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Roseanna M. White

Roseanna M. White is a bestselling and Christy Award-nominated author of historical fiction. Her novels range across different continents and historical periods, often combining romance with espionage, political intrigue, warfare and suspense. She is particularly known for creating richly researched settings and characters whose personal lives become entangled with major historical events.

Alongside writing, White works as an editor and book-cover designer and has homeschooled her two children. She lives with her family in the mountains of West Virginia. Although her fiction is frequently filled with spies, conflict and danger, she describes her own life as comparatively quiet and ordinary.

Periods and events

World War I Edwardian Era Edwardian Society World War I Air War Ancient Rome Russian Revolution War of 1812 American Civil War American Revolutionary War Arthurian Britain Ministry and Crucifixion of Jesus World War II Roaring Twenties Prohibition in the United States

Series

Series by Roseanna M. White (7 series)

Shadows Over England in Order

by Roseanna M. White 3 books 4.7

Shadows Over England follows a found family of former London street thieves whose unusual skills are recruited for British intelligence before and during the First World War. Each novel pairs espionage and wartime danger with a romance involving characters forced to reconsider loyalty, identity and the meaning of…

A Name Unknown (Shadows Over England)

4.7

A Song Unheard

4.8

An Hour Unspent (Shadows Over England)

4.7

Ladies of the Manor in Order

by Roseanna M. White 3 books 4.6

The Ladies of the Manor trilogy combines Edwardian romance with inheritance disputes, aristocratic rivalries and a mystery surrounding the coveted Fire Eyes diamonds. Moving from Yorkshire estates to the Scottish Highlands and continental society, the books follow women whose claims to family, love and independence place them in…

The Lost Heiress (Ladies of the Manor)

4.5

Reluctant Duchess (Ladies of the Manor)

4.6

A Lady Unrivaled

4.7

The Codebreakers in Order

by Roseanna M. White 3 books 4.7

The Codebreakers trilogy centres on Britain’s wartime intelligence services during the later years of the First World War. Cryptographers, field agents, aviators, photographers and medical workers confront intercepted messages, enemy deception and personal loss while their private relationships become entangled with national security.

The Number of Love (the Codebreakers)

4.6

On Wings of Devotion (the Codebreakers)

4.7

A Portrait of Loyalty (the Codebreakers)

4.7

A Visibullis Story in Order

by Roseanna M. White 2 books 4.6

The Visibullis stories follow an interconnected Roman household and the first generations of Christians in the decades surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus and the destruction of Jerusalem. Through enslaved women, soldiers, converts and members of the emerging church, the series explores faith, persecution, family obligation and the social…

A Stray Drop of Blood

4.5

A Soft Breath of Wind (a Visibullis Story)

4.7

The Culper Ring in Order

by Roseanna M. White 3 books 4.7

The Culper Ring series traces a fictional family legacy of espionage across three American conflicts: the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Secret correspondence, divided loyalties and inherited codes connect generations of spies who must decide what they are prepared to sacrifice for country,…

Ring of Secrets (the Culper Ring)

4.6

Whispers from the Shadows

4.7

Circle of Spies (the Culper Ring)

4.6

The Imposters in Order

by Roseanna M. White 3 books 4.5

The Imposters follows an Edwardian private-investigation firm whose aristocratic members use disguise, social access and specialised talents to investigate crimes concealed within elite society. The series combines romantic suspense with intelligence work, kidnapping, blackmail and political secrets in the years before the First World War.

Beautiful Disguise (the Imposters)

4.6

A Noble Scheme

4.4

An Honorable Deception

4.5

The Secrets of the Isles in Order

by Roseanna M. White 3 books 4.4

The Secrets of the Isles trilogy is set in the Isles of Scilly in 1906, where scientific curiosity, family secrets and legends of buried treasure draw three couples into linked investigations. The novels combine Edwardian romance with island history, archaeology, piracy and Arthurian tradition.