The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 7 books · 1994 to 2018 · Often set in Cruden Bay

Susanna Kearsley

RomanceHistorical fictionHistorical romanceTime-slip and dual timeline

Susanna Kearsley writes romantic time-slip novels. In The Winter Sea, a novelist writing about the Jacobite rising of 1708 at Slains Castle finds she seems to be remembering her ancestor's story; The Firebird continues it through the next generation.

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Susanna Kearsley books in order

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Slains

3 books · Set in Cruden BayTime-slip and dual timelineHistorical romance
  1. 1The Shadowy Horses1997With Verity GreyBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Winter Sea2008With Carrie McClelland and Sophia PatersonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Firebird2013With Nicola Marter and AnnaBuy on Amazon

Standalone

4 booksTime-slip and dual timelineHistorical romance
  1. 1Mariana1994With Julia Beckett · Set in the fictional Exbury, WiltshireBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Rose Garden2011With Eva Ward · Set in CornwallBuy on Amazon
  3. 3A Desperate Fortune2015With Sara Thomas · Set in ParisBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Bellewether2018With Charley Van Hoek · Set in the fictional Millbrook, New YorkBuy on Amazon

Characters

10 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Slains

Standalone leads