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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1990
  • Latest Book:
    April 2016
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About the Author

Roberta Helmer (July 19, 1950 – May 21, 2018), under her pseudonym Christina Skye, was the best-selling American author of more than thirty-two novels in a variety of genres: romantic suspense, paranormal romance, as well as contemporary and historical romances. Brest cancer was the cause of death.

Full Series List in Order

Code Name

1 - Code Name: Nanny (Jun-2004)
2 - Code Name: Princess (Oct-2004)
3 - Code Name: Baby (Nov-2005)
4 - Code Name: Blondie (May-2006)
5 - Code Name: Bikini (Jul-2007)

Come DeLamere

1 - Come the Night (Sep-1994)
2 - Come the Dawn (Aug-1995)

Draycott Abbey

1 - Enchantment (Oct-1991)
2 - What Dreams May Come (Sep-1992)
3 - Hour of the Rose (Apr-1994)
4 - Bridge of Dreams (May-1995)
5 - Bride of the Mist (May-1996)
6 - Key To Forever (Mar-1997)
7 - Season of Wishes (Nov-1997)
8 - Christmas Knight (Oct-1998)
9 - The Perfect Gift (Oct-1999)
10 - Moonrise (Nov-2009)
11 - To Catch a Thief (Sep-2007)
12 - Bound by Dreams (Dec-2009)
13 - Christmas at Draycott Abbey (Jul-2013)
14 - Fallen (Jul-2013)

Navy SEALs

1 - 2000 Kisses (Dec-1999)
2 - Going Overboard (Apr-2001)
3 - My Spy (Jan-2002)
4 - Hot Pursuit (Feb-2003)

Regency Era

1 - Defiant Captive (Jun-1990)
2 - The Black Rose (Jul-1991)
3 - East of Forever (Aug-1993)

Summer Island

0.5 - Return to Summer Island (Apr-2011)
1 - A Home by the Sea (Oct-2011)
2 - The Accidental Bride (Sep-2012)
3 - Butterfly Cove (Sep-2013)

Book List in Order: 38 titles



  • CAPTIVE... To a handsome Lord whose silver-flecked eyes glittered with anger as he snatched Alexandra from the London streets. Her fiery loveliness had ignited a case of mistaken identity but now there was no mistaking Hawkeworth's naked passio...



  • Black Rose Calling card of the infamous Romney Fox. Smuggler, scoundrel, probable traitor, and spy, he plundered the rich and gave to the poor. Men toasted him, women whispered his name like a prayer. Deserted and deceived, exquisite Tess Leighton, ...



  • A dashing British viscount and a stunning American woman rekindle the flames of desire that burned between them a century earlier....



  • WHILE PURSUING A FABLED TREASURE, THEY TASTED THE BITTERNESS OF BETRAYAL AND THE SWEETNESS OF FORBIDDEN PASSION MADMAN'S CURSE OR RAJAH'S PRIZE? Teal-eyed enchantress Barrett Winslow flees through the gaslit London streets, stalked by a ruthless ...



  • A stunning and sensuous artist risks her safety and her heart in a passionate tryst with a restless, ghostly protector....



  • Emperor's ransom of seeker's epitaph? Like a cat, a beauty prowls London's night-dark roofs, stealing into the boudoirs of the rich and powerful in search of an ancient jewel-encrusted pillow book, an erotic treasure, to barter for her captive fathe...



  • Secrets gather in the shadows of Britain's Draycott Abbey--intrigues of evil, unscrupulous men...and the astonishing mysteries of a star-crossed romance from centuries past. Dashing ex-Royal Marine Michael Burke has come to Draycott to unmask a tr...



  • They meet when darkness falls.... DARK SEDUCER He rides by moonlight, a masked highwayman with a gentleman's wit and a felon's cool aim. They call him the Black Lord, and all England trembles at his exploits, for in plunder and seduction he has n...



