Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Outlaw’s Wife | 1998 | Cindy Gerard | Buy |
| 2 | Marriage, Outlaw Style | 1998 | Cindy Gerard | Buy |
| 3 | Do Not Forsake Me | 2015 | Cindy Gerard | N/A |
| 4 | The Outlaw Jesse James | 1999 | Cindy Gerard | Buy |
| 5 | Love’s Sweet Revenge | 2016 | Cindy Gerard | N/A |
| 6 | The Last Outlaw | 2017 | Cindy Gerard | N/A |
The Outlaw Hearts series mixes Western romance across two different time periods. The first three books came out in the late 1990s, starting with The Outlaw’s Wife (1998). Gerard then returned to the series nearly two decades later with Do Not Forsake Me (2015), Love’s Sweet Revenge (2016), and The Last Outlaw (2017).
The later additions shifted toward historical Western romance, exploring life on the frontier. The gap between the original books and the newer entries reflects Gerard’s evolution as a writer, with the later books having a grittier, more dramatic tone.