AJ Pine Books in Order
Browse AJ Pine books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and simple where-to-start tips for her cowboy romances and contemporary love stories.
Last updated: July 5, 2026
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Publication Order
19 books
If Only
by AJ Pine
2014
Jordan heads to Aberdeen for a year abroad hoping for adventure and a clean break from expectations back home. Caught between two very different men, she has to figure out what love and commitment really mean to her.
What If
by AJ Pine
2014
Griffin Reed comes home from studying abroad feeling stuck between family expectations and the life he actually wants. Maggie Kendall, still rebuilding after a life-altering medical crisis, makes him want more, if they can trust each other first.
I Do
by AJ Pine
2015
A destination wedding in Greece throws the whole If Only cast into chaos when groom Duncan disappears before the ceremony. As the group scrambles to save the day, several couples are pushed to choose honesty, commitment, and home.
One Life
by AJ Pine
2015
Reeling after her brother Wyatt's death, Zoe Adler escapes to a summer art program and tries to outrun her grief. Zack, the longtime friend she never quite stopped wanting, returns determined to help her face what she has buried.
One Night
by AJ Pine
2015
After one terrible night derails her future, Jess hides behind hookups and emotional distance. Then life puts her near injured basketball star Adam Carson, whose kindness makes pretending much harder.
Six Month Rule
by AJ Pine
2016
Holly creates rules to keep work and romance separate, then gets stuck sharing office space with Will Evans, a sharply dressed Brit who will be gone in six months. Their banter is fun, but the clock makes everything messier.
The One That Got Away
by AJ Pine
2016
Jamie Kingston has loved his best friend Brynn Chandler for years, but he waits until she is interested in someone else to speak up. A two-week road trip forces both of them to decide whether friendship is enough.
Three Simple Words
by AJ Pine
2016
Annie Denning believes in happy endings and runs a bookstore built around them. When bestselling author Wes Harley, her brother's old best friend and longtime crush, sweeps back into town, disagreement turns into attraction fast.
Worth the Wait
by AJ Pine
2017
Jeremy Denning avoids commitment until a session with massage therapist Grace Bailey upends his carefully casual life. Grace is swearing off men, so their slow-burn connection has to build on patience, trust, and very good self-control.
Saved by the Cowboy
by AJ Pine
2018
Runaway bridesmaid Olivia Belle lands in Oak Bluff searching for proof that real love exists, and Sheriff Cash Hawkins is the first person in her path. Their unlikely meeting turns into a sweet chance at starting over.
Second Chance Cowboy
by AJ Pine
2018
Jack Everett comes home for his father's funeral expecting a quick visit, only to inherit a struggling ranch and vineyard. Working with his first love, Ava Ellis, means facing old wounds and the son he never knew he had.
Tough Luck Cowboy
by AJ Pine
2018
Newly divorced Lily Green agrees to cater her ex-husband's wedding and gets stuck working beside Luke Everett, his best man. Years of tension and bad timing start to crack, forcing both of them to face what has been there all along.
Cowboy to the Rescue
by AJ Pine
2019
Ivy Serrano comes home to Meadow Valley looking for a reset after a string of setbacks, then meets firefighter Carter Bowen. He wants no distractions, she fears another firefighter romance, and the sparks between them keep getting harder to dodge.
Hard Loving Cowboy
by AJ Pine
2019
Walker Everett keeps everyone at arm's length until ranch sommelier Violet Chastain asks him to play pretend boyfriend. Their fake setup sparks real chemistry, but both are carrying hurts they can no longer ignore.
My One and Only Cowboy
by AJ Pine
2019
Delaney Harper returns to Meadow Valley after learning her ex sold land that was partly hers. Standing in her way is Sam Callahan, the cowboy trying to save the ranch, and neither is ready for the pull between them.
Make Mine a Cowboy
by AJ Pine
2020
Dr. Charlotte North only plans a short stay in Meadow Valley, until her grandmother's meddling pushes her into a fake relationship with Ben Callahan. Their no-strings arrangement starts to look a lot like the real thing.
