Nell Harte Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Nell Harte is a bestselling author of historical fiction novels who made her fiction writing debut with the publishing of “The Midwife’s Plight” in 2020.

She loves to call herself a history lover who tells the stories of the street people and working-class poor who lived through the tough times of Victorian England.
She has now published more than a dozen works of fiction and has shown no sign of slowing down any time soon.

Nell Harte has now come to be known for novels that showcase the human spirit prevailing over tragedy and hardship.

Her heroines often triumph over evil while their enemies usually get their just reward and punishment.

“The Midwife’s Plight” by Nell Harte introduces Harriet who did some unspeakable act for the sake of Belle her daughter who now finds herself fighting for what remains of her life.

Harriet and Belle her twenty-year-old daughter work as midwives in a very busy hospital. Belle’s father is presumed dead and the two women are dependent on Dr. Morrow the licentious and smug man who could fire them at any time.
What nobody knows is that Harriet has been keeping a dark secret and she lives in horror of meeting a person that could reveal her secrets that could see both of them turned out into the streets.

However, her own fears are swept under the rogue when a mysterious illness infests the hospital. A young physician in training named Sam Harper is devastated as he is helpless to save many women afflicted by the mysterious illness.
Working around the clock, Belle and Sam develop a camaraderie that forges love in a catastrophe. As they struggle to slow down the death toll, they are struck by a terrible tragedy and Harriet’s secret comes out into the open.
Can Sam and Blle’s love survive the terrible revelation or will it fail and leave Harriet and Belle doomed?

Nell Harte’s novel “The Slum Widow” is a work set in the Victorian era on several ships coming back from the Baltics. In the bowels of the ships, there is a deadly disease that could infect the British if these ships were to dock.
The lead in the novel is Nellie Martin, whose life is about to be upended forever. In Newcastels’ poverty-ridden slums, Nellie is waiting for the return of her beloved husband who is out at sea.

But then he arrives and dies of a mysterious illness in just a few days. She is now forced to fend for herself and Lila her sister, she goes out to take care of the afflicted with herbal teas.
While they have all manner of challenges, they muddle through but then Nellie arrives home one late evening to find Lila withered and on the verge of death.

Broken-hearted she leaves home to start life anew far away from all the pain she has experienced. However, within a few weeks, the mysterious illness follows her to Killingworth.
As residents begin dying, Nelliw works hard alongside Dr. Henry Wright at the hospital to find information about eh mysterious illness.

Together, they unearth clues to the disease and as they slow down infection and prevent the spread of the illness, love begins to develop between them.
But then the disease comes back with a vengeance and takes Nellie in its fearsome grip. Confused and heartbroken Henry scrambles to find answers.

Nell Harte’s novel “The Wretched Wreath Sellers Christmas Miracle” is a work set in 1875 London just before Christmas. Surviving in London streets has always been tough, particularly during winter.
The lead character is a woman named Edith Atkinson who ekes a living selling Christmas wreaths, flowers, and songs on the streets of London alongside her friends Donna and her brother Hames Walsh.
But on the brutal streets of London survival is never guaranteed even if it is Christmas.

Relying on the kindness of strangers, meager sales, and their wits, the trio manage to keep soul and body together until they are forced into a harsh decision by a terrible circumstance.
Edie faces all manner of danger which is more perilous as James is not there to protect her. Out of desperation, Edie tries to find Donna and James, only to be dealt another terrible blow.
She finds herself all alone as everyone dear to her seems to be gone. Losing hope on Christmas day, she is being propelled toward a horrific destiny.

It is a sweet, clean, and heartwarming historical romance that has been compared to works by Tania Crosse, Rosie Goodwin, and Dilly Court.