Mary Daheim

Biography

Seattle native Mary Richardson Daheim lives three miles from the house where she was raised. Upon getting her journalism degree from the University of Washington, she went to work for a newspaper in Anacortes, Washington. She married David Daheim and moved to Port Angeles where she became a reporter for the local daily. Both tours of small-town duty gave her the background for the Alpine/Emma Lord series. Mary spent much of her non-fiction career in public relations. She began her career as a novelist with seven historical romances before switching to mysteries in 1991. She has published at least 55 novels. Mary’s husband David died in February, 2010; they had been married for more than 43 years. They have three daughters, Barbara, Katherine and Magdalen, and two granddaughters, Maisy and Clara.

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King's Ransom
Price: $5.95 USD. Words: 100,840. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2016 by Coffeetown Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Nonfiction » History » Renaissance
Honor Dale, niece to Oliver Cromwell, has good reason to hate the royalists. First they slaughtered her parents, and now the notorious Captain Hood has stolen her family’s jewels to fund the restoration of Charles Stuart to power. Gradually he steals her heart as well. But what is Hood’s true nature? Is he a charming, adventurous rake or a desperate nobleman fired by idealism?
The Royal Mile
Price: $6.95 USD. Words: 184,310. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2014 by Coffeetown Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Renaissance
In the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, a young girl left destitute by her father’s death meets a pirate in the service of the Queen. They make a bargain: he will marry her, giving her security, and she will not reveal his profession or curtail his freedom. By the time love begins to blossom, it may be too late. First they must survive the turmoil plaguing the court of their Queen.
Gypsy Baron
Price: $5.95 USD. Words: 86,600. Language: English. Published: February 20, 2013 by Coffeetown Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Darkly handsome Stefan Dvorak, Baron Ostrov, is the son of a gypsy and a disgraced Bohemian nobleman. Though welcomed by King James's court, Stefan is a wanderer and not inclined to take love seriously. Until he meets the innocent and dazzling Lady Katherine de Vere. Through war-torn Bohemia amid allegations of murder, Kat and Stefan may flee their enemies but never escape their love.
Reunion
Price: $5.95 USD. Words: 158,030. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2013 by Coffeetown Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » USA
Serena Farrar dreams of being a journalist in Massachusetts. First she must obey her family and marry sea captain Brant Parnell. Her coldness drives him back to sea, so when an ugly scandal erupts, Serena has no choice but to flee to her sister in New Bern, NC. Brant arrives as conflict engulfs the city. Serena is not only a Yankee in enemy territory, but also a woman at war with her heart.

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