Carolyn Brown Books in Order

Pilot Retta King has sworn never to become involved with Nashville's aspiring music stars. When Oklahoma rancher and songwriter Denison Adams enters her life, their attraction challenges her rule and his determination to be accepted as he is.

An accident temporarily leaves headstrong Creole Hawk unable to see, and her father hires Mr. Parker after she dismisses several caretakers. Their clashes begin turning into affection, but Parker's hidden connection to her past complicates the growing relationship.

Engaged reporter Molly Baker reluctantly joins confident photojournalist Carson Rhodes on a two-week journalism trip. Traveling from Texas to Niagara Falls, they learn to work together while an unexpected attraction challenges Molly's assumptions about her traveling companion.

Quaid Matthews returns to his Oklahoma hometown and plans a restaurant beside Glory Flowers's property. Their competing claims on the land and its dividing rose bushes revive an old affection, but trust proves harder to build than a business.

Fleeing her father's plans for a loveless marriage, Emma Cummins travels to Oklahoma and impulsively marries homesteader Jed Thomas. Their arrangement offers protection, but differences in background and doubts about each other's feelings complicate life together.

Lily abandons her wedding after discovering her fiancé's infidelity and retreats to Oklahoma, determined never to trust another man. Her friend's farmer brother Jesse challenges that resolve, even though neither believes the other fits their idea of a partner.

Injured rodeo rider Truman James returns to his grandmother's farmhouse and finds widowed Allie McCleary and her son living there. Forced to share the house, their clashing temperaments conceal an attraction that neither is ready to acknowledge.

After Maggie and doctor Everett Dulanis spend a night sheltering in an abandoned dugout, her father forces them to marry. Both want to undo the mistaken union, but living with its consequences begins changing what they want from each other.

Widowed Violet hopes for excitement, then discovers her former love Orrin Wilde wounded on her porch in Oklahoma Territory. With bandits pursuing him and old grievances unresolved, a second chance depends on whether she can trust him again.

Grace's attempt to rescue a kitten ends with a broken arm and an embarrassing collision with new doctor Gatlin O'Malley. Their mutual irritation deepens when outlaws take them hostage, forcing them to depend on each other far from home.

Kitty returns to Oklahoma to sell her late aunt's house and put an old heartbreak behind her. Repeated encounters with Preston, the man she believes betrayed her, reopen feelings shaped by a misunderstanding neither knew how to resolve.

Recovering from a dangerous fever, Velvet Dulan finds herself in the cabin of a doctor determined to live alone. Hoyt Baxter resents her disruption of his retreat, but their enforced proximity begins challenging the defenses around both their hearts.

Willow Dulan joins her newly discovered sisters on a wagon train heading to California, over Rafe Pierce's objections. With his duties keeping him near their wagon, their stubborn clashes and wounded hearts turn the journey into a test of trust.

Arriving in California with a wagon train of brides, Augusta Dulan is matched with a preacher appalled by her clothing. Their temporary arrangement puts her in charge of his household and daughters, challenging both his assumptions and her plans.

Garnet Dulan leaves a wagon train to work as a saloon pianist, immediately clashing with Sheriff Gabe Walker. His determination to drive her away collides with attraction, then becomes more complicated when she faces accusations of murder and robbery.

Gypsy Dulan's fascination with the stars brings her into conflict with sharp-tongued Tavish O'Leary during a dangerous journey. He recalls a prophecy about his future wife, but neither is inclined to welcome the attraction developing between them.

Elspeth Hamilton distrusts the Irish, Mexicans, and Confederates, making Colum Sullivan an unlikely rescuer. When a Pennsylvania blizzard disrupts his return to Texas, their enforced companionship challenges prejudices and painful memories left by the Civil War.

Desperate to escape New Orleans, Adelida claims to be the wife of an injured stranger who has lost his memory. Their journey toward Pennsylvania creates an unexpected bond, but her deception threatens it if Rueben remembers the truth.

After a disastrous encounter in Texas, Douglass Sullivan accepts help from former Union soldier Monroe Hamilton. His wish to return to a quiet Pennsylvania life collides with her desperate need to escape, and a lie complicates their growing attachment.