  • 1794-Rake and reckless hero, Gabriel Montserrat falls prey to blackest treachery-his death a mystery to be locked away forever in the deepest recesses of Draycott Abbey. 1994-American-born beauty Cathlin O'Neill finds herself named in a strange be...






  • Dearest Reader, If you like adventure--along with a heady blend of passion--I'm certain you'll enjoy this second book in the exploits of the eccentric and aristocratic Delameres. Handsome, cynical, and exquisitely charming, the twelfth earl of ...



  • AT ROSE-COVERED DRAYCOTT ABBEY... In a savage age of chivalry, a war-weary knight defends a mysterious lady from danger and swears himself her champion -- for all time... Centuries later, a startling psychic vision draws a gifted bridal writer to...



  • Once raised to defend a doomed Scottish queen, the Cameron sword lies hidden, guarded by a deadly curse. Only the bravest dare seek the fabled blade--and the rare treasure it contains. A British earl with Gypsy blood, in his wild youth Alexei Came...



  • Beautiful American heiress Jamee Night feels someone watching her: someone who knows every move she makes. And she knows firsthand what fear is, since she survived a kidnapping when she was just a girl. But Jamee has worked too hard to lose her confi...



  • From out of the Scottish mist rides a dark figure, a man sworn to protect any woman needing his strength... A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS Hope O'Hara desperately needs a Christmas miracle or she'll lose her beloved Glenbrae House forever. Just when she t...



  • A WOMAN OF RARE PASSION When Maggie Kincade arrives at Draycott Abbery, she is stunned to feel that the weathered stone walls offer a safe haven from the dangers of her past. The tranquil English manor soothes her troubled soul--until her peace is...



  • A year 2000 computer glitch got her $1 million and a cowboy--and the wildest adventure of her life . . . P.R. whiz Tess O'Mara is burned out. She's looking for a change. Something wild and crazy. The year 2000 has arrived. And that's when the trou...



  • CAROLINA SULLIVAN NEEDS A MAN'S BODY BAD. . . . Only the most gorgeous hunk will save fast-track photographer Carly Sullivan's job, but finding the right man isn't easy when you're on a ship in the middle of the Caribbean and the model you hired tur...



  • ANNIE O'TOOLE HAS A PAST... The last time Annie saw Sam, they were lying in each other's arms beneath a canopy of stars. Now Annie paces a secluded airfield at midnight, awaiting the arrival of an unmarked Navy helicopter. Her assignment: Get this...



  • HE'S HOT. HE'S TOUGH. HE'S DANGEROUS... Bestselling suspense writer Taylor O'Toole has a huge problem--almost overnight, her quiet, humdrum life is starting to resemble one of her novels. Who knew that a little unofficial surveillance for a friend w...






  • She's an FBI agent. He's a Navy SEAL. Together they're igniting enough heat to blow both their covers. Summer Mulcahey is a workaholic FBI agent with a nose for crime, a mouth for trouble and a heart tied to the job 24/7. But Summer also happens t...



  • WHEN A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL INVESTIGATOR TEAMS UP WITH AN IRRESISTIBLE NAVY SEAL, GOING UNDERCOVER COULD TAKE THEM OVER THE TOP.... Two FBI agents are dead. A top-secret government lab animal has been stolen. Now Hawk MacKenzie just walked In on a nake...



  • Navy SEAL Wolfe Houston is on a mission of national security: protect one stubborn -- but gorgeous -- civilian in charge of training valuable government assets But tracking down four genetically enhanced service dogs and guarding their furry backs...



  • Miki is living every woman's fantasy -- stranded on a desert island with a rugged Navy SEAL. But little does Miki know she's a suspect in an international high-tech robbery, and her steely-eyed companion is ready, willing and able to do anything to m...



  • Ex-cop Gina Ryan traded in her Smith & Wesson to follow a dream. Now she's creating decadent desserts aboard a luxury cruise ship in the Caribbean. But a gorgeous passenger is about to send her perfect world up in smoke... Trace O'Halloran is a hard...



