Cathy Gillen Thacker Books in Order

Attorney Michelle Anderson hears a baby crying on her neighbor Thad Garner's porch and discovers an unexpected delivery. When the doctor learns the child is a relative, adoption brings them together and challenges her doubts about his reputation.

Developer Grady McCabe hires matchmaker Alexis Graham to find a wife who can mother his daughter. Alexis herself fits his requirements, but the widow insists on love, creating a problem for a man proposing marriage as a practical solution.

Hank McCabe hopes to buy Mesquite Ridge Ranch before Ally Garrett's Christmas Eve deadline. She intends to sell and leave Laramie behind, but an irresistible cowboy, unexpected kisses and a litter of puppies complicate her clean break.

This three-story collection pairs a rancher and a teacher, an amnesiac man facing scandal with a senator's daughter, and former sweethearts Joe and Emma. Their reunion is complicated by a secret marriage that has survived seven years apart.

New adoptive father Nate Hutchinson hires Brooke Mitchell to transform his bachelor estate into a family home. The widowed mother offers parenting advice as well, but living together and their sons' matchmaking complicate the boundary between employment and romance.

Three infant girls arrive at Kurt McCabe's ranch with a note asking him to take responsibility. Pediatric surgeon Paige Chamberlain agrees to help foster them, forcing childhood rivals into shared parenting and an unexpectedly appealing picture of family life.

Wedding planner Caroline Mayer is asked to stop a ceremony when Jack Gaines objects to his mother's marriage. Attraction to the skeptical single father and affection for his daughter make Caroline reconsider her own deferred hopes for a family.

Widow Libby Lowell plans to leave Laramie to escape painful memories, but her husband's friend Holden McCabe wants her to stay. Their efforts to move forward become complicated when attraction leads to a pregnancy she has long wanted.

Cady Keilor practices for motherhood by caring for her sister's children before adopting, then challenges notorious bachelor Jeb McCabe to help. His surprising skill with the boys makes their temporary arrangement feel increasingly like a family.

Emily McCabe wants horse whisperer Dylan Reeves to pretend they are dating so her protective family will leave her alone. His unexpected public kiss complicates the scheme, while their attraction challenges his commitment to an unattached life.

Kelsey Lockhart agrees to marry Brady Anderson to keep her family's homestead, treating their partnership as a practical bargain. Her hesitation about intimacy surprises him, while mutual attraction threatens to change the terms of their carefully planned arrangement.

Lawyer Liz Cartwright wants help running her family's ranch, while former flame Travis Anderson needs assistance with a malpractice lawsuit. They exchange services, but rekindled attraction becomes complicated by the likelihood that a legal victory will take him away.

Seven years after tragedy disrupted their young romance, Jake Remington finally proposes to Jenna Lockhart. His determined courtship revives old feelings, but Jenna suspects he wants something beyond marriage and must decide whether she can trust his intentions.

Merri Duncan has been raising twins whose biological parentage remains largely secret, even from returning soldier Chase Armstrong. Learning he is their father prompts a marriage for the children, but their longstanding friendship must find room for love.

Artist Jen Carson stays at the Triple B ranch to create commemorative bronze plaques, determined to avoid another controlling relationship. Attraction to Matt Briscoe and responsibility for a family secret complicate both her assignment and her emotional boundaries.

Brad McCabe retreats to Texas after a disastrous television romance and hires Lainey Carrington to help organize his household. She is secretly a reporter seeking an exposé, but falling for her employer puts her assignment and his trust at risk.

Justin McCabe hires carpenter Amanda Johnson to help build a ranch for troubled teenagers and discovers her talent for reaching them. Their work sparks attraction, but a crisis tied to her past forces difficult choices about their future.

Single father Derek McCabe hires Realtor Eve Loughlin to find a home before Christmas for himself and his daughter. Working together awakens hopes for companionship, while Eve's professional reserve makes pursuing a relationship more complicated than buying a house.

Shelley Meyerson risks losing her home because of her ex-husband's schemes and needs Deputy Colt McCabe's help. Their shared wedding duties revive an old attraction, but past heartbreak and a secret threatening his badge make trust difficult.

Single mother Erin Monroe refuses to sell her family's ranch for Mac Wheeler's wind farm. His attention challenges the emotional defenses left by tragedy, while learning about his past complicates her view of the outsider seeking her land.

Two romances explore unconventional routes to family life. Grady McCabe asks matchmaker Alexis Graham to become his wife, while single father Dan Kingsland hires pregnant chef Emily Stayton and discovers that both households may need more than practical help.

Widow Callie McCabe-Grimes wants a happy Christmas for her little boy, without noisy neighbor Nash Echols. Her son's wish for Nash to join their family complicates her plans, while the rancher's growing feelings challenge her reluctance to move forward.

Maggie McCabe fled her wedding and now works as a wedding planner at Hart Sanders's family ranch. The former soldier and his toddler son draw her toward domestic life, testing the independence she fought to reclaim.

Wildcatter Ginger Rollins and environmentalist Rand McCabe disagree about the Texas land they love. An unexpected pregnancy leads to marriage plans, but Ginger treats the arrangement as business while Rand hopes it can become a real partnership.

Doctor Violet McCabe becomes foster parent to baby Ava alongside colleague Gavin Monroe. As they search for an adoptive family, caring for the child brings them closer and challenges Violet's reluctance to love after losing her fiancé.

Single mother Rose McCabe wants to save a blackberry crop that rancher Clint McCulloch plans to bulldoze. Their business disagreement sparks attraction, but her refusal to marry again clashes with his hopes for a family with her triplets.

