Wednesday Waypoints | Four Cozy Historical Romantic Mystery Series Starters
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Four Cozy Historical Romantic Mystery Series Starters
To celebrate my 20th published romance, here are four cozy historical romantic mystery series starters that will answer the question: where do I begin reading books by Danielle Grandinetti?
Confessions to a Stranger, the first book in my Harbored in Crow's Nest series, and the book I usually recommend readers begin with in order to set the foundation of my 1930s story world. However, Heart of Beauty is also a good place to begin as it can lead to the Harbored in Crow's Nest series or my international Resistance Romance at Our House series. Perfer Christmas? You'll want to start with The Baby and the Guardian. Or visit the Gilded Age to meet the founder of the Di Stasio Giornaliste Agency in Undercover Wish.
I gave the opening sentence to two for each of these four books so you can pick where you would like to begin!
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Today's Curated Historical Romantic Mystery Series Starters Book List
Danielle Grandinetti
Confessions to a Stranger
Friday, May 30, 1930, Memorial Day
Crow’s Nest, Wisconsin
The caw of a seagull yanked Adaleigh Sirland’s gaze from her worn journal. Her pulse kicked up, and she gripped her mechanical pencil as she searched for the bird. It sat atop the uppermost spire of a boat docked ten feet away. Dark and murky, the water lapped at her shoes.

Danielle Grandinetti
Heart of Beauty
March 15, 1871
Heart of Montana Territory
"Beware the Ides of March,” Sallie Beauregard muttered as she donned the disguise within her room, tucking her long braid up inside her cowboy hat. In Shakespeare’s day, young men played female roles in his plays. Here in Montana Territory, she dressed as a boy to keep wayward eyes from realizing she was, in fact, a very eligible maiden.

Danielle Grandinetti
The Baby and the Guardian
Manitowish Waters, WI
December 18, 1929
“Miss Pryce, a word.” Judge Cavanaugh opened and closed the door to his chambers only long enough to rumble those words.
Fingers flying over typewriter keys, Eira Mae Pryce finished transcribing her notes before smoothing her serviceable gray skirt. The older man could be gruff, especially after an hour spent cloistered away with the woefully young interim Sheriff Wilburn. The man was attempting to replace the judge’s own nephew, Casper Yarwood, the rather handsome man who saved her life last Christmas.

Danielle Grandinetti
Undercover Wish
CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 14, 1892—Alessandra Di Stasio dodged three well-dressed gentlemen, two bickering ladies, and one startled cat before she ducked into the first alley that opened to her right. Around debris, over refuse, and under metal fire escapes …
Digging in a trash bin should not cause cops to chase her.
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