Anita Stansfield

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  • Bibliography:
    79 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1903
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Barrington Family Saga

1 - In Search of Heaven (May-2011)
2 - A Quiet Promise (May-2011)
3 - At Heaven's Door (May-2011)
4 - Promise of Zion (May-2011)

The Buchanan Saga

Hearts Crossed (Feb-2005)

Buchanan Saga

Captive Hearts (Jul-2012)
The Captain of Her Heart (Jul-2012)
The Captain's Angel (Jul-2012)

Dicken's Inn

1 - The Best of Times (Oct-2010)
2 - A Far, Far Better Place (Oct-2010)
3 - A Loving Heart (Sep-2010)
4 - Tranquil Light (Sep-2010)
5 - Every Graceful Fancy (Nov-2010)

First Love

First Love, Second Chances (Oct-2011)
First Love and Forever (Nov-2011)
Now and Forever (Nov-2011)

Gables of Legacy

1 - The Guardian (Jun-2011)
2 - A Guiding Star (Jun-2011)
3 - The Silver Lining (Aug-2011)
4 - An Eternal Bond (Aug-2011)
5 - The Miracle (Aug-2011)
6 - Full Circle (Aug-2011)

Shadows of Brierley

Towers of Brierley (Jun-2011)
1 - The Wanderer (Feb-2011)
2 - A Far Horizon (May-2011)
3 - A Distant Shore (Aug-2011)
4 - In the Valley of the Mountains (Nov-2011)

Book List in Order: 79 titles

  • The Silver Linings

    After a lifetime of emotional trials and heartache, for Tamra Banks this day brings a unique and almost impossible joy. It's the long-awaited moment of her marriage to the love of her life, Jess Hamilton.

    But in this time of unparalleled ha...

  • Hearts Crossed

    The Buchanan Saga

    After the tragic events in England, Captain Garret Wentworth is glad to be back on the sea, leading his merchant ship, the Phoenix - though that joy is paled when a member of his crew is killed under mysterious circumstances. Garret takes it upon him...

  • Emma

  • A Loving Heart

    Dicken's Inn - 3

    “A loving heart was better and stronger than wisdom.” -- Charles Dickens As past medical heartaches and fears resurface, Chas and Jackson agonize over the chances of survival for their baby daughter. At a time in their lives when the blessin...

  • Tranquil Light

    Dicken's Inn - 4

    When a group of friends reunites at the Dickensian Inn bed-and-breakfast, little does Chas realize that the promises of a blessing are about to be fulfilled. As these women share their tender feelings and innermost secrets, the words of Charles Dicke...

  • The Best of Times

    Dicken's Inn - 1

    A sprawling Montana setting; a charming bed-and-breakfast inn brimming with Dickensian decor; a beautiful and deeply spiritual innkeeper with secret sorrows from her past; a Granny who is as delightful as she is wise; and a handsome guest whose lifes...

  • A Far, Far Better Place

    Dicken's Inn - 2

    Their lives have all the ingredients for happily-ever-after, until a traumatic and life-changing event in Jackson's life plunges his family into chaos and sorrow. His mother's unexpected death hurls him toward a painful pilgrimage into a past that co...

  • Every Graceful Fancy

    Dicken's Inn - 5

    What could be more unlikely than a romance between a traumatized and unwed expectant mother and a charming, wealthy, and ambitious young man with philanthropic dreams of astonishing proportions? Acclaimed, bestselling LDS author Anita Stansfield does...

  • The Wanderer

    Shadows of Brierley - 1

    As he neared the edge of the crowd, Ian could hear a loud voice preaching some kind of sermon. He bristled from the inside out. The very thought of God encouraged his guilt and tempted him to turn back to the pub, where he could purchase the means to...



  • At Heaven's Door

    Barrington Family Saga - 3

    As Eleanore and James Barrington fear for the well-being and even the lives of dear friends, they struggle with the frustrating yet undeniable truth that for reasons known only to the Lord, He does not yet want them to join the Saints on their westwa...

  • A Distant Thunder

    Jayson sighed. “I miss the naivete of youth. I miss making music in the basement and eating your father’s cooking . . . playing my music and being with the people I loved.” Elizabeth couldn’t hide the fact that she was a little choked up w...