Two wealthy Texans accept separate wagers requiring them to conceal their backgrounds and live ordinary lives. Working together at an Oklahoma burger restaurant, Ivy and Will mistake each other's identities while attraction threatens the temporary rules they've established.

Divorced romance writer Mary Jane returns to Texas with seven daughters and buys a former brothel needing renovation. Retired Marine Joe Clay, her old classmate, agrees to help, but rebuilding the house also challenges their defenses against love.

Indigo Hamilton's wedding collapses just as Flannon Sullivan has promised to remain in Love's Valley through winter. Their mutual hostility and divided loyalties make sharing the community difficult, while circumstances keep drawing them into each other's lives.

Pregnant Geneva flees Savannah after the Klan burns her home, vowing never to trust another man. A stagecoach robbery strands her with returning soldier Harry Hamilton, and their difficult journey north begins testing that vow.

Schoolteacher Dixie takes a Florida vacation with two friends, determined to keep men out of her heart. A mistaken shoplifting accusation leads to work with T-shirt artist Boone Callahan, while new relationships strain the women's longstanding friendship.

Doctor Addison Carter loses an Oklahoma job when her employers discover she is a woman. Caring for injured rancher Tucker Anderson offers another opportunity, but his ideas about women's roles make their forced proximity a daily battle.

Clara Anderson resents the oil boom changing her Oklahoma town and refuses to welcome its workers into her boardinghouse. When a room is rented to Briar Nelson anyway, his refusal to leave challenges her rules and her guarded heart.

Tilly Anderson's treasured Model T attracts the attention of a sheriff determined to uncover moonshining in an Oklahoma boomtown. Rayford Sloan suspects her involvement but cannot prove it, and his pursuit begins mixing official duty with personal attraction.

After her marriage is annulled, Dee Hooper returns to her Oklahoma family and the childhood friend living next door. Jack has loved her for years, but rebuilding trust after disappointment may be harder than finding her way home.

Seven years after Joshua broke her heart, Katy Logan runs a saloon on the Red River. His return as a preacher reignites their attraction, but judgment about her livelihood and their painful history threatens another chance at love.

Roseanna's former husband is kidnapped, and his sister asks her to use her tracking skills to find him. Their arduous journey through Oklahoma's mountains reawakens feelings, but Trey must confront the damage that ended their marriage.

After divorce, Stella Brannon returns to Oklahoma to run her grandmother's inn, where guest Rance Harper reminds her of her ex-husband. Both resist another lasting commitment, but his hunting visit brings their protective assumptions into conflict with attraction.

Alice hires returning soldier Ira McNewell at the Black Swan Hotel after he discovers his family is dead and his former fiancée has married. Her longstanding love faces his assumptions about her intelligence and his struggle to begin again.

Rancher Beau Luckadeau accuses Milli Torres of stealing his bull, setting off a fierce dispute between neighbors. She recognizes him from an unforgettable night years earlier, but his failure to remember her complicates the attraction returning between them.

Fleeing a fiancé who planned to have her killed, Jane Day accepts work on Nellie Luckadeau's ranch. Nellie's suspicious grandson Slade thinks she is a con artist, making her hoped-for refuge another place where trust feels impossible.

After losing family to war and influenza, Catherine O'Shea faces a detective investigating her abusive brother-in-law's disappearance. Quincy Massey's search for answers conflicts with her determination to protect secrets at the Black Swan Hotel, even as attraction grows.

A reckless driving accident forces Greta Fields to remain in Oklahoma for community service instead of returning to the city. Rancher and policeman Kyle Parsons must escort her to work, turning their mutual resentment into an unavoidable daily encounter.

A broken wrist prevents champion bull rider Jodie Cahill from competing, but offers a judging job on a rodeo tour. Traveling with writer James Crowe brings them together again and forces both to confront feelings they hoped to leave behind.

Bridget O'Shea runs the Black Swan Hotel while raising her baby daughter and resisting another romance. Passing traveler Wyatt Ferguson accepts work there, but what begins as a short stay soon challenges their expectations about connection and the future.

