Frances Devine

Author Bio:

Frances Devine lives in the Missouri Ozarks. She enjoys writing Historical Romance and Cozy Mysteries. She also loves to hear from her fans.

The Love Is Patient Romance Collection: True Love Takes Time in Nine Historical Novellas

Enjoy the slow dance through the courtship of nine historical couples in the American west, including the territories of Arizona and Wyoming. Just at a time in life when they have nearly given up on finding love, romance enters their lives. But will it be true love, and will it be worth the wait? Find…

Cherry Blossom Capers

Encounter mystery, mayhem, and murder near Washington, DC, alongside four professional females. White House assistant chef Tara Whitley works with an old flame, FBI agent Jack Courtland, to stop a plot to sabotage a state-dinner. Attorney Ciara Turner and her nemesis Daniel Evans have trials tracking…

Windy City Brides

Pivotal moments in Chicago history are retold in three inspirational romances.

Sugar and Spice

When Cici Willow, a pastor's daughter, falls in love with Jimmy Grayson, she feels she must give up a lifelong desire for excitement and adventure. Feeling guilty over her selfishness, she jumps at the chance to do what she thought would be a good deed, but instead she runs straight into danger. When…

The Spinster Brides of Cactus Corner

Four spinsters find romance while caring for orphan children in a small Arizona town.

Miss Aggie's Gone Missing

When Miss Aggie turns up missing on the same day as the Cedar Chapel Bank was robbed, Victoria and her elderly boarders reluctantly agree she must have been nabbed by the robbers. But when secrets and long-lost loves, from Miss Aggie's past, begin to surface, a horrible possiblity arises. Could someone…

Miss Aggie Cries Murder

When a dead body turns up in a secret tunnel at Pennnington House, Miss Aggie skedaddles off to her nephew's house in Jefferson City, leaving Victoria and the rest of her senior boarders with another mystery to solve. Could Phoebe's a little too suave Uncle Jack be involved. After all, it seems to Victoria,…

A Girl Like That

A young Irish girl and a wealthy young lawyer find that their attraction for each other isn't helped by their differing views on several important issure. Will their love survive the horrors of the great Chicago fire?

Once a Thief

Orphaned and responsible for her young brother, Ten-year-ol Danielle resorts to stealing and finds herself in the clutches of Sutton, an unscrupulous man with a child crime ring. Eight years later, a stroke of good fortune provides refuge with the Kramers, a wealthy Christian family. Sutton doesn't…