Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Bright Morning | 1995 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 2 | Texas Lonesome | 1996 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 3 | Christmas Pie | 1997 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 4 | Wild Dream | 1997 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 5 | Sweet Charity | 1997 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 6 | Secret Hearts | 1998 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 7 | Gabriel’s Fate | 2001 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 8 | Heaven Sent | 2001 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 9 | Phoebe’s Valentine | 2003 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 10 | Sierra Ransom | 2003 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 11 | Cactus Flower | 2006 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
Alice Duncan’s standalone novels span the first decade of her publishing career, from One Bright Morning (1995) to Cactus Flower (2006). They represent the part of her output that doesn’t fit neatly into her various themed series, though most share the Western American settings and historical periods she returns to throughout her fiction.
The early 1990s titles – Texas Lonesome, Wild Dream, Sweet Charity, Secret Hearts, and the Christmas stories – are typical Leisure Books-era Western romances, delivering the genre’s expected pleasures with Duncan’s characteristic good humor. Gabriel’s Fate and Heaven Sent (both 2001) show a slightly more spiritual dimension, while Sierra Ransom (2003) and Cactus Flower (2006) fall later in her career when the Daisy Gumm series was already underway.
These standalones are primarily of interest to readers who want to follow Duncan’s career comprehensively or who enjoy collecting 1990s-era Western romance. They can be read in any order and each is a complete story.