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Kate Kingsbury is an English author that writes cozy mystery novels some of which are historical in nature. She has produced fiction under the ‘Rebecca Kent’, ‘Doreen Roberts’, and ‘Allison Kingsley pen names.
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Order of Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Room with a Clue (Short Story) | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Do Not Disturb | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Service for Two | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Eat, Drink, and Be Buried | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Check-Out Time | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Grounds for Murder | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Pay the Piper (Short Story) | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Chivalry is Dead | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Ring for Tomb Service | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Death with Reservations | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Dying Room Only | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Maid to Murder | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
13 | No Clue at the Inn | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Slay Bells | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Shrouds of Holly | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Ringing in Murder | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Decked with Folly | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Mistletoe and Mayhem | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Herald of Death | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Clue is in the Pudding | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Mulled Murder | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
22 | A Perilous Promise (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
23 | A Merry Murder | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of Try To Remember Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Mercenary And The Marriage Vow | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Trusting A Texan | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Owen's Touch | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A Season of Miracles | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Virgin Without A Memory | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
6 | I'll Remember You | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Witness... And Wife? | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Safe In His Arms | 2001 | Description / Buy |
Order of Rodeo Men Series as Doreen Roberts
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Home is Where the Cowboy Is | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Maverick's Bride | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Forever Kind of Cowboy | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of He's My Hero Series as Doreen Roberts
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Marriage Beat | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of Manor House Mysteries Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | A Bicycle Built for Murder | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Death is in the Air | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
3 | For Whom Death Tolls | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Dig Deep for Murder | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Paint by Murder | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Berried Alive | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Fire When Ready | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Wedding Rows | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
9 | An Unmentionable Murder | 2006 | Description / Buy |
Order of Bellehaven House Mysteries Series as Rebecca Kent
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | High Marks for Murder | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Finished Off | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Murder Has No Class | 2009 | Description / Buy |
Order of Raven's Nest Series as Allison Kingsley
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Mind Over Murder | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | A Sinister Sense | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Trouble Vision | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Extra Sensory Deception | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Portal Series as Rebecca Kent
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Fractured | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Cracked | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Merry Ghost Inn Mysteries Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dead and Breakfast | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Doom with a View | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Be Our Ghost | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Misty Bay Tearoom Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | In Hot Water | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
2 | In Too Steep | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Kate Kingsbury Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Gambler's Gold | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Willing Accomplice | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Forbidden Jade | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Desert Heat | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Threat of Exposure | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Home for the Holidays | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Broken Wings | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Road to Freedom | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Only a Dream Away | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Where There's Smoke | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
11 | A Cowboy's Heart | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
12 | A Mom For Christmas | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Every Waking Moment | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
14 | In Love with the Boss | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
15 | One Bride: Baby Included | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Official Duty | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The English Wife | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Spooks: The Diary of Jeanie Morris | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Make-Believe Matrimony Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | It Happened One Night | 1990 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dangerous to Love USA Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Devil's Gambit | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Twice Shy | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Measure of Deceit | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Life Line | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Someone To Turn To | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Accompanying Alice | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
7 | A Dangerous Loyalty | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
8 | A Dangerous Game | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Perfect Frame | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Deadly Currents | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Stage Whispers | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Reluctant Bride | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Passion's Verdict | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
14 | A Haven in His Arms | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Only a Dream Away | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Deadly Devotion | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
17 | A Wanted Man | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Surrogate Dad | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Capture | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Night Prince | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Safekeeping | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Gunslinger | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Heart of the Hunter | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
24 | A Secret And A Bridal Pledge | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
25 | An Innocent Man | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
26 | True Lies | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Behind The Mask | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Caitlin's Guardian Angel | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
29 | His Friend's Wife | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Time and Again | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Badlands Bride | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
32 | A Suitable Bodyguard / The Bodyguard | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Stranger in Paradise | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Baby Romeo: P.I. | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
35 | When a Man Loves a Woman | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
36 | The Marrying Kind | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
37 | The Only Child | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Touch Me In The Dark | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Renegade's Redemption | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Sunset Promises | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
41 | The Twenty-Third Man | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Wed To A Stranger? | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
43 | The Amnesiac Bride | 1997 | Description / Buy |
Order of American Hero Series with Eileen Dreyer, with Kathleen Korbel, as Doreen Roberts
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Simple Gifts | 1994 | Description / Buy |
Order of 36 Hours Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Strange Bedfellows | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Ooh Baby, Baby | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
3 | For Her Eyes Only | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Cinderella Story | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Father And Child Reunion | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Rancher and the Runaway Bride | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Partners In Crime | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Nine Months | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Parent Plan | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
10 | You Must Remember This | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Marriage By Contract | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Cinderella for a Night | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
13 | A Thanksgiving To Remember | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Christmas That Changed Everything | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Very... Pregnant New Year's | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
