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Kate Hardy

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Romance, Crime

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September 2011

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Kate Hardy is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Georgina Drake cozy crime series for Storm. Her novel 'Breakfast at Giovanni's' won the RNA Romance Prize in 2008, 'Bound by a Baby' won the RNA RoNA Rose in 2014 and ‘A Will, A Wish, A Wedding’ won the RNA Liberta Books Shorter Fiction award in 2021. She's been shortlisted six more times for the award, as well as for two Romantic Times awards.

She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, partic ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 12,274 ratings · 1,854 reviews · 855 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Body at Rookery Barn (Georgina Drake #1) 4.22 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bachelor at Her Bidding (Montana Born Bachelor Auction #2) 3.91 avg rating — 742 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body in the Ice House (Georgina Drake #2) 4.39 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spoonful of Sugar (The Bachelor Bake-Off #2) 3.84 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flirting with Fire (Men of Marietta #2) 4.16 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body Under the Stage (Georgina Drake #3) 4.42 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body in the Lighthouse (Georgina Drake #4) 4.39 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Night, One Baby (Taken by the Millionaire, 8) 3.65 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body at the Roman Baths (Georgina Drake #5) 4.39 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body at the Vineyard (Georgina Drake #6) 4.38 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Kate Hardy

Georgina Drake (9 books)
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Chateau Lefèvre (2 books)
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Kate Hardy rated a book it was amazing The Puppet Maker of Prague by Eliza Graham (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Gorgeous story about Christa Besser taking a marionette from her attic to an antique show in 2016, and when she discovers it comes from Prague she wonders about her past (she was adopted) and investigates with her birth family. The majority of the boo ...more
Nov 01, 2026 02:09AM · 1 like · like · see review
Kate Hardy made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Book connected to the wrong author profile [done - thank you] topic " Tami wrote: "Kate wrote: "Good morning A book by another author called Kate Hardy (ie not me) is linked to my profile. Please could you unlink it, as t ...more "
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Kate Hardy rated a book it was amazing The Enigmas by Emilia Hart (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Superb. Just SUPERB. Very emotional read about Beatrice, her sister Clemmie and her mum Alice. Set in WW2 (and, as the title hints, partly at Bletchley). Wonderful period detail, but it's the emotional depth that blew me away. What would you do if you ...more
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Kate Hardy rated a book really liked it Murder on the Royal Crescent by Harriet F. Townson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Second novel starring Dora Wildwood, a slightly offbeat character who works at the London Library but is also setting up her own detective agency (and ends up working with DI Fox of Scotland Yard to solve the mystery). Her godmother Dreda sends her to ...more
Oct 26, 2026 08:20AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Kate Hardy liked Acantha's review of The Body at the Airfield (Georgina Drake #9): "A tricky one for me to rate. The majority of this book was fantastic. While on a walk at an airfield, bones are dug up by the ever wonderful Bert the spaniel, and they quickly point to a 1940s date, and a man who dealt in black market goods during th" Read more of this review »
Oct 22, 2026 02:58AM · see review
Kate Hardy and 1 other person liked Tzia's review of The Body at the Airfield (Georgina Drake #9): "Georgina Drake and her team are back and called into action when pet spaniel Burt uncovers human remains at a former WWII airfield - now a museum. Not a surprise perhaps...except for the fact that the remains have not shown up in the cemetery as you " Read more of this review »
Oct 22, 2026 02:58AM · see review
Kate Hardy liked Shaina's review of The Body at the Airfield (Georgina Drake #9): "Thank you so much to NetGalley and Kate Hardy for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for The Body at the Airfield. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own. I’ve read a few books by this author. I enjoy this series. This was" Read more of this review »
Oct 22, 2026 02:57AM · see review
Kate Hardy rated a book it was amazing The Crossword Murders (The Secret Detective Agency, #5) by Helena Dixon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The background to the book is fascinating - the protection of artworks during WW2. I thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of it. When Jane accompanies Arthur to the funeral of his college mentor, she meets the other members of the professor's club for cross ...more
Oct 09, 2026 12:39PM · 1 like · like · see review
Kate Hardy rated a book it was amazing Our Summer of Secrets: Escape to the sun in this gloriously romantic new novel from the Queen of Feelgood Fiction by Jill Mansell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
With a Jill Mansell novel, I know I'm guaranteed warm and lovely characters (and the odd one I'd like to push into a puddle), a gorgeous setting, lots of complications in the relationships, and a happy ending. Our Summer of Secrets is a warm, comforti ...more
Sep 30, 2026 09:54AM · 1 like · like · see review
Kate Hardy has read Our Summer of Secrets: Escape to the sun in this gloriously romantic new novel from the Queen of Feelgood Fiction by Jill Mansell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“confirmation from the owner of the holiday cottage. We’re waiting on the coroner’s”
― Kate Hardy, The Body at Rookery Barn

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