Charlotte Hubbard Books in Order
Explore Charlotte Hubbard books in order, with quick summaries, Amish series guides, and easy tips on where to start with Promise Lodge, Cedar Creek, and more.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Publication Order
39 books
Colorado Captive
by Charlotte Hubbard
1991
Hiding behind a tavern-maid disguise in rough Cripple Creek, a young woman is forced to navigate frontier danger and divided loyalties. This early western romance blends mining-town intrigue with a fast-growing attraction.
Gambler's Tempting Kisses
by Charlotte Hubbard
1991
Kansas City gambler Dillon Devereau wants revenge, not romance, until preacher's daughter Charity Scott takes a singing job under his roof. Their practical arrangement soon turns complicated as desire and old grievances collide.
Colorado Moonfire
by Charlotte Hubbard
1992
Irish immigrant Lyla O'Riley lands in Cripple Creek determined to depend on no one. Working at the Golden Rose saloon brings her into Marshal Barry Thompson's orbit, where danger and desire prove equally hard to outrun.
Missouri Magic
by Charlotte Hubbard
1992
Back in Hannibal, Celesta Montgomery is trying to protect her secret life as the real author behind a popular mystery series. Damon Frye's charm threatens the careful distance she has been trying to keep.
Sahara Splendor
by Charlotte Hubbard
1993
Forced into marriage to settle her brother's gambling debts, Sahara Caldwell expects the worst and gets a startling second chance instead. Freedom, money, and a new business partner leave her facing danger and an unexpected romance.
Outlaw Moon
by Charlotte Hubbard
1994
Wanted man Jack Rafferty walks into a Wild West show looking for luck and finds Amber LaBelle instead. As danger closes in, their bargain turns into a desperate flight across the wilderness, and a romance neither planned.
A Patchwork Family
by Charlotte Hubbard
2005
Mercy Malloy and her husband open their home to abandoned children on the Kansas plains, turning crisis into family. Frontier hardship keeps coming, but so do grace, resilience, and unexpected joy.
Angel's Embrace
by Charlotte Hubbard
2007
Billy Bristol is headed to his wedding when a pregnant stranger interrupts church and claims his missing brother fathered her child. The baby needs protection, and Billy soon realizes her mother may need his heart as much as his help.
Gabriel's Lady
by Charlotte Hubbard
2008
After losing his wife and unborn child, Gabriel finds little reason to keep going. Then Solace Monroe, a Wild West performer and writer accused of murder, pulls him into a fight for truth, and possibly love.
Law of Attraction
by Charlotte Hubbard
2010
At forty, Angie Cavanaugh arrives in Harmony Falls broke, bruised by life, and ready for a fresh start. The Oregon coast town, a strange circle of new friends, and a possible romance push her to trust herself again.
Journey to Love
by Charlotte Hubbard
2011
Christine Bristol heads west chasing answers about the mother who abandoned her and the man she never forgot. The journey to San Francisco becomes a harder trip inward, testing her pride, faith, and sense of home.
Abby Finds Her Calling
by Charlotte Hubbard
2012
On the day James Graber is supposed to marry Zanna Lambright, the bride vanishes. Abby steps into the fallout, trying to hold two families together while long-buried truths and her own feelings for James refuse to stay buried.
Autumn Winds
by Charlotte Hubbard
2012
Widowed Miriam Lantz is fighting to keep her bakery and her independence when blacksmith Ben Hooley rides into Willow Ridge. With Bishop Knepp pressing her to marry him and give up the café, love comes with real stakes.
Rosemary Opens Her Heart
by Charlotte Hubbard
2012
Young widow Rosemary Yutzy moves to Cedar Creek with her little daughter and a full load of grief. Matt Lambright's patient courtship offers hope, but accepting a new life feels almost harder than loss.
Summer of Secrets
by Charlotte Hubbard
2012
Rachel Lantz expects a simple future with her longtime sweetheart, Micah, until a strange young Englischer arrives claiming to be her lost sister. The shock shakes Rachel's family, and the life she thought she knew.
Amanda Weds a Good Man
by Charlotte Hubbard
2013
Amanda Lambright and widower Wyman Brubaker marry hoping to build one happy household out of two grieving families. Instead they face cramped quarters, quarreling children, and hard questions about what a strong Amish marriage really requires.