Three imprisoned outlaws agree to escort sisters toward Louisiana, assuming their passengers are nuns. When that misunderstanding unravels, Tyrell Fannin and Delia Lavalle's clashes turn a hoped-for journey home into a test of judgment, attraction, and cooperation.

Teacher Julie Donovan hopes for a quiet Texas life with her daughter until a cowboy's child appears to be the girl's twin. Single father Griffin Luckadeau suspects Julie's motives, and town gossip turns their attraction into a struggle over trust.

Cathy O'Dell has found the life she wants running the Honky Tonk bar. Oilman Travis Henry's arrival brings an unexpected attraction, but his travels and her determination to stay put make a future together uncertain.

Sharlene Waverly hires carpenter Jackson to renovate her bar and intends to keep their relationship professional. As Christmas approaches, attraction grows between them, while memories from her past threaten the new life she's building.

Daisy O'Dell runs the Honky Tonk bar and values her independence. Cowboy Jarod McElroy's arrival unsettles her routine, leaving them to navigate an attraction that challenges their expectations about love and settling down.

Larissa Morley buys the Honky Tonk bar to build the life she's always wanted. Hank Wells takes a job there to investigate her, but their growing attraction complicates a scheme aimed at her new business.

Fancy Lynn Sawyer leaves Florida to help her ailing grandmother in Texas and takes a school job. Principal Theron Warren draws her attention, but both carry wounds from previous marriages that make another romance difficult.

Tempest Lavalle travels to join her married sisters, accompanied by outlaw Micah Burnet. Their attraction develops during the journey, while a confession from the past creates complications that neither of them anticipated.

Lizelle Hanson leaves carnival life behind for the chance to put down roots on her uncle's Texas property. Neighbor Raylen O'Donnell offers an unexpected attraction, but building a stable future means rethinking what she wants.

Austin Lanier inherits her grandmother's watermelon farm and winery, disrupting her career in Tulsa. Cowboy neighbor Rye O'Donnell complicates her plans to leave, as attraction makes a country life harder to dismiss.

Pearl inherits the Longhorn Inn and begins making it her own. When cowboy Wil Marshall becomes entangled with the police, helping him brings trouble and an attraction that challenges her plans for her new life.

At her great-aunt's funeral, Trudy overhears that her husband is cheating. An inherited house and neighbor Billy Lee Tucker give her a chance to rebuild, though learning to trust again proves harder than renovating.

Outlaw Isaac Burnet kidnaps Fairlee Lavalle on the eve of her wedding, with help from her sister. Their journey gives an unexpected attraction room to grow, while Fairlee faces choices about her intended future.

Kim Brewster returns to her family after an annulment, hiding her pregnancy. As four generations of women begin life together on an Oklahoma farm, family secrets and a new attraction complicate her fresh start.

Kate Miller still remembers the heartbreak Hart Ducaine caused years ago. When his grandmother strands them together on a bayou island, they must confront old grievances and decide whether their attraction deserves another chance.

Bronc rider Gemma O'Donnell pursues a championship while Trace Coleman hopes rodeo winnings will finance his ranch. Their competitive ambitions complicate an attraction that becomes still more difficult when a baby enters Trace's life.

Creed Riley hopes to buy a ranch from Presley, who has a plan for her granddaughter Sage. A Christmas visit becomes a matchmaking opportunity, leaving Creed and Sage to untangle business, family expectations and attraction.

Ace Riley needs a wife to keep his ranch, and Jasmine King agrees to a temporary marriage. Their secret Las Vegas arrangement becomes public news, forcing the friends to face family expectations and unexpected feelings.

Dewar O'Donnell joins a cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail, where businesswoman Haley McKay is doing research. Storms, snakes and stampedes test them, while an unexpected attraction complicates a journey neither can easily abandon.

Sophie and former soldier Elijah inherit a ranch together from Aunt Maud. Sharing responsibility brings them close, but Sophie's experience of marital betrayal and Elijah's struggles after military service make trust difficult to build.

