Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowboys And Cabernet | 1993 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 2 | Amarillo By Morning | 1993 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 3 | Even the Nights are Better | 1993 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 4 | Thunder Rolls | 1993 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 5 | Guitars, Cadillacs | 1993 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 6 | New Way To Fly | 1993 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 7 | Mustang Heart | 1994 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 8 | Passionate Kisses | 1994 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 9 | Rhinestone Cowboy | 1994 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 10 | Southern Nights | 1994 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 11 | Never Givin’ Up On Love | 1994 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 12 | Gentle On My Mind | 1994 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 13 | The Heart Won’t Lie | 1994 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 14 | Lone Star State of Mind | 1995 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 15 | In Plain Sight | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 16 | Consequences | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 17 | The Newcomer | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 18 | Return to Crystal Creek | 2002 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 19 | A Little Town in Texas | 2003 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 20 | Home to Texas | 2004 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 21 | Wild Horses | 2005 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 22 | Unanswered Prayers | 2025 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
The Crystal Creek series by Cathy Gillen Thacker spans more than three decades, opening in 1993 with Cowboys And Cabernet and running through fourteen books by 1995. Titles like Guitars, Cadillacs, Rhinestone Cowboy, and Lone Star State of Mind set the country-flavored tone of the series, with each book focusing on a different romance set in the Texas community of Crystal Creek.
After a gap in the late 1990s, the series picked back up with In Plain Sight, Consequences, and The Newcomer in 2000, followed by Return to Crystal Creek in 2002 and further entries through 2005. The long-running nature of the series means readers who start with Cowboys And Cabernet will follow a cast of interconnected characters across a wide stretch of Texas fiction before reaching the 2025 entry, Unanswered Prayers.