Carrie Elks Books in Order

Years after a devastating split, Beth Lawrence crosses paths again with Niall Joseph, the man who once lit up her whole world. Their reunion offers redemption, but old pain still stands in the way.

Hanna and Richard first meet on New Year's Eve 1999, then spend years circling back to each other. As their lives stretch from London to Manhattan, one long-buried secret changes everything.

Lara thinks marriage, a baby, and love should be enough, but life with rising rock star Alex is getting harder. Distance, exhaustion, and fear push them to the edge of losing everything they built.

This London-set romance brings together two guarded people whose careful plans start slipping under the pressure of attraction, ambition, and old emotional baggage. What looks manageable at first soon becomes anything but.

Blocked playwright Cesca Shakespeare escapes to a Lake Como villa to rebuild her life, only to find her worst enemy already there. Hollywood star Sam Carlton needs the same hideout, and sparks fly almost immediately.

Lucy Shakespeare likes control, and businessman Lachlan MacLeish needs exactly that when his inheritance is threatened. Working together drags them across old loyalties, family trouble, and a romance neither planned for.

Juliet is juggling a flower shop, a daughter, and a bitter divorce when a handsome single dad moves in next door. Ryan was not looking for complications either, but their lives start intertwining fast.

Caitie Russell is busy planning her brother's Christmas wedding when her first crush walks back into town. Breck may be her brother's best friend and a man who hates Christmas, but old feelings are hard to ignore.

Firefighter Lucas Russell returns home after an on-the-job accident, planning to keep to himself. Ember Kennedy is sworn off love, but their easy spark turns into something deeper when the past catches up.

Nate Crawford buys a beachfront café and hires Ally Sutton, even though they clash from the start. When an injury leaves them under the same roof, boss and employee start finding it hard to keep their distance.

Brooke Newton has spent years raising her son and managing her careful life in Angel Sands. Then Aiden Black, the boy she never forgot, comes back to town and forces old secrets into the open.

Courtney Roberts is a widow running a struggling farm when Logan Hartson crashes into her life. What begins as pure chemistry turns complicated fast when one last night together leaves them with life-changing news.

A one-night stand leaves Harper pregnant and doctor James blindsided. When they try to build a future in Angel Sands, grief, trust, and a very unexpected connection start changing both their lives.

Fresh from a divorce, Autumn buys a run-down pier in Angel Sands for a new start. She does not expect the gruff whale-watching captain already tied to it, or the chemistry between them.

Tanner Hartson never forgot Savannah, his first friend, first love, and the woman whose heart he broke. When she returns to Hartson's Creek, he is determined not to lose her again.

Rock star Gray Hartson comes home hoping to repair old family ties. Falling for Maddie, his ex-girlfriend's younger sister, was never part of the plan, and in a small town secrets do not stay quiet for long.

Lydia Paxton comes to Angel Sands for a short break and plans to leave romance alone. Then she meets workaholic Jackson Lewis, and their twelve-day fling starts feeling far too real.

Single mom Meghan Hart is settling into Angel Sands when her handsome neighbor asks her to fake a relationship. Rich is an ER doctor with his own scars, and pretending soon gets dangerously complicated.

Everley Winter thinks her marriage ended years ago, until Dylan Shaw turns up with one awkward truth. They are still technically married, and a snowy holiday reunion stirs up everything they never settled.

Forced into retirement, football star Cam Hartson heads back to Hartson's Creek to regroup. Single mom Mia Devlin only wants stability, but his offer to be her rebound starts feeling like much more.

Holly Winter will do anything to save the Christmas town her family built. The problem is Josh Gerber, the billionaire now threatening its future, and the history between them that refuses to stay buried.

Becca Hartson needs her new job, even if her boss seems determined to dislike her. Daniel Carter does not believe in love or office romance, which makes their growing attraction a very bad idea.

Former Olympic snowboarder Gabe Winter agrees to give his best friend's sister a place to stay for the holidays. Living with Nicole was meant to be temporary, until cozy nights and old rules start falling apart.

Hollywood actor Chris Vaughn comes to Angel Sands to make a film and needs a nanny fast for his young daughter. Chelsea Kennedy is perfect on paper, but both of them are hiding secrets that could wreck everything.

Mason Parker retreats to a mountain cabin with his teenage brother, hoping for a quieter life. Then cheerful neighbor Alaska Winter and one snowstorm too many make his guarded plans much harder to keep.

An office rivalry gets a lot more personal when Myles Salinger lands in his enemy's workspace full time. She is hiding a life-changing plan, and the last person who can find out is the man now in her face every day.

Amber runs from her wedding straight into the arms of North Winter, her best friend and longtime protector. What follows is a friends-to-lovers romance complicated by a secret that could change everything between them.

Kris Winter returns home after more than a decade away, hoping to make peace with the past. Waiting for him is Kelly Fraser, his childhood best friend, a single mom, and the woman he never really left behind.

She is there to fix her grandfather's hockey team finances, and Eli Salinger wants her nowhere near it. Their clash over the club turns into something much more personal, and much harder to control.

A one-night stand with Liam Salinger should have been easy to forget. Then he and the woman who lied to him discover they have both been chosen as godparents, and staying apart stops being an option.

Grace thinks her one-night stand with Michael Devlin is safely in the past until he turns up in her hometown. He is older, guarded, and firmly off-limits, which only makes the attraction harder to fight.

A cleaner who thinks she knows her wealthy doctor boss discovers his secret life in an underground fight club. One charged look changes everything, but if he learns who she really is, their spark could die fast.

Office rivals are forced onto the same tropical work trip, then stuck sharing a beach cottage with only one bed. Linc Salinger and his longtime enemy plan to stay professional, but the island has other ideas.

Widowed mother Kate Connelly is barely holding her family together when Marley Hartson steps closer. He promised to look after his best friend's family, not fall for the woman he was never supposed to want.

After a career-ending accident, Cassie Simons heads to a small town for a fresh start teaching dance. Falling for widowed single dad Pres Hartson, who is also one of her students' father, is the last complication she needs.

A romance author hiding her career meets her best friend's grumpy billionaire brother in the worst possible place. Forced into each other's orbit, they tumble into a secret, addictive affair with plenty to lose.

Inheriting a rundown bar should be Rosie or similar? No. A woman arrives in town planning to rebuild her life, then collides with Hudson Fitzgerald, a broody single dad who wants her gone and cannot ignore her.

After Brooks Salinger rescues her from wedding-day disaster, a woman agrees to fake being his girlfriend to save her family's bookstore. Pretending should be simple, if he were not the one man she is meant to hate.

Emery Reed comes back to Hartson's Creek after her engagement collapses, telling everyone it is temporary. Then she meets Hendrix Hartson, a guarded neighbor who makes hope feel possible, and dangerous, again.

After a protest ends in jail, a woman wakes up married to her brother's best friend, West Abbott. He wants to turn the mistake into a convenient business arrangement, but fake marriage proves anything but simple.

This Fitzgeralds romance centers on Zach and Sadie, blending emotional stakes, strong chemistry, and the family drama that runs through the series. It promises a more intimate, high-feelings turn for the Fitzgerald world.

This later Carrie Elks romance leans into friendship, blurred lines, and the risky shift from comfort to something more. It is built around the moment familiar feelings stop being easy to ignore.