Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Perfect Mess | 2012 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 2 | A Perfect Mistake | 2013 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 3 | A Perfect Dilemma | 2014 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 4 | A Perfect Wedding | 2015 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 5 | Resisting Samantha | 2016 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 6 | Finally Again | 2015 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 7 | Beauty Shot | 2015 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 8 | Mark Me | 2015 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 9 | A Perfect Holiday | 2015 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 10 | A Perfect Question | 2016 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 11 | Handling Skylar | 2016 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
| 12 | Sheltering Lawson | 2017 | Zoe Dawson | Buy |
Hope Parish is a twelve-book small-town romance series by Zoe Dawson. Starting with A Perfect Mess (2012), the books follow residents of a tight-knit community through romantic entanglements. The “Perfect” titles give way to character-focused entries like Resisting Samantha (2016) and Sheltering Lawson (2017).
The series has two distinct phases. The early books carry “A Perfect” titles — A Perfect Mess, A Perfect Mistake, A Perfect Dilemma, A Perfect Wedding — and establish the community and its key families. The middle of the series shifts to standalone-style naming with Finally Again (2015), Beauty Shot (2015), and Mark Me (2015), focusing on individual characters rather than the broader community arc.
Zoe Dawson published the bulk of the series between 2014 and 2016, with five books arriving in 2015 alone. A Perfect Holiday (2015) and A Perfect Question (2016) return to the “Perfect” branding for holiday and milestone stories. Sheltering Lawson (2017) closes out the twelve-book run. The interconnected cast means secondary characters from early entries often become leads in later books.