Best friends Poppy McCabe and Trace Caulder agree to marry so they can adopt twins. Their practical arrangement tests a relationship already marked by attraction, raising questions about whether becoming parents might also make them a real couple.

Mayor Lily McCabe needs former lover Gannon Montgomery's legal help to protect custody of her son. She insists they remain friends, but working together rekindles attraction and forces them to reconsider the heartbreak that once drove them apart.

Two romances bring unexpected family responsibilities into former lovers' lives. Calley Hastings encounters Max Slade and his matchmaking brothers in Wyoming, while Merri Duncan's parenting secret reveals that Chase Armstrong is the father of her late sister's twins.

Molly Griffith plans to move to Dallas to give her son better opportunities. Rancher Chance Lockhart has grown attached to them both, but convincing Molly to stay means showing her a future beyond the big-city life she imagines.

Army doctor Garrett Lockhart returns to Texas to confront a scandal threatening his family. Crisis manager Hope Winslow is already handling the problem, but their conflicting approaches and his growing affection for her baby complicate their working relationship.

Wyatt Lockhart moves in with former lover Adelaide Smythe to help raise their unexpected twins. Parenthood brings them close again, but rebuilding a family requires confronting the hurt that once made him determined to keep his distance.

Sage Lockhart asks cowboy Nick Monroe to father her baby while keeping their casual relationship secret. He hopes for something more, but pregnancy complicates their arrangement and forces them to acknowledge feelings neither planned to discuss.

Nurse Bridgett Monroe hopes to adopt an abandoned baby she finds with a puppy. Rancher Cullen McCabe helps care for the child but wants to locate his birth parents, putting their growing attachment and Bridgett's hopes in conflict.

Single mother Mitzi Martin struggles to raise quadruplet boys while protecting a newly inherited business. Chase McCabe offers help, but their unfinished romantic history makes it difficult to trust that the corporate cowboy wants a future with them.

Deputy Dan McCabe wants a family with Kelly Shackleford, but the mother of toddler triplets keeps rejecting him. As friendship turns into attraction, Kelly must decide whether risking another heartbreak is worth letting the cowboy into their lives.

Nurse Bess Monroe accidentally sends her boss the wrong Christmas letter, revealing more than she intended. Widowed surgeon Jack McCabe offers friendship, but spending the holidays with him and his three daughters turns their arrangement into something less predictable.

Veterinarian Sara Anderson asks former soldier Matt McCabe to help train service dogs for veterans. Instead, he offers to care for her baby, drawing the widowed mother and isolated rancher closer despite painful experiences that complicate their future.

Two romances follow cowboys confronting unexpected family possibilities. Bridgett Monroe and Cullen McCabe care for an abandoned baby, while bull rider Brock McNeal falls for widowed doctor Cassie Stanford and must consider life with her twin sons.

Lulu McCabe and Sam Kirkland's secret elopement failed, but three orphaned boys bring them together again. As the triplets' guardian, Sam proposes an arrangement that could give the children security while testing the couple's unresolved feelings.

Two ranch romances explore fresh starts. Rebecca Carrigan resists Trevor McCabe's help protecting her alpaca operation, while former soldier Jaxton Stone finds his orderly life disrupted by single mother Naomi Jones and the children who make his ranch feel like home.

Allison Meadows struggles to maintain a perfect image while caring for quadruplets. Former athlete Cade Lockhart offers help, but his refusal to support her deception creates tension as the children try to bring them together for Christmas.

Doctor Gabe Lockhart returns to Texas five years after opposing his friend Susannah's plan to carry her late sister's embryos. Finding her raising quintuplets, he wants to help, but his traveling career may prevent a lasting commitment.

Meg Lockhart raised her younger sisters and kept her son's parentage private after a night with Luke Carrigan. When Luke moves next door, their renewed closeness threatens to expose the secret and revive feelings neither has resolved.

Mackenzie Lockhart proposes a temporary marriage to childhood friend Griff Montgomery to help his legal career. Their plan becomes complicated when friendship turns into romance and twins are on the way, making independence harder to reclaim.

Widow Faith Lockhart Hewitt plans to adopt a baby, but the arrival of his father leads to a practical marriage. Growing closer to Navy SEAL Zach Callahan raises fears about loving a man whose deployment is approaching.

Cooper Maitland needs help when his infant triplet nieces are left at his ranch. Jillian Lockhart agrees to care for them alongside the man who once rescued her, but falling in love means confronting fears shaped by past mistakes.

Designer Emma Lockhart and rancher Tom Reid parted over conflicting ambitions. Now he offers support for her career in return for help with his triplet sons, bringing their old attraction into a bargain neither can keep purely practical.

Skye McPherson and Travis Lockhart must marry for 120 days to inherit a ranch. Both intend to end the arrangement afterward, but pregnancy and growing affection complicate their temporary partnership as Christmas approaches and their plans begin to change.

Veterinarian Tess temporarily moves onto widower Noah Lockhart’s ranch and grows attached to him and his three daughters. Noah begins to reconsider his refusal to love again, until past trauma threatens the future their arrangement has opened.

Ellie values her independence and the time she shares with frequently deployed soldier Joe. When she becomes pregnant with twins, his secret plans to make their relationship permanent risk driving her away before their Christmas babies arrive.

Grieving pediatrician Zach helps single mother Claire care for her triplets after her nanny leaves. Sharing a home brings them closer, but accepting an instant family requires him to confront loss and her to learn to rely on someone.