Accidental Dads Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Mommy Heiress |
1995 |
Buy |
| Daddy Christmas |
1995 |
Buy |
| Baby Romeo: P.I. |
1996 |
Buy |
| Cowboy Cootchie Coo |
1998 |
Buy |
| She’s Having His Baby |
1998 |
Buy |
| Baby Romeo |
2012 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
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| Just Add Children |
1995 |
Buy |
| Return to Crystal Creek |
2002 |
Buy |
Bride’s Bay Resort Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Matchmaking Baby |
1995 |
Buy |
| Indiscretions |
1996 |
Buy |
| Love and Lies |
1996 |
Buy |
| Make Believe Engagement |
1996 |
Buy |
| Stranger in the Night |
1996 |
Buy |
| Married to a Stranger |
1996 |
Buy |
| Dulcie’s Gift |
1996 |
Buy |
Brides, Babies & Blizzards Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Hot Chocolate Honeymoon |
1998 |
Buy |
| Snowbound Bride |
1998 |
Buy |
| Snow Baby |
1998 |
Buy |
Calendar Of Romance Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Happy New Year, Darling |
1991 |
Buy |
| Valentine Hearts and Flowers |
1991 |
N/A |
| Count Your Blessings |
1992 |
Buy |
| Valentine’s Hearts And Flowers |
1992 |
Buy |
| Flannery’s Rainbow |
1992 |
Buy |
| A Man for Easter |
1992 |
Buy |
| Cinderella Mom |
1992 |
N/A |
| Daddy’s Girl |
1992 |
N/A |
| Under His Spell |
1992 |
Buy |
| Home Free |
1992 |
Buy |
| Opposing Camps |
1992 |
Buy |
| Sand Man |
1992 |
Buy |
| A Christmas Marriage |
1992 |
Buy |
| Christmas Marriage |
1992 |
N/A |
Christmas is for Kids Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| A Carol Christmas |
1989 |
Buy |
| Best Gift Of All |
1989 |
Buy |
| It Happened One Christmas |
1995 |
Buy |
| Wanted: Christmas Mommy |
1995 |
Buy |
| Merry Christmas, Mommy |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Father for Christmas |
1997 |
Buy |
| Cowboy Santa |
1998 |
Buy |
| Baby’s First Christmas |
1998 |
Buy |
| Smoochin’ Santa |
1998 |
Buy |
| Gift-Wrapped Dad |
1998 |
Buy |
| A Very Special Need |
2013 |
Buy |
Close to Home Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Fantasy Man |
1988 |
Buy |
| Strings |
1988 |
Buy |
| Mother Knows Best |
1989 |
Buy |
| Sail Away |
1989 |
Buy |
| Mother for Hire |
1989 |
Buy |
| Cupid Connection |
1990 |
Buy |
| Moonlight and Lace |
1990 |
Buy |
| Slow Larkin’s Revenge |
1991 |
Buy |
| All That Glitters |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Baby Bargain |
1991 |
Buy |
| Free Spirits |
1991 |
Buy |
| Beyond Summer |
1991 |
Buy |
| Tangled Web |
1991 |
Buy |
| Gerrity’s Bride |
1995 |
Buy |
| Bound for Bliss |
2006 |
Buy |
Crystal Creek Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Cowboys And Cabernet |
1993 |
Buy |
| Amarillo By Morning |
1993 |
Buy |
| Even the Nights are Better |
1993 |
Buy |
| Thunder Rolls |
1993 |
Buy |
| Guitars, Cadillacs |
1993 |
Buy |
| New Way To Fly |
1993 |
Buy |
| Mustang Heart |
1994 |
Buy |
| Passionate Kisses |
1994 |
Buy |
| Rhinestone Cowboy |
1994 |
Buy |
| Southern Nights |
1994 |
Buy |
| Never Givin’ Up On Love |
1994 |
Buy |
| Gentle On My Mind |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Heart Won’t Lie |
1994 |
Buy |
| Lone Star State of Mind |
1995 |
Buy |
| In Plain Sight |
2000 |
Buy |
| Consequences |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Newcomer |
2000 |
Buy |
| Return to Crystal Creek |
2002 |
Buy |
| A Little Town in Texas |
2003 |
Buy |
| Home to Texas |
2004 |
Buy |
| Wild Horses |
2005 |
Buy |
| Unanswered Prayers |
2025 |
Buy |
Forrester Square Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Date with Destiny |
2003 |
Buy |
| Reinventing Julia |
2003 |
Buy |
| Twice and for Always |
2003 |
Buy |
| All She Needed |
2003 |
Buy |
| Ring of Deception |
2003 |
Buy |
| Keeping Faith |
2003 |
Buy |
| Word of Honor |
2004 |
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| Third Time’s the Charm |
2004 |
Buy |
| Too Good to Refuse |
2004 |
Buy |
| Illegally Yours |
2004 |
Buy |
| Come Fly with Me |
2004 |
Buy |
