Kathy Lynn Emerson
Kathy Lynn Emerson is an American novelist who writes historical mystery and romance novels (sometimes as Kaitlyn Gorton) and non-fiction books, as well as cozy mystery novels (as Kaitlyn Dunnett) and historical fiction (as Kate Emerson). She writes the Susanna, Lady Appleton, Liss MacCrimmon and Secrets of the Tudor Court series. Kathy has been writing ever since she wrote a newspaper for her dolls as a child. After growing up in New York, she moved to Maine for college, where she met her husband. Kathy still lives in Maine with her husband and their three cats.

Kathy Lynn Emerson became a published author in June 1984 with the historical non-fiction book Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England. She quickly moved to fiction with The Mystery of Hilliard’s Castle exactly a year later. Below is a list of Kathy Lynn Emerson’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Susanna, Lady Appleton Books

Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Upon an Herbal (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Among the Winchester Geese (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Under the Wych Elm (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Before Rebel Hooves (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Across the Western Sea (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murders and Other Confusions (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Below the Banqueting House (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Face Down O'er the Border (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Treasured Tales Books

Love Thy Neighbor (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Your Wish is My Command (By: Stephanie Bancroft) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Diana Spaulding Books

Deadlier than the Pen (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fatal as a Fallen Woman (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
No Mortal Reason (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lethal Legend (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries Books

Kilt Dead (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Scone Cold Dead (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Wee Christmas Homicide (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Corpse Wore Tartan (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Scotched (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bagpipes, Brides and Homicides (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Ho-Ho-Homicide (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Scottie Barked At Midnight (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Kilt at the Highland Games (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
X Marks the Scot (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Overkilt (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A View to a Kilt (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Secrets of the Tudor Court Books

(as Kate Emerson)

The Pleasure Palace (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Between Two Queens (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
By Royal Decree (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
At the King's Pleasure (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The King's Damsel (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Royal Inheritance (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Mistress Jaffrey Books

Murder in the Queen's Wardrobe (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder in the Merchant's Hall (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Deadly Edits Books

(as Kaitlyn Dunnett)

Crime & Punctuation (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Clause & Effect (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Fatal Fiction (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder, She Edited (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle (1985)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Julia's Mending (1987)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cloud Castles (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Winter Tapestry (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Echoes and Illusions (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Firebrand (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Unquiet Hearts (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Green Rose (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Hearth, Home and Hope / The Rapunzel Trap (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sleepwalking Beauty (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Relative Strangers (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Separated Sisters / Family Lies (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sight Unseen / E-Mail Order Bride (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Tried and True (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
That Special Smile (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Someday (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Blessing Witch (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Different Times, Different Crimes (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England (1984)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly (1984)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

Best New England Crime Stories 2015(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Notes: The novels Cloud Castles, Hearth, Home and Hope and Separated Sisters were written using the pen name of Kaitlyn Gorton. The Liss MacCrimmon series is written as Kaitlyn Dunnett. The Secrets of the Tudor Court and the novel Royal Inheritance are written as Kate Emerson.

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Kathy Lynn Emerson Synopses: Julia’s Mending by Kathy Lynn Emerson is a historical novel set in 1887. Julia is a 12 year-old girl whose missionary parents have left for China and left her behind. She is sent to an upstate New York farm to live with her cousins. It is here that she breaks her leg and must learn to love her cousins from the country. For ages 10+.

Firebrand is a standalone historical romance novel by Kathy Lynn Emerson. When in danger, Ellen Allyn leaves England behind for New England along with Jamie Mainwairing. Together, she and the good-looking adventurer will explore this New World.

Someday is a young adult romantic suspense novel by Kathy Lynn Emerson. Kristy Russell is a senior in high school. She’s curious as to why Sonny isn’t interested in her, but her curiosity ends up putting both of them in danger.

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