Heather Blanton Books in Order
Browse Heather Blanton books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and easy advice on where to start across her western and historical romances.
Last updated: July 7, 2026
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Publication Order
39 books
A Lady in Defiance
by Heather Blanton
2012
Three Christian sisters are stranded in Defiance, a corrupt Colorado mining town ruled by Charles McIntyre. Naomi wants nothing to do with him, but their clash of wills becomes the beginning of a much bigger redemption story.
In Time for Christmas
by Heather Blanton
2013
Trapped in an abusive marriage, Charlene needs escape more than sentiment. A strange turn through time sends her into the past, where an unexpected love may offer the safety and courage she cannot find in the present.
Hearts in Defiance
by Heather Blanton
2014
Charles McIntyre says he has changed, but Defiance is full of temptations that test every promise he has made. Around him, old wounds, betrayed women, and one desperate father keep the town's redemption story moving.
Grace be a Lady
by Heather Blanton
2015
Banished west by her abusive husband, Grace cuts her hair, dresses as a man, and hires on as a ranch hand in Wyoming. Survival is hard enough. Falling for someone while hiding who she is makes it dangerous.
A Promise in Defiance
by Heather Blanton
2016
Reformed gunslinger Logan Tillane rides into Defiance with a Bible, a gun, and a calling he can barely accept. Madam Delilah Goodnight has plans of her own, and the town's fight for its soul is about to turn brutal.
Ask Me to Marry You
by Heather Blanton
2016
After her father's death, Audra Drysdale decides a mail-order groom may be the only way to save her ranch. It is a sensible plan right up until love, pride, and frontier chaos refuse to cooperate.
Love, Lies, & Typewriters
by Heather Blanton
2016
When Lucy Daniels becomes half of a made-for-the-papers romance with war hero Dale Sumner, reporter Bryce Richard is sent along to sell the story. The trouble is, Lucy's heart keeps leaning toward the man writing the headlines.
A Good Man Comes Around
by Heather Blanton
2017
Bitter rancher Oliver Martin wants nothing to do with hope, God, or marriage. Then a would-be bride is sent his way, and the life he has written off begins to look a little less settled.
Hang Your Heart on Christmas
by Heather Blanton
2017
U.S. Marshal Dent Hernandez returns to Evergreen bent on vengeance and eager to leave again. Schoolteacher Amy Tate unsettles all of that, forcing him to choose between living for death, or learning how to live.
Mail-Order Deception
by Heather Blanton
2017
Reporter Ellie Blair poses as a mail-order bride for the story of her career, while Treasury agent Jim West hides behind a false identity of his own. Their hunt for a criminal turns into a romance built on masks and nerve.
Daughter of Defiance
by Heather Blanton
2018
Broken by years of sin and scandal, former madam Victoria Patterson goes home looking for peace, or an end. A quiet cowboy and a battered horse offer a path toward grace, but her enemies are still hunting her.
For the Love of Liberty
by Heather Blanton
2018
Novelist Liberty Ridley joins a genetic memory study and finds herself emotionally tied to a patriot from 1777. What begins as research turns into a time-bending love story with danger on both sides of history.
Hell-Bent on Blessings
by Heather Blanton
2018
Left in debt by her deadbeat husband, Harriet heads to the boomtown of Blessings determined to rebuild her life without leaning on any man. Jason Meredith is patient, steady, and exactly the sort of help she does not want.
Locket Full of Love
by Heather Blanton
2018
Juliet Watts has spent years grieving the husband who died for a seemingly worthless locket. When Army intelligence officer Robert Hall returns with the keepsake, its hidden secret pulls them into danger, and a second chance.
To Love and to Honor
by Heather Blanton
2018
A practical arrangement built on duty and good intentions grows more complicated as feelings deepen and old prejudices press in. Heather Blanton turns a frontier courtship into a test of faith, loyalty, and real courage.
A Destiny in Defiance
by Heather Blanton
2019
Defiance is trying to become a respectable town, but Charles McIntyre's past is never far behind. At the same time, Hope Clark hides a dangerous secret as love, ambition, and violence push the town toward another breaking point.
A Distant Heart
by Heather Blanton
2020
Cecelia Huggins comes to Burning Dress Ranch after a bitter divorce, determined to work, heal, and stay clear of love. Foreman Jax Taylor has scars of his own, and Miss Sally sees trouble, and promise, in both of them.
