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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2012
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Girls from the Mountain

1 - Tabitha (Nov-2015)
2 - Tory (Nov-2017)
3 - Sarah Redeemed (Nov-2018)

Laynie Portland

0.5 - Laynie Portland, Spy Rising (Jun-2019)
1 - Laynie Portland, Retired Spy (Jul-2019)
2 - Laynie Portland, Renegade Spy (Dec-2019)
3 - Laynie Portland, Spy Resurrected (Jun-2020)
4 - Vyper (Oct-2023)

Nanostealth

1 - Stealthy Steps (Jun-2015)
2 - Stealth Power (Feb-2017)
3 - Stealth Retribution (Jun-2017)
4 - Deep State Stealth (Jun-2018)
5 - Stealth Insurgence (Dec-2021)
6 - Stealth Triumph (Jun-2022)

Prairie Heritage

1 - A Rose Blooms Twice (Feb-2012)
2 - Wild Heart on the Prairie (Feb-2014)
3 - Joy on This Mountain (Jan-2013)
4 - The Captive Within (Oct-2013)
5 - Stolen (May-2014)
5.5 - Land of Dust & Tears (Jul-2014)
6 - Lost Are Found (Sep-2014)
7 - All God's Promises (Jun-2016)
8 - The Heart of Joy (Feb-2017)
9 - Rose of RiverBend (Jun-2021)

Book List in Order: 26 titles



  • Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best!Rose Brownlee has suffered more loss than most people can endure. Now she must find a purpose and a way to move on with her life. Will she bow to conventional wisdom or will she, like Abraham of old, choose to follow ...



  • Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best! Joy on This Mountain is the blazing sequel to the breakthrough historical novels, A Rose Blooms Twice and Wild Heart on the Prairie.

    The year is 1908. The little town of Corinth, Colorado, lies in the gateway...



  • Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best!
    The Captive Within picks up the day after Joy on This Mountain ends. The two infamous houses of Corinth, Colorado, are closed and the young women who had been imprisoned there have been released. Rose and Joy lea...



  • Wild Heart on the Prairie is the gripping prequel and companion to the breakthrough historical novel, A Rose Blooms Twice and is the foundation of the acclaimed series, A Prairie Heritage.

    The Thoresen brothers, Jan (Yahn) and Karl, have left ...



  • Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best!
    Denver, 1910: Stolen returns to Denver and Palmer House -- a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution -- and to the lives of Rose Thoresen, Joy Thoresen Michaels, and their unorthodox â€...



  • Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best!

    Look for Book 6, Lost Are Found, the compelling conclusion of the series, A Prairie Heritage, October 18! Land of Dust and Tears is the gripping prequel to the breakthrough historical novel, A Rose Blooms T...



  • Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best!
    Joy Thoresen Michaels has lost the two most precious people in her life: her husband and her only child. She cannot receive her husband back from the dead, but she has hope for her son -- hope that he will be rec...



  • My name is Gemma Keyes. Other than my name, I am utterly forgettable -- so those who never paid much attention to me in the first place haven’t exactly noticed that I’ve disappeared. Vanished. Oh, it’s much more complicated than it sounds. I've...



  • From the author of the groundbreaking series, A Prairie Heritage, comes the compelling story of fiery-haired, fiery-tempered Tabitha Hale. Rescued from a life of depravity, Tabitha gives her heart to God and her life to nursing. As this tenacious, re...






  • So many unanswered questions.

    Who am I really? Kari wondered again. I am not KariAnn Hillyer. Not KariAnn Granger. They tell me my real name is KariAnn Thoresen Michaels.

    But who is that person?

    She frowned. And where are my sist...



  • Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best!

    Enjoy or share the perfect gift, the first three books of this enduring saga: A Prairie Heritage, The Early Years. The compelling saga of family, faith, and great courage.One Family, steeped in the love and g...



  • Denver, Colorado, 1914Joy Michaels, grieving mother and widow, resides in an aging but remarkable Denver home: a beautiful, three-story Victorian/Queen Anne mansion resplendent with towers, turrets, peaks, and gables and known locally as Palmer House...



  • I must survive. For Dr. Bickel’s sake, I must survive.

    Weakened by the nanomites’ drain, Gemma flees from General Cushing’s renewed pursuit. She finds temporary refuge in Dr. Bickel’s vacant safe house -- refuge and time for her body ...



  • Retribution. Also known as “payback” or a more dated word: “vengeance.” Arnaldo Soto has taken Emilio and intends to use him as bait to trap Gemma. It’s an effective strategy, because Gemma will do anything -- anything -- to save the young ...



  • Victoria Washington -- sophisticated and elegant, owner of Victoria’s House of Fashion, designer of haute couture gowns for the wealthy and elite of Denver, a brilliant and successful business woman in her own right. Tory, as she is known to her fr...



  • Conspiracies. Collusion. Plots. Secrets within secrets and plans within plans.Thanks to Gemma and the nanomites’ timely intervention, President Jackson survives Vice President Harmon’s attempt to assassinate him and seize the presidency. Back in ...



  • Martha Palmer, the generous benefactor of Palmer House -- a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution -- has died. Denver society turns out in strength to honor the elderly woman, as do many of the young women who have lived...



  • No one is born a spy. In one way or another, every "righteous" clandestine operative is sought out, enlisted, and trained for the difficult and often terrible work intended to ensure that the principles of freedom triumph over ideologies that seek...



  • “Retirement” means something altogether different to a spy. It means someone in authority over you has decided that “coming in from the cold” is out of the question. It means you’d better run. Laynie Portland has masqueraded as Swedish citi...






  • Once a spy, always a spy. And once a renegade . . .Director Wolfe brings Laynie “in from the cold” to a place of relative safety. However, she will remain free only if she meets Wolfe’s three conditions. She must accept the new identity he give...



  • Laynie, Tobin, and Jaz narrowly escape the hit squad sent by the Ukrainian mob-the third attempt to kill members of Director Wolfe's staff. Whatever the task force does and wherever its people go, the enemy is right there, always one step ahead.Wolfe...



  • The poignant and unforgettable conclusion to the series, A Prairie HeritageFall 1923. After a thirteen-year absence, Rose Thoresen is returning to her beloved RiverBend. It may well be her final visit. Edmund O'Dell, Rose's son-in-law, has accepted t...



  • Jayda and Zander leave Washington, DC, and return to Albuquerque, satisfied that they have completed their mission for President Jackson. They are bursting with joy for the unborn child Jayda carries and are keen to share the news of their blessing w...



  • The nanomites have uncovered a vast international intrigue, a conspiracy comprising thousands of individuals in key positions across the nations. They call themselves the Global Community, and they are led by the wealthy, powerful, and elite—mi...



  • Stealth Genesis pulls aside the curtain and reveals the never-before-told back story of the award-winning series, Nanostealth.Dr. Daniel Bickel, world-renowned nanophysicist, and his devoted technicians, Rick and Tony, explore the tunnels of the old ...



  • Task Force Resolute has a mandate to hunt terrorists online. Director Wolfe provides the funding and agency umbrella under which Resolute operates, while Bella Tobin serves as Resolute's team leader. However, Bella is not this woman's actual name. It...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Vikki Kestell has published 26 books.

Vikki Kestell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Vyper, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Vikki Kestell, A Rose Blooms Twice, was published in February 2012.

Yes. Vikki Kestell has 4 series.