Deanna Lynn Sletten Books in Order

Twelve year old Will Long, grieving his father, becomes swept into a time traveling adventure with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Wild West thrills him at first, then teaches him the real cost of outlaw life.

Wounded Vietnam veteran Michael DeCara once abandoned the woman he loved, believing it was best for her. Years later, he and Danielle meet again, but old hurt, blame, and unfinished history stand between them.

Widower William Grafton meets a woman who strangely echoes the wife he lost and begins to wonder whether fate is at work. Annie Paxton wants real love, but she fears William is still holding on to a ghost.

One day Maggie Harrison simply drives away from her husband and children, exhausted by a life built around everyone else's needs. As she rediscovers herself on the road, Andrew has to decide whether their marriage can be saved.

Katherine Samuals shares a home with her best friend Denise and Denise's wild sister, Darla, whose life is spiraling. When Darla is diagnosed with AIDS, the three women are forced into a painful, intimate reckoning with love and family.

Shy cowboy Colt Brennan thinks lively Carly Stevens is the woman for him and follows her to Seattle. But as Carly pulls away, Colt finds himself drawn to her steady roommate Beth and forced to question what love looks like.

Claire Martin heads to her daughter's Bahamian wedding determined to ignore the ex husband who left her. But a week in paradise, plus James's failing second marriage, gives this divorced couple an unexpected shot at starting over.

On her way from Seattle to Buffalo, Andi Stevens breaks down in the Montana mountains and lands at the Brennan ranch. There she falls for brooding cowboy Luke Brennan and must choose between her fiancé and the life she never expected.

After her mother's death, sixteen year old Ali Jenson is sent from California to live with the grandfather she barely knows in northern Minnesota. One hard summer changes both of them as grief, first love, and family secrets surface.

Broke and deep in debt, Carly Stevens spends the summer at her sister's Montana ranch under strict conditions. When ranch hand Randy Olson comes to her rescue, the city girl starts to see both him and herself differently.

Widower Ryan Collier has no plans to fall in love again, and nurse Kristen Foster wants a quiet life after divorce. A lovable dog, a next door friendship, and bad timing bring them together around Lake Harriet.

Mallory Dawson is one month from her winter wedding when the man she loved ten years earlier walks back into her life. James Gallagher's return to Minneapolis forces them both to reconsider the paths they chose.

This dual timeline novel imagines the lost life of Etta Place, who once rode with the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. Years later, under another name in Minnesota, she tries to protect her son and outrun her past.

After losing her brother in Vietnam, Charlotte Parsons begins writing to soldiers and later meets former pen pal Joseph Russo in person. Set from 1968 to 1971, the novel follows love, loss, and conflict in a small Illinois town.

Lisa Evans is juggling single motherhood, a new job, and the chaos of an escape artist puppy. When Bailey keeps tunneling into her grumpy neighbor Avery McKinnon's yard, the dog nudges two wounded people toward a fresh start.

When his estranged wife is left in a coma after a terrible accident, Clay Connors comes home to care for the daughters he has barely seen for two years. Grief, guilt, and old wounds force him to face what broke the family.

Widowed Marla Madison finds an old journal while renovating her family manor on the lake. The life of Alaina Madison, a woman from 1875 trapped by wealth and expectation, begins to mirror Marla's own search for purpose.

Emily Prentice finds old photos proving her father once had a first love and first wife named Libbie. As she pieces together their 1960s romance and heartbreaking separation, she wonders whether it's too late for a second ending.

Diane Martin learns her grandmother is not dead but has just been released after sixty five years in prison. As Anna's 1955 story unfolds, Diane sees unsettling parallels to her own life and family.

Debbie Adams runs her late mother's bridal shop near Lake Harriet and feels stuck in a life that was never really hers. After a spill on the bike path, she meets fitness mogul Marc Bennett and starts rethinking everything.

Rachel Emery is pulled into another case when a friend insists her supposedly dead ex husband is stalking her. A yacht death, a fresh murder, and too many twists send Rachel and Jack Meyers into dangerous waters.

Rachel Scott Emery discovers an old report claiming she was murdered at eight and her brother was the killer. She returns to California to uncover who died in her place, and why so many people want the truth buried.

A Christmas star necklace links one family from 1959 to 2022. When attorney Jessica Paxton returns home after years away, old grief and tension with her mother threaten the holidays and the family June once held together.

In 1917, Sofiya flees revolutionary Russia and carries a secret across continents and decades. In 2022, house flipper Addison finds Sofiya's letters and is drawn into the old woman's life while facing her own buried trauma.

Young women are vanishing around Florida State University, and panic grows as bodies turn up miles away. When her daughter's best friend disappears, Rachel Emery joins the hunt for a killer before spring break turns deadly.

Called back to her grandparents' Big Bear lodge for one last Christmas season, Cassie Nichols plans to keep the business running until it sells. Old memories, loyal guests, and an old love make home harder to leave.

In 1918, Sarah Winchester hires a young woman to help record the story behind the rumors that have followed her for years. In the present, an editor discovers that hidden manuscript and tries to untangle the truth.

Hollywood legend Kathleen Carver agrees to interviews late in life, but she still guards the secrets behind her career. Her story traces a determined young actress from 1930s California to the glitter and cost of old Hollywood.

Kylie Madison turns late night posts about motherhood into a glossy influencer empire. Eight years later, with a TV show looming and a tell all book exposing family secrets, the life she built online begins to crack.

After a devastating accident just before her twentieth anniversary, Marsha Winslow realizes her marriage and business are built on truths she never fully saw. The only person who can help her understand is the woman she least wants to face.

In 1963, Evalina Ashford fights for a future at the New York City Ballet until betrayal threatens everything. Decades later, a drifting teenager meets an elderly woman whose story may help her reclaim her own dreams.

On the eve of her famous January ball in 1896, Caroline Schermerhorn Astor prepares to bring her divorced daughter back into society. A lifetime of power, tradition, and family loyalty comes to a head in one glittering night.