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Catcher Creek Books in Order

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This page lists the Catcher Creek books by Melissa Cutler in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start with the Sorentino sisters' romances.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

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Catcher Creek books in publication order

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1

The Trouble with Cowboys

by Melissa Cutler

2012

Amy Sorentino is trying to save her family's struggling New Mexico ranch by opening an inn and restaurant. Falling for supplier Kellan Reed, a cowboy with secrets, is the last complication she needs.

2

Cowboy Justice

by Melissa Cutler

2013

Rachel Sorentino is fighting to protect the family ranch when vandals and gunfire bring Sheriff Vaughn Cooper back into her life. Their history still burns, but danger makes ignoring each other impossible.

3

How to Rope a Real Man

by Melissa Cutler

2014

Jenna Sorentino wants a fresh start, night classes, and a quiet exit from Catcher Creek. Then attorney Matt Roenick steps closer, and the return of her son's father threatens every plan she has made.

Catcher Creek books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Trouble with Cowboys"

    The Trouble with Cowboys

    by Melissa Cutler

    2012Catcher Creek, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Cowboy Justice"

    Cowboy Justice

    by Melissa Cutler

    2013Catcher Creek, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "How to Rope a Real Man"

    How to Rope a Real Man

    by Melissa Cutler

    2014Catcher Creek, Book 3

Series background & context

The Catcher Creek books are contemporary cowboy romances built around one big practical problem. The Sorentino sisters are trying to save their family's worn-down ranch in Catcher Creek, New Mexico, and love keeps showing up right when money, pride, and stress are already stretched thin. These are not fantasy-cowboy stories about endless space and easy charm. They are grounded in bills, work, family history, and the stubborn hope that a place can still be worth fighting for.

The ranch is the heartbeat of everything.

At the center of the series are three sisters who love each other, annoy each other, and do not always agree on what survival should look like. In The Trouble with Cowboys, Amy Sorentino is reeling from personal and professional humiliation when she throws herself into the plan to turn the ranch into an inn and restaurant. Her chemistry with supplier Kellan Reed gives the story its spark, but the deeper question is whether Amy can trust herself again. In Cowboy Justice, Rachel Sorentino has to face both danger and old feelings when Sheriff Vaughn Cooper is pulled back into her orbit. By How to Rope a Real Man, Jenna Sorentino is juggling motherhood, ambition, secrets, and the possibility that oil-rights attorney Matt Roenick may see more in her than she wants to admit.

What ties the books together is not just the family connection, but the sense that every romantic choice has consequences for the whole ranch. If one sister walks away, or if one plan fails, everyone feels it. That gives the series a nice built-in tension. The love stories matter on their own, but they are also wrapped up in a larger question about whether the Sorentinos can remake a damaged inheritance into something livable.

The New Mexico setting matters a lot. Catcher Creek feels dusty, close-knit, and a little rough around the edges in the best way. There are kitchens to run, supplies to chase down, vandals to worry about, legal complications to untangle, and a steady sense that country life is romantic only if someone is also doing the work. Cutler balances that nicely. The books are sexy and emotional, but they never forget the labor behind the fantasy.

These stories also have a strong family-romance rhythm. Expect sisters who bicker, heroes who push buttons, and emotional baggage that does not disappear just because the attraction is instant. The men in these books are cowboys, sheriffs, and lawyers, but none of them are just types. They all fit into the same working world, and that makes the series feel cohesive.

If you like small-town romance with real stakes, Catcher Creek is an easy one to sink into. The books are best read in order because the ranch's future develops across the trilogy, and because watching the Sorentino sisters slowly build something stronger, in business and in love, is half the fun.

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