A lottery win turns ranch hand Colton Nelson into a wealthy owner besieged by unwanted attention. He asks Laura Baker to pretend to be his girlfriend, but their arrangement starts developing feelings they hadn't planned.

Cafe owners Cathy and Marty face a challenge from town matron Violet Prescott at the annual jalapeno jubilee. With best friend Trixie, they must defend their winning recipe while small-town gossip and rivalry test their friendships.

Lucas Allen returns from military service expecting to meet the woman he's been courting online. Natalie Clark arrives with a baby he didn't know about, leaving them to reconsider their expectations for a future together.

Gospel singer Mercy Spenser expects a quiet mission trip, but noise from a nearby cantina brings her into conflict with Hunter Wilson. Their attraction grows despite their differences, creating complications she can't simply leave behind.

Running from a sheriff, Cassie O'Malley pretends to be involved with stranger Ted. The plan unexpectedly lands them in a real marriage, leaving Cassie to navigate legal complications and a family eager for answers.

Retired Army sniper Finn O'Donnell wants a quiet life on his new ranch. Former military friend Callie Brewster arrives with her nephew in need of protection, drawing Finn into trouble and an unexpected chance at love.

Former soldier Abby Malloy inherits part of a ranch from the father she never knew. Living there with two half-sisters brings family complications, while neighboring sheriff Cooper Wilson challenges her reluctance to put down roots.

Angel Conrad has built a successful life, but still carries the pain of Clancy Morgan's rejection. Her friends devise a scheme to help her move on, while Clancy hopes to convince her he still loves her.

Rancher Mason Harper's twins want a mother, and Annie Rose Boudreau arrives in a torn wedding dress. Hiring her as their nanny brings unexpected attraction, but the past she's fleeing threatens their new arrangement.

Loretta Bailey returns to her former husband's Texas ranch when their daughter plans to leave college and marry a ranch hand. Old hurt and renewed attraction force Loretta to reconsider the marriage she left years ago.

Tracey Walker hopes a new town will give her and her young son a fresh start. Finding her former love living nearby brings old memories back, while a secret complicates any chance of reconciliation.

Emily Cooper fulfills a promise to her grandfather by delivering an old letter to Clarice. Rancher Greg Adams distrusts the newcomer, but Emily's decision to stay as Clarice's assistant gives their attraction time to grow.

Carlene Lovelle discovers her husband's affair and turns to the women around her for support. Entering a chili cook-off challenges a tradition of male winners and gives her a new way to fight back.

Jill Cleary arrives at Fiddle Creek Ranch amid a feud between two local families. Rival cowboys compete for her attention, but her attraction to Sawyer O'Donnell complicates everyone's efforts to draw her into the dispute.

Tessa Wilson joins a Texas road trip in a Cadillac with women from different generations. Meeting her birth mother and cowboy Branch Thomas raises questions about family, belonging and the future she wants for herself.

Stella's mother wants her married and organizes matchmaking through their church. At the beauty shop, friends and customers get involved in the scheme, while Stella's private romance makes her mother's plans increasingly difficult to manage.

Annie Grace Thomas reluctantly joins a cruise where Clint McCall is celebrating his parents' anniversary. Their shared involvement in a bouquet catch sparks an attraction that challenges her expectations for the trip.

Blake Dawson buys the neglected Lucky Penny Ranch and hires carpenter Allie Logan to restore it. Working together brings attraction, but Allie's divorce and determination to avoid dating complicate the future Blake begins to imagine.

Declan Brennan bets he can woo the next woman entering the saloon, who turns out to be Betsy Gallagher. Their families' feud complicates the courtship, while real feelings threaten to expose its careless beginning.

After her fiance leaves her for another woman, Lizzy Logan agrees to pretend to date neighbor Toby Dawson. The arrangement offers a way to save face, but unexpected feelings make their supposed romance increasingly difficult.

Fiona Logan returns to her childhood home but plans to leave for Houston. After Jud Dawson helps her on an icy road, living across the hall from him complicates her plans with an unexpected attraction.

Teacher Leah Brennan meets motorcycle-riding Rhett O'Donnell when he comes to help his cousin at Fiddle Creek. Their attraction draws her grandmother's opposition, forcing Leah to weigh family demands against the relationship she wants.

