Barbara Dunlop Books in Order
Browse Barbara Dunlop books in order, with short summaries, connected series, and simple suggestions for where to start reading her romances.
Last updated: July 13, 2026
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Publication Order
59 books
Forever Jake
by Barbara Dunlop
2001
This is a heartfelt romance about unfinished business and the pull of a man who never quite left the heroine's heart. Small emotional moments do the heavy lifting here.
Next to Nothing
by Barbara Dunlop
2002
In a world shaped by power and perception, what looks like a small problem quickly becomes a deeply personal fight. Dunlop turns public pressure into a sharp contemporary love story.
Too Close to Call
by Barbara Dunlop
2003
An election-season setup gives this romance its edge, with ambition, media glare, and attraction all landing at once. Staying ahead of scandal proves much harder than either lead expected.
Out of Order
by Barbara Dunlop
2004
Politics and personal lives collide when a woman at the center of Washington power faces feelings she cannot schedule away. Fast dialogue and public pressure keep the tension high.
Flying High
by Barbara Dunlop
2005
Ambition, attraction, and a fast-moving career send this romance skyward from the opening pages. Dunlop pairs sharp banter with the thrill of two people trying not to fall too hard.
High Stakes
by Barbara Dunlop
2005
Risk drives every part of this romance, from the characters' careers to their tangled personal choices. It is a brisk, tension-filled story where one wrong move could cost far more than money.
A Secret Life
by Barbara Dunlop
2006
Set against the fast, public world of racing, this romance asks what happens when private truths start slipping into view. Speed, secrecy, and strong attraction do the rest.
Marriage Terms
by Barbara Dunlop
2006
A practical arrangement comes with rules, but feelings rarely respect them. Dunlop turns a clear-cut bargain into a romance full of tension, negotiation, and emotional surprises.
The Perfect Boyfriend
by Barbara Dunlop
2006
The search for the ideal man gets complicated when real feelings refuse to follow the plan. This is a light, funny romance about chemistry, expectations, and what people actually need.
Thunderbolt over Texas
by Barbara Dunlop
2006
Set against a backdrop of Texas swagger and big emotions, this romance throws two stubborn people into a showdown neither can ignore. The pace is brisk, and the chemistry lands like a storm.
Overheated
by Barbara Dunlop
2007
Pressure rises quickly in this contemporary romance, where attraction refuses to stay under control. The title fits, because everything here runs a little too hot, including the conflict.
The Billionaire Who Bought Christmas
by Barbara Dunlop
2007
A powerful hero who can control almost everything discovers the holidays do not work that way. Festive chaos and an unexpected connection make this a warm, sparkling billionaire romance.
The Billionaire's Bidding
by Barbara Dunlop
2007
A public bid turns private fast when attraction and competition collide. In a world where everything seems to have a price, two people have to decide what they are really willing to risk.
Beauty and the Billionaire
by Barbara Dunlop
2008
Thrown into a billionaire's polished world, the heroine has to decide whether the man behind the money is worth trusting. Dunlop balances luxury and vulnerability in a romance that turns surprisingly tender.
Marriage, Manhattan Style
by Barbara Dunlop
2008
New York image-making meets real emotion in this glossy marriage-centered romance. Behind the polished surface, both leads have more to lose than they first admit.
Millions to Spare
by Barbara Dunlop
2008
Money is plentiful, but trust is not, in this sharp contemporary romance. Dunlop uses wealth and status as pressure points while the central couple work out what matters more than fortune.
Transformed Into the Frenchman's Mistress
by Barbara Dunlop
2009
A dramatic reinvention pulls the heroine into a glamorous Frenchman's orbit, where attraction comes with serious emotional risk. Beneath the sparkle, both leads are guarding far more than pride.
His Convenient Virgin Bride
by Barbara Dunlop
2010
Alec Creighton never expected beautiful Stephanie Ryder to end up pregnant after their fling. With her protective brothers demanding marriage, a business-minded hero has to decide whether convenience can turn into love.
In Bed with the Wrangler
by Barbara Dunlop
2010
A Montana wrangler and the woman who catches his eye try to keep things simple, and fail. Family loyalty, western pride, and strong attraction make that impossible.
