Gold Country Cowboys Books in Order
Part ofDana Mentink Books in OrderExplore Dana Mentink’s Gold Country Cowboys books in order, with short summaries, series background, and help picking a starting point.
Last updated: July 13, 2026
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Gold Country Cowboys books in publication order
4 books
Cowboy Christmas Guardian
by Dana Mentink
2017
A holiday threat turns cowboy country into dangerous ground in this Gold Country suspense. Protective instincts, family stakes, and Christmas pressure collide as danger comes far too close to home.
Cowboy Bodyguard
by Dana Mentink
2018
Shannon Livingston is hiding a baby from a biker gang when she calls the man she secretly married years ago. Jack Thorn agrees to protect them both, even if pretending they were never separated opens old wounds.
Lost Christmas Memories
by Dana Mentink
2018
After a head injury wipes out her memory, murder witness Tracy Wilson can no longer remember what put her in danger. Cowboy Keegan Thorn believes her, but Christmas is running out and so is time.
Treacherous Trails
by Dana Mentink
2018
Farrier Ella Cahill is accused of murder, and somebody wants her dead before she can clear her name. Former marine Owen Thorn is her best hope, even if helping her means breaking an old promise.
Gold Country Cowboys books in chronological order
Cowboy Christmas Guardian
by Dana Mentink
2017Gold Country Cowboys, Book 1
Treacherous Trails
by Dana Mentink
2018Gold Country Cowboys, Book 2
Cowboy Bodyguard
by Dana Mentink
2018Gold Country Cowboys, Book 3
Lost Christmas Memories
by Dana Mentink
2018Gold Country Cowboys, Book 4
Series background & context
The Gold Country Cowboys books bring Dana Mentink’s suspense to the California foothills, where ranch work, horse country, and small-town history set the mood. The stories have a western edge, but they are really about people under pressure, trying to protect children, clear their names, or survive what somebody else has planned for them.
A family thread runs through the series, especially around the Thorn brothers. Treacherous Trails follows a farrier framed for murder. Cowboy Bodyguard turns a hidden marriage and a baby in danger into the heart of the plot. Lost Christmas Memories adds amnesia and a witness who cannot remember what could save her. Even when the plots shift, the emotional stakes stay close to home.
These are clean romantic suspense novels with plenty of horses, holiday tension, and hard choices. If you like protective cowboy heroes but want more danger than a straight contemporary romance usually brings, this series lands in a very comfortable middle ground.
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