An Amish Country Christmas
by Charlotte Hubbard
2013
This holiday collection pairs two Amish romances, one in Cedar Creek and one in Willow Ridge. Snow, family gatherings, and unexpected courtships turn Christmas into a season of second chances.
Winter of Wishes
by Charlotte Hubbard
2013
Rhoda Lantz feels left behind as marriage and change sweep through Willow Ridge. An Englischer father's request for help offers companionship and purpose, but following her heart could put her at odds with her community.
Breath of Spring
by Charlotte Hubbard
2014
Annie Mae Knepp has taken in her younger siblings and can barely imagine wanting anything for herself. With steady help from neighbor Adam Wagler, she begins to believe that faith and love might still make room for her future.
Emma Blooms At Last
by Charlotte Hubbard
2014
As Abby and James prepare to marry, shy Emma Graber is pushed to finally step into a fuller life, and Jerome wants to be part of it. Meanwhile Amanda and Wyman Brubaker's blended family faces a costly new threat.
Harvest of Blessings
by Charlotte Hubbard
2015
Nora Glick Landwehr returns to Willow Ridge hoping to make peace with the past and reconnect with the daughter she lost. Her plans are complicated by Luke Hooley, a neighbor she mistrusts almost as much as she needs.
The Christmas Cradle
by Charlotte Hubbard
2015
Pregnant teen Lena Esh and Josiah Witmer are stranded in the snow with nowhere safe to go. Miriam and Ben Hooley take them in, and Willow Ridge becomes the place where fear, family, and hope meet.
A Simple Vow
by Charlotte Hubbard
2016
When twin babies are placed in Edith Riehl's arms, she cannot turn them away. Caring for them draws her close to Asa Detweiler, a good man trying to clear his name and untangle a painful mystery.
Christmas at Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2016
Promise Lodge is thriving as its first wedding approaches, but Mattie Schwartz still resists the love Preacher Amos offers her. When an accident changes everything, both must decide whether faith can lead them to a second chance.
Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2016
Three Amish sisters turn an abandoned church camp into a fresh-start community called Promise Lodge. As widow Mattie Bender Schwartz builds the colony, her son Noah must decide whether he can forgive the woman who once broke his heart.
A Mother's Love
by Charlotte Hubbard
2017
Widow Rose Raber learns that she was adopted just as a kind new man begins to matter to her. Searching for the truth about her birth mother could cost Rose her job, her future, and the fragile peace she has rebuilt.
A Simple Wish
by Charlotte Hubbard
2017
Loretta Riehl is drawn to Drew Detweiler, the newcomer trying to rebuild his reputation, but her father's growing bitterness darkens life at home. As Drew digs into the reason, old hurts and family secrets rise to the surface.
Weddings at Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2017
Christine Bender falls hard for widowed Bishop Monroe Burkholder, who seems perfect for Promise Lodge. Then a young woman arrives claiming Monroe ruined her, and Christine must hold on to faith while the truth comes out.
A Mother's Gift
by Charlotte Hubbard
2018
Leah Otto's dream marriage to widower Jude Shetler quickly grows complicated as she struggles with stepchildren, housework, and grief that still hangs over the home. An abandoned baby on the doorstep gives her family a new test, and a new purpose.
A Simple Christmas
by Charlotte Hubbard
2018
Rosalyn Riehl is juggling holiday work at Simple Gifts while trying to hide her family's tightening finances. Then Marcus Hooley, her trouble-marked English cousin, comes home seeking another chance, and stirring feelings she did not expect.
New Beginnings at Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2019
Recently widowed Frances Lehman wants independence, not another man choosing her future. But friendship with Preacher Marlin Kurtz deepens just as family pressure, money worries, and a serious injury test her resolve.
First Light in Morning Star
by Charlotte Hubbard
2020
New teacher Lydianne Christner is thrilled to help Morning Star's growing community, but her hidden past could cost her everything. Widowed Bishop Jeremiah Shetler sees her goodness, yet loving her may demand real forgiveness.
Light Shines on Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2020
Annabelle Beachey has finally found confidence at Promise Lodge, until her estranged husband returns and a stern new bishop challenges the community's way of life. Saving her home may mean facing old wounds she thought were settled.
Morning Star
by Charlotte Hubbard
2020
Five unmarried women turn an old barn into the Morning Star Marketplace, but Regina Miller's secret paintings put her at odds with Amish rules. When Gabe Flaud defends her, both face judgment and a risky chance at love.