Carolina Homecoming
by Heather Blanton
2020
Widowed by war, Ruth travels with her mother-in-law back to the South Carolina foothills to reclaim a neglected family farm. Grief, land trouble, and the steady kindness of Montgomery Boaze turn homecoming into a new beginning.
Carolina Homecoming
by Heather Blanton
2020
Widowed by war, Ruth travels with her mother-in-law back to the South Carolina foothills to reclaim a neglected family farm. Grief, land trouble, and the steady kindness of Montgomery Boaze turn homecoming into a new beginning.
Hope in Defiance
by Heather Blanton
2020
Hope Clark has fought to prove a woman doctor belongs in Defiance, but doubt and outside pressure threaten everything she has built. Cowboy Lane Chandler offers love, yet choosing him may mean choosing an entirely different life.
A Groom for Bailey
by Heather Blanton
2021
Bailey Bryson hides behind the pen name Dr. Perseus Stone, until reporter Collin Winchester comes to Last Chance hunting an interview. As lies pile up and attraction grows, Bailey has to decide which truth matters most.
A Groom for Gracie
by Heather Blanton
2021
Widow Gracie Erstwhile needs a husband on paper to hold onto her homestead and chase her dream of opening a theater. Her practical plan gets complicated when the arranged match starts feeling personal.
A Groom for Gracie
by Heather Blanton
2021
Widow Gracie Erstwhile needs a husband on paper to hold onto her homestead and chase her dream of opening a theater. Her practical plan gets complicated when the arranged match starts feeling personal.
A Lost Heart
by Heather Blanton
2021
An amnesiac heiress arrives at Burning Dress Ranch with no memory and too many questions. Nick Bannister knows more than he admits, but the truth between them could heal old wounds, or reopen all of them.
A Scout for Skyler
by Heather Blanton
2021
Priscilla is a fearless frontier wrangler, Skyler Corbett a proud Army captain, and their fathers have already promised them to each other. Their forced match brings sparks, pride, and a hard lesson in what partnership really means.
The Indian and His Runaway Missionary
by Heather Blanton
2021
Widowed missionary Laurie Wilcox runs from the feelings Henry Long Feather stirs in her, convinced romance will derail her calling. Henry follows, determined to prove love and faith do not have to be enemies.
Brandy's Bluff
by Heather Blanton
2022
Abandoned at the altar, whiskey heiress Brandy Dardanelle chases her faithless fiance to Colorado and lands in a fake engagement with rancher Sam Elliott. What starts as a bluff quickly turns messy, public, and far too real.
Defiant Ones
by Heather Blanton
2022
This collection turns to American women whose courage helped shape the country's early story. Heather Blanton blends history, hardship, and faith in portraits of grit that refuse to stay small.
Dial R for Rodeo
by Heather Blanton
2022
After a drunken on-air collapse costs him his big-city job, DJ Bobby Ringo takes work at a tiny Wyoming radio station. Emma Jane Ross needs his talent, but trusting him, and loving him, is a different problem.
Penelope
by Heather Blanton
2022
Minutes before her wedding, Penelope Barker gets a telegram warning that the groom is a killer. Fleeing west in a nun's habit, she meets hired gun Lucky Burnett, and her bid for safety turns into a far riskier kind of hope.
A Prideful Heart
by Heather Blanton
2023
When English visitors arrive at Burning Dress Ranch, frontier women Miranda and Leia are not inclined to be impressed. Pride, prejudice, and a rough western setting make every spark between them feel hard won.
The Goodbye Heart
by Heather Blanton
2023
Another wounded soul reaches Burning Dress Ranch in this split-time romance, where old losses echo into the present. Heather Blanton pairs heartache with hope as love asks whether goodbye can make room for healing.
The Vaquero's Heart
by Heather Blanton
2023
Horse thief Pearl Pickett stumbles into Burning Dress Ranch with a warrant behind her and nowhere safe to go. Widower Rodrigo Garcia wants no complications, but Pearl's bond with his son makes distance impossible.
A Sleigh Ride For Sonny
by Heather Blanton
2024
A winter journey puts Sonny and an unexpected companion in close quarters, with snow, old hurts, and Christmas trouble all closing in. It is a short western romance built on warmth earned the hard way.