Only a Cowboy Will Do
by AJ Pine
2021
Jenna Owens heads to Meadow Valley hoping for a quiet birthday escape, then gets stranded with charming younger cowboy Colt Morgan. What starts as a fling turns into a bigger question about family, timing, and whether either of them can risk more.
The Bloom Girls
by AJ Pine
2021
Gabi Bloom returns from Europe with a surprise fiance just as her mother, Alissa, learns she is pregnant by Gabi's father after a one-night reunion. This warm family drama follows two generations figuring out love, timing, and second chances.
Holding Out for a Cowboy
by AJ Pine
2022
Casey Walsh and Boone Murphy were torn apart years ago by tragedy and family betrayal. When Boone abandons his wedding and returns to Meadow Valley, he gets one last shot to win back the woman he never forgot.
Where should I start?
For cowboy family drama: Second Chance Cowboy → Saved by the Cowboy → Tough Luck Cowboy → Hard Loving Cowboy
For a welcoming small-town ranch vibe: Cowboy to the Rescue → My One and Only Cowboy → Make Mine a Cowboy → Only a Cowboy Will Do
For a pure second-chance western romance: Holding Out for a Cowboy
For lighter contemporary romance: The One That Got Away → Six Month Rule → Three Simple Words → Worth the Wait
For college-age, more emotional stories: If Only → What If → One Night → One Life
Author bio
A.J. Pine is the pen name of Amy Pine, a contemporary romance author with deep roots in the Chicago suburbs. She has long described herself as someone who can't seem to get away from fiction, and that tracks. Books have been woven through both her working life and her writing life from the start.
Before publishing novels, she worked as an English teacher and later as a school librarian. That background shows up all over her fiction. Her stories are easy to read, but they are not thrown together. They tend to care about emotional fallout, second chances, and the small details that make a town, a family, or a group of friends feel lived in.
Writing came into sharper focus for her after years spent around students, readers, and other writers.
In one interview, Pine said a school event called Writers Week helped push her from admiring other people's work to trying it herself. She wrote a first book that did not get published, then kept going and wrote another. That persistence turned into a long-running career, first in new adult romance, then in small-town and cowboy romance, and later in women's fiction under the name Amy Pine.
A good place to see her early style is the If Only series, which follows young adults trying to figure out love, loyalty, and who they want to become. The books have travel, friendship drama, and that very specific feeling of being old enough to make big choices but not always old enough to feel steady doing it. Her Only You novels work in a similar emotional lane, but with a little more grief and recovery in the mix.
Then Pine moved into the kind of romance many readers now know her for best: small towns, close families, and cowboys with complicated pasts. In books like Second Chance Cowboy, My One and Only Cowboy, Make Mine a Cowboy, and Holding Out for a Cowboy, she keeps the setup classic but the feelings messy in a good way. People come home. Old relationships flare back up. Ranches need saving. Somebody always thinks they can keep love at a safe distance, and somebody is always wrong.
She can also shift gears without losing her voice. The Kingston Ale House books lean more contemporary and urban, with friends-to-lovers tension, workplace sparks, and plenty of banter. The One That Got Away and Three Simple Words are good examples of how she balances sweetness, chemistry, and a strong friend group around the central romance.
That mix of warmth and emotional honesty carries into The Bloom Girls, a family-centered novel about mothers, daughters, timing, and second chances. Pine has spoken about wanting to write Jewish characters simply living their lives, and that grounded approach fits her work as a whole. She likes romance, but she also likes the everyday stuff around it: family expectations, jobs, old hurts, and the moments that make people finally tell the truth.
Off the page, she has shared a few reliable facts that readers tend to remember. She is from the Chicago suburbs. She loves K-dramas, superheroes, and romance in pretty much every form. And she writes like someone who genuinely enjoys happy endings, even when she makes her characters work very hard to earn them.
That is probably the simplest way to describe A.J. Pine.
She writes love stories with humor, heart, and a strong sense of place, and she keeps finding fresh ways to bring people home.
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