Betina Krahn

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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1983
  • Latest Book:
    April 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Brides of Virtue

1 - The Husband Test (Nov-2001)
2 - The Wife Test (Jul-2003)
3 - The Marriage Test (May-2004)

Library of Alexandria

1 - The Book of the Seven Delights (Jul-2005)
2 - The Book of True Desires (Aug-2006)

Mistress

1 - The Last Bachelor (Aug-1994)
2 - The Perfect Mistress (Sep-1995)

Reluctant Heroes

1 - Hero Wanted (Mar-2021)
2 - White Knight Needed (Apr-2022)

Sin and Sensibility

1 - A Good Day to Marry a Duke (Dec-2017)
2 - The Girl with the Sweetest Secret (Nov-2018)
3 - Anyone But a Duke (Nov-2019)

Tudor

1 - Caught in the Act (Sep-1990)
2 - Behind Closed Doors (Sep-1991)

Multi-Author Series List

Single Father

33 - Soldier's Rescue (Sep-2017)

Book List in Order: 38 titles

  • Rapture's Ransom // Not Quite Married

    THE COST OF COMFORT Golden-haired Brien was indescribably happy: soon she would be the wife of a rich, handsome Frenchman. But when the glowing bride-to-be heard her fiance's drunken bragging about his past exploits, she couldn't bear the thought of...

  • Passion's Storm

    ECSTASY'S WHIRLWIND Tempestuous, blue-eyed Tauren bristled with anger at the mere thought of Holt Reston. The black-clad overlord of Somerset had the manners of a cad and the charm of a cobra. Yet one look into his piercing hazel eyes and she was ...

  • Rebel Passion

    Zebra Heartfire

    TAUNTING TEMPTATION Aria Dunning slapped Tynan Rutland's handsome face with great satisfaction. The beautiful colonist was not about to sacrifice her virtue just so her royalist father could marry her off to an unscrupulous English earl. Rutland wou...

  • Hidden Fires

    SHE FOUGHT TEMPTATION Eden Marlow was dismayed by her fascination with the audacious Ramsay MacLean. Apparently that line English finishing school had done little to smooth the unladylike edges from her colonial soul. Why else would she be drawn to ...

  • Passion's Treasure // Just Say Yes

    PRICELESS LESSONS Violet-eyed Treasure Barrett had a passion for learning. Everyone in the village of Culpepper knew the best way to solve a problem was to ask Treasure-she was a thinker. So when the late squire's son demanded that the impoverishe...

  • Passion's Ransom

    CAPTIVE BEAUTY Blythe Woolrich was a proper and respectable female. Genteelly poor and thoroughly modest, she was not at all the sort of woman to be held for ransom by a horde of nefarious pirates. And certainly not the sort whose passions could b...

  • Love's Brazen Fire // The Paradise Bargain

    She made him want her... but would he ever love her? SHE HAD TO PERSUADE HIM Barter was a way of life in Rapture, Pennsylvania and Whitney (Whiskey) Daniels learned long ago that everything has its price. So when an officer of the new federal g...

  • Midnight Magic // Luck Be A Lady

    DETERMINED TO CONQUER Rane Austen watched his lovely nurse with a wary eye. He'd been in Devonshire long enough to know that luscious Charity Standing was widely believed to be a jinx. And he had nearly been killed by a smuggler's bullet just aft...

  • Caught in the Act

    Tudor - 1

    SECRET PLACES... A shocking liaison accidentally observed opens floodgates of deception... and desire. HIDDEN COSTS... A rogue's game of passionate betrayal takes an audacious, unexpected turn when emotional debts come due. SWEET REWARDS....



  • Six Little Angels

    in Avon Presents: Christmas Romance

    An unconventional young noblewoman reluctantly accepts the help of her handsome ex-suitor, rekindling long-suppressed desires......

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Tudor - 2

    UNDER THE QUEEN'S PROTECTIVE EYE Beautiful, eager and innocent Corinna Huntington is swept up in the intrigues of the Tudor court - plunged into a world of ambition and treachery. Rampant with nefarious plots and bawdy pleasures. IN THE HALLS O...

  • A Certain Magic

    in Haunting Love Stories

    A trio of delightful Victorian "witches" stir up a spicy Halloween brew of passion and romance for their enchanting young ward and a handsome, straight-laced lawyer....

  • My Warrior's Heart // The Enchantment

    A WARRIOT BRED She is sensuality incarnate-a stunning, tawny-eyed goddess with the battle skills of a Valkyrie. But though many lust for her, Aaren can have no man...unless he first defeats her in combat. A LOVER UNEQUALED He is strikingly hand...

  • Kidnapped for Christmas

    in A Victorian Christmas

    Five holiday stories played out in Victorian England or America, reflect the old-fashioned romantic charm of a popular era. Delightfully enchanting and heartwarming, this exquisite collection can be enjoyed all year round....

  • The Princess and the Barbarian // Three Nights With the Princess

    JEWEL OF THE REALM Lovely, tempestuous and devoted to her subjects, Princess Thera must marry before she can be crowned Queen Of Mercia. But her reluctant search for a husband has plunged her into gravest peril - and into the arms of a handsome barb...

  • The Last Bachelor

    Mistress - 1

    SHE CREATED A STIR Some found her ingenious, others diabolical. But no one could argue with the success of Lady Antonia Paxton's technique. For the beautiful young widow had made a career out of helping destitute women marry well -- by trapping L...

  • A Touch of Warmth

    in Stardust

    A sensuous, delightfully daring woodland sprite is trapped between flesh and fancy --- when she loses her heart to an attractive, unsuspecting and very mortal man....

