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Cowboy Crossing Romances Books in Order

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See the Cowboy Crossing Romances by Alexa Verde in order, with quick summaries, trope notes, and help choosing where to start in this small-town series.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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Cowboy Crossing Romances books in publication order

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13 books

1

Show Me a Marriage of Convenience

by Alexa Verde

2020

Kade Clark agrees to a practical marriage for the sake of his little boy, Landon, not for love. But Heather Johnson has loved them both for years, and pretending may be the most dangerous part.

2

Show Me a Second Chance

by Alexa Verde

2020

Mac and Kimberly get the kind of reunion neither planned nor wanted. Old wounds, family ties, and the pull of Cowboy Crossing make their second chance both messy and impossible to ignore.

3

Show Me a Single Dad Cowboy

by Alexa Verde

2020

After losing her big-city matchmaking job, Maggie returns home and finds herself face to face with a single-dad cowboy who needs help more than a perfect pitch. Small-town sparks follow fast.

4

Show Me Best Friends

by Alexa Verde

2020

Best friends Maverick and Vera know each other a little too well for comfort. Crossing the line into romance means risking the friendship that has always felt safe, especially when real life starts pushing harder.

5

Show Me the Boss

by Alexa Verde

2020

Liberty and Kansas clash over work, pride, and attraction in a town where everybody notices everything. What starts as a boss romance quickly becomes a test of trust, timing, and whether either can risk more.

6

Show Me a Christmas Romance

by Alexa Verde

2021

Christmas brings two lonely hearts together just when both are aching for family and a fresh start. In Cowboy Crossing, holiday warmth and a few surprises may turn a difficult season into something better.

7

Show Me a Fake Fiancé

by Alexa Verde

2021

A fake engagement gives this couple a tidy solution, at least on paper. In practice, family expectations and all-too-real feelings make pretending far more complicated than either of them expected.

8

Show Me a Mistaken Identity

by Alexa Verde

2021

A case of mistaken identity puts Cat in the wrong place at exactly the wrong time. Roberto steps in to help, but staying close means facing secrets, danger, and feelings neither of them planned on.

9

Show Me a Stand-in Husband

by Alexa Verde

2021

Aurora and Carter step into an arrangement that looks practical from the outside and anything but simple from within. As lines blur and trust grows, a stand-in husband starts to look like the real thing.

10

Show Me My Brother's Best Friend

by Alexa Verde

2021

Jenna should know better than to fall for her brother's dependable best friend. Riley knows it too, which only makes their growing connection in Cowboy Crossing more complicated and a lot harder to resist.

11

Show Me a Family Saga

by Alexa Verde

2022

Graziella and Hugo's romance unfolds inside a bigger web of family loyalties, history, and small-town expectations. It is part love story, part family reckoning, with plenty of heart along the way.

12

Show Me a Reunion

by Alexa Verde

2022

Giovanni and Meredith are pushed back together by history neither has fully put behind them. Their reunion stirs regret, loyalty, and the stubborn hope that some loves are worth trying again.

13

Show Me a Fake Engagement

by Alexa Verde

2023

Tessa and Ari agree to a fake engagement for reasons that seem sensible at first. Then family pressure, old baggage, and a little too much chemistry make the arrangement anything but easy.

Cowboy Crossing Romances books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Show Me a Single Dad Cowboy"

    Show Me a Single Dad Cowboy

    by Alexa Verde

    2020Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Show Me a Marriage of Convenience"

    Show Me a Marriage of Convenience

    by Alexa Verde

    2020Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Show Me a Second Chance"

    Show Me a Second Chance

    by Alexa Verde

    2020Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Show Me the Boss"

    Show Me the Boss

    by Alexa Verde

    2020Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Show Me Best Friends"

    Show Me Best Friends

    by Alexa Verde

    2020Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Show Me My Brother's Best Friend"

    Show Me My Brother's Best Friend

    by Alexa Verde

    2021Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Show Me a Christmas Romance"

    Show Me a Christmas Romance

    by Alexa Verde

    2021Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Show Me a Mistaken Identity"

    Show Me a Mistaken Identity

    by Alexa Verde

    2021Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Show Me a Fake Fiancé"

    Show Me a Fake Fiancé

    by Alexa Verde

    2021Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Show Me a Stand-in Husband"

    Show Me a Stand-in Husband

    by Alexa Verde

    2021Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Show Me a Reunion"

    Show Me a Reunion

    by Alexa Verde

    2022Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Show Me a Family Saga"

    Show Me a Family Saga

    by Alexa Verde

    2022Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Show Me a Fake Engagement"

    Show Me a Fake Engagement

    by Alexa Verde

    2023Cowboy Crossing Romances, Book 13

Series background & context

Cowboy Crossing is Alexa Verde in her warmest small-town mode. The series is set in a Missouri community where everybody knows each other, family ties run deep, and romance tends to arrive wearing cowboy boots. These books are sweet, faith-filled, and built around women in their forties and the single-dad cowboys who are not nearly as ready for love as they think.

That age range gives the series a different feel from many contemporary romances. These characters have history. They have exes, children, regrets, responsibilities, and a pretty clear idea of what can go wrong. That makes the familiar tropes, marriage of convenience, second chance, best friends, fake fiance, reunion, feel a little richer because the people involved are not starting from a blank slate.

The town matters almost as much as the love stories.

Cowboy Crossing is the sort of place where help shows up quickly, privacy is hard to come by, and even messy lives still have a path back toward family and home. Kids, siblings, neighbors, and old friends all shape the stories, so the books feel linked even when each romance stands on its own.

There is humor here too. Verde clearly enjoys awkward arrangements, stubborn people, and situations that look practical on paper and impossible in real life. A nanny proposes. Old crushes resurface. Pretend engagements get too convincing. People who thought they were managing just fine discover otherwise.

Even at its coziest, the series usually carries a little extra tension. Some books bring light suspense, secrets from the past, or outside pressure that keeps the romance from feeling too easy. But the heart of the series is not danger. It is the idea that love, faith, and community can still surprise people who thought their chance had passed.

If you want connected cowboy romances with strong family feeling and mature characters, this is one of the best places to begin with Alexa Verde.

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