Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Second Chance Inn | 2019 | T.J. Kline | Buy |
| 2 | Third Time’s a Charm | 2021 | T.J. Kline | Buy |
Saddle Creek is T.J. Kline’s most recent ranch-based series, returning to the Northern California landscape she has used across much of her career. The setting this time is a ranch inn, which gives the series a slightly different flavor than her earlier ranch work: guests arrive carrying their own histories, and the people who run the property are caught between their professional responsibilities and their personal entanglements.
Second Chance Inn, the first book, does exactly what its title suggests: a heroine and a man from her past find themselves in the same orbit again, with enough distance between them now that they have to decide whether to close it or not. Third Time’s a Charm follows in the same setting with a new couple and a lighter, funnier energy that balances the more emotionally charged first book.
Two books is a shorter series by Kline’s usual measure, but both are complete and satisfying romances that work well back to back. Readers looking for her more recent work will find Saddle Creek a natural place to start before going back to explore her longer earlier series.