16 | My Secret Valentine | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Partners in Crime Part 1 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Partners in Crime Part 2 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Partners in Crime Part 3 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Ooh Baby, Baby Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Ooh Baby, Baby Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Ooh Baby, Baby Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
23 | For Her Eyes Only Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
24 | For Her Eyes Only Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
25 | For Her Eyes Only Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Strange Bedfellows Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Strange Bedfellows Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Strange Bedfellows Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Lightning Strikes Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Lightning Strikes Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Lightning Strikes Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Cinderella Story Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Cinderella Story Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Cinderella Story Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
35 | The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
36 | The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
37 | The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Marriage by Contract Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Marriage by Contract Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Marriage by Contract Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Father and Child Reunion Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Father and Child Reunion Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Father and Child Reunion Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
44 | Nine Months Part 1 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
45 | Nine Months Part 2 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
46 | Nine Months Part 3 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
47 | The Parent Plan Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
48 | The Parent Plan Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
49 | The Parent Plan Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
50 | You Must Remember This Part 1 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
51 | You Must Remember This Part 2 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
52 | You Must Remember This Part 3 (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
53 | Lightning Strikes | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Here Come the Grooms Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Circumstantial Evidence | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
2 | McCade's Woman | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Once Upon A Time | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
4 | To Choose A Wife | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Taking Savanah | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Lazarus Rising | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Nesting Instinct | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Make-Believe Marriage | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Bridal Price | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Runaway Bride | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
11 | In the Line of Duty | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Father of the Bride | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
13 | A Practical Marriage | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Cowboy and the Chauffeur | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Wedding Eve | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Not His Wedding! (Short Story) | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Best Man For The Job | 1992 | Description / Buy |
Order of Spellbound Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Somewhere in Time | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Turn Back the Night | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Sam's World | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
4 | His Accidental Angel (Short Story) | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Bedazzled | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Anything's Possible | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Errant Angel | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
8 | So Little Time | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Heaven Can't Wait | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
10 | A Twist in Time | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Man from Forever | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
12 | A Wife In Time | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Apache Dream Bride | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
14 | His Chosen Bride | 1996 | Description / Buy |
Order of American Heroes Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | To Each His Own | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Black Tree Moon | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | In a Stranger's Eyes | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Simple Gifts | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Defender | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Callaghan's Way | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Luke | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Rescue Me! | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Between Roc and a Hard Place | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Flashpoint | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Flashback | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Eleventh Hour | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Free Fall | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
14 | A Soldier in Conard County | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Soldier, Handyman, Family Man | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Lieutenants' Online Love | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Captain's Baby Bargain | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Show Me a Hero | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Special Forces Father | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
20 | A Walk on the Wild Side | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Captains' Vegas Vows | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Majors' Holiday Hideaway | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
23 | The Colonels' Texas Promise | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Kate Kingsbury Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Murder, They Wrote | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Cast of Characters | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Kate’s childhood began disastrously. She was born early enough to witness the London Blitz of the Second World War. The author remembers huddling on long wooden benches out in the cold with other children.
They would listen as enemy planes flew overhead, waiting for the inevitable blast of the bombs hitting their targets. Those days were harrowing but also joyful. Kate Kingsbury learned early on that she could tell stories.
She made it her business to transport the imaginations of the children around her to magical settings that were free of the horror that was assaulting London. And her young audience loved every word that came out of her mouth.
By the time she was 8, the author had already taken her first steps towards a publishing career. She wrote a letter that a National Paper published. However, as much pride as that accomplishment gave her, it would take Kate several more decades to write and publish her first novel.
The next several years of her life were quite busy. She did some accounting work, managed an office, even working as a receptionist and an executive secretary at one point.
Her decision to move to the United States was life-altering. Of course, she had plenty of noteworthy memories from England. After all, she had once received the pleasure of testing her skills on the first prototype computer.
Though, Kate Kingsbury wouldn’t have called it a pleasure. She couldn’t get any work done because of how loud the massive machine tended to be. Her time on stage was far more interesting.
She would have loved to pursue her act even further. But the move to the US altered her plans. Kate never bemoaned the change, not when it was ultimately responsible for igniting her writing career.
It all began in 1968. That was the year her son was born, a development that kept Kate at home for several months. During that time, she wrote a few stories, making submissions along the way, slowly growing her confidence and eventually landing her first sale.
Kate is thankful for the invention of the computer. Her first book was written on a typewriter but she had a much easier time putting her manuscripts together once she got a computer.
It was also through the computer that the author found love. She wasn’t quite sure what she was expected to do when her marriage of three decades came apart. But then her computer introduced the novelist to the concept of chat rooms through which she made new friends and found a new partner.
The fact that Kate was already five decades old when she published her first novel did not keep her from finding quick success. In fact, she went on to churn out several dozen mystery and romance novels over a relatively short period of time.
Best Kate Kingsbury Books
Kate has received a lot of praise from readers who love the fact that her cozy mysteries have more mystery than romance which is rarely the case with the genre, with some of the best books in her bibliography including:
Room with a Clue: Cecily owns Pennyfoot, a seaside hotel in Edwardian England that attracts the rich and the wealthy. People come to Cecily’s establishment for privacy, and Cecily is more than happy to let them have their discreet fun.
When Lady Eleanor, a vindictive woman, falls to her death before she can make trouble, all eyes turn to her husband, a man who was poor before he married Eleanor.
But Cecily isn’t convinced of the man’s guilt. More importantly, she needs to get to the bottom of the murder before the scandal ruins the reputation of her hotel.
Dead and Breakfast: Melanie and her grandmother Liza are looking to open a B&B. Melanie is determined to put her messy divorce behind her, so she is grateful for the distraction.
When the pair acquires a supposedly haunted mansion, they are shocked to find a skeleton in a closet. The police think the remains might belong to the woman who previously owned the establishment.
But no one in town wants to talk about her. This becomes a problem for Melanie and Liza who have drawn the attention of a friendly ghost.
When Does The Next Kate Kingsbury book come out?
Kate Kingsbury doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is In Too Steep and was released on August, 9th 2022. It is the newest book in the Misty Bay Tearoom Series.