Seduction and the CEO
by Barbara Dunlop
2010
Business journalist Melissa Warner chases elusive tycoon Jared Ryder all the way to Montana and lands a job near his world. The story she wants could make her career, but falling for Jared could ruin everything.
The Ceo's Accidental Bride
by Barbara Dunlop
2010
An unexpected marriage traps a hard-driving CEO with the last woman he expected to call his wife. The arrangement may be accidental, but the feelings that follow are anything but.
Billionaire Baby Dilemma
by Barbara Dunlop
2011
A baby changes the stakes instantly for two people already caught between money, desire, and responsibility. Dunlop uses the setup for a quick, emotionally charged billionaire romance.
A Cowboy Comes Home
by Barbara Dunlop
2012
Businessman Caleb Terrell returns to his former home carrying his late father's will and a decade of bad blood. Going back to the ranch means facing family conflict, old questions, and unexpected romantic trouble.
A Cowboy in Manhattan
by Barbara Dunlop
2012
A western hero thrown into New York has to navigate family expectations, city life, and a woman who will not be charmed on command. The fish-out-of-water contrast gives this romance both heat and humor.
A Golden Betrayal
by Barbara Dunlop
2012
Wealth, trust, and old loyalties collide when a high-stakes scheme turns painfully personal. Dunlop blends attraction and suspicion into a brisk romance where betrayal cuts close to home.
An Intimate Bargain
by Barbara Dunlop
2012
A seemingly practical deal brings two strong-willed people into dangerous emotional territory. The more they negotiate the terms, the clearer it becomes that desire is the one thing nobody can control.
A Conflict of Interest
by Barbara Dunlop
2013
Horse-country legacy and clashing loyalties set the stage for this polished category romance. Business, family, and attraction get tangled fast, and nobody comes away untouched.
A Cowboy's Temptation
by Barbara Dunlop
2013
Mayor Seth Jacobs wants a railroad project to save his town, and Darby Carroll is standing firmly in the way. Their political fight turns personal fast, and seduction proves to be a very risky strategy.
Millionaire in a Stetson
by Barbara Dunlop
2013
Money and ranch-country pride clash in this western family romance. A polished hero in cowboy boots finds that love is much harder to manage than business.
An Astonishing Match
by Barbara Dunlop
2014
Another pair of well-meaning senior meddlers set two total opposites on a collision course. What looks absurd on paper starts making dangerous emotional sense once attraction and vulnerability enter the picture.
An Extraordinary Match
by Barbara Dunlop
2014
Workaholic cyber-security expert Jade is pushed into an unwanted vacation in the Colorado mountains, where laid-back bush pilot Logan is waiting. Opposites attract fast, but outside trouble makes their unlikely connection even more complicated.
An Impractical Match
by Barbara Dunlop
2014
Event planner Jillian Korrigan heads to Arizona to leave a public humiliation behind and organize a major motocross event. There she clashes with rugged mechanic Devlin Camden, and the match that makes no sense starts to look perfect.
An Unlikely Match
by Barbara Dunlop
2014
Rocket scientist Morgan Holbrook is brilliant in the lab but hopeless around women, until actress Amelia Camden becomes both neighbor and makeover coach. Their chemistry is real, even if the matchmaking seniors got there first.
Reunited with the Lassiter Bride
by Barbara Dunlop
2014
Angelica Lassiter may have won control of her birthright, but she lost the man she meant to marry. Pretending to reunite with Evan McCain for a wedding brings back all the feelings they never really settled.
The Last Cowboy Standing
by Barbara Dunlop
2014
Bull rider Travis Jacobs can handle eight seconds on a bull, but family duty back in Colorado is harder. When romance collides with legacy, the last Jacobs cowboy has to decide what kind of future he really wants.
The Missing Heir
by Barbara Dunlop
2014
A search for the rightful heir pulls a powerful family into old secrets and new alliances. Along the way, romance grows in the middle of a very public family storm.
Seduced by the CEO
by Barbara Dunlop
2015
A hard-driving Chicago CEO and the woman drawn into his orbit are both keeping secrets. What begins as intense attraction turns risky when family obligations and buried truths start catching up with them.
Sex, Lies and the CEO
by Barbara Dunlop
2015
Darci Rivers gets close to CEO Shane Colborn to uncover the truth that could redeem her father and damage Shane's company. The problem is that the deeper she digs, the harder it gets to keep her heart out of it.
