Denise Hunter Books in Order

Nathan McClain must marry or lose the ranch that has been in his family for generations. Sara agrees to the arrangement to escape an abusive home, but a marriage built on need may demand more trust, courage, and honesty than either expected.

Jane Cooper never expected to be anyone's bride, until Luke changes the shape of her future. On the Kansas prairie, old hurts and fear of disappointment make trusting love far harder than falling into it.

This anthology gathers four contemporary inspirational romances built around reunions, old feelings, and the pull of unfinished history. It is a quick, emotional collection about love getting another chance.

Mara Lawton has no trouble refusing suitors, until dependable Clay and his young sister begin to upset her careful certainties. What starts with resistance turns into a prairie romance about pride, faith, and choosing what matters.

After the man she planned to marry dies, Emily agrees to wed his brother, Cade, a widower with a small son. Grief, duty, and unexpected tenderness make this Kansas marriage far more complicated than either expected.

Hanna hires mountain guide Micah Gallagher to help save her struggling family lodge, and attraction flares almost at once. But his buried past and her fear of what forgiveness really costs threaten everything they are building.

Single mom Natalie Coombs is already stretched thin when a troubled teen at her crisis pregnancy center stirs painful memories. As Natalie pushes past professional limits to help, danger closes in from more than one direction.

Set in the pressure cooker of a Chicago TV newsroom, this early Denise Hunter novel pairs romance with painful choices and public fallout. It is a story about honesty, redemption, and the long road back to trust.

Single mother Sam Owen returns to Nantucket to sell the cottage she inherited and runs straight into Landon Reed, the man she left behind. To move forward, she will have to face the secret that drove her away.

Josie Mitchell comes home during apple harvest, but her family and the orchard's manager, Grady MacKenzie, know she is not telling the whole truth. Homecoming, old grief, and fresh attraction make this return anything but simple.

When Dr. Kate's groom vanishes on the morning of her high-profile wedding, devoted Lucas Wright offers to marry her and save her public image. What begins as damage control soon tests everything Kate thinks she knows about love.

Sabrina is secretly the woman Tucker McCabe has fallen for online, and now he wants her help finding that mystery correspondent. The closer they get in real life, the harder it becomes for Sabrina to hide the truth.

Meridith Ward learns her estranged father is dead and that she is now guardian to three half-siblings she has never met. In a rundown Nantucket bed-and-breakfast, a handyman named Jake makes leaving much harder than planned.

In Montana, a guarded cowboy and a woman trying to steady her life find themselves drawn together before either is ready. Ranch duties, old wounds, and fear of trust keep this clean cowboy romance on edge.

Four linked romances unfold in Smitten, Vermont, where the townspeople try to reinvent their struggling community as a haven for love. The result is a warm, collaborative story full of friendship, small-town schemes, and happy endings.

This short Denise Hunter romance centers on Reese and the emotional crossroads that come when old hurt meets new possibility. It is a quick, gentle story about risk, hope, and letting love have another chance.

An unexpected wedding and a tangle of small-town expectations put two wary hearts on the same path. Denise Hunter blends Montana charm, family pressure, and slow-building attraction in a romance that starts with a mistake.

Annie Wilkerson is busy keeping a promise to her dying grandfather and caring for her younger sister, so love feels like bad timing. Then a cowboy steps too close to the life she is trying to hold together.

Back home for her high school reunion, Brianna VanAllen is forced to face old humiliation and the boy tied to it, Jake Volez. Working together on her parents' ranch turns a quick visit into a test of forgiveness.

Still haunted by her twin brother's drowning, Madison McKinley sets out to win Chapel Springs' annual regatta in his honor. To do it, she must trust Beckett O'Reilly, the one man carrying secrets of his own.

Callie Andersen arrives in Maui for the honeymoon she never got to take, alone and hurting after being left at the altar. Activities director Alex Harrigan helps her rejoin life, then risks his own heart in the process.

Set in the romantic little town of Smitten, Vermont, this short Denise Hunter story mixes springtime hope with the awkward sweetness of unexpected attraction. It is a quick visit to a world where love has a habit of showing up.

Back in Smitten, Vermont, four more connected romances play out across the seasons, with a little mystery mixed in. This follow-up keeps the town charm, shared cast, and cozy matchmaking spirit of the first book.

Chelsea Stoddard agrees to a blind date just to quiet her grandmother, then accidentally ruins her chances with Kyle before the evening even begins. When his company later starts work at her apartment complex, avoiding him is impossible.

Pregnant, broke, and out of options, Jade McKinley returns to Chapel Springs after years away. Coming home means facing her family, her past, and Daniel, the steady man who makes her want to hope again.

This short return to the Smitten world offers more small-town charm, friendship, and romantic possibility. It is a quick, comforting story about whether happily ever after can look even better than expected.

A century-old courtship guide becomes a book club pick in Smitten, Vermont, and starts stirring up real-life romantic complications. This final collaboration returns to the town's cozy ensemble cast and literary charm.

