Ann B.Ross Books In Order

Miss Julia Books In Publication Order

  1. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (1990)
  2. Miss Julia Takes Over (2001)
  3. Miss Julia Throws a Wedding (2002)
  4. Miss Julia Hits the Road (2003)
  5. Miss Julia Meets Her Match (2004)
  6. Miss Julia’s School of Beauty (2005)
  7. Miss Julia Stands Her Ground (2006)
  8. Miss Julia Strikes Back (2007)
  9. Miss Julia Paints the Town (2008)
  10. Miss Julia Delivers the Goods (2009)
  11. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows (2010)
  12. Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle (2011)
  13. Miss Julia to the Rescue (2012)
  14. Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble (2013)
  15. Miss Julia’s Marvelous Makeover (2014)
  16. Miss Julia Lays Down the Law (2015)
  17. Miss Julia Inherits a Mess (2016)
  18. Miss Julia Weathers the Storm (2017)
  19. Miss Julia Raises the Roof (2018)
  20. Miss Julia Takes the Wheel (2019)
  21. Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two (2020)
  22. Miss Julia Happily Ever After (2021)

Miss Julia Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. Miss Julia’s Gift (2013)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Murder Cure (1978)
  2. The Murder Stroke (1981)
  3. The Pilgrimage (1987)
  4. Etta Mae’s Worst Bad-Luck Day (2014)

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Ann B.Ross Books Overview

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

When Wesley Lloyd Springer passed away, he left his proper Southern wife two legacies. The first, as befits a gentleman of means, is the whole of his sizeable estate. The second, so astonishing thereupon hangs this wonderful and witty tale. Miss Julia, recently bereaved and newly wealthy widow, is only slightly bemused when one Hazel Marie Puckett appears at her door with a youngster in tow. But this perfectly practiced composure is quickly reduced when Hazel Marie unceremoniously announces her intentions: the child is Wesley Lloyd’s bast*ard son and, since the man left her penniless, she’s leaving little Lloyd in Miss Julia’s care. Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small community finds herself in the center of an unseemly scandal and the guardian of a wan nine year old whose mere presence will turn her life upside down. With razor wit and perfect Steel Magnolia poise, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind indeed about a robbery, a kidnapping, and all the other disgraceful goings on that are precipitated by her husband’s death. Fast paced and charming, with a sure sense of comic drama and a cast of crazy characters, this beguiling novel will delight readers from first page to last.

Miss Julia Takes Over

When Miss Julia burst on the scene in her fictional debut, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, this proper lady of a certain age found her orderly world turned upside down when Hazel Marie Puckett appeared with her nine year old son, Little Lloyd, who looked disturbingly similar to Miss Julia’s late husband. Now, in Miss Julia Takes Over, with her sharp tongue and iron backbone intact, Miss Julia must tackle another disruption when Hazel Marie doesn’t return from a dinner date with a fund raiser who, in Miss Julia’s opinion, wears his shorts too tight. Frantic and unable to persuade the local police that Hazel Marie is in danger, Miss Julia hires J. D. Pickens to investigate, despite her reservations about his taste for beer and women. She and Little Lloyd help search for Hazel Marie, running into adventures ranging from a most indelicate display of fisticuffs to a high speed car chase on the track of a NASCAR Speedway, all the while standing strong…
because if Miss Julia doesn’t take care of things, who will? Fast paced, funny, and full of colorful characters you’ll want to meet again and again, Miss Julia Takes Over is a zany race through the South you’ll not soon forget. ‘Miss Julia is one of the most delightful characters to come along in years.’ Fannie Flagg ‘Ross allows the reader to laugh gently at feisty, opinionated Miss Julia while thoroughly enjoying the view through her eyes. For readers who love Jan Karon.’ Booklist

Miss Julia Throws a Wedding

Miss Julia is a proper lady of a certain age with a backbone of iron and perfect steel magnolia poise, not to mention the sharpest tongue south of the Mason Dixon Line. But Miss Julia Throws a Wedding finds her a little wistful when Hazel Marie, once her late husband’s paramour and now her best friend, prepares to move out and live in sin with that nice Mr. Pickens. And with her she’s taking Little Lloyd, the apple of Miss Julia”s eye! But suddenly, to her delight, a wedding is in the offing. Handsome Deputy Sheriff Coleman Bates and attorney Binkie Enloe announce their plan to run down to the courthouse next week and tie the knot. That’s no way to do it, insists Miss Julia the only person around who knows cucumber sandwiches are correct in summer and ham biscuits in winter. Taking a few shortcuts in etiquette, Miss Julia decides to organize a real ceremony herself. Will Little Lloyd sing a solo? Will anybody notice the sparkling grape juice isn’t champagne? These and other hilarious hurdles on the way to the altar reinforce Miss Julia’s undying motto: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.