  • Emma, Woman of Faith

    Emma stood alone at the edge of the Mississippi, pondering its lazy flow that was so familiar to her. . . . More than three decades had passed since she'd lost her precious Joseph. She had learned to live without him . . . but nothing had ever fe...

  • In Search of Heaven

    Barrington Family Saga - 1

    A strange and disturbing conversation overheard while secretly perusing the pages of the family Bible in the Barrington's study . . . A mysterious yet intriguing book of scripture left unattended on the street . . . An elusive new religion that...

  • Promise of Zion

    Barrington Family Saga - 4

    Nothing has prepared Casey Harrison for the emotional and spiritual storms that lie ahead as he anticipates a future with Iris Barrington, whose wounded heart and spirit threaten to rob them both of their eternal destiny. This is a story of love, mir...

  • A Quiet Promise

    Barrington Family Saga - 2

    James turned Eleanore to face him, and she crumbled in his arms, sobbing against his chest while the empty ache of losing her baby swirled into the heartbreak of having fear and secrecy shatter the perfect happiness she'd found in embracing the gospe...

  • Shelter from the Storm

    Jayson rushed out of the bishop’s office, then moved even faster to get out of the building before he burst into tears. . . . The moments in his life when he’d felt this way paraded before him. Derek’s death. Elizabeth telling him she didn’t ...

  • The Silence of Snow

    “I love you,” Elizabeth whispered near his ear. A rush of memories overcame him in an instant: He thought of how she’d been at his side through every step that had led to this moment. He thought of her care and concern through his pain and i...

  • The Sound of Rain

    Jayson felt almost as if he'd been catapulted into some eerie time warp as he stood and looked out over the ocean. It had been Drew's idea . . . to stop first at the place they'd come with their mother fewer than two years earlier. And Jayson couldn'...

  • Winds of Hope

    When it came time for Will and Elizabeth to leave, Jayson felt like a lost child, alone and terrified. Elizabeth whispered near his ear, “I will be praying for you constantly. God will get you through this, Jayson. Nobody else can. He will give you...



  • A Far Horizon

    Shadows of Brierley - 2

    The journey had been long and difficult and full of mishaps-even deadly ones. But the words in Ian's mind seemed . . . as if they encompassed all they'd endured and experienced; all their losses and sorrows. . . . You're exactly where you're supposed...

  • A Dance to Remember

    They'd connected so quickly and so deeply that is still left Laura breathless to think about it. Wade was everything she'd dreamed of and more. And while the present still felt for too good to be true, how could she not. . . make the most of every mo...

  • Dancing in the Light

    Have you ever just. . . had a feeling. . . like a spiritual impression, but. . . subtle? Subtle, maybe, but. . . still undeniable? And it's like. . . you're being prepared for something? As trials come thick and fast, Wade Morrison finds himself f...

  • Gable Faces East

    A Sweeping Historical Drama of Love, Hate, Revenge, and Destiny For readers who have enjoyed Anita Stansfield’s best-selling First Love and Forever series, this extraordinary novel tells the story of Michael Hamilton’s great-grandparents, who...

  • Gables Against the Sky

    The Powerful and Moving Sequel to The Gable Faces East It has been nearly two decades since Alexa Byrnehouse and Jess Davies married and started a family, and their twins, Emma and Tyson, have now grown to young adulthood. The Byrnehouse-Davies f...

  • The Guardian

    Gables of Legacy - 1

    Over the past few years, Tamra Banks, a confused, new convert from a troubled family has blossomed into a faithful Church member. Friends, family history, a mission in the Philippines, and the sacrifice of all she knows bring about this change. But s...

  • A Guiding Star

    Gables of Legacy - 2

    Armed with the love of a good man, Jess Hamilton, Tamra Banks has made the difficult decision to reconcile with her estranged mother. Over the years, Tamra has had to fight through the ugly memories of her abusive childhood, the complete absence of h...

  • Someone to Hold

    Christina Hardy's life is turned upside down when, without warning, her husband of fifteen years leaves her. Thrown into the world of single parenting, she finds it difficult to move forward with her life while she still longs for everything to be as...

