Coltons of Roaring Springs Books in Order

Lara Lacombe's contribution to The Coltons of Roaring Springs pairs an unexpected pregnancy with a threat that reaches into family history. Like other Colton continuities, the series follows different couples connected to a powerful family, with each romance unfolding while secrets and danger disturb the town.

The Colton name is both a legacy and a complication.

In Colton's Covert Baby, Molly Gilford has been working to protect her family's identity and legacy from the shadow of the Colton name. She does not plan to get distracted by Max Hollick, a former soldier and the close friend of her cousin Blaine. Their attraction is real, but Molly has responsibilities that make a casual relationship feel like a bad idea.

Then their affair leads to a pregnancy, and a dangerous enemy begins targeting the people around them. Max is used to being alert and decisive, but protecting Molly becomes more than a job. He has to learn how to stand beside her without taking control of a life that is still hers. Molly, meanwhile, has to decide whether Max can be trusted with both the danger and the future they did not expect.

A baby changes the stakes fast.

The book uses the emotional pressure of an unplanned family alongside an external threat. Molly and Max are dealing with fear, attraction, and the question of what they owe one another before the danger begins closing in. Once it does, they have to work as a team, even when their instincts about how to handle trouble differ.

Roaring Springs provides the small-community setting that makes the Colton world work so well. Business connections, family loyalties, and old resentments can all become clues or obstacles. Each installment has its own lead couple, but the sense that one crisis can affect the entire family gives the series a shared pulse.

Colton's Covert Baby is book six in the continuity, though it tells a complete romance and suspense plot. Readers who enjoy former military heroes, secret family ties, and baby-on-the-way stories with a real sense of danger can begin here, or read the larger series in order for more of the Roaring Springs connections.