Lorena McCourtney

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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1979
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

An Andi McConnell Mystery

1 - Your Chariot Awaits (Oct-2007)
2 - Here Comes the Ride (Jun-2008)
3 - For Whom the Limo Rolls (Oct-2015)

The Cate Kincaid Files

1 - Dying to Read (Aug-2012)
2 - Dolled Up to Die (Jul-2013)
3 - Death Takes a Ride (Jul-2014)

An Ivy Malone Mystery

1 - Invisible (Aug-2004)
2 - In Plain Sight (Apr-2005)
3 - On the Run (Mar-2006)
4 - Stranded (Oct-2006)
5 - Go, Ivy, Go! (Jun-2015)

The Julesburg Mysteries

1 - Whirlpool (Mar-2002)
2 - Riptide (Oct-2002)
3 - Undertow (Sep-2003)

A Mac 'n' Ivy Mystery

1 - Something Buried, Something Blue (Nov-2016)
2 - Detour (Sep-2018)
3 - Desert Dead (Oct-2019)
4 - That's the Way The Cookie Crumbles (Feb-2021)
5 - The Tunnel of Doom (Oct-2022)

Multi-Author Series List

Mysteries of Sparrow Island

The Blue Moon (Oct-2007)

Book List in Order: 38 titles

  • Promise in Paradise

    Candlelight Romance - 513

    As the plane neared Martinique, Heather Northcutt wondered why her cousin had sent for her. Heather was just a bookkeeper, a plain, ordinary English girl, even though the dark, sophisticated stranger on the plane stared at her as if he thought otherw...

  • Legacy of the Heart

    Candlelight Romance - 546

    Leaving her sister's home in Minnesota, Holly Whittaker is dazzled by her job in the Bahamas, her new found independence, and the attentions of her boss's handsome, but disreputable son... Holly could hardly believe it -- her first real jo...

  • Shadows of the Heart

    Candlelight Romance - 617

    Beneath a looming volcano in the lush outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, lived the half-sister Trish Bellingham had never seen. Edith begged Trish to come and celebrate her forthcoming wedding. At last Trish would plumb the mysteries of her divided...

  • No Strings Attached

    Harlequin Temptation - 73
    Mills & Boon Temptation - 44

    The issue got lost amid the tumbled sheets For Sable Arrington, love and marriage went together. Until a man offered both, she would keep her mind on her bikini designs! Mark Taylor was the wrinkle in her plan.... He was sexy and sensitive, but...

  • By Invitation Only

    Harlequin Temptation - 120
    Mills & Boon Temptation - 82

    The mustache was phony... Everything else about construction boss Tal O'Neal was real -- any woman at the party would have sworn to that. His Rhett Butler costume emphasized his rugged physique, and his rakish smile would have done Rhett proud. It ...

  • With Flying Colors

    Harlequin Temptation - 158
    Mills & Boon Temptation - 121

    It was time for some serious pillow talk A good, firm mattress--that was what Cindy O'Rourke needed. But when she got stuck with two at a garage sale, a fellow shopper with bedroom eyes was willing to take one off her hands. Willing, too, when it ...

  • Free-Fall

    Harlequin Temptation - 251
    Mills & Boon Temptation - 200

    She'd fallen hard Photographer Kelsey O'Sullivan had sworn off daredevils. Solid and dependable was her style now. And if a stolen peek at banker David Winslow's resume was anything to go by, he was the man for her. She would even give up skydivin...

  • Betrayed

    The daughter of a wealthy midwestern family, young Rosalyn Fallon was sheltered from the struggles brought on by the Depression. But after the collapse of her father's company and the elopement of her fiancee and best friend, Rosalyn unexpectedly fac...

  • Escape

    In Lorena McCourtney's historical romance, set against the backdrop of the Greaat Depression, Beth Curtis promises her brother and his wife that if anything should happen to them, she will raise their infant son as if he were her own. When a double t...



