There are 4 books in the The Penang Series series. The newest book is Jasmine in Paris which came out in 2021.

1
The Pearl of Penang

Book cover of The Pearl of Penang

"Following the death of my wife, I am in need of support and companionship. I am prepared to make you an offer of marriage."

Evie Fraser, paid companion to a crotchety spinster, seems destined for a lonely life. Then out of the blue, a marriage proposal arrives by post. She…

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2
Prisoner from Penang

Book cover of Prisoner from Penang

After Penang is attacked by the Japanese at the end of 1941, Mary Helston believes Singapore will be a safe haven. But within weeks the supposedly invincible British stronghold is on the brink of collapse to the advancing enemy.

Mary and her mother are captured at sea as they try…

3
A Painter in Penang

Book cover of A Painter in Penang

Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Barrington hates everything about living in Kenya and longs to return to the island of Penang in British colonial Malaya where she was born. Expulsion from her Nairobi convent school offers a welcome escape – the chance to stay with her parents’ friends, Mary and Reggie Hyde-Underwood on…

4
Jasmine in Paris

Book cover of Jasmine in Paris
Art, love and betrayal, against the rich backdrop of 1950s ParisDesperate to make her mark as an artist and prove herself as an independent woman, Jasmine Barrington heads for Paris and a place at the prestigious Beaux Arts school. Following in the footsteps of former students like Renoir and Degas,…