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Start with A Woman of Substance and continue through all 8 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with A Woman of Substance
Book 1 by Barbara Taylor Bradford • Published 1979
Beginning as a teenage maid in a Yorkshire great house, Emma Harte refuses to stay poor and powerless. Across decades of work, sacrifice and heartbreak, she builds a vast retail empire, while family betrayals force he...
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Emma Harte reading order
Ends with A Man of Honor
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Book 1:A Woman of Substance
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 1979
Beginning as a teenage maid in a Yorkshire great house, Emma Harte refuses to stay poor and powerless. Across decades of work, sacrifice and heartbreak, she builds a vast retail empire, while family betrayals force he...
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Book 2:Hold the Dream
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 1985
Emma Harte's granddaughter Paula has inherited the Harte department store empire and the responsibility that comes with it. As rivals circle and family loyalties fracture, Paula must protect the business, her marriage...
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Book 3:To Be the Best
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 1988
Now the undisputed head of Harte’s, Paula O’Neill tries to modernize Emma Harte’s empire while raising a family and facing a ruthless cousin who wants control. Boardroom battles, international deals and tangled loyalt...
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Book 4:Emma's Secret
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 2003
Years after Emma Harte’s death, her granddaughter Paula runs the family business, while her daughters clash over ambition and love. When American designer Evan Hughes arrives in London seeking answers about her own he...
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Book 5:Unexpected Blessings
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 2005
Emma Harte’s great granddaughters Evan, Tessa, Linnet and India juggle careers, love affairs and simmering rivalries. A missing child, a dangerous enemy and revelations from Emma’s old letters force the women to rely...
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Book 6:Just Rewards
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 2005
Newly married Linnet O’Neill returns from honeymoon eager to modernize Harte’s stores, only to clash with her mother Paula and face a family crisis that leaves her in charge. As cousins Tessa, India and Evan confront...
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Book 7:Breaking the Rules
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 2009
A brutal attack in rural England sends a young woman fleeing to New York, where she reinvents herself as supermodel M. Global fame and a whirlwind marriage follow, but when accidents begin to stalk her and her family,...
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Book 8:A Man of Honor
Barbara Taylor Bradford • 2021
This prequel to A Woman of Substance follows orphaned Blackie O’Neill from rural Ireland to industrial Leeds, where he learns the navvy trade and dreams of building something lasting. On the Yorkshire moors he meets y...
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Emma Harte FAQ
What is the best order to read the Emma Harte series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with A Woman of Substance.
How many books are in the Emma Harte series?
There are 8 books currently listed in the Emma Harte series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Emma Harte series?
New readers should start with A Woman of Substance, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Emma Harte series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1979 to 2021.