Miss Julia Hits the Road

Miss Julia that proper lady of a certain age with a backbone of iron and perfect steel magnolia poise, not to mention the sharpest tongue south of the Mason Dixon Line always likes to nip any little problems in the bud. Not this time. Miss Julia is increasingly concerned about her gentleman friend, Sam, who has suddenly started wearing cowboy boots, sending flowers, and writing bad poetry. When he shows up on a Harley Davidson one day, she’s convinced that he’s lost his mind or is at the very least wrestling with a particularly intense midlife crisis. Meanwhile, Miss Julia’s invaluable housekeeper, Lillian, and all her neighbors have been evicted from their homes by their greedy landlord, who has bigger plans for the property. So off Miss Julia rides in the sidecar, naturally wearing a Leslie Fay shirtwaist and a black visored helmet risking life and limb on a poker run, a motorcycle fund raiser to save Lillian and her friends’ home. Hitting a few bumps on the way, Miss Julia still manages to maintain the impeccable manners and irresistible charm that keep her readers coming back again and again.

Miss Julia Meets Her Match

Finally, the answer to the most burning question of all: Will the feisty Miss Julia meet her own match in love?

Miss Julia that beloved steel magnolia of a certain age has been doing just fine for herself in the years since her philandering husband passed away. But could her single days be numbered? Julia’s longtime beau, Sam Murdoch, wants to tie the knot. Miss Julia isn’t about to give up her independence so easily. At the moment there are many other matters that require her attention, such as the plans of the mysterious drifter Dwayne Dooley to build the Walk Where Jesus Walked Christian theme park a re creation of the Holy Land complete with actors, sound effects, and trailer hookups on her property.

Miss Julia’s own home is not immune to shock waves the arrival of Latisha, housekeeper Lillian’s five year old pistol of a great granddaughter, sets off sparks in Miss Julia’s household like a bunch of Fourth of July firecrackers. But what could shake them all up even more is if anyone finds out the most troubling gossip of all more tall tales about Miss Julia’s late husband.

Can Miss Julia turn the town’s attention away from herself before she becomes the center of scandal? Can her cool as a cucumber head help her heart make the decision of a lifetime? As always, the unexpected twists and turns prove to be no match for Miss Julia, who stays sharp as a tack and proper as afternoon tea in this delightful new installment of this Southern comedy of manners.

Performed by Claudia Hughes

Miss Julia’s School of Beauty

Everyone’s favorite proper Southern lady is back and feistier than ever in her sixth hilarious adventure

Imagine Aunt Bee from The Andy Griffith Show with a lot more backbone and confidence,’ wrote Publishers Weekly about Miss Julia, Ann Ross s endearing Dixie doyenne of decorum. In her latest romp, Miss Julia now Mrs. Sam Murdoch returns from her whirlwind elopement, only to find herself roped into Hazel Marie s scheme to raise money by throwing a beauty pageant. Though it all seems a tad distasteful, it s nothing compared to the revelation that Pigeon Forge, the marriage mill across the state line that wedded Julia and Sam, might not be legitimate. And a flustered Julia can t help wondering whether she and Sam can keep up appearances before the town finds out they might be living in sin.

Miss Julia Stands Her Ground

Ann B. Ross’s most recent novel, Miss Julia s School of Beauty, was a New York Times extended bestseller, with more fans drawn to Miss Julia s adventures every outing. Miss Julia Stands Her Ground finds our steel magnolia looking forward to many peaceful and happy years with her new husband, Sam. But she still has plenty to worry about. When Hazel Marie s troublemaking uncle, Brother Vernon Puckett, comes back to town, he claims to have conclusive proof that Little Lloyd is not the son of Miss Julia s late, philandering husband Wesley Lloyd Springer a fact to which Miss Julia would have gladly subscribed a few years back. But that was then, before Miss Julia s life revolved around Little Lloyd, before that magical holiday when he became the apple of her eye.

With DNA testing the only possible way to settle the dispute, Miss Julia shudders at the thought of exhuming her dead husband s body. But her housekeeper Lillian has a few souvenirs of Wesley Lloyd s life tucked away that, though a little creepy, might just be the key to ending the whole ugly mess. Another hilarious adventure, Miss Julia Stands Her Ground confirms what we know in our hearts family is always thicker than blood.

