Jo-Ann Power Books In Order

American Beauties Trilogy Books In Order

  1. Never Before (1998)
  2. Never Again (1998)
  3. Never Say Never (1999)

Me and Mr. Jones Mystery Books In Order

  1. Missing Member (2006)
  2. Baring Arms (2008)

Capital Offenses Books In Order

  1. Murder Board (2012)

Heroic Measures Books In Order

  1. Heroic Measures (2013)

Novels

  1. Prime Time (1992)
  2. The Mark of the Chadwicks (1993)
  3. The Last Duchess of Wolff’s Lair (1993)
  4. Haunting of Castle T (1994)
  5. You and No Other (1994)
  6. Remembrance (1995)
  7. Angel of Midnight (1995)
  8. Treasures (1996)
  9. Gifts (1996)
  10. The Nightingale’s Song (1997)
  11. Allure (1999)

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Jo-Ann Power Books Overview

Never Before

Award winning author Jo Ann Power achieved ‘shining brilliance’ Kathe Robin, Romantic Times in The Nightingale’s Song. Now, in the grand tradition of Edith Wharton, she masterfully evokes the Victorian era in a series featuring the young American heiresses who take Europe by storm…
the American Beauties. Ann Brighton is determined to be more than the debutante daughter of a brash American millionaire. Foiled in a bid for her independence and jilted by her fianc she reluctantly accepts her father’s offer: a stipend to buy the horse farm she covets if she accompanies him on a grand tour of Europe. Skip Brighton hopes to unravel some suspicious business dealings and match his daughter with any eligible British nobleman. Ann intends to cling to her freedom until a stranger asks for her trustin more ways than one…
. Rhys Kendall, the sixteenth duke of Carlton, is nearly bankrupt for which he blames Skip Brighton. But now he wants Ann as his lover and his wife; together, Rhys and Ann must conquer their bitter pasts amid the colorful whirl of London’s drawing rooms and ballrooms, where they encounter gossip, greed and murder. To win a love like Never Before, Rhys must persuade Ann to surrender her hand and her heart for safekeeping and to follow the spirit of an unexpected passion.

Never Again

Award winning author Jo Ann Power brought the Gilded Age to splendid life in Never Before, the first novel in a wonderful trilogy featuring young American heiresses who grace Victorian Europe with their spirited, refreshing style. Now this gifted storyteller returns to the exquisite age of manners in a delightfullly lavish tale of these bold and enchanting young ladies…
the American Beauties. Never Again As a beautiful American debutante, Raine Montand has charmed all of London. But in secret, she plays another role that of Raynard the Fox, whose scorching political cartoons can make or break a career. Raine is devastated when one of her drawings is responsible for making Parliament member Gavin Sutherland a murder suspect. Vowing to make amends, she poses as a widow and seeks a job as Gavin’s secretary, in an attempt to discover the truth that will save him. Alone and embittered, deserted by family, friends, and fiance e, Gavin is forced to resign from Parliament. His only supporter is the lovely but mysterious young lady in his employ, whose assistance could be invalauable in clearing his name. Gavin senses the risk of trusting one about whom he knows so little. But as their investigation continues, both Gavin and Raine realize the greatest risk of all is love and the grandest reward.

Never Say Never

In Never Before and Never Again, award winning author Jo Ann Power evoked the drama and elegance of the Gilded Age with wonderful romances of American heiresses Victorian England would never forget. Now, in a tale as lavish as the age itself, she portrays the last and youngest of these ladies as beautiful as they are spirited, as enchanting as they are wealthy…
the American Beauties. Augusta VanderHorn knows too much about scandal. As the younger sister of the infamous American beauty, Colleen VanderHorn, who wed British Lord Bryce Falconer, and was divorced for adultery, it’s been hard for Gus to avoid the taint. Now she is embroiled in scandal herself, for Colleen has kidnapped her own child from his father, to hold him for ransom to support her latest lover. Gus knows it’s vital to help find her nephew, but she harbors a secret reason for wanting to assist in the search. Gus is in love with the man her sister married. For Bryce, she’ll do anything, even risk her reputation and her heart by traveling at his side on a quest to rescue his child. Bryce Falconer is a man driven by two passions the love of his adored son, and the hatred of the wife who left him for a string of lovers. But thrown together with his young ex sister in law in desperate pursuit of his missing child, Bryce is discovering a new passion. Little Augusta, who was once his dearest friend, has become an alluring woman whose sensual beauty sends him reeling. At long last, Bryce is learning what a miracle true love between a man and woman can really be…
from the only woman whom God and English law forbid him to ever love.

Baring Arms

All politics is loco! Especially for Texas Congresswoman Carly Wagner. Lately, she’s been polishing her profile. Two months ago, she walked into her office in the Rayburn Building and found that a powerful man had been murdered in her chair. With the help of a young, yummy and lethal bodyguard who called himself Mr. Jones, she uncovered the killer. Now she s getting back to work. For a smart, savvy lady who s a former Miss Texas and a barrel racing queen, this should be a snap. After all, she has friends in high places. But she s also got more than one big problem. Her twelve year old daughter has gone goth. Her ex husband doesn t care. Her meddling mother does. So when Carly s daughter Jordan stumbles over the body of a neighbor strangled in his home, Carly decides to discover who did him in. But the tantalizing and infuriating Mr. Jones once more appears at her garden gate and declares he has other ideas: He warns Carly to mind her own business and leave all the sleuthing to him. But what s a feisty woman to do when her child is threatened and her career is, too? No self respecting gal can just sit on her hands and let a mere man do all the work! Besides, Jones might be able to charm the hide off a heffer, but when it comes to lassoing varmints inside the Beltway and out, Carly knows best how to get her man. Jones has to lead, follow or get out of her way. Doesn t he?Baring Arms is the second in a delicious new series featuring the crime solving duo of Congresswoman Carly Wagner and the delectable Mr. Jones.