A fresh start in Chapel Springs brings one woman face to face with family expectations, old wounds, and a romance she never planned for. Denise Hunter leans into warmth, longing, and the risky business of wishing for more.

This winter wedding anthology gathers three sweet novellas, including Denise Hunter's *A December Bride*. It is a cozy collection of fake relationships, fresh starts, and cold-weather romance with plenty of heart.

Layla O'Reilly agrees to a fake engagement with Seth Murphy to impress a major client and save her career. Seth has loved her for years, which makes pretending much easier for him than letting go might be.

On the run through Maine with her mute five-year-old son, Eden Martelli breaks down in Summer Harbor just before Christmas. Stranded and vulnerable, she finds shelter, safety, and the possibility of love where she least expects it.

What begins as a temporary arrangement in Chapel Springs starts to feel far more real than either party intended. Hunter turns a practical setup into a warm, emotional romance about trust, timing, and what makes a marriage matter.

Marine Riley Callahan plans to tell his best friend Paige how he feels when he returns from Afghanistan. Then a life-altering injury changes everything, and love starts to look both more urgent and more impossible.

After an accident wipes away months of memory, a woman wakes engaged to a man who feels like a stranger. As she tries to reconstruct her missing life, another connection begins to feel dangerously like home.

Zoe Collins returns to Copper Creek after her grandmother's death and inherits the family peach orchard she never planned to run. Coming home also means facing the man who broke her heart and the life she fled.

Noah and Josephine are stunned to learn their divorce was never finalized, and that they are still legally married. Forced back into each other's orbit, they have to face the heartbreak that broke them in the first place.

Brady Collins learns the baby he loves is not biologically his, and the child's wealthy grandparents want custody. Determined to fight for the little boy he has raised, Brady faces a battle that could cost him everything.

A chef hoping to open her own restaurant and a contractor with a very different plan end up competing for the same historic house. Sharing the property for a year turns rivalry into something far more complicated.

After their parents' deaths, Molly Bennett and her siblings reopen the family home as an inn. A reclusive author hiding behind a pen name comes to town for inspiration and finds himself tangled in Molly's already complicated world.

When their grandmother goes missing, estranged sisters return to the family beach house in Sea Haven, North Carolina. Family secrets, old resentments, and an unexpected romance force Maddy Monroe to face what broke them apart.

Grace is already juggling the family inn, a new business, and the aftermath of an old childhood trauma when a mysterious man arrives. Instant attraction is the easy part, opening her guarded heart is not.

Levi Bennett comes home after his parents' sudden deaths to care for his sisters and rescue the Bluebell Inn. Between family strain and a town full of memories, love feels like one more complication he cannot afford.

After years of putting her siblings first, Sophie Lawson is finally ready to chase her dream of opening a bookshop in Piper's Cove. Then a wedding brings her face to face with the high school sweetheart who left her.

Katelyn Loveland comes to Riverbend Gap searching for the family she has always wanted and is rescued by sheriff's deputy Cooper Robinson. Their chemistry is immediate, but it becomes a problem when she starts dating his brother.

This sweet anthology offers three second-chance romances, including Denise Hunter's road-trip story about Allie Adams and the boy next door who once broke her heart. It is built for readers who love reunion sparks and easy warmth.

A tragedy leaves divorced couple Laurel and Gavin caring for a friend's little girl and managing an apple orchard together. Shared grief and close quarters stir up all the love and regret they thought was over.

Dr. Avery Robinson has devoted herself to serving Riverbend Gap, until an ailing Appalachian Trail hiker lands in her clinic. Contractor Wes Mathews offers work in place of payment, and both soon find themselves unable to walk away.

Western novelist Sadie Goodwin is told to write a romance to save her career, despite never having been in love. A summer at the beach, a stubborn neighbor, and a mysterious ring make excellent reasons to procrastinate.

Horse rancher Charlotte Honeycutt discovers that her late mother's safety deposit box holds the name of the biological father she never knew. Meeting her new family in Riverbend Gap may change far more than her last name.

After a fall leaves Lauren Wentworth without the last four months of memory, she wakes in New Hampshire to learn that her workplace rival Jonah is now her devoted boyfriend. He remembers everything, she remembers nothing.

Author and restaurateur Chloe watches her bestselling romance novel head toward the big screen, then recoils when Hollywood playboy Liam Hamilton is cast as her perfect hero. A fake dating bargain soon blurs art and real life.

Shelby Thatcher expects to inherit her grandmother's beloved bookshop, only to learn she must share it with Gray Briggs, the ex who broke her heart. Saving the store may mean facing the past they both left unfinished.

Five years after her husband's death, Maggie Reynolds returns to Seabrook hoping to find closure. Then she spots a man who looks exactly like Ethan, and a search for answers changes both her grief and her future.

After turning down her boss's proposal, Jenna Greene heads home to Chincoteague and discovers troubling signs around her mother's new relationship. Working with childhood best friend Tyson Parker to investigate starts changing their friendship too.