Christmas Comes to Morning Star
by Charlotte Hubbard
2021
As Christmas nears, twin sisters Molly and Marietta Helfing keep their noodle business humming at Morning Star. But missing feelings, family worries, and the possibility of love make this holiday season more complicated than either expected.
Love Blooms in Morning Star
by Charlotte Hubbard
2022
Jo Fussner thinks marriage to shy Michael Wengerd is finally within reach, until church rules threaten the work she loves at the Marketplace. She must choose between her future as a wife and the business that gave her purpose.
Family Gatherings at Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2023
Spring weddings bring friends and relatives back to Promise Lodge, where a lonely widower is caught off guard by a new chance at love. Old griefs and fresh family ties make this homecoming sweeter, and riskier, than expected.
Hidden Away at Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2023
A return to the former church camp that became Promise Lodge brings old memories, fresh worry, and the possibility of new love. As longtime hurts surface, the community's warmth offers the kind of shelter some visitors never expected to need.
Miracles at Promise Lodge
by Charlotte Hubbard
2024
Promise Lodge gathers around neighbors facing fresh upheaval, unexpected arrivals, and the chance to begin again. In this community built on second chances, small acts of kindness start to look a lot like miracles.
Where should I start?
If you want a welcoming community series: Promise Lodge → Christmas at Promise Lodge → Weddings at Promise Lodge
If you like sister-centered Amish stories: Morning Star → First Light in Morning Star → Christmas Comes to Morning Star → Love Blooms in Morning Star
If you want a long Willow Ridge family saga: Summer of Secrets → Autumn Winds → Winter of Wishes → Breath of Spring
If you prefer a tighter Cedar Creek arc: Abby Finds Her Calling → Rosemary Opens Her Heart → Amanda Weds a Good Man → Emma Blooms At Last
If you want frontier romance instead: Colorado Captive → Colorado Moonfire → Outlaw Moon
Author bio
Charlotte Hubbard spent many years in Missouri, and that landscape sits at the heart of much of her fiction. She is also Naomi King, the name she used for part of her Amish fiction, but the voice is recognizably the same: warm communities, practical problems, and people trying to do right by each other.
While working as a school librarian in 1983, she sold her first story to True Story magazine. That sale led to years of writing shorter confession-style stories, around seventy of them by her own count, and it gave her a solid feel for emotional pacing. Even in her later novels, you can sense that early training. She likes turning points, family strain, and the moment when a character finally has to face the truth.
That was the real start.
Her first novel sale came in 1990 with Colorado Captive, a historical romance set in the West. More historical romances followed, including Colorado Moonfire, Outlaw Moon, and Missouri Magic. Those early books show a side of Hubbard that readers sometimes forget. She has long liked frontier settings, stubborn characters, and a little danger mixed in with the love story.
After changes in publishing slowed that phase of her career, she reinvented herself again. She returned with faith-and-family stories such as A Patchwork Family and Gabriel's Lady, then found a strong home in Amish fiction. Her Amish novels draw on time spent around Jamesport, Missouri, the largest Old Order Amish community west of the Mississippi, and that grounding gives the books a practical, lived-in feel.
Food matters in her books.
In series like Seasons of the Heart, Promise Lodge, and Morning Star, meals, shops, gardens, sewing, and daily chores are not just background detail. They are part of how her characters show love, work through conflict, and build community. Readers who enjoy the Sweet Seasons Bakery Café, the kitchens at Promise Lodge, or the marketplace in Morning Star usually come back for that feeling of everyday life as much as for the romance.
Under the Naomi King name, she also wrote the Cedar Creek novels, including Abby Finds Her Calling and Emma Blooms At Last. Across both names, her fiction keeps circling a few themes: second chances, widows and widowers starting over, blended families, women trying to carve out some room for themselves, and communities deciding how much grace to offer when somebody stumbles.
Away from the page, Hubbard has shared plenty of ordinary detail about her life, and that grounded quality carries into the novels. She has lived in Minnesota with her husband and their border collie, and she has written about being an ordained Presbyterian deacon, singing in church choir, ringing in bell choir, and serving as a substitute organist. She also enjoys trying new recipes, crocheting, and sewing. That all fits. Charlotte Hubbard's books are not usually in a rush. They like to sit at the table awhile, let people talk, and trust that small daily choices can change a life.
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