May McGoldrick Books in Order
May McGoldrick has written 40 books, published between 1995 and 2026. The first book is The Thistle and the Rose (1995) and the newest is Second Street (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1995–2026
- Pages on record
- 7,595 in 23 of 40 books
- Reading time
- 127–190 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,595 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 40 titles with a page count on record.
May McGoldrick is the name Nikoo K. Coffey and James A. McGoldrick sign their historical romances with. The husband-and-wife team, married since 1980, also write as Nicole Cody and, for suspense romance, as Jan Coffey. Coffey worked as a manufacturing engineer; McGoldrick taught, holding a doctorate in sixteenth-century British literature. Scotland supplies most of the settings, across the MacPherson Clan, Scottish Relic Trilogy, Royal Highlander, Highland Treasure and Scottish Dreams series. Forty titles run from The Thistle and the Rose in 1995 to Second Street in 2026.
How many May McGoldrick books are there?
May McGoldrick has 40 books, released between 1995 and 2026. They include 9 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.
May McGoldrick Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 May McGoldrick 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.
- 119953521/4
- 219963421/4
- 319963521/4
- 419973841/4
- 519983841/4
- 619983201/4
- 7Marriage of Minds (As:Nikoo McGoldrick)2000 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/420001461/4
- 820003321/4
- 920003261/4
- 1020003241/4
- 1120013441/4
- 1220023721/4
- 1320021721/4
- 1420033751/4
- 152004–1/4
- 16Love and Mayhem (As:Nicole Cody)2006 · 341 pages · confirmed 1/420063411/4
- 17Arsenic and Old Armor (As: Nicole Cody)2006 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/420062701/4
- 18Made In Heaven2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 19Ghost of the Thames2011 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/420112961/4
- 20Thanksgiving in Connecticut2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 212013–1/4
- 222014–1/4
- 2320164771/4
- 2420163791/4
- 2520163311/4
- 262017–1/4
- 272017–1/4
- 282017–1/4
- 292018–1/4
- 302018–1/4
- 312018–1/4
- 3220193201/4
- 332019–1/4
- 3420193361/4
- 3520203201/4
- 362022–1/4
- 372024–1/4
- 382025–1/4
- 39Tehran’s Daughters:2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 402026–1/4
May McGoldrick 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.
MacPherson Clan in order
7 booksPennington Family in order
5 booksScottish Relic Trilogy in order
4 booksRoyal Highlander in order
4 booksHighland Treasure in order
3 booksRebel Promise in order
3 books- 1. The Promise
- 2. The Rebel
- 3. Secret Vows
Scottish Dreams in order
3 booksTime and Tide in order
2 booksHarbor View Cozy Fantasy in order
2 booksStandalone books
7 books7 May McGoldrick titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read May McGoldrick books in order?
You only need to read May McGoldrick books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with May McGoldrick
Start with The Thistle and the Rose (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest May McGoldrick book?
Second Street (2026) is the newest May McGoldrick book released so far.
Is there a new May McGoldrick book coming?
No next May McGoldrick book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
May McGoldrick at a glance
- Still publishing
- May McGoldrick published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- May McGoldrick books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,595 pages across the 23 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most May McGoldrick books, 17 of 40, were published in the 2010s.
What the May McGoldrick books are about
17 of the 40 May McGoldrick books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical romance is tagged on 10 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical romance 10 of 17 books
- Scotland 5 of 17 books
- Historical fiction 4 of 17 books
- Man-woman relationships 4 of 17 books
- Romance 4 of 17 books
- History 2 of 17 books