for a painting commission, shell be photographing the migrating gr...



  • Is the heart smarter than the head? Artist Miranda Jones begins to trust her heart enough to escape from her life of privilege and start over in Milford-Haven, the small town of undiscovered beauty on California's Central Coast. She connects with env...



  • In Book Three of the Milford-Haven saga, protagonist Miranda Jones continues to succeed as an artist, and she has started a relationship with handsome, wealthy Zack Calvin. Yet she's increasingly uncomfortable that he's secretive about his life. Mean...






  • Are sea otters as cute and clever as they seem? Miranda Jones is as captivated by their sweet faces as she is spellbound by their antics. She can hardly wait to interact with them on her kayaking expedition off California’s Central Coast. Yet nothi...



  • Where an Angel's On a Rope is a holiday story that first freezes your fingers and toes, then warms them. The rugged beauty of the Angeles National Forest, the Angeles Crest carving through the San Gabriel Mountains, the heights of Mt. Baden Powell, a...



  • Can the heart be telling us something we can't quite hear?

    Landscape artist Miranda Jones thought she was on track. Yet something feels off kilter. The subjects of her work all live in nature, yet she herself lives in the city. Her rep and h...



  • Can an artist's imagination alter reality during the magic of the holiday season? Can something in the heart manifest in the real world? Artist Miranda Jones might have agreed that dreams sometimes come true. But she'd never presume to believe someth...



  • Can a soul hover after passing on? Can a person be unaware of her own death? Journalist Christine Christian had always been a pragmatist. Not even her own persistent intuitions could compete with her commitment to logic and to empirical proof. In fac...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mara Purl has published 14 books.

Mara Purl does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, What the Soul Suspects, was published in September 2020.

The first book by Mara Purl, Closer Than You Think, was published in June 1998.

Yes. Mara Purl has 1 series.