| Best-Laid Plans |
2004 |
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| Escape the Night |
2004 |
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| The One That Got Away |
2004 |
Buy |
| Nobody’s Baby |
2004 |
Buy |
| Secret Lullaby |
2004 |
Buy |
| Tell No One |
2004 |
Buy |
Heart of the West Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Husband for Hire / The 10-Year Reunion |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Bride Said, “I Did?” |
2000 |
N/A |
| Courting Callie |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Bride Said, “Finally!” |
2000 |
N/A |
| Bachelor Father |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Bride Said, “Surprise!” |
2001 |
N/A |
| His Bodyguard |
1999 |
Buy |
| Nick of Time |
1999 |
Buy |
| It Happened One Weekend |
1999 |
Buy |
| The $4.98 Daddy |
1999 |
Buy |
| It Takes a Cowboy |
1999 |
Buy |
| Hitched By Christmas |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Rancher And The Rich Girl |
1999 |
Buy |
| Shane’s Last Stand |
2000 |
Buy |
| A Baby By Chance |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Perfect Solution |
2000 |
Buy |
| Rent-A-Dad |
2000 |
Buy |
| Best Man in Wyoming |
2000 |
Buy |
| Reclaiming Jake |
2001 |
Buy |
Here Come the Grooms Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Circumstantial Evidence |
1984 |
Buy |
| McCade’s Woman |
1985 |
Buy |
| Once Upon A Time |
1986 |
Buy |
| To Choose A Wife |
1987 |
Buy |
| Taking Savanah |
1988 |
Buy |
| Lazarus Rising |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Nesting Instinct |
1990 |
Buy |
| Make-Believe Marriage |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Bridal Price |
1990 |
Buy |
| Runaway Bride |
1991 |
Buy |
| A Practical Marriage |
1991 |
Buy |
| In the Line of Duty |
1991 |
Buy |
| Father of the Bride |
1991 |
Buy |
| Annie in the Morning |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Cowboy and the Chauffeur |
1991 |
Buy |
| Wedding Eve |
1992 |
N/A |
| Not His Wedding! |
1992 |
Buy |
| Best Man For The Job |
1992 |
Buy |
Home on the Ranch Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Texas Way |
1996 |
Buy |
| Mother in the Making |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Man From Blue River |
1996 |
Buy |
| She Caught the Sheriff |
1996 |
Buy |
| Texas Standoff |
1996 |
Buy |
| Trouble At Lone Spur |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Truth About Cowboys |
1997 |
Buy |
| In the Arms of the Law |
1997 |
Buy |
| She’s the Sheriff |
1998 |
Buy |
| Cottonwood Creek |
1998 |
Buy |
| What A Man’s Got To Do |
1999 |
Buy |
| Safe Haven |
1999 |
Buy |
| Montana Legacy |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Texan |
2000 |
Buy |
| Cowboy Come Home |
2000 |
Buy |
| The First Family of Texas |
2000 |
Buy |
| That Man Matthews |
2000 |
Buy |
| A Cowboy for Clementine |
2001 |
Buy |
| Sarah’s Legacy |
2002 |
Buy |
| Wide Open Spaces |
2002 |
Buy |
| Cowboy at the Crossroads |
2002 |
Buy |
| Montana Dreaming |
2002 |
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| A Baby by Christmas |
2003 |
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| Cowgirl, Say Yes |
2003 |
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| Buffalo Summer |
2003 |
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| What Madeline Wants |
2003 |
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| Dylan’s Last Dare |
2004 |
Buy |
| A Cowboy Summer |
2004 |
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| More Than a Cowboy |
2004 |
Buy |
| Real Cowboys |
2007 |
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| The Last Cowboy Hero |
2007 |
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| Nevada - The Horseman’s Secret |
2007 |
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| The Brother Returns |
2008 |
Buy |
| Cowboy for Keeps |
2008 |
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| Caitlin’s Cowboy |
2008 |
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| The Sheriff of Sage Bend |