The Last Duchess of Wolff’s Lair

Following the dying words of her impoverished father, Alicia Pennington weds the notorious often married Duke of Worminster, and soon finds life in his ancestral estate filled with fear and scandal.

You and No Other

Failing to have her childhood arranged marriage annulled, Lacy journeys home only to be attacked by robbers and saved by the very husband she avoids, a man whose painful, secret past prevents him from claiming his tantalizing wife.

Angel of Midnight

Realizing that her late husband has been murdered, Countess Angelica fears the same fate and stages a marriage to a notorious outlaw in order to protect her life as well as her estate from greedy suitors.

Treasures

Jo Ann Power’s last exquisitely imagined story, Angel of Midnight, was ‘beautifully written with incredible warmth and passion,’ raved bestselling author Heather Graham. Now, against the lavish ballrooms and great estates of Victorian England, Power spins an equally captivating tale of a heartbroken lady torn between mistrust and love. The Cat Catherine ‘Cat’ Farrell stood alone at the altar on he her wedding day. Her beloved Spence had disappeared, leaving her to face the scrutiny of the unsavory London tabloids and the artful snubs of the rigid Proper Set. Only now, a year after her famous father’s death and three years since Spence jilted her, does Cat dare to reenter Society. In her Worth gown she is a dazzling beauty all can admire, not a desperate, penniless woman being blackmailed for a treasure that her father may have stolen and that she cannot find…
. And the Lyonn Spencer Lyonns is the hunter; Cat is his prey. Sent by the Crown to question her about her father, he can think only of taking her in his arms. But the fury she turns on him is soul deep, fraught with pain, and fueled by passion. Between them are the secrets that once drove him from her and the desire that brought him back. And when Cat is suspected of murder, Spence must be the Lyonns to protect her, clear her name, and possess her body, her heart, her love…
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Gifts

Jo Ann Power’s Treasures was celebrated as ‘a rare, special love story by a mega talented author whose words shine with beauty and luminosity’ Kay E. Bendall, The Book Rack, Richmond, VA. In this sparkling sequel to her beloved romance, Jo Ann Power returns to Victorian England in all its passion and propriety, as a spirited lady seeks the help of the nobleman she cannot afford to love…
. A young girl’s tragedy brought them together As headmistress of The Farrell School for Young Ladies, Jessica Leighton Curtis had buried her demons by devoting herself to her work…
until one student’s plight touches her personally. She sees glimmers of herself in Amanda Emory, a gifted young pianist despondent since a devastating riding accident. In an effort to reach her, Jess implores Randall Templeton, marquess of Ashford, to share his musical Gifts and help heal Amanda. But Jess has never met a man as generous as Rand, a man who poses a threat, yet offers a promise…
. Dark secrets kept them apart Randall Templeton agrees to see Amanda, becoming nearer and dearer to Jessica herself and unleashing the terrors locked in her shattered soul. Yet even as Jess yields to an intense desire, her memories whisper that she must not care for him. But Rand’s Gifts of trust and soulful love may be enough to help her bring her past to light…
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The Nightingale’s Song

With a marvelous talent for writing novels as emotionally involving as they are chock full of scintillating suspense and heart stopping sensuality, Jo Ann Power keeps proving why she is one of the best loved talents writing today. Now the award winning author exquisitely captures an era’s grandeur in a novel of undying love…
and desire so deep that neither armies nor kings can stand in its way…
. The Dragon is coming for Clare, countess of Trent. For years Clare secretly The Nightingale, writer of heroic adventures has fought being wed to a man of King Henry’s choosing. But as Welsh rebels swoop down toward her castle and King Henry’s men march to meet them, she is finally caught in the king’s net: he is now determined to marry Clare to the profligate nephew of the knight known as The Dragon. Astride his black charger, The Dragon rides through snow and sleet, seeking his nephew’s appointed bride. When villains attack, a daring maiden rescues him a Valkyrie of courage the Countess Clare. In one glorious moment, he loses his heart to the woman he’d vowed to deliver to another man. As desire overtakes him, danger comes nigh to them both. Surrounded by treachery, both The Nightingale and The Dragon feel their only hope beating in their hearts…
their everlasting love…
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Allure

Award winning, bestselling author Jo Ann Power is the Daphne du Maurier of the ’90s. She last captivated readers with Never Say Never, the enchanting third installment of her American Beauties trilogy. Now, in her vintage style, she sweeps us back to Victorian England in a compelling tale of artful passion and deadly intrigue. Cerise Lindsay is a promising young sculptress in Italy when she receives the news that her older sister, Madelaine, has drowned accidentally at a party on the Isle of Wight. Devastated, Cerise immediately returns to England to settle her sister’s affairs. Upon her arrival, she finds the estate nearly bankrupt and soon suspects foul play. Cerise vows to solve the mystery, beginning with an investigation of the man who hosted the party that fateful night the Earl of Sandown. As the sole heir, Cerise must restore the family’s financial stability by selling a beloved and valuable heirloom, a coveted statue known simply as Allure. Blake Hargrove, the eighth Earl of Sandown, is determined to get to the bottom of Madelaine Lindsay’s death. After all, she died while sailing one of his boats. When Blake and Cerise meet by chance, he’s struck by her humor, her impressive knowledge of classical art…
and by her radiant beauty. But when Cerise realizes who Blake is, she questions his motives. Then she learns to trust him and surrender to a desire she cannot deny. As the pair gets closer to the truth, the closer they grow to each other and to a passion burning between them. But before they can see a future together, they must settle the past…
before a murderer does.

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