Newly divorced Hannah O'Malley turns her inherited house into a refuge for women escaping abuse. Support from friends and an old crush offers hope, but fear of her unstable former husband threatens the fresh start she wants.

Solitary rancher Nash Lamont lets widow Kasey Dawson and her three children stay with him during Christmas. Their growing closeness offers both adults another chance at love, while his guarded past makes Kasey reluctant to trust him.

Single mother Adele and guardian Remy both want to buy the Double Deuce ranch. Required to run it together for a month, they face competing plans for their futures while their children begin forming a family.

Three women discover that their dead husband married each of them and never obtained a divorce. Converging on his Texas lakeside cabin, they must manage competing claims and a detective who suspects one of them of murder.

Emmy Jo takes a job caring for elderly recluse Seth to finance her wedding, despite her great-grandmother's objections. The arrangement uncovers a decades-old feud involving her family and her fiancé's grandfather, complicating the future she has planned.

Stranded in Pick, Texas, Jancy Wilson takes a job at the Strawberry Hearts Diner while hoping to move on. New friendships and an old crush make staying tempting, but a threat to the town challenges her growing attachment.

Discovering her mother's old love letters gives Jessica a chance to fulfill her childhood wish of meeting her father. His business partner interrupts their Florida reunion, then follows her to Texas, bringing an unexpected romantic complication.

Lila Harris returns to Happy, Texas, to run her mother's café and reunites with Brody Dawson, her former partner in mischief. Their attraction persists, but old reputations and his family responsibilities complicate a second chance.

Josie Dawson distrusts charming cowboy Deke Sullivan and intends to keep her distance. When a blizzard strands them together in a small cabin, Deke has an unexpected opportunity to show that his interest in her is serious.

Retta accepts a summer job counseling disadvantaged children at Cade Maguire's ranch after medical bills leave her broke. Attraction to her new employer complicates her uncertain plans, especially when children and elderly neighbors begin encouraging their romance.

Stranded in a Texas blizzard with her young niece, Claire Mason accepts shelter from cowboy Levi Jackson. What begins as temporary help develops into attraction, leaving Levi hoping she might stay after the car is repaired.

Carlene returns home intending to introduce her daughter to Jace Dawson, the father who knows nothing about her. A house fire forces them onto his ranch, bringing sudden parenthood and unfinished romantic feelings into his daily life.

Jennie Sue returns to Bloom, Texas, after her New York life collapses, provoking gossip and her mother's disapproval. Working as a housekeeper and growing close to farmer Rick offers independence, but local expectations threaten her new happiness.

Estranged sisters Dana, Harper and Tawny inherit their grandmother's Texas lakeside resort after years apart. Running the property together forces them to confront mistrust, private regrets and the secrets that disrupted their childhood bond.

Maverick Callahan unexpectedly reunites with Bridget, the woman he met on vacation, now guardian to her friend's baby. Christmas brings another opportunity for love, but Bridget doubts whether the carefree cowboy can provide the stability she needs.

Emily accompanies nursing-home residents on a retreat to Longhorn Canyon despite her determination to leave farm life behind. Rancher Justin Maguire attracts her attention, while the matchmaking guests encourage a romance she is reluctant to consider.

Reckless cowboy Taggart Baker wants to change after trouble with the law and meets nurse Nikki in the emergency room. Their attraction grows as she discovers his kindness, but his past threatens his efforts to settle down.

Army wives Diana, Carmen and Joanie face empty homes when their daughters enlist together, with divorce adding another shock. Joining widowed neighbor Tootsie on an RV journey gives them companionship as they reconsider their changing lives.

Single mother Lily moves her rebellious teenagers to her childhood home in rural Texas and discovers a longtime renter still living there. An ancestral journal and his growing connection with the children challenge her ideas about starting over.

Jolene inherits an interest in the Magnolia Inn and hopes it will provide a fresh start. Sharing the property with grieving carpenter Tucker makes restoration difficult, as both struggle with guilt and the possibility of trusting someone new.