  • A Star in Winter

    Shayne Brynner has tried everything to make his marriage work. His wife, Margie, only feels well enough to shop incessantly and go to lunch with her friends. Buckling under Margie’s extreme credit-card debt, Shayne is forced to sell their home and ...

  • Three Gifts of Christmas

    When her father remarries, LeNay Parkins finds her home, so impossibly changed, that she feels she can no longer stay. As she bravely sets out in search of a new life, she is overcome with illness the moment she steps off the bus into a strange town....



  • A Time to Dance

    Life seems like it can't get any better for Alex and Jane Keane - a temple marriage, two adorable children and another one on the way, a promising career, and a beautiful home. Then, within a few short days, their safe and happy lives are turned upsi...

  • Timeless Waltz

    Alexander Keane didn't believe in destiny - until he met Jane Layton. Following a chance encounter, they are surprisingly paired up for a dance competition. When they share a waltz, it's as though time is standing still. They seem like a perfect matc...

  • Towers of Brierley

    Shadows of Brierley - 0

    Set in eighteenth century Scotland, this fast paced historical romance sweeps the reader into a world of suspense, intrigue, murder, vengeance, and a love strong enough to conquer Brierley and all it stands for. Haunted by secrets and questions ab...

  • When Hearts Meet

    Utah, 1902 After ten years away from home -- ten years of spending most of his time drinking to forget the tragic loss of his wife -- Ethan Caldwell has rediscovered God and is determined to find a job, work hard, and start over. But this can on...

  • Where the Heart Leads

    With the loss of his mother, the final threads that bind Jonathon Brandt to home are gone forever, and he leaves Boston, hoping to never return. The year is 1894, and Jonathon is eager to head west to California to find a new life, a new profession, ...

  • An Eternal Bond

    Gables of Legacy - 4

    Jess Hamilton believes he could never fill the shoes of his late father. Now responsible for a century-old family business and a boys’ home, Jess knows he is expected to uphold a great patriarchal legacy. As Jess struggles to find a footing in a wo...

  • A Christmas Melody

    For twenty-year-old Melody Morgan, Christmas is nothing but a source of shame and embarrassment--just like all the other holidays in her life. She has grown up hating special days--and Christmas is the worst of all. Then Matthew Trevor walks into...

  • Full Circle

    Gables of Legacy - 6

    For Emily Hamilton, losing her beloved husband Michael to death was one of the hardest things she had ever faced. But having to live without him - year after year - is proving to be even more difficult. Even though Emily's family surrounds her with l...

  • The Miracle

    Gables of Legacy - 5

    Scott Ivie is finally learning what it means to be part of a family. In fact, he has merged so perfectly into the Hamilton family that he almost feels he was destined to be living and working with them in Australia. After all, it was Jess Hamilton wh...

  • The Silver Lining

    Gables of Legacy - 3

    After a lifetime of emotional trials and heartache, for Tamra Banks this day brings a unique and almost impossible joy. It's the long-awaited moment of her marriage to the love of her life, Jess Hamilton. But in this time of unparalleled happiness...



  • A Distant Shore

    Shadows of Brierley - 3

    Wren opened her hand, and Ian could see a long, simple silver chain with a key on it. She lifted the chain into both hands and put it over Ian's head, then she held the key up in front of his face. This already belongs t' ye. It's yer key t' the fron...

  • First Love, Second Chances

    First Love

    A Romantic Sequel to First Love and Forever Emily Ladd and Michael Hamilton were college sweethearts, but Emily married Ryan because he could take her to the temple. After a decade of unhappy marriage, Emily's path crossed Michael's again, and he ...

  • Shadows of Brierly

  • By Love and Grace

    A Powerful Novel of Love, Faith, and Redemption. When Sean O'Hara meets a beautiful young woman in the library, he senses that his life will never be the same. He quickly learns that Tara is the woman he wants to spend eternity - but at what price...

  • First Love and Forever

    First Love

    Emily Hall has not seen Michael Hamilton since the day she told him she'd decided to marry another man. Ryan Hall's membership in the Church was enough to make Emily's decision clear, and she married Ryan in the temple. A decade and three children la...

