Ruth J. Hartman

Author Information
Ruth J. Hartman's Latest Book

Newest Release

  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2010
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
  • Author Rating:
  • Share:

Full Series List in Order

A Bookshop Kitties Mystery

1 - Dial M for Meow (Jan-2023)
2 - Murder She Meowed (Feb-2024)

Love Bird

1 - Love Birds of Regent's Park (Dec-2013)
2 - The Unwanted Earl (Apr-2014)
3 - A Courtship for Cecilia (Feb-2015)
4 - Maid for Romance (May-2015)
5 - His Lady Peregrine (Mar-2015)

The Sullyard Sisters

1 - Color of Deception (Jan-2016)
2 - Color of Darkness (Feb-2016)
3 - Color of Danger (Mar-2016)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Flossophy of Grace

    Flossophy of Grace By Ruth J. Hartman -- What happens when a dental hygienist falls in love with her patient? That's what Grace Hart discovers when she meets Bruce Gardener. The problem? Grace's boss has a strict policy against relationships with pat...

  • Purrfect Voyage

    Kitty Carter is used to getting into strange situations when she chases her cat, Arthur. But this latest escapade is just too much! When Arthur chases a mouse at the marina while she's doing research for her book, she follows him down the dock and on...

  • Grin & Barrett

    Remmie Grin is a self-sufficient dentist who has her life right where she wants it. That is, until handsome, flirty Dr. Victor Barrett moves in next door. He constantly bugs her about selling her practice to him -- but she's not budging. How can she ...

  • Murphy in the Paw-Paw Patch

  • Better Than Catnip

    Roxy Williams adores cats. Always has. That’s why she devotes her life to running her stray cat shelter. But is that enough? Isn’t there a man out there who will love her for who she is? A special man who won’t try to change her or ask her to c...

  • Cats and Cowboys

    Lanna Kirby and her cat, Gordon, flee Indiana when her race car driver boyfriend publicly humiliates her. A job in a small Texas post office seems far enough away and a good place to start over. Lanna’s through with men, for sure. That is, until a ...

  • Life in Mental Chains

    From darkness to the light -- my terrifying journey with OCD. (Memoir)Once an easygoing person and confident dental hygienist, what happens one February changes Ruth J. Hartman’s life forever. OCD locks its tentacles around her mind, taking her on ...

  • Time For a Duke

    Izzy Hodgkin just wants her vacation to London, England, to be an adventure. Who knew that involved being locked in a closet only to find it’s 1812 when the door is opened by a handsome duke? Thrust into a life she didn’t ask for, Izzy struggles ...

  • Rescued by a Duke

    Sasha Douglas has hit rock bottom. Literally. Left all alone after her brother's murder, she thought things couldn't possibly get worse. Until she finds herself trapped, injured, and frightened with no hope of escape after falling into an abandoned w...



  • Romance at the Royal Menagerie

    Francesca Hartwell adores cats of every kind. Lions, leopards, tigers. And they all love her. Good thing she gets to see them every day, since her father is their caregiver in the Tower of London's Royal Menagerie. She'd love to find a man with whom ...

  • Romancing the Dustman's Daughter

    Augustus Sinclair has a broken heart. His betrothed has dropped him for his best friend. Former best friend. When he meets Anne Balfour, though, he questions whether he’d ever really been in love with his fiancé. Some of Anne’s reactions to what...

  • Love Birds of Regent's Park

    Love Bird - 1

    Lucy Ashbrook finds a pleasant diversion when she visits the Regent’s Park Bird Sanctuary to sketch the different birds that live there. Birds aren’t the only pleasing thing she finds, though. A certain Sanctuary worker has stolen her heart. But ...

  • Mind of a Stranger

    Shelby Wright has the life she’s always wanted: a loving marriage to Charlie, her best friend, companion, and lover. She can’t imagine anything ever coming between them. They’re so close, nothing ever could. But when Shelby’s mind begins to p...

  • The Matchmakers

    Jessie Selkirk has a mission - to take care of every stray cat she finds. They are her life, her sole reason for being. But when Baldwin Rutledge steps into her barn looking for a cat, she develops a whole new interest. One in which she must continua...

  • The Unwanted Earl

    Love Bird - 2

    Amelia Talbot has been issued a death sentence. At least it feels that way. The thought of marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather sends her into a panic. So much so that she sets off on a desperate search to find another man to marry her-qui...

