Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Husband for Hire / The 10-Year Reunion | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 2 | The Bride Said, “I Did?” | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | N/A |
| 3 | Courting Callie | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 4 | The Bride Said, “Finally!” | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | N/A |
| 5 | Bachelor Father | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 6 | The Bride Said, “Surprise!” | 2001 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | N/A |
| 7 | His Bodyguard | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 8 | Nick of Time | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 9 | It Happened One Weekend | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 10 | The $4.98 Daddy | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 11 | It Takes a Cowboy | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 12 | Hitched By Christmas | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 13 | The Rancher And The Rich Girl | 1999 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 14 | Shane’s Last Stand | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 15 | A Baby By Chance | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 16 | The Perfect Solution | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 17 | Rent-A-Dad | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 18 | Best Man in Wyoming | 2000 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 19 | Reclaiming Jake | 2001 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
Cathy Gillen Thacker’s Heart of the West series has nineteen books, most of them published in 1999 and 2000. The series opens with Husband for Hire / The 10-Year Reunion and includes titles with a clear Western romance flavor: Courting Callie, It Takes a Cowboy, The Rancher And The Rich Girl, and Best Man in Wyoming all fit the setting.
A recurring thread through the series is the “Bride Said” sequence, with The Bride Said, “I Did?”, The Bride Said, “Finally!”, and The Bride Said, “Surprise!” spread across the reading order. Family-focused titles like Bachelor Father, The $4.98 Daddy, Rent-A-Dad, and A Baby By Chance also appear throughout. The series wrapped up in 2001 with Reclaiming Jake, its nineteenth book.