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Honest Attractions Books in Order

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Find the Honest Attractions books in order by Marilyn Foxworthy, with summaries, series background, and simple advice on where to start.

Last updated: July 5, 2026

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Honest Attractions books in publication order

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9 books

1

Desert Trading Post

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2019

Courtney jumps into Dave's car to escape the men chasing her, and the two head into the desert together. Their instant connection feels real, but escaping Courtney's past will take more than good chemistry.

2

Island Cultural Center

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2019

A blunt confession, she is divorced, opens the next Honest Attractions story. In an island setting full of awkward honesty and fresh possibility, two bruised people have to decide whether trust is worth the risk.

3

Do Not Feed After Midnight

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2021

Jake thinks he is meeting an unusual woman for coffee, then realizes she believed it was a paid appointment. The crossed wires turn into an offbeat romance about curiosity, candor, and a connection that resists labels.

4

Second Chance Snack Bar

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2021

At a gathering he does not want to attend, one man notices three women who seem just as out of place as he is. The chance meeting grows into another Foxworthy story about misfits, honesty, and unexpected possibility.

5

No Monetary Value

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2023

Paul's son and daughter-in-law have a plan, and money is clearly not the real issue. The book turns practical questions into a more personal test of worth, trust, and connection.

6

Inherited Traits

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2024

A newly wealthy young man asks his older mentor for an impossible favor, take his late father's widow off his hands. The premise is funny and uncomfortable at once, and Foxworthy uses it to explore grief, loyalty, and desire.

7

Submitted For Your Approval

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2024

A sixty-year-old bachelor shows up to a couples-only pool party and is introduced to his assigned wife for the evening, the younger and sharper-than-expected Connie Claire. The odd setup opens into a playful mystery about age, attraction, and reinvention.

8

Tremors Art and Coffee

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2024

Janice thinks the narrator is her blind date from a matchmaking service he did not even know he had joined. That mix-up leads to coffee, sparks, and another sideways look at how people find each other.

9

Forgotten Wardrobe: An Honest Attractions Adventure

by Marilyn Foxworthy

2025

In the middle of a crisis, one character drives to a woman's house and knocks, even knowing it is reckless. Her answer opens the door to a future neither of them expected.

Honest Attractions books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Desert Trading Post"

    Desert Trading Post

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2019Honest Attractions, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Island Cultural Center"

    Island Cultural Center

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2019Honest Attractions, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Do Not Feed After Midnight"

    Do Not Feed After Midnight

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2021Honest Attractions, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Second Chance Snack Bar"

    Second Chance Snack Bar

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2021Honest Attractions, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "No Monetary Value"

    No Monetary Value

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2023Honest Attractions, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Submitted For Your Approval"

    Submitted For Your Approval

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2024Honest Attractions, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Tremors Art and Coffee"

    Tremors Art and Coffee

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2024Honest Attractions, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Inherited Traits"

    Inherited Traits

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2024Honest Attractions, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Forgotten Wardrobe: An Honest Attractions Adventure"

    Forgotten Wardrobe: An Honest Attractions Adventure

    by Marilyn Foxworthy

    2025Honest Attractions, Book 9

Series background & context

Honest Attractions is Foxworthy's most contemporary series, and probably her most flexible one too. These books trade monsters and lost planets for awkward meetings, sideways invitations, odd misunderstandings, and people who are trying, sometimes clumsily, to tell the truth about what they want. The title fits. Attraction is important, but honesty is the real test.

The setups are often wonderfully strange.

A woman fleeing trouble jumps into a man's car at a rest stop. A coffee date turns out not to be a date at all, at least not on both sides. A couples-only party solves the problem of a single guest by assigning him a wife for the evening. A supposed blind date appears thanks to a matchmaking service the hero did not know he had joined. Even when the premise sounds comic, the series usually settles into conversations about trust, value, grief, age, money, and what people owe each other.

The books feel linked more by tone and worldview than by one giant plot. There are recurring connections and a shared emotional logic, but each novel works as its own entry point. That makes the series easy to sample. Start early with Desert Trading Post if you want the original mood, or jump into a later title if a premise catches you.

If you like romance-adjacent contemporary fiction with direct dialogue, eccentric meet-cutes, and a steady interest in chosen family, this is the branch to try. It is the place where Foxworthy brings her fascination with unusual arrangements into the most everyday settings.

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