  • For Love Alone

    A Gripping Novel about Overcoming Tragedy and Discovering True Love. Mallory Taylor has every reason to believe that her life is close to perfect. With a temple marriage to Brad, her handsome, attentive husband, and a darling toddler, she's living...

  • The Gift

    From the deep despair of a troubled soul to the Christmas lights and warm spirit of Temple Square, bestselling author Anita Stansfield offers a heart-felt Christmas tale that explores the most precious gifts we all receive: the love, redemption, and ...

  • Home For Christmas

    Allison is a beautiful young woman, looking for love but never quite able to find it. And even if she could find it, she fears the dark side of her past might ruin everything. On the other had, Christmas is a time of miracles. . . When Allison de...

  • Now and Forever

    First Love

    A romantic sequel to "First Love and Forever" and "First Love, Second Chances" Anita Stansfield’s final novel in the First Love series is all you’ve been waiting for -- and much more! No one could have predicted the incredible turns this story...

  • A Promise of Forever

    Bryson and Ilene Davis have it all--a wonderful temple marriage, five beautiful children, a secure and happy future. Then, overnight, their lives are forever altered by two words: breast cancer. Suddenly, their passion for life--and for each other--i...



  • Return to Love

  • To Love Again

  • When Forever Comes

    A Heart-Touching Romance Transcending the Here and Now.

    Hilary Smith is not about to fall in love with Jack Hayden; she's known him for years, but he's never been her type. Jack, on the other hand, can't remember when he didn't love Hilary,...

  • In the Valley of the Mountains

    Shadows of Brierley - 4

    "Jamie walked away . . . He wondered why he was even trying. He felt certain there was nothing he could ever say or do to compete with a man like Hugh Montgomery, and he was fooling himself to believe that he could ever truly be a contender for Gilli...

  • Passage on the Titanic

    Ella Brown grew up in one of London's privileged homes, with all the comforts and luxuries that money can buy. But when tragedy strikes her family, Ella is forced from a life of safety and abundance to one of scarcity and fear. Clinging to survival o...

  • Wishing Garden

    After a tragic car accident claims the life of her husband and one of her adopted twin daughters, Mary Jane Cranford-Bewkes reluctantly moves in with her ailing father. A bigoted and ill-tempered man, he had removed Mary from his will years before wh...

  • The Captain of Her Heart

    Buchanan Saga

    SUPERANNO During the heart of the Revolutionary War, Captain Ritcherd Buchanan returns to his native England after fighting in the colonies, only to have Kyrah Payne, the woman he loves, deported for a crime she did not commit. Desperate to bring Kyr...

  • The Captain's Angel

    Buchanan Saga

    Life is good for Ritcherd and Kyrah Buchanan. After navigating a torturous road to find each other and seal their love, they have now settled into an idyllic marriage and are living their dream as lord and lady of Buckley manor. Nothing, is seems, ca...

  • Captive Hearts

    Buchanan Saga

    When Captain Ritcherd Buchanan finally finds Kyrah, the woman he loves, on the other side of the Atlantic, they are still a very long way from the idyllic life that both had dreamed of. In a world turned inside out by war, treachery, and his own deep...

  • The Captain's Rose

    Timothy Wentworth has devoted his life to keeping his cousin Jayce Buchanan out of trouble. The two men aimlessly sail the world on a trade ship in an attempt to forget the heartbreak and losses of the past, but Timothy wishes that Jayce would at lea...

  • The Garden Path

    Whit Eden has come full circle: growing up in a world of gangs and violence, he found redemption in the gospel -- and in the love of a good woman. But in a devastating turn of events, Whit’s world was rocked when he was falsely accused of murdering...

  • Legally and Lawfully Yours

    Following the revelation of her fiancé’s philandering ways, high-powered New York attorney Shannon Turney’s wedding is off. At a time like this, the last thing she can handle is family drama. But when she learns how far her brother and siste...

  • Now and Always Yours

    Greg’s feet suddenly became very heavy, and his head very light as he stood and watched the opening of the bars that had kept him separated from the world. . . . If not for the knowledge that his sister would be waiting outside to take him home ...

  • The Heir of Brownlie Manor

    After a medical discharge from his duties in the Napoleonic War, Thomas Quincy Fitzbatten has returned home. Disoriented, burdened by guilt for his wealth, and disillusioned with life's injustices, Thomas longs for a chance to make a difference in...