  • Nell MacInnes can spot a forgery from a mile away. After all, she learned from the best--her father is one of the art world's most notorious thieves. His brutal beating by the very authorities who claim to keep the world safe from harm taught her one...



  • Devastated by a colleague's death and drawn to a thirteenth-century mystery, FBI agent Sara Nightingale arrives at Draycott Abbey for research and a much-needed getaway. Only, there she meets Navarre, a warrior from the Crusades who has been sent for...



  • American travel expert Kiera Morissey is adept at getting in and out of tight spots. But when a deathbed promise brings Kiera back to Draycott Abbey, she meets rugged Scotsman Calan MacKay, and her life is changed forever. For fifteen years, changed ...



  • Presenting...the sixth annual More Than Words anthology. Little by little, one person at a time, we can make our world a better place. The five dedicated women selected as this year's recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award have done just ...



  • After a devastating car accident, Caro McNeal is welcomed by a community of knitters on Oregon's sleepy Summer Island. She also finds meaning and purpose in the letters she exchanges with a marine serving in Afghanistan. But when life takes another u...






  • Sometimes appearances aren't what they seem... Grace Lindstrom has followed her fiance across three continents, starry-eyed and full of dreams. But when he dies in a plane crash, Grace discovers that their life together was the cruelest kind of lie ...



  • When her friends order her to take a vacation, successful chef Jilly O'Hara is less than enthused. She may be overworked, but a trip to the mountains is not her idea of fun. Especially when she's roped into an outrageous scheme to pose as a happy bri...



  • Sometimes Destiny Provides the Perfect Gift A WOMAN OF RARE PASSION When Maggie Kincade arrives at Draycott Abbey, she's stunned to discover how much the weathered stone walls offer a safe haven from the dangers of her past. The tranquil English ma...



  • Now Available! THE ACCIDENTAL BRIDE, #3 in Christina's award-winning SUMMER ISLAND contemporary series - amazon.com/dp/B008EN405G
    In a night of dreams and danger, a Crusader knight is torn from the past on a mission of honor--and deadly revenge. ...



  • Like a cat, a beautiful figure prowls London's shadowed roofs, stealing into the boudoirs of the rich and powerful in search of an ancient jewel-encrusted pillow book. Only with this rare treasure can Chessy Cameron barter for her father's life.But n...



  • Girl's gone bad…for the town's new golden boy Maybe opposites don't always attract. If they did, architect Olivia Sullivan would have run away with bad boy Rafe Russo when they were teenagers. Instead, Olivia has spent ten years dreaming up des...



  • A rajah's prize or a dark entrapment?In the shadowy pall of gaslit London streets, Barrett Winslow is stalked by a ruthless enemy in search of a confidence she can never reveal. When fate tosses her into the arms of an exotic stranger, she's swept aw...



  • Don't forget to pick up Book 2 in the Mad, Bad & Dangerous Heroes series: SEDUCING THE RAKE (both are standalone reads) - amazon.com/dp/B00EOSCL2Y______________________SEVEN NIGHTS WITH A PIRATE:A Dangerous Game...Driven to redeem her father's mons...



  • The Excelsior Hotel and Casino. Built in Las Vegas in 1960 by mobster Louis “The Lip” LaFica. For decades the towering hotel has been the subject of incredible stories and rumors that have kept it in the public eye the world around.Why have so ma...


Award-Winning Books by Christina Skye

Bridge of Dreams
1995 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Contemporary Reincarnation
A Home by the Sea
2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Contemporary Romance
The Ruby
1993 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Victorian Romance
To Catch a Thief
2008 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Romantic Intigue


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Christina Skye has published 38 books.

Christina Skye does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Romantic Times: Vegas, was published in April 2016.

The first book by Christina Skye, Defiant Captive, was published in June 1990.

Yes. Christina Skye has 6 series.