Amanda Cabot Books in Order
Browse Amanda Cabot books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, reading order help, and easy places to start with her historical and contemporary romances.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
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Publication Order
32 books
Paper Roses
by Amanda Cabot
2009
Mail-order bride Sarah Dobbs reaches San Antonio ready to meet the man whose letters won her heart, only to learn he is dead. His brother Clay is hunting a killer, and Sarah has nowhere else to go.
Scattered Petals
by Amanda Cabot
2010
Priscilla Morton heads to Texas looking for adventure and finds heartbreak instead. Ranch foreman Zachary Webster cares for her deeply, but his own regrets make it hard to believe they can build something lasting.
Tomorrow's Garden
by Amanda Cabot
2011
Harriet Kirk takes a teaching job in Ladreville to secure a better future for her younger siblings. Former Texas Ranger Lawrence Wood stirs feelings she does not trust, even as both struggle to outrun the past.
Christmas Roses
by Amanda Cabot
2012
Celia Anderson runs a boardinghouse in a Wyoming mining town and insists she has no need for a husband. Then a wandering carpenter arrives, and a Christmas wish that once seemed impossible starts to feel real.
Summer of Promise
by Amanda Cabot
2012
Worried about her sister, Abigail Harding leaves Vermont for Wyoming and survives a violent stagecoach attack. Lieutenant Ethan Bowles keeps crossing her path, forcing her to question the future she thought she wanted.
Waiting for Spring
by Amanda Cabot
2012
Charlotte opens a dressmaker's shop in Cheyenne to escape a robber who believes she knows the key to lost treasure. Falling for Barrett Landry would be risky enough without the past closing in again.
At Bluebonnet Lake
by Amanda Cabot
2014
Career-driven Kate Sherwood visits the rundown Texas resort that meant everything to her grandmother and meets handyman Greg Vange. Both are at turning points, and Rainbow's End may offer more than either expected.
One Little Word
by Amanda Cabot
2014
Lorraine Caldwell thinks finding her long-lost brother may solve her inheritance problem. Instead, she meets a mysterious carousel carver and discovers that one letter can change far more than her fortune.
The Christmas Star Bride
by Amanda Cabot
2014
Esther Hathaway commissions artist Jeremy Snyder to paint a special Christmas wedding gift for her niece. Time together awakens old hopes, and both must decide whether love still has room in their lives.
The Farmer's Daughter Romance Collection
by Amanda Cabot
2014
A](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MO0KW52%22,%22description%22:%22A) collection of sweet, faith-leaning romances with a rural backdrop. These shorter stories focus on family, hard work, and love that grows through everyday challenges.
The New England Romance Collection
by Amanda Cabot
2014
Five historical romances unfold across the Northeast, from early American settings to the 1930s. Each story pairs regional history with faith, hardship, and couples trying to build a place to belong.
With Autumn's Return
by Amanda Cabot
2014
Elizabeth Harding arrives in Cheyenne ready to prove herself as a doctor, only to find most of the town doubtful of a lady physician. When deception endangers one of her patients, she must work with attorney Jason Nordling.
In Firefly Valley
by Amanda Cabot
2015
After losing her job, Marisa St. George returns to her Texas hometown and takes work at the struggling Rainbow's End resort. Blake Kendall looks like a fresh start, until she learns he is not who he claims.
Love Is Patient Romance Collection
by Amanda Cabot
2016
Nine historical romances follow couples in the American West who have nearly given up on love. The stories lean into patient courtship, faith, and second chances that arrive later than expected.
On Lone Star Trail
by Amanda Cabot
2016
A storm leaves Gillian Hodge stranded with biker TJ Benjamin at Rainbow's End Resort. She is grieving a career-ending injury, he is wandering after loss, and neither is ready for the pull between them.
The Fourth of July Bride
by Amanda Cabot
2016
Naomi Towson needs money for her mother's eye surgery, and cattle baron Gideon Carlisle needs a temporary fiancee to satisfy his meddling mother. Their business arrangement is supposed to end after the holiday.
The Rails to Love Romance Collection
by Amanda Cabot
2016
These nine historical romances are tied to the transcontinental railroad and the lives changed by it. Travel, danger, and fresh starts bring unlikely couples together on journeys that may end in love.
The Valiant Hearts Romance Collection
by Amanda Cabot
2016
Nine historical romances trace brave women's lives through war, injustice, and westward change. The collection spans decades and settings, pairing hardship with faith, courage, and the possibility of love.
A Stolen Heart
by Amanda Cabot
2017
Lydia Crawford arrives in Cimarron Creek expecting a wedding and finds her fiance gone, with scandal left behind. The town sheriff offers help, but in a place full of grudges and secrets, trust is hard.
A Borrowed Dream
by Amanda Cabot
2018
Schoolteacher Catherine Whitfield has stopped believing in her own future, and newcomer Austin Goddard is hiding more than he admits. As affection grows, his secret past threatens the life they both want.
A Tender Hope
by Amanda Cabot
2019
Widowed midwife Thea Michener comes to Cimarron Creek hoping for a fresh start, only to meet a Texas Ranger with questions about her late husband. An abandoned baby and an old crime pull them into the same fight.
Out of the Embers
by Amanda Cabot
2020
Evelyn Radcliffe escapes a fire with a young orphan and heads to Mesquite Springs, convinced her parents' murders are tied to her new trouble. Wyatt Clark offers shelter, but danger has followed her west.
