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Charlotte Lamb Books in Order

158 books are credited to Charlotte Lamb, published between 1972 and 2021; 7 of them appeared after Charlotte Lamb's death in 2000. The first book is Prisoner of the Heart (As:Sheila Holland) (1972) and the newest is To Kiss An Earl (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Charlotte Lamb is the pen name of Sheila Coates Holland. Charlotte Lamb also publishes as Laura Hardy, Sheila Coates, Sheila Holland, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf.

Books
158
Published
1972–2021
Confirmed
1 of 158 titles
Pages on record
23,798 in 113 of 158 books
Reading time
397–595 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 23,798 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 113 of 158 titles with a page count on record.

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Charlotte Lamb is the best-known pen name of Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland (22 December 1937 to 8 October 2000), a British novelist. Books also appeared under the married and maiden names Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates and under the pen names Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf and Laura Hardy. The catalogue holds 158 books beginning in 1972, when Prisoner of the Heart and Love In A Mist appeared as Sheila Holland and A Crown Usurped as Sheila Coates. Subjects include contemporary and historical romance, revenge, forbidden love and amnesia, and the series listed are Barbary Wharf and Enemies & Lovers. The writers Sarah Holland and Jane Holland are Lamb's daughters.

How many Charlotte Lamb books are there?

Charlotte Lamb has 158 books, released between 1972 and 2021. 7 of them were published after Charlotte Lamb's death in 2000. They include 3 series and 134 titles listed outside any series.

Charlotte Lamb Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 158 Charlotte Lamb books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Prisoner of the Heart (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1972)
  2. Cover of A Crown Usurped (As: Sheila Coates) by Charlotte Lamb (1972)
  3. Cover of Carnival Coast by Charlotte Lamb (1973)
  4. Cover of Queen's Letter (As: Sheila Coates) by Charlotte Lamb (1973)
  5. Cover of Follow a Stranger by Charlotte Lamb (1973)
  6. Cover of A Lantern in the Night (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1973)
  7. Cover of Flight of the Swan (As: Sheila Coates) by Charlotte Lamb (1973)
  8. Cover of Falcon on the Hill (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1974)
  9. Cover of Bells of the City (As: Sheila Coates) by Charlotte Lamb (1975)
  10. Cover of Growing Season (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1975)
  11. Cover of Shadows at Dawn (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1975)
  12. Cover of Sweet Sanctuary by Charlotte Lamb (1976)
  13. Cover of Hawk in a Blue Sky by Charlotte Lamb (1977)
  14. Cover of The Devil and Miss Hay (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1977)
  15. Cover of Kingfisher Morning by Charlotte Lamb (1977)
  16. Cover of Florentine Spring by Charlotte Lamb (1977)
  17. Cover of The Devil's Arms by Charlotte Lamb (1978)
  18. Cover of The Cruel Flame by Charlotte Lamb (1978)
  19. Cover of Master of Comus by Charlotte Lamb (1978)
  20. Cover of Star-Crossed by Charlotte Lamb (1978)
  21. Cover of Love's Bright Flame (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1978)
  22. Cover of Eleanor Of Aquitaine (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1978)
  23. Cover of Maiden Castle (As:Sheila Holland) by Charlotte Lamb (1978)
  24. Cover of Possession by Charlotte Lamb, book 1 of the Enemies & Lovers series (1979)
  1. 1
    Prisoner of the Heart (As:Sheila Holland)1972 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972192
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  2. 2
    A Crown Usurped (As: Sheila Coates)1972 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972160
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  3. 3
    Love In A Mist (As:Sheila Holland)1972 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972192
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  4. 4
    Carnival Coast1973 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973189
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  5. 5
    Queen's Letter (As: Sheila Coates)1973 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973192
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  6. 6
    Follow a Stranger1973 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973190
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  7. 7
    A Lantern in the Night (As:Sheila Holland)1973 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973189
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  8. 8
    Flight of the Swan (As: Sheila Coates)1973 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973192
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  9. 9
    Falcon on the Hill (As:Sheila Holland)1974 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974189
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  10. 10
    A Family Affair1974 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974192
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  11. 11
    Bells of the City (As: Sheila Coates)1975 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975189
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  12. 12
    Growing Season (As:Sheila Holland)1975 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975184
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  13. 13
    Shadows at Dawn (As:Sheila Holland)1975 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975176
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  14. 14
    Sweet Sanctuary1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  15. 15
    The Gold of Apollo (As:Sheila Holland)1976 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976184
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  16. 16
    Caring Kind (As:Sheila Holland)1976 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976184
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  17. 17
    Hawk in a Blue Sky1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  18. 18
    Festival Summer1977 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977192
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  19. 19
    The Devil and Miss Hay (As:Sheila Holland)1977 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977157
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  20. 20
    Kingfisher Morning1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  21. 21
    Florentine Spring1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  22. 22
    The Heron Quest1977 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977186
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  23. 23
    The Devil's Arms1978 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978190
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  24. 24
    The Cruel Flame1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  25. 25
    Master of Comus1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  26. 26
    Desert Barbarian1978 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978253
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  27. 27
    Star-Crossed1978 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197896
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  28. 28
    Duel of Desire1978 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978190
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  29. 29
    Love's Bright Flame (As:Sheila Holland)1978 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978320
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  30. 30
    Eleanor Of Aquitaine (As:Sheila Holland)1978 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978224
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Charlotte Lamb books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Sins in order

7 books
  1. 1. Secret Obsession
  2. 2. Dark Fever
  3. 3. Deadly Rivals
  4. 4. Haunted Dreams
  5. 5. Wild Hunger
  6. 6. Hot Blood
  7. 7. Angry Desire

Barbary Wharf in order

6 books
  1. 1. Besieged
  2. 2. Battle For Possession
  3. 3. Too Close For Comfort
  4. 4. Playing Hard to Get
  5. 5. Surrender
  6. 6. A Sweet Addiction

Enemies & Lovers in order

2 books
  1. 1. Possession
  2. 2. A Secret Intimacy

Secrets in order

2 books
  1. 1. Secrets to Keep
  2. 2. Secrets

Nine to Five in order

2 books
  1. 10. The Seduction Business
  2. 15. The Boss's Virgin

Forbidden in order

2 books
  1. 11. The Marriage War
  2. 13. Hot Surrender

Pages & Privileges in order

1 book
  1. 1. Dark Fate

Man Talk in order

1 book
  1. 1. An Excellent Wife?

Expecting in order

1 book
  1. 4. The Yuletide Child

Standalone books

134 books

134 Charlotte Lamb titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charlotte Lamb books in order?

You only need to read Charlotte Lamb books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Charlotte Lamb

Start with Prisoner of the Heart (As:Sheila Holland) (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charlotte Lamb book?

To Kiss An Earl (2021) is the newest Charlotte Lamb book released so far.

Is there a new Charlotte Lamb book coming?

No next Charlotte Lamb book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Charlotte Lamb at a glance

Died
Charlotte Lamb died in 2000, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Charlotte Lamb are still being published after Charlotte Lamb's death in 2000; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Charlotte Lamb books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
23,798 pages across the 113 of 158 books with a recorded length, a median of 189 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charlotte Lamb books, 60 of 158, were published in the 1980s.

What the Charlotte Lamb books are about

114 of the 158 Charlotte Lamb books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 31 of 114. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.