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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1999
  • Latest Book:
    August 2016
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About the Author

Linda L. Crockett, is a third-generation native New Mexican, but she likes to say that some of her ancestors were standing on the North American shore when the other ancestors landed. She can trace her heritage to Comanche on one branch and all the way to Scotland at the time of the Spanish Armada on another. Being a mix of hard boiled business person and soft-fuzzy romantic, it was inevitable that she would eventually turn her hand at writing a romance. Add to the fact that as a child she read Jack London and the dictionary and viola! -- A writer is born.

Linda began her first book in March 1992 and it was sold in 1993. She devours history and loves putting in obscure little-known facts into her novels. She likes the American west but is an unabashed Anglophile. Research trips to England, Scotland and Wales are the big pay-off for the long, hard hours of writing, Linda says. That careful attention to research evidently pleases readers because many write and share their thoughts on books and characters they have grown to love. With books in over eight different languages, she has fans from all over the globe. From her first Rita Nominated, Holt medallion finalist, Fearless Hearts, her novels never disappoints. She was a double finalist in the Daphne du Maurier Excellence in Mystery contest with 2 novels. Addie and the Larid was 4th, By King's Command was 3rd. Mattie and the Blacksmith was 3rd in the Laurel awards. Linda will be serving as the President of her RWA chapter in New Mexico, Land of Enchantment Romance Authors, or LERA as well as giving a day long seminar at the Romantic Times convention in Houston, Texas in November. Along with helping aspiring authors reach publication, Linda hosts contests for her readers on her website.

Full Series List in Order

Bogus Brides

1 - Addie and the Laird (Nov-2000)
2 - Mattie and the Blacksmith (Apr-2001)
3 - Lottie and the Rustler (Aug-2001)

A Carmen & Chill Mystery

1 - Taos Chill (Mar-2009)

The Vaudrys

1 - Promise the Moon (Jan-2002)
2 - Surrender the Stars (Jun-2002)
3 - Embrace the Sun (Nov-2002)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



  • Her: Alone since the death of her father, Jillian Montgomery though life couldn't get any more difficult. Then she found herself fleeing from a ruthless Barnaby Coast madam -- straight into the path of a demented killer. Only by a twist of fate ...



  • SHE VOWED NO MAN WOULD CLAIM HER... Lady Elsbeth wanted no part of marriage! Fleeing her uncle's keep with a chest of her dower coin, she believed Lambeth Abbey would be glad to offer sanctuary -- with her treasure as payment. Elsbeth never im...



  • Single women weren't permitted to live in the charter town of McTavish Plain, in the Wyoming Territory. So the three Green sisters invented husbands! But Addie, Charlotte, and Mattie never reckoned on the loves that awaited them in the wild, wild...



  • Single women weren't permitted to live in the charter town of McTavish Plain, in the Wyoming Territory. So the three Green sisters invented husbands! But Addie, Charlotte and Mattie never reckoned on the loves that awaited them in the wild, wild ...



  • Single women weren't permitted to live in the charter town of McTavish Plain, in the North Dakota Territory. So the three Green sisters invented husbands! But Addie, Charlotte, and Mattie never reckoned on the loves that awaited them in the wild ...



  • The Last Thing They Expected Was To Fall In Love Held captive by Thomas Le Revenant, the man who destroyed her family, and betrothed against her will to his son, Rowanne Vaudry is doomed to a life of misery. Then fate -- in the tall, powerful for...



  • Betrothed But Loving Another...Or So He Thinks Desmond Vaudry du Lac is appalled when King Henry III commands him to wed Aislinn, who's been dubbed the Poison Flower of Seven Oaks, having buried four husbands in five years. But Desmond is loyal ...



  • He was a man without a memory...she was a woman who denied her past... When Lochlyn Armstrong awakes wounded in a strange cottage, he has no idea what has happened to him -- and little memory of who he is. One thing he's sure of -- the proud la...



  • The legend of the weeping stones is old: they weep only in the presence of one whose destiny is integral to the survival of Scotland. However, there is a sting in the tail of the blessing; whoever is so marked by the stone is fated to love only once,...






  • Taos, New Mexico appears to be the perfect place for Chill Blaines to settle for a while. It seems like fate when he's offered the job of sheriff. Before he has time to unpack, he's thrown into a murder investigation involving hot-tempered romance au...



  • Young widow, Adorna Miggins is running a lodging house in 1829 Edinburgh which has just been rocked by the Burke and Hare murders. The income from her business keeps her and Aunt Toffy fed and housed. But lately her aunt has been communicating with a...


Award-Winning Books by Linda Lea Castle

Surrender the Stars
2002 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Medieval Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Linda Lea Castle has published 11 books.

Linda Lea Castle does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Aunt Toffy and the Ghost, was published in August 2016.

The first book by Linda Lea Castle, Gideon's Angel, was published in August 1999.

Yes. Linda Lea Castle has 3 series.