The Heart of Alaska

by Kimberley Woodhouse 3 books in this series

The Heart of Alaska is set around the Curry Hotel and the developing Alaska Railroad in the 1920s, when rail travel and national-park tourism were opening the country around Denali to increasing numbers of visitors. The interconnected novels follow hotel staff, guides, naturalists and travellers whose arrival at the remote resort brings old mysteries and unresolved trauma into a close community.

Written by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse, the series combines romance, family drama and suspense with the dangers of mountain travel and frontier medicine. Its historical background includes President Warren G. Harding’s Alaska journey, the completion of the railroad and the changing relationship between wilderness, tourism and modern development.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

1. In the Shadow of Denali

Kimberley Woodhouse

4.3(4,802)

Cassidy Ivanoff works at the Curry Hotel while her father guides wealthy visitors in the country around Denali. The staff prepares for President Warren G. Harding’s 1923 journey to Alaska, when he is expected to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad and draw national attention…

Amazon

2. Out of the Ashes

Kimberley Woodhouse

4.5(3,055)

After their father’s death, Collette and Jean-Michel Langelier leave post-war France for Alaska. Jean-Michel hopes the distance will silence memories of the violence he experienced during the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925, while Collette embraces the journey as an escape from the restrictions of home. Young…

Amazon

3. Under the Midnight Sun

Kimberley Woodhouse

4.7(1,313)

In 1929, naturalist Tayler Hale secretly accepts a position near Denali to escape a man who believes an earlier promise gives him control over her future. The Curry Hotel and national park offer professional freedom, but isolation also makes it difficult to seek help when danger…

Amazon