  • Feliz Navidad

    in Mistletoe

  • Dear Silver

    When Silver receives an icy letter ending her relationship with Chris Bentley, she is shocked-mainly because she doesn't know the man! Wanting to alert him to his mistake, she responds to the letter-but their meeting turns fiery when she berates Chri...

  • Forgotten

    DANGER LURKS IN THE SHADOWS AS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN STRUGGLES TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF HER PAST KAT CAVANAUGH She awakens in an Oregon hospital with a broken leg and no memory of her identity or her past. Who is she? How did she get here? Where d...

  • Canyon

    Kit Holloway and Tyler McCord are wildly in love, eagerly planning their wedding, and anticipating a glorious summer guiding white-water rafters through the untamed beauty of the Grand Canyon. Then the unthinkable happens: Kit's father leaves his wif...

  • Searching for Stardust

    When their marriage ended in a traumatic, messy divorce, Jan swore she'd have nothing more to do with Mark. Then the unthinkable happened: Tim, their only child, a young man enmeshed in drugs, committed suicide. Now Jan and Mark find themselves reluc...

  • Whirlpool

    The Julesburg Mysteries - 1

    In the wake of a painful divorce, Stefanie is accused of setting the fire that destroyed her workplace, but she finds support from arson investigator Ryan, with whom she struggles to solve a frightening murder mystery. Original....

  • Riptide

    The Julesburg Mysteries - 2

    Hoping to convert an abandoned theater into a mall where she and her identical twin can sell their artistic wares, Sarah is devastated by her sister's brutal murder and doubts the faithful convictions of contractor Nick. Original....

  • Undertow

    The Julesburg Mysteries - 3

    Investigating the mysterious background of a small-town theater, former model Angie finds her task complicated by the murder of a friend, a dreaded visit by an ex-boyfriend, and the arrival of a man she left years earlier. Original....

  • Invisible

    An Ivy Malone Mystery - 1

    She's not your average crime fighter!Ivy Malone has a curiosity that sometimes gets her into trouble, and it's only aggravated by her discovery that she can easily escape the public eye. So when vandals romp through the local cemetery, she takes adva...

  • In Plain Sight

    An Ivy Malone Mystery - 2

    Ever wonder how a little old lady with possum-gray hair could wind up on a homicidal hit list? Well, nothing is too outlandish for Ivy Malone. She's back and she's brought her mutant curiosity gene with her. And ever since the evil-intentioned Drake ...



  • On the Run

    An Ivy Malone Mystery - 3

    Ivy the invisible rides again! Super senior sleuth Ivy Malone has curiosity that just won't quit. That inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Hiding out from some t...

  • Stranded

    An Ivy Malone Mystery - 4

    Super sleuth Ivy Malone's inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Still on the run from the mob, Ivy ends up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest with a broken-down mo...

  • The Blue Moon

    Mysteries of Sparrow Island

    While cleaning her office at the Sparrow Island Nature Conservatory, Abigail Stanton discovers a stunning blue diamond necklace hidden in her desk. Who could have hidden it there and why? Abby finds out that the jewel may be the famous Blue Moon d...

  • Your Chariot Awaits

    An Andi McConnell Mystery - 1

    A new "cozy mystery" series featuring a woman and her limousine! In the course of one week, Andi McConnell turns 60, loses her job due to a merger, breaks up with her boyfriend, inherits a limousine, and then the body of her ex-boyfriend is discov...

  • Here Comes the Ride

    An Andi McConnell Mystery - 2

    Andi McConnell is thrilled when she is hired as the chauffeur for a high-end wedding. But she's beginning to wonder why she and her limo keep ending up in the middle of a murder

    A wedding malfunction has precipitated into a murder leaving several...

  • Dying to Read

    The Cate Kincaid Files - 1

    Cate Kinkaid is just dipping her toe into the world of private investigating until one of the many résumés she has floating around lands her a real job. All she has to do is determine that a particular woman lives at a particular address. Simple, r...

