Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear Santa | 2007 | Karen Templeton | Buy |
| 2 | Yours, Mine… or Ours? | 2008 | Karen Templeton | Buy |
| 3 | Baby, I’m Yours | 2008 | Karen Templeton | Buy |
| 4 | From Friends to Forever | 2009 | Karen Templeton | Buy |
The Guys and Daughters series is a four-book run from 2007 to 2009. Each book features a single father raising a daughter and meeting a woman who changes both their lives. The titles (Dear Santa, Yours Mine… or Ours?, Baby I’m Yours, From Friends to Forever) signal the warm, family-focused tone.
Templeton writes single-parent romance with a naturalness that comes from centering the children as real characters rather than plot devices. The father-daughter relationships in these books carry genuine emotion, and the romances grow out of the family dynamics rather than being separate from them.