2008 |
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| Caitlyn’s Prize |
2009 |
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| A Cowboy’s Redemption |
2009 |
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| Madison’s Children |
2009 |
Buy |
| No Ordinary Cowboy |
2009 |
Buy |
| Cowboy Comes Home |
2010 |
Buy |
| A Cowboy’s Plan |
2010 |
Buy |
| Texas Trouble |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Cowboy Soldier |
2010 |
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| This Cowboy’s Son |
2010 |
Buy |
| Luke: The Cowboy Heir |
2010 |
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| The Lionhearted Cowboy Returns |
2010 |
Buy |
| Second Chance Ranch |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Baby Promise |
2010 |
Buy |
| Rocky Mountain Hero |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Rancher’s Reunion |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Cowboy’s Family |
2010 |
Buy |
| Oklahoma Reunion |
2011 |
Buy |
| Maddie Inherits a Cowboy |
2011 |
Buy |
| Temporary Rancher |
2011 |
Buy |
| Make-Believe Mom |
2012 |
Buy |
| Her Secret, His Baby |
2013 |
Buy |
| Montana Rodeo Star |
2014 |
Buy |
| Home on the Ranch - Texas |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Maverick’s Holiday Surprise |
2016 |
Buy |
| Wanted: Texas Daddy |
2017 |
Buy |
| Montana Unbranded |
2017 |
Buy |
| Texas Vows |
2018 |
Buy |
| Montana Christmas Secrets |
2019 |
Buy |
| Montana Holiday Promises |
2019 |
Buy |
| Redeeming the Texan |
2020 |
Buy |
Lockharts Lost & Found Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| His Plan For The Quintuplets |
2020 |
Buy |
| Four Christmas Matchmakers |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Twin Proposal |
2021 |
Buy |
| Their Texas Triplets |
2021 |
Buy |
| Their Texas Christmas Gift |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Triplets’ Secret Wish |
2022 |
Buy |
| Their Texas Christmas Match |
2022 |
Buy |
| A Temporary Texas Arrangement |
2023 |
Buy |
Made in Texas: Families of the Lone Star State Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Hannah’s Baby |
2007 |
Buy |
| A Baby in the Bunkhouse |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Inherited Twins |
2008 |
Buy |
| Found: One Baby |
2009 |
Buy |
Marrying a McCabe Romance Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Double Christmas Surprise |
2024 |
Buy |
| Stand-In Texas Dad |
2025 |
Buy |
McCabe Family Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Texas Vows |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Seven-Year Proposal |
2012 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Christmas |
2014 |
N/A |
| Lone Star Valentine |
2015 |
N/A |
McCabe Homecoming Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Long, Hot Texas Summer |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Texas Christmas Gift |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Texas Lawman’s Woman |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Texas Wildcatter’s Baby |
2014 |
Buy |
McCabe Multiples Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Runaway Lone Star Bride |
2014 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Christmas |
2014 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Valentine |
2015 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Daddy |
2015 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Baby |
2015 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Twins |
2015 |
Buy |
New Arrivals Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Baby Makes Nine |
1995 |
N/A |
| Who’s the Daddy? |
1995 |
Buy |
| Angel’s Baby |
1995 |
Buy |
| Baby By Chance |
1995 |
N/A |
| The Bounty Hunter’s Baby |
1996 |
Buy |
| And Babies Make Ten |
1999 |
Buy |
| Make Room for Baby |
1998 |
Buy |
| Cowboy Be Mine |
2000 |
Buy |
| Father in Training |
2011 |
Buy |
| Baby by Chance |
2012 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| Island of Desire |
1982 |
Buy |
| Intimate Scoundrels |
