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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2013
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Highland Renegades

1 - The Outcast Highlander (Jan-2014)
2 - The Runaway Highlander (May-2014)
3 - The Pirate Highlander (Jul-2014)
3.5 - Malcolm's Return (Oct-2014)
4 - Lachlan's Revenge (Feb-2015)
5 - Cadha's Rogue (Sep-2015)

Line of Fire

1 - Fire Away (Dec-2014)
2 - Fire Fight (Jul-2015)

A Matchbaker / Vangie Vale Mystery

1 - Vangie Vale and the Murdered Macaron // Penance on the Prairies (Jun-2017)
2 - Vangie Vale and the Corpseless Custard (Sep-2017)
3 - Vangie Vale and the Strangled Strudel (Jan-2018)
4 - Vangie Vale and the Larcenous Lava Cake // Victim in the Valley (Jun-2020)
5 - Vangie Vale and the Dismembered Donut // Body on the Beach (Nov-2020)
6 - Fugitive in the Forest (Jan-2023)

Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • Sean Raleigh has fired every nurse and physical therapist within firing radius. He wants to be left alone in his invalid despair. But when his best friend hires the beautiful Jaclyn Dalton, Sean's curiosity about her selflessness and unwavering faith...



  • The first in a new Scottish Historical Romance series from award-winning author R.L. Syme. Kenesy MacLeod returns home after a failed marriage alliance in France to find her world in turmoil: her best friend married to an English sympathizer, her mot...



  • Anne de Cheyne has a choice. She can play the dutiful daughter and allow her mother to sell her to a greasy English sheriff, or she can take control of her own life and find her own match. After a frightening run-in with her promised husband reveals ...



  • Two love stories, two countries, two pirates... now ONE BOOK! The Pirate Highlander now includes the follow-up novella, MALCOLM'S RETURN. Book Three in the Highland Renegades Series! Malcolm Sinclair left home a haunted man, looking for redemption, f...



  • When mistaken identity leaves her captive, he has no choice but to return for her… Malcolm Sinclair returns home to find Kees Rademacher and his pirate friends waiting for him. Malcolm's plans to free Josephine de Witt from her enemy captors can o...



  • BOOK ONE: LINE OF FIRE SERIES, set in the Somewhere, TX continuity series. Claire Milton moves back to Somewhere, TX with her life in shambles. She lost her job, her savings, and the support of her parents. But she has an idea that will put everythin...



  • Lachlan MacLeod survived an English dungeon. He held his own under torture and brutality. He survived the death of his wife and alienation from his family. He managed to take back his ancestral home and restore his son's inheritance. But the English ...



  • Book Two in the Line of Fire Series, set in the Somewhere, Texas saga... Tande Walker is swimming in love. Her brother met his soul mate, her best friend is engaged, and to top it all off, Tande has the town's biggest wedding to plan for. All she can...



  • Cadha de Witt waits for her first love to return from a perilous voyage, but finds heartbreak when he doesn't disembark with the rest of the crew. Despite her family's insistence that Maas wants to begin a new life in Scotland, Cadha charges after hi...






  • Small towns and gossip go together like flaky crust and sweet pastry cream. Between the police scanners, the coffee ladies, and the senior center, no secret is safe for long. But Vangie Vale wants nothing more than to stay under the radar...especial...



  • What could be wrong with bringing a few fancy custard tarts to your Bunco group to impress a guest of honor?

    Nothing at all...except that guest of honor never shows up. And when her body is discovered, everyone at the Bunco group is a murder s...



  • Just when Vangie Vale's life was getting back to normal after a murder that rocked her little Rocky Mountain tourist town, she found herself in the middle of another murder... as the chief suspect.

    Vangie stood shocked on the side of the curb as ...



  • I never thought Edward would come back...  When the court case against my ex was finished, I thought we were finished, too. But it turns out, it was only the beginning. Things are starting to fall apart in Saint Agnes and right in the middl...



  • Just when you think you're turning over a new leaf... surprise! It's the old leaf. Yeah, I can't help myself. Even when I'm on vacation in the Outer Banks, if there's even a sniff of a crime... even the whiff of a murder... I can't help but get ...



  • Even in the great white North, Vangie gonna Vangie. She just cannot keep herself out of trouble, no matter where she goes. And when an old nemesis shows up and surprises her on her vacation, she can't help but investigate.This was originally written ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

R.L. Syme has published 15 books.

R.L. Syme does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Fugitive in the Forest, was published in January 2023.

The first book by R.L. Syme, His Wounded Heart, was published in January 2013.

Yes. R.L. Syme has 3 series.