A Bargain with the Boss
by Barbara Dunlop
2016
When his brother disappears, billionaire Tuck Tucker needs help from Amber Bowen, the missing man's fiercely loyal assistant. Their search becomes a negotiation, and then a romance, with too much at stake for either to stay detached.
An Unpredictable Match
by Barbara Dunlop
2016
Hammond Vashon's mansion is overrun by a film crew, and he is sure his matchmaking grandmother is behind it. Falling for line producer MacKenzie Bowen was definitely not part of the plan.
His Jingle Bell Princess
by Barbara Dunlop
2016
Stranded in a Maine snowstorm, Crown Princess Jasmine Arcules gets her first taste of ordinary life with widower Sam Cutler and his twin daughters. Christmas magic and second chances do the rest.
His Stolen Bride
by Barbara Dunlop
2016
Investigator Jackson Rush kidnaps Crista Corday from her own wedding to save her from a dangerous con man. Two days on the run give them far more than answers, and suddenly protection starts looking a lot like desire.
From Temptation to Twins
by Barbara Dunlop
2017
Juliet Parker returns home to save her grandfather's restaurant and clashes instantly with wealthy rival Caleb Watford. Their business battle turns personal fast, and one reckless truce leaves them facing an even bigger surprise.
The Bull Rider's Redemption / Chase
by Barbara Dunlop
2017
After a brutal betrayal, bull rider Chase Garrett hits the road determined to keep his heart locked down. Then a little boy runs into his arms calling him Dad, and Chase meets the boy's widowed mother, Maddy Barrett.
Twelve Nights of Temptation
by Barbara Dunlop
2017
Marine mechanic Tasha Lowell is used to keeping things professional, even around her very tempting boss, Matt Emerson. But when sabotage hits his charter-boat business, a holiday masquerade pulls them dangerously close.
His Temptation, Her Secret
by Barbara Dunlop
2018
TJ Bauer is stunned to learn the little boy needing his bone marrow is the son he never knew he had. Reuniting with Sage Costas means confronting their past, and a marriage of convenience soon stops feeling convenient.
The Rancher's Secret Son
by Barbara Dunlop
2018
Eli Merrick learns he has a sixteen-year-old son and brings the boy back to Montana to raise him. Piper Beauregard follows, hoping to repair the damage, but their history is harder to outrun than either expected.
Jingle Bells and Wedding Vows
by Barbara Dunlop
2019
Ten-year-old twins Scarlett and Sam hatch a Christmas plan to reunite their divorced parents. As the holiday chaos grows at a Colorado winter resort, old feelings between Kate and Brock start looking very real again.
The Twin Switch
by Barbara Dunlop
2019
Layla Gillen is hunting down her brother's runaway bride when she falls for hotel mogul Max Kendrick. The trouble is, Max's twin is the man who helped trigger the whole mess.
Kiss Me in the Summer
by Barbara Dunlop
2020
After a dog-related disaster at work, New York lawyer Laila Arquette hides out in coastal Maine and meets veterinarian Josh Rowin. A lovable rescue dog, a summer festival, and one stubborn fear start changing everything.
The Dating Dare
by Barbara Dunlop
2020
Recently dumped friends James Gillen and Natasha Remington agree to give each other a makeover and jump-start their love lives. The plan works a little too well when the people they start seducing are each other.
Bidding on a Texan
by Barbara Dunlop
2021
Cowboy restaurateur Rafe Cortez-Williams does not trust heiress Gina Edmonds or her famous family. But when a bachelor auction puts them in close quarters, suspicion gives way to explosive attraction and a fresh round of secrets.
Finding Paradise
by Barbara Dunlop
2021
Los Angeles lawyer Marnie Anton winds up in Paradise, Alaska for a matchmaking trip and meets aircraft mechanic Conrad "Cobra" Stanford. They seem all wrong for each other, until shared secrets and quiet tenderness prove otherwise.
Match Made in Paradise
by Barbara Dunlop
2021
Widowed former supermodel Mia Westberg flees Los Angeles for remote Alaska, where rugged bush pilot Silas Burke wants nothing to do with her glamorous baggage. Paradise has other ideas, and so does the chemistry between them.