  • A Raven's Heart

    Stella Hollingberry boldly shatters every feasible hope for her own personal security when she refuses what society considers a perfect proposal of marriage. With little to her name and no practical means of supporting herself, she is left with th...

  • Color of Love

    England, 1857The British aristocracy is an inflexible judge. And for Amala, a lovely young Indian woman, that judgment is most keenly felt. Raised from a child by the wealthy Hepworth family following the murder of her parents, Amala grew up alongsid...

  • Lily of the Manor

    Broadbent Manor is a home brimming with life and love. With eleven adopted children in her care, young widow Lily Broadbent is in search of the right tutor to instruct and nurture her young charges. So when Frederick Woodstone arrives on her do...

  • Love and Loss at Whitmore Manor

    For nearly three years, British Officer Tristan Whitmore fought bravely for King and Crown in America. But his loyalty came at a price, and after slowly recovering from battlefield injuries, it is finally time to return to his beloved England and ...

  • The Stars Above Northumberland

    Her husband is dead. But far from grieving, young widow Lady Meriwether Sturgess feels nothing but relief and release. After enduring years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her cruel husband, Meri is drawn to the comfort of the one ...

  • The Lady of Astoria Abbey

    Bess leads a quiet life, intent on easing the burdens of her widowed father. She acts as maid, cook, and assistant in his medical practice -- but she is wearied by the thankless work and her father’s lack of kindness. And then a miracle happens....

  • The House of Stone and Ivy

    Orphaned as children, Hennie and Lottie share an unbreakable friendship. Together, they suffered the horrors of orphanages and the workhouse, and now grown, they continue to rely on each another. When Lottie approaches Hennie about a possible posi...

  • The Emerald Heart of Courtenay

    The moment her father takes his final breath, Sarah Courtenay becomes the sole heir of her family’s sprawling castle -- and something far more unexpected. For on his deathbed, Lord Courtenay left his daughter a cryptic message: a dark curse will...

  • The Angel of Grey Garden

    Samuel Blackwood will never love again. Following the untimely death of his wife, the grieving Earl of Grey Manor knows there will never be room in his heart for another. Yet, in spite of his reluctance to seek a wife, Samuel knows his children ne...

  • Home to Somersby

    Hazel Mae Hollingsworth is devastated following the unexpected death of her father, and she can’t shake a sense of foreboding when the family solicitor arrives at the estate. Her intuition turns out to be well founded, for her father’s will re...

  • The Heart of Hampton House

    Upon the death of her beloved father, Deidre Miller is left penniless and alone. Her choices are few: if she is to survive, she has no choice but to assume domestic work. So when she is taken on as a maid in the vast manor of the powerful Hampto...

  • The Dowry of Lady Eliza

    Eliza Melodious Grenville’s wedding day has finally arrived, and the church bells ring out in anticipation of the glorious event. Eliza has eagerly awaited her picture-perfect nuptials, but there is just one problem: Joshua, her groom, is nowhe...

  • Secrets of Stonebridge

    Since the untimely death of her young husband, Regina Everleigh has been consumed by her grief. After more than a year spent sequestered in her rooms at Stonebridge Manor, the once lively young woman is encouraged to venture into town—her first...

  • The Magic of Starlight

    The position of nanny at an estate in Southern England seems too good to be true, offering Elsie Hartford the chance of escape she so desperately seeks. With only her few possessions, she flees her former life with no thought of returning. What she d...

  • The Girl at the Gate

    Vivian Peyton and Theodore Weatherby could not be more different: she is a penniless orphan, raised in humble circumstances by her grandfather, and he is the cold-hearted nephew of a wealthy widow. One common thread connects these strangers—the...

  • The Scoundrel's Widow

    Sylvia Hewitt's husband was killed in the war with America. When she finds an injured man with his exact appearance in her barn, she finds the compassion to take him in and give him care. Trained in herbal medicine, Sylvia is able to heal the man. Bu...

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Anita Stansfield has published 79 books.

Anita Stansfield does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Scoundrel's Widow, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Anita Stansfield, The Silver Linings, was published in April 1903.

Yes. Anita Stansfield has 7 series.
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