  • A Courtship for Cecilia

    Love Bird - 3

    Cecilia Fletcher yearns for true love with the man of her heart. A life of her own away from her demanding mother would be an added benefit. But in order to do that, Cecilia must live a lie, making it necessary to use a false name in order to hide a ...

  • Waylaid

    Addy Lafollette has a plan. College. Veterinary school. Then way down the road, marriage and kids. Her plan doesn’t include getting involved with someone before she even leaves for college. But gorgeous Graham throws a glitch in her well thought ou...

  • His Lady Peregrine

    Love Bird - 5

    Percy Radcliff has gone mad. At least that’s what his family thinks. Simply because he adores birds to distraction. If only there were someone with whom he could share his great love. Perhaps he’s found her in the woman he happened upon at the Bi...

  • Maid for Romance

    Love Bird - 4

    Leah Hunter must choose between two men. Valet Daniel Barlow makes her laugh, fills her heart with delight, and answers her body’s desire for love. But Felton Kensington would give her a better life. Security. Prestige. And choosing him would take ...



  • Over a Fence

    Romance novelist Cora Dumont needs a place to land after college. So when her parents ask her to housesit for a year, she jumps at the chance. Being home stirs up feelings for Drew, a former neighbor. Too bad he'd never given her the time of day. Whe...

  • Color of Deception

    The Sullyard Sisters - 1

    When artist Kitty Sullyard draws a strange symbol in her toy panorama, she doesn’t expect it to be life threatening. Tossed into a situation she never asked for, she learns the hard way who not to trust. After Kitty mysteriously disappears, Nathani...

  • Color of Darkness

    The Sullyard Sisters - 2

    Lydia Sullyard is not insane. Truly she’s not. To her horror, she’s trapped inside Bedlam Hospital against her will. There’s only one way for her to gain her freedom, but the consequences are unthinkable. Stratford Bexley agrees to visit Lydia ...

  • Color of Danger

    The Sullyard Sisters - 3

    When Patience Sullyard finds a mysterious note tied to a pigeon's leg, her commissioned panorama at a falconry flies the coop. Instead of painting in hues of brown and beige, her focus shifts to saving a troubled stranger. Walter Bexley craves advent...

  • Reluctant Reunion

    Kennedy Cooper tries everything to stay away from her father’s alpaca farm. Being an actress in New York seems to do the trick. Until it doesn’t. When she fails to get enough acting parts, loses her part-time job, and breaks up with her boyfriend...

  • A Nettle By Any Other Name

    Helen Marie, Lady Stormont, longs to improve educational opportunities for the bluestockings of Highgate. Though her contemporaries scoff at her idea, she plans to open a home just for the girls, where they can study without interruptions. Thinking s...

  • Pillow Talk

  • Ring of Death

    Dorey Cameron just wants to do her job. But that's nearly impossible when her dental patients don't show up for appointments. The bizarre accidents causing them not to appear can't be a coincidence. Someone is sabotaging her. But why? Things ...

  • Dial M for Meow

    A Bookshop Kitties Mystery - 1

    From author Ruth J. Hartman comes a purrrrfect new cozy mystery series...When children’s book author, Christy Bailey, receives a call from her aunt Betty to help out at her bookshop, she drops everything to go. Christy packs up her two catsR...

  • Brushed Up On Murder

    The life of a cat groomer isn't just pampering purring felines, it's murder. Mobile Cat Groomer Molly Stewart loves her job. Until she finds the dead body of one of her pet parents stabbed with a garden implement in his back yard. When Molly's u...



  • Butterfly Betrayal

    Raising butterflies is peaceful and calm, until someone dies. Majestic Monarch Butterfly Farm might flitter away forever. That is, unless Seneca James acquires the property next door. She and Winifred, her costume-wearing cat, have a fight on th...

  • Murder She Meowed

    A Bookshop Kitties Mystery - 2

    From author Ruth J. Hartman comes the next purrrrfectly fun Bookshop Kitties Mystery...Children's book author Christy Bailey is thrilled that her aunt Betty is finally marrying the man of her dreams! The small wedding is a family event, right down to...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ruth J. Hartman has published 31 books.

Ruth J. Hartman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Murder She Meowed, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Ruth J. Hartman, Flossophy of Grace, was published in December 2010.

Yes. Ruth J. Hartman has 3 series.
Author Series
Top Authors in Mystery
No ads, please...

$20 / year

FictionDB Premium Membership

Subscribe