Brides of the Old West
by Amanda Cabot
2021
This collection gathers four Cheyenne-set novellas filled with second chances, convenient courtships, and quiet western charm. Amanda Cabot keeps the stakes personal and the romances warm, with faith and community close at hand.
Dreams Rekindled
by Amanda Cabot
2021
Dorothy Clark dreams of writing something important, and newspaperman Brandon Holloway seems like her chance. When someone tries to ruin the town paper and divide Mesquite Springs, they have to uncover the truth together.
The Spark of Love
by Amanda Cabot
2022
Fleeing a dangerous suitor, Alexandra Tarkington heads to Mesquite Springs and finds herself drawn to Gabe Seymour. But with suspicious men closing in and secrets about her father surfacing, safety and love both look uncertain.
After the Shadows
by Amanda Cabot
2023
Emily Leland comes home widowed and nearly penniless, only to learn her father's death may not have been natural. As she helps schoolmaster Craig Ferguson and turns her house into a boardinghouse, the mystery grows darker.
Against the Wind
by Amanda Cabot
2023
Louisa Vaughn plans only a brief stay in Sweetwater Crossing, then finds an injured man by the road and trouble aimed straight at her future. Josh Porter may help, but someone wants the town's lady doctor gone.
Into the Starlight
by Amanda Cabot
2024
Joanna Vaughn returns to Sweetwater Crossing with her music career and marriage both shattered. Joining Dr. Burke Finley to uncover what happened to Clive Finley forces her to face old ghosts and new feelings.
One Special Christmas
by Amanda Cabot
2024
Greta Engel wants to give her young brother one unforgettable Christmas and escape the man who threatened them in Houston. Stranded in Sweetwater Crossing, she finds work, a would-be sheriff, and a reason to hope.
Echoes of Sunrise
by Amanda Cabot
2025
Sophia Carr returns home after tragedy to rebuild her family's hotel and save Carr Valley, but her grandfather's will says she must marry first. Gideon Spencer needs a wife just as urgently, and convenience soon turns complicated.
The Sagebrush Bride
by Amanda Cabot
2025
After cholera kills her parents on the Oregon Trail, Avice is pushed toward a marriage she does not want. At Fort Laramie, widowed post trader Raleigh offers a practical solution that may become something deeper.
Whispers in the Valley
by Amanda Cabot
2026
Victoria Holton flees social ruin for Carr Valley and tries to reinvent herself among friends. Pastor Peter Mulholland is already under pressure, and a stranger's arrival stirs old secrets and impossible choices.
Where should I start?
If you want frontier romance with suspense: Out of the Embers → Dreams Rekindled → The Spark of Love
If you like linked small-town mysteries: After the Shadows → Against the Wind → Into the Starlight
If you want classic Texas historical romance: Paper Roses → Scattered Petals → Tomorrow's Garden
If you prefer contemporary settings: At Bluebonnet Lake → In Firefly Valley → On Lone Star Trail
Author bio
Amanda Cabot grew up in a house where books were simply part of everyday life. Her parents read to her, her father made up stories, and she has said that she taught herself to read because being surrounded by all those books made it hard to wait. Long before writing became her job, it was already the thing she kept circling back to.
She decided young that she wanted to write.
By the time she was seven, she was already trying out different forms, even writing elementary-school plays called All About Thermometers and Hawaii. For a while she imagined herself as a newspaper reporter, but novels kept winning. Even then, though, she was practical enough to think writing would probably need to be a second career rather than a first one.
That practical streak shaped the next part of her life. She studied French in college and planned to teach at the university level. After marrying her high school sweetheart, she took what was supposed to be a temporary job as a computer programmer. Instead, that work turned into a long career in information technology, and she eventually served as a director of information technology for a major international corporation.
It was not exactly a straight line to historical romance.
Still, writing never disappeared. During those years she wrote four technical books and a long list of technical articles. She jokes that there were enough of those articles to cure insomnia in a medium-sized city, which tells you something useful about her voice. Even when she is talking about work, there is usually a dry smile somewhere in the sentence.
Her move into Christian fiction came later and for deeply personal reasons. She has said that readers had encouraged her for years to write for the Christian market, but the death of a dear friend, and the strength of that friend's faith, changed the way she looked at her work. After that, she wanted her fiction to speak not only about romantic love, but also about God's love and the hope that comes with it.
That shift helped shape the books many readers know best. In novels like Paper Roses, Out of the Embers, After the Shadows, and At Bluebonnet Lake, Cabot returns again and again to people standing at a crossroads. Some are heading west with more fear than certainty. Some are rebuilding after grief, betrayal, or disappointment. Readers often come for the romance, but they stay for the sense of place, the gentle faith thread, and the way suspense or mystery keeps the story moving.
Setting matters in her books.
Texas Hill Country appears often, as do Wyoming towns, boardinghouses, ranches, newspapers, hotels, and communities where everyone knows a little too much about everyone else. She writes both historical and contemporary romance, but the emotional pull is similar in each: people trying to find safety, belonging, and a future that feels solid. Her books have appeared on bestseller lists and have been finalists for awards including the Carol, the HOLT Medallion, and the Booksellers Best.
Today Cabot writes fiction full time and lives in Cheyenne. That feels fitting. After years of writing about frontier towns, western landscapes, and lives remade far from where they began, she ended up building her own life in a place that suits the stories she tells. Her path to fiction was not quick, but it was steady, and that steadiness still shows on the page.
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