Husband in Name Only
by Barbara Dunlop
2022
A practical marriage is supposed to solve a family problem, not create a real one. But once the deal is in place, old hurts, fierce attraction, and inconvenient feelings make this arrangement anything but simple.
Midnight Son
by Barbara Dunlop
2022
Sophie Crush claims she may be a wealthy Anchorage family's switched-at-birth daughter, and telecom executive Nathaniel Stone is sent to uncover the truth. Their investigation turns personal fast, and both are hiding more than one secret.
Strangers in Paradise
by Barbara Dunlop
2022
Bush pilot Hailey Barosse loves the independent life she built in Alaska, until businessman Parker Hall arrives with big investment plans. Their instant clash turns into a risky attraction neither of them can easily ignore.
Breakaway Cowboy
by Barbara Dunlop
2023
After a rodeo injury ends Dallas Hawkes's career, he wants to be left alone. Sunshine-filled Sierra Armstrong arrives as an inexperienced ranch hand, and the secret reason she's there could wreck the spark growing between them.
The Texan's Secrets
by Barbara Dunlop
2023
A man with a buried past wants it left there, until a brilliant hacker threatens to uncover the truth. Their collision drives the final round of secrets, suspicion, and heat.
Where should I start?
If you want small-town Alaska romance: Match Made in Paradise → Finding Paradise → Strangers in Paradise
If you like glamorous, high-stakes Harlequin drama: The Twin Switch → The Dating Dare → Midnight Son → Husband in Name Only
If you want funny opposites-attract matchmaking: An Unlikely Match → An Impractical Match → An Extraordinary Match
If cowboys are your thing: Breakaway Cowboy → The Bull Rider's Redemption / Chase → The Rancher's Secret Son
If you want sweet holiday charm: His Jingle Bell Princess → Jingle Bells and Wedding Vows → Kiss Me in the Summer
Author bio
Barbara Dunlop writes contemporary romance with a nice mix of glamour, humor, and open-sky western grit. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author whose books move easily between billionaire boardrooms, ranch country, small towns, and remote northern landscapes.
The writing bug showed up early. At eight, she wrote a story called How The Giraffe Got His Long Neck, and a few years later she was producing a tiny homemade paper called The Berry Street Times. Even in those early stories, you can see the shape of the career that followed, a love of plot, banter, and characters who get themselves into emotional trouble.
Her professional break came later.
Dunlop sold her first novel in 2000, taking the call on her cell phone while visiting the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. From there she built a long-running career with Harlequin and Silhouette, writing romances that are fast, funny, and often built around strong women, complicated families, and men who need to learn that control is not the same thing as happiness.
Her range is a big part of the appeal. Some readers come for the high-gloss Harlequin Desire books, where heirs, CEOs, ranchers, and family empires collide in titles like The Twin Switch, The Dating Dare, and Midnight Son. Others head straight for the comic heart of An Unlikely Match and the rest of the Match series, where meddling seniors use software to pair off their younger relatives. Then there is Match Made in Paradise and the later Paradise, Alaska books, where bush pilots, rough weather, and a remote town give the romance a very different feel.
She loves an opposites-attract setup.
A city woman and a cowboy. A princess and a grieving single dad. A workaholic and the one person who does not fit the plan. That push and pull shows up again and again in books like His Jingle Bell Princess, Breakaway Cowboy, and The Rancher's Secret Son. Readers who like lively chemistry and a clear emotional arc usually settle into her stories very quickly.
The awards came too. Dunlop won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award twice, and her books have been finalists for the RITA multiple times. Several of her stories have also been optioned for film and television, and His Jingle Bell Princess later became the screen adaptation Jingle Bell Princess.
Her life off the page is closely tied to the north. She has lived in Canada's Yukon, worked as the Yukon Film Commissioner, and stayed active in the local screen industry. She has written about life there in plain, vivid terms, a log house, a wooded property, and moose and bears wandering through the neighborhood. She also moved north with her bush pilot husband and raised two children on the edge of a wilderness city.
That setting matters.
Even when a Barbara Dunlop romance is set in Chicago, Manhattan, Beverly Hills, or Texas, there is usually a strong sense of place behind it. She notices work, landscape, weather, class, and the small routines that make a life feel real. If you want romance with brisk pacing, family drama, playful heat, and characters who have to earn their happy ending, she is easy to recommend.
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