  • The Perfect Mistress

    Mistress - 2

    The daughter of an exquisite London courtesan, beautiful and candid Gabrielle LeCoeur is determined to make a different life for herself -- staid, respectable... MARRIED. But her mother plans to see Gabrielle linked to a suitable protector, a wealthy...

  • The Unlikely Angel

    Betina Krahn has an enchanting wit and style all her own. Now her delicious new love story entangles a cynical rake with a selfless beauty whose good deeds lead to Scandal, intrigue, and passion. With her soft heart and angelic face, Madeline Dunc...



  • The Mermaid

    If Celeste Ashton hadn't needed money to save her grandmother's seaside estate, she would never have published her observations on ocean life and the dolphins she has befriended. So when her book bursts upon the London scene, making her an instant ce...

  • The Soft Touch

    A SOFTHEARTED BALTIMORE HEIRESS Lovely but disastrously tenderhearted Diamond Wingate has terrible trouble saying "No": to the poor and unfortunate who beg at her gates; to entrepreneurs with big plans and no money; and worse, to the silver-tongue...

  • Sweet Talking Man

    SHE WAS AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN-WITH ONLY ONE WEAKNESS... AN IMMOVABLE UPTOWN LADY... Rich suffragette Beatrice Von Furstenberg was tough enough to trade stocks on Wall Street and smart enough to resist the temptation of passion. Adamant about women...

  • The Husband Test

    Brides of Virtue - 1

    SHE VOWED NEVER TO BE MARRIED.... Sister Eloise was perhaps the most well intentioned novice at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue -- and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated ab...

  • The Wife Test

    Brides of Virtue - 2

    Left on the doorstep of the Convent of the Brides of Virtue when she was just a baby, Chloe of Guibray hasn't been able to dig up anything about her parentage except that her family hails from England. Knowing she must uncover the truth it she ever h...

  • The Marriage Test

    Brides of Virtue - 3

    Orphaned at a young age, Julia of Childress has become the angel of the kitchen at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue. She may he renowned for whipping up meals that can make any mouth water, but all Julia wants is a kitchen of her own--and a husban...

  • The Enchantment

    New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn breathes life into history in a spellbinding tale of a legendary swordswoman, a time of bloodlust and myth, and a love story so powerful it will take your breath away. A Woman’s Heart Strong, stunn...

  • The Book of the Seven Delights

    Library of Alexandria - 1

    Abigail Merchant is determined to prove her worth as a librarian to the stodgy old men running the British Museum. When she uncovers the journals of an eccentric scholar in the museum basement, she sees the opportunity to earn the curators' respect a...

  • The Book of True Desires

    Library of Alexandria - 2

    Cordelia O'Keefe has struck a deal with her crusty tycoon of a grandfather to fund an expedition that will make her name as an explorer. But first, he requires she prove herself by locating three Mayan stone carvings and something known as "the Gift ...

  • Make Me Yours

    Harlequin Blaze - 479



  • Manhunting: The Chase

    Harlequin Blaze - 519

  • Yesterday's Bride

    in A Harlequin Christmas Carol

    New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors Betina Krahn and Jacquie D'Alessandro and award-winning author Hope Tarr put a new spin on a holiday classic. YESTERDAY'S BRIDE by Betina Krahn After the death of her betrothed, young widow Claire Hal...

  • Hooked

    More Than Words: Bestselling authors & Real-life heroines We all have the power to effect change--we just need to find the strength to harness it. With every good deed done, and helping hand offered, we are making the world a better place. The ded...

  • Soldier's Rescue

    Harlequin Heartwarming - 199
    Mills & Boon Forever (Australia)
    Single Father - 33

    He has to find good in the world again… Warmhearted Kate Everly is a veterinarian with a special love for dogs. But she's about to find out if her inner strength and unique "puppy whisperer" skills extend to healing wounded humans, too. Flo...

  • A Good Day to Marry a Duke

    Sin and Sensibility - 1

    From award-winning New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn comes a beguiling new romance brimming with her signature wit, timeless sensuality, and thrilling romance -- as desire proves to be a great equalizer... Daisy Bumgarten isn’t thr...

  • The Girl with the Sweetest Secret

    Sin and Sensibility - 2

    New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn’s warmhearted and witty new romance is filled with sparkling surprises... When Frances Bumgarten encounters a handsome stranger in her kitchen in the middle of the night, her first impulse is to wa...

  • Anyone But a Duke

    Sin and Sensibility - 3

    New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn delivers an irresistible romance shimmering with light-hearted wit and thrilling twists . . . The youngest of four spirited American sisters, Sarah Bumgarten has studiously avoided her mother's attemp...

  • Hero Wanted

    Reluctant Heroes - 1

    From New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn comes a sparkling new historical romance series that will ignite your spirit, and your heart... When dashing, determined bachelor Rafe Townsend, and beautiful, impetuous Lauren Alcott are trapped...

  • White Knight Needed

    Reluctant Heroes - 2

    Brimming with romance and adventure, New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn’s thrilling new series reveals the hero in every man . . . Just as Barclay Howard declares himself finished with the idea of true love and in pursuit of the more...

Award-Winning Books by Betina Krahn

The Book of True Desires
2007 Rita Award -- Short Historical Romance
My Warrior's Heart // The Enchantment
1993 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Fantasy
Passion's Treasure // Just Say Yes
1989 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Love & Laughter


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Betina Krahn has published 38 books.

Betina Krahn does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, White Knight Needed, was published in April 2022.

The first book by Betina Krahn, Rapture's Ransom // Not Quite Married, was published in November 1983.

Yes. Betina Krahn has 6 series.
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