Below is the complete list of Bobbi Holmes books in order. For each series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Haunting Danielle Books
as Anna J. McIntyre
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
About Bobbi Holmes
Bobbi Holmes is an American author best known for the Haunting Danielle series, a long-running paranormal cozy mystery sequence built around ghosts, small-town secrets, and murder investigations with a light, accessible tone. She also writes as Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes and under the pen name Anna J. McIntyre, which makes her bibliography easier to understand when separated by audience and style: Bobbi Holmes is most closely associated with G-rated paranormal cozy mysteries, while Anna J. McIntyre is used for more adult-themed fiction.
Her central work as Bobbi Holmes is Haunting Danielle, which begins with The Ghost of Marlow House. The series follows Danielle Boatman after she inherits Marlow House, a large old property with a very unusual resident: the ghost of Walt Marlow. From that setup, Holmes builds a cozy mystery world where the supernatural is not simply a frightening element, but part of the community’s ongoing life. Danielle’s ability to see and communicate with ghosts gives the books their distinctive shape, allowing past crimes, buried secrets, and unfinished personal histories to surface through paranormal encounters.
The appeal of Haunting Danielle comes from its balance of comfort and mystery. Holmes writes in a clean, approachable style, with recurring characters, a strong sense of place, and mysteries that unfold without pushing the series into graphic or hard-edged crime fiction. The books often combine murder, family secrets, romance, humor, holiday settings, and ghostly complications, creating the kind of world readers return to less for a single case than for the pleasure of spending time with the same cast. Marlow House becomes more than a haunted location; it functions as the emotional center of the series.
Holmes’s work fits naturally within the cozy mystery tradition, but Haunting Danielle stands apart because the ghost element is woven into the structure rather than treated as a one-book gimmick. Walt is not merely an atmospheric presence. His connection to Danielle, the house, and the mysteries around them gives the series continuity across many installments. As the books progress, the surrounding characters and relationships become increasingly important, so the series develops as an ongoing community story as much as a sequence of individual mysteries.
Under the Anna J. McIntyre name, Holmes has written fiction aimed at a more mature readership, including the Coulson Family Saga and the Unlocked Hearts series. Those books are separate in tone and audience from Haunting Danielle, and they help explain why her different names matter. A reader who enjoys the gentle paranormal mystery style of Bobbi Holmes should not automatically expect the same mood from the McIntyre titles, while readers interested in family drama or adult romance may find that side of her work more relevant.
Holmes has also written nonfiction under her fuller name, Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes. Her author background emphasizes a lifelong interest in storytelling, beginning with childhood daydreaming and early writing, before developing into a career that spans mystery, romance, family saga, and nonfiction. For most readers, however, Bobbi Holmes remains defined by Haunting Danielle: a durable, character-driven paranormal cozy series with a clear identity, a broad comfort-read appeal, and a bibliography best approached by keeping her author names and genre lanes distinct.