Miss Julia Strikes Back

America’s favorite Woman of a Certain Age takes the law into her own hands when a band of jewel thieves targets her town

It’s lonely and boring in Miss Julia’s normally boisterous town, what with husband Sam off on a long-planned tour of Russia and Hazel Marie vacationing in Mexico with Mr. Pickens. After inviting twenty-five of her closest friends to a party in her home, Miss Julia discovers that she’s been robbed-her jewelry, including her engagement ring a perfect replica of Princess Diana’s, is missing! According to the police, this is not the first time the town has been the target of thieves, but Miss Julia is determined to make it the last. Packing Little Lloyd into the car, Miss Julia heads to Palm Beach for sun, sand, and a stakeout. With Etta Mae Wiggins along for the ride and a positively sodden PI on retainer, it’s only a matter of time before they get their men. Miss Julia Strikes Back will delight Ann Ross’s growing legion of fans and will be the perfect gift for Mother’s Day-or any day.

Miss Julia Paints the Town

Development threatens Abbotsville, but not for long when Miss Julia takes on the cause When developers threaten to bulldoze the old courthouse to make way for condominiums, Miss Julia is dismayed. She enlists the help of Etta Mae Wiggins in a plot to scare off the money by exposing the town’s many eccentric characters. Abbotsville has plenty of local color of the kind not usually listed in brochures for upscale condos: Tonya s sex change, Julia s stint as a biker chick, Brother Vern s evangelistic passion, and a mysterious apparition on a church wall. As if this isn t enough to keep Miss Julia busy, she soon also discovers that several of her friends husbands have vanished and her own husband seems to be as scarce as hen s teeth. Marriages, divorces, fraud charges, and reconciliations all play out against a backdrop of Miss Julia s struggle to save Abbotsville s historic courthouse, her marriage, and her sanity. Miss Julia Paints the Town is another rollicking good ride for fans of the winning series.

Miss Julia Delivers the Goods

Get ready for double the trouble and twice the fun in Ann B. Ross’s tenth Miss Julia adventure

If there s no rest for the weary, Miss Julia must be absolutely exhausted. She s just learned a secret Hazel Marie is pregnant with twins and the prospective father has cleared out of town. But good things come in unexpected packages. Abbotsville finds itself the scene of a heist; and Miss Julia knows there s only one man who can solve the crime. It s J. D. Pickens, P.I., renowned investigator and Hazel Marie s wayward love. When he s summoned, one thing becomes clear: Miss Julia must help set things right between them or find herself the only one who can, quite literally, deliver the goods.

Ann B. Ross consistently draws crowds at bookstores, not only to purchase her books, but also to meet her in person. Her tenth Miss Julia novel will bring the goods to her tried and true fans and new readers alike.

Miss Julia Renews Her Vows

It’s ‘I Do!’ and ‘I Didn’t!’ in Ann B Ross’s new Miss Julia adventure Sometimes even Miss Julia just wants to go to bed and hide under the covers. Her husband, Sam, wants them to attend mar riage enrichment clas*ses. Could their marriage be in a poor state? Even worse, the psychologist leading the sessions is Dr. Fred Fowler a man Miss Julia could go forever without seeing again and one she’d certainly rather not introduce to Sam. But she can’t stay in bed for long, even if she wants to. Someone has knocked Francie Pitts in the head and put her in the hospital. Francie didn’t see her attacker, but she sure smelled her. She rec ognized Etta Mae Wiggins’s perfume, Shania Twain by Stetson. It’s up to Miss Julia to clear the air. As if playing detective wasn’t enough, Miss Julia still needs to show Sam that there’s life left in their marital batteries even if it means his are going to need some recharging. Perhaps a bit of Shania Twain might just solve all her problems. Readers flock to Ann B. Ross and her popular southern hero*ine. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows is filled with the wit, sass, and quirky charm her readers have grown to love, and is poised to hit the bestseller list.

Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle

In the latest installment of this bestselling series Miss Julia vows to mind her own business-but can she succeed?

Miss Julia has promised her husband, Sam, to mind her own business. What a relief! She doesn’t have to spring into action when a dead body is found in a toolshed six blocks from her house. Instead, she can concentrate on what’s really important-like figuring out who’s been passing bad checks in her name and, most important, preparing for Hazel Marie’s impending due date.

Then again, who else can figure out why that awful Thurlow Jones is trying to cast suspicion on someone Miss Julia feels certain is innocent? And, after all, what Sam doesn’t know won’t hurt him, right?

Miss Julia’s investigative work on the possible murders-of her financial reputation and of the person in the toolshed-keeps her buzzing. But the sudden arrival of Hazel Marie’s twins during a fierce blizzard brings a whole new set of challenges and a double helping of trouble for Ann B. Ross’s indomitable southern hero*ine.

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