A Reckoning in Defiance
by Heather Blanton
2025
Once the feared queen of Defiance's red-light district, Delilah is left to face the wreckage of the life she made. This later Defiance story leans hard into reckoning, mercy, and the cost of finally telling the truth.
Lance
by Heather Blanton
2025
After railroad men and bankers destroy his life, Lance Wister turns outlaw and loses even that. Wounded and on the run, he finds uneasy refuge with peddler Cat Callahan, and the trail ahead is full of danger, secrets, and fire.
Fernando's Fortune
by Heather Blanton
2026
Forced from Monterey and unprepared for frontier hardship, Fernando heads into the mountains with little but pride. Widow Emmy Cash gives him work at her trading post, where survival, jealousy, and love all arrive together.
The Gunsmoke Bride
by Heather Blanton
2026
A western courtship wrapped in hidden motives, this story mixes mail-order romance with danger and deception. The deeper the feelings grow, the harder it becomes to keep secrets from exploding.
Tuned to Her Heart
by Heather Blanton
2026
Music, memory, and guarded feelings meet in this standalone romance about two people learning to hear more than fear. The pull between them is real, but so is the risk of trusting it.
Where should I start?
If you want her signature frontier saga: A Lady in Defiance → Hearts in Defiance → A Promise in Defiance → A Destiny in Defiance
If you like ranch-set second chances: A Distant Heart → A Lost Heart → The Vaquero's Heart → A Prideful Heart
If you prefer shorter western romances: Hang Your Heart on Christmas → Ask Me to Marry You → Mail-Order Deception
If you want something outside the usual western lane: For the Love of Liberty or Dial R for Rodeo
Author bio
Heather Blanton grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina, where Westerns were part of the family routine. She has said she was raised on Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and John Wayne, usually right beside her father with a bowl of popcorn close by.
That early love stuck.
Her father taught her to shoot when she was five, and around the same time she started writing short stories. Her mother, an editor, helped shape that early interest in words. Years later, Blanton worked as a journalist, a job that sharpened the research habits readers still feel in her fiction.
She writes Christian Western romance, and she does not treat the West like a cardboard backdrop. She has walked parts of the Oregon Trail, ridden horses through the Rockies, climbed Independence Rock, and spent plenty of time in ghost towns and museums. That hands-on curiosity shows up in books like A Lady in Defiance, Hearts in Defiance, Grace be a Lady, and Love, Lies, & Typewriters, where frontier grit, danger, and faith all share the page.
Her breakout story was A Lady in Defiance, the first book in the Defiance saga. Before that book found its audience, it came close to a traditional publishing contract and then lost it. Blanton went ahead anyway, published the novel herself, and watched it grow through word of mouth into the foundation of a long-running series.
That kind of stubbornness fits her characters.
Blanton's best-known books tend to center on women who are cornered by circumstance but not defeated by it. In Romance in the Rockies, stranded sisters step into a rough Colorado mining town and slowly change it. In Burning Dress Ranch, wounded people land at a ranch built for second chances. In Locket Full of Love, a widow and an Army intelligence officer chase a Civil War era mystery hidden inside a keepsake. Even when the setups are different, the heartbeat is familiar: hard country, complicated pasts, lively heroines, and men who need grace as much as they do grit.
She has also branched out beyond her usual lane. For the Love of Liberty leans into time travel and Revolutionary War history. Dial R for Rodeo moves into contemporary small-town romance with a radio station at the center. The range is part of the appeal. Readers know they are still getting faith, redemption, and a story that moves, but Blanton likes to find a fresh angle.
Her work has expanded off the page too. She is also a screenwriter, and the Romance in the Rockies books have drawn interest for adaptation. Even so, the writing seems rooted in the same things that shaped her from the start: history, family memory, frontier landscapes, and a fascination with what people do when life pushes them to the edge.
Now a mother of two sons, Blanton shares glimpses of ordinary life alongside her book news, including family updates, farm life, and the projects that keep her busy when she is not writing. That mix of tough-minded research, deep faith, and plain human warmth is a big part of why her stories feel lived in instead of dressed up.
She writes about the Wild West, but the people at the center are what keep readers coming back.
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