1983 |
Buy |
| Promise Me Today |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Wildfire Trace |
1984 |
Buy |
| Embrace Me, Love |
1985 |
Buy |
| Heart’s Journey |
1985 |
Buy |
| A Private Passion |
1985 |
Buy |
| Reach For The Stars |
1985 |
Buy |
| A Family to Cherish |
1986 |
Buy |
| Rogue’s Bargain |
1986 |
Buy |
| Family to Treasure |
1987 |
Buy |
| Guardian Angel |
1987 |
Buy |
| Dream Spinners |
1988 |
Buy |
| Fatal Amusement |
1988 |
Buy |
| Natural Touch |
1988 |
Buy |
| Perfect Match |
1988 |
Buy |
| Slalom To Terror |
1990 |
Buy |
| An Unexpected Family |
1991 |
Buy |
| Anything’s Possible |
1992 |
Buy |
| Honeymoon for Hire |
1993 |
Buy |
| Beguiled Again |
1993 |
Buy |
| Fiance For Sale |
1993 |
Buy |
| Kidnapping Nick |
1993 |
Buy |
| Guilty as Sin |
1994 |
Buy |
| Marriage by Design |
1994 |
Buy |
| Jenny and the Fortune Hunter |
1994 |
Buy |
| Love Potion #5 |
1994 |
Buy |
| Miss Charlotte Surrenders |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Night Worth Remembering |
1999 |
Buy |
| Lost and Found |
2003 |
Buy |
| His Cinderella |
2003 |
Buy |
| Temporary Santa |
2003 |
Buy |
| My Secret Wife ; Their Instant Baby |
2004 |
Buy |
| Her Surprise Baby |
2004 |
Buy |
| Sheikhs Honour |
2004 |
Buy |
| Married in White |
2005 |
Buy |
| His Virgin Wife |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Last Virgin in Texas |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Family Man |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Groom WhoGot AwayThe Texas Rancher’s Marriage |
2015 |
Buy |
| Trusting the Rancher |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Cowboy’s Surprise |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Texan’s Christmas Bounty |
2019 |
Buy |
| Texas Country Legacy |
2020 |
Buy |
| A Family for the Texan |
2021 |
Buy |
| Three Little Texans |
2022 |
Buy |
Texas Legacies: The Carrigans Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Rancher’s Family Thanksgiving |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Rancher Next Door |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Rancher’s Christmas Baby |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Gentleman Rancher |
2008 |
Buy |
Texas Legacies: The Lockharts Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| A Texas Soldier’s Family |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Texas Cowboy’s Christmas |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Texas Valentine Twins |
2017 |
Buy |
| Wanted: Texas Daddy |
2017 |
Buy |
Texas Legacies: The McCabes Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Cowboy Under the Mistletoe |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Triplet’s First Thanksgiving |
2010 |
Buy |
| One Wild Cowboy |
2011 |
Buy |
| Her Cowboy Daddy |
2011 |
Buy |
| A Cowboy to Marry |
2011 |
Buy |
Texas Legends: The McCabes Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Texas Cowboy’s Baby Rescue |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Texas Cowboy’s Triplets |
2018 |
Buy |
| One Wild Cowboy |
2011 |
N/A |
| The Texas Cowboy’s Quadruplets |
2018 |
Buy |
| His Baby Bargain |
2019 |
Buy |
| A Cowboy to Marry |
2011 |
N/A |
| Their Inherited Triplets |
2019 |
Buy |
| A Tale of Two Christmas Letters |
2019 |
Buy |
The Blackthorn Brotherhood#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Reformer |
1996 |
N/A |
The Brides of Holly Springs Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Virgin’s Secret Marriage |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Secret Seduction |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Secret Wedding Wish |
2004 |
Buy |
| Plain Jane’s Secret Life |
2004 |
Buy |
| Her Secret Valentine |
2005 |
Buy |
The Deveraux Legacy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Second Shot |
2019 |
N/A |
| His Marriage Bonus |
2002 |
Buy |
| My Secret Wife |
2002 |
Buy |
| Her Bachelor Challenge |
2002 |
Buy |
| Their Instant Baby |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Heiress |