  • Dolled Up to Die

    The Cate Kincaid Files - 2

    When Cate Kinkaid receives a frantic call about a triple homicide, she drives to the scene against her better judgment--aren't triple homicides more up the police department's alley?--only to find that the victims are not quite who she expects. Now s...

  • Three Secrets

    Blue skies and moonlit sea, seashells and sunkissed beaches! This spot on the Baja coast is everything widow Carolyn McAndrews hoped for on her Christmas vacation from snow and cold back in Colorado. No eligible men or romance, her friend had warned,...

  • Death Takes a Ride

    The Cate Kincaid Files - 3

    Cate Kinkaid arrives at H&B Classic Auto Restorations to give a friend a ride. But, as usual, trouble finds Cate even there--this time in the form of one dead man, one wounded man, and what appears to be a pretty obvious case of self-defense. Owner M...

  • Go, Ivy, Go!

    An Ivy Malone Mystery - 5

    Ivy Malone is back! This "invisible" LOL (little old lady) has been on the run, hiding out from the vengeful Braxtons, for almost three years now. With an unlikely propensity for getting tangled up in murder, and with the threat of the Braxtons alway...



  • Yesterday Lost

    Who is she?She knows only that she was found injured and unconscious on a rugged stretch of Oregon coast. Now she's in a hospital with a shaved head, a cast on her leg, no identification, and her memory and identity hidden in an unreachable pit in he...

  • For Whom the Limo Rolls

    An Andi McConnell Mystery - 3

    Andi McConnell and her "limouzeen" are back - can murder be far behind?Actually, Andi's life seems more or less normal at the moment. Her limousine business is chugging along. Her relationship with former TV detective "Fitz" Fitzpatrick is comfortabl...

  • Something Buried, Something Blue

    A Mac 'n' Ivy Mystery - 1

    Seniors Ivy Malone and Mac MacPherson have warily circled the idea of marriage for some time while Ivy was on the run and hiding from the murderous Braxton clan. Now the Braxtons are out of the way, and Mac and Ivy have made the Big Decision. They're...

  • Detour

    A Mac 'n' Ivy Mystery - 2

    What comes after a wedding? A honeymoon, of course. The beginning of a happily-ever-after future in which seniors Ivy and Mac leisurely cruise the country in their motorhome until they find the perfect place to settle down and live. No more dead bodi...

  • Midnight Escape

    Times are hard during the Great Depression, and Beth Curtis is even more desperate than most in this year of 1933.She's always known the powerful Wilkerson family might try to claim baby Joey, whom she's been raising almost since birth. But until Guy...

  • Desert Dead

    A Mac 'n' Ivy Mystery - 3

    Ivy and Mac are in their motorhome, headed for their long-delayed honeymoon. Baja! Beaches! Romance, sunshine, and shrimp tacos! But a panicky phone call from good friend Magnolia, who is, as usual, looking into her complicated family genealogy, chan...

  • That's the Way The Cookie Crumbles

    A Mac 'n' Ivy Mystery - 4

    What comes after the honeymoon for Ivy and Mac? Looking for a good place to settle down and leave the nomadic life behind. No more dead bodies. No more killers.What do they find instead? Murder!Beginning with a runaway Miranda and a fiancée in a...

  • The Tunnel of Doom

    A Mac 'n' Ivy Mystery - 5

    Is Mac the next big star in the movies? Probably not. But he is an extra in a movie being filmed near a mysterious California mountain famous for the myths and legends surrounding it. He even gets a promotion above the extra level: now he's lumbering...

  • Charlie's Secrets

    Mac usually writes articles about quirky people, places, or events for travel magazines. But now, he and Ivy together are doing the memoirs of a woman with three well-known and prominent ex-husbands. Each of the husbands has an incriminating past, an...

Award-Winning Books by Lorena McCourtney

Your Chariot Awaits
2008 Carol Award -- Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lorena McCourtney has published 38 books.

Lorena McCourtney does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Charlie's Secrets, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Lorena McCourtney, Promise in Paradise, was published in July 1979.

Yes. Lorena McCourtney has 5 series.
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