2003 |
Buy |
| Taking Over the Tycoon |
2003 |
Buy |
The Harrigans/Birth Order Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| One Man’s Folly |
1989 |
Buy |
| Lifetime Guarantee |
1989 |
Buy |
| Meant To Be |
1990 |
Buy |
The Legends of Laramie County Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Reluctant Texas Rancher |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Texas Rancher’s Marriage |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Texas Rancher’s Vow |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Texas Rancher’s Family |
2013 |
Buy |
The Lockharts of Texas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Bride Said, “I Did?” |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Bride Said, Finally! |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Bride Said, “Surprise!” |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Virgin Bride Said, “Wow!” |
2001 |
Buy |
The Lone Star Dads Club Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mommy for Hire |
2009 |
Buy |
| A Baby For Mommy |
2009 |
Buy |
| A Mommy for Christmas |
2009 |
Buy |
| Wanted: One Mommy |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Mommy Proposal |
2010 |
Buy |
The McCabes of Texas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Cowboy’s Woman |
1999 |
Buy |
| Wildcat Cowboy |
1999 |
Buy |
| Dr Cowboy |
1999 |
Buy |
| A Cowboy Kind of Daddy |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Dad Next Door |
2020 |
Buy |
The McCabes: Next Generation Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Christmas Lullaby |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Ultimate Texas Bachelor |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Texas Wedding Vow |
2006 |
Buy |
| A Laramie, Texas Christmas |
2006 |
Buy |
| Blame It on Texas |
2006 |
Buy |
| From Texas, with Love |
2007 |
Buy |
Too Many Dads Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Baby on the Doorstep |
1994 |
Buy |
| Too Many Moms |
1994 |
Buy |
| Daddy to the Rescue |
1996 |
Buy |
Wild West Weddings Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Cowboy’s Bride |
1996 |
Buy |
| Cowboy Christmas |
2009 |
N/A |
| The Ranch Stud |
1996 |
Buy |
| Deep Trouble |
2011 |
N/A |
| The Maverick Marriage |
1996 |
Buy |
| One Hot Cowboy |
1997 |
Buy |
| Spur-of-the-Moment Marriage |
1997 |
Buy |
Cathy Gillen Thacker is one of the most prolific authors in the romance and holiday fiction space, with over 350 books published across 35 series since 1982. Her first book, Island of Desire, appeared that year, and she has been writing steadily for more than four decades. Texas settings and family-centered storylines run through a large portion of her work, as seen in series like The Lockharts of Texas, The McCabes of Texas, Texas Legacies: The Carrigans, Texas Legacies: The Lockharts, and The Legends of Laramie County.
Many of her series deal with babies, weddings, and family life. Titles across her catalog are full of words like “Daddy,” “Baby,” “Bride,” “Mommy,” and “Cowboy,” and several of her series are named accordingly: Accidental Dads, New Arrivals, Too Many Dads, Brides Babies & Blizzards, and Christmas is for Kids. The Home on the Ranch series alone contains over 60 entries spanning from 1996 to 2020.
Her more recent work includes the Lockharts Lost & Found series (2020-2023), the Marrying a McCabe Romance series (2024-2025), and a steady stream of standalone titles. The sheer volume and consistency of her output over the years makes her backlist one of the deepest in the romance genre.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Cathy Gillen Thacker written?
Cathy Gillen Thacker has written 355 books across 35 series.
What was Cathy Gillen Thacker's first book?
Cathy Gillen Thacker’s first book is Island of Desire, published in 1982.
What genres does Cathy Gillen Thacker write in?
Cathy Gillen Thacker writes holiday fiction, and romance. Their best-known work includes the Accidental Dads series.