Hope Springs Books in Order
Part ofValerie M Bodden Books in OrderThis page lists the Hope Springs series by Valerie M Bodden in order, with book summaries, character notes, and tips on where to start these small town Christian romances.
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Publication Order
10 books
Not Until the End
by Valerie M Bodden
2023
Widower Owen moves his five children to Hope Springs for a new start and immediately loses their rental home in a fire. Taking refuge with neighbor Emma, a cancer survivor, they all must confront survivor's guilt and whether God could knit them into a new family.
Not Until Then
by Valerie M Bodden
2022
Living with short term memory loss, single mom Bethany clings to routine and the friends who support her in Hope Springs. Grumpy visitor James only plans a short stay, yet finds himself drawn to Bethany and her daughter, despite his terror of loving again.
Not Until Now
by Valerie M Bodden
2021
Successful executive Cam flies to Hope Springs to arrange care for the orphaned niece he never knew, intending to leave quickly. Helping him is Kayla, a fiercely independent woman with a spinal cord injury, who makes him rethink success, dependence, and family.
Not Until This Day
by Valerie M Bodden
2020
Single mom Isabel lives by strict rules that keep her and her daughter moving and detached, until a job at a Hope Springs orchard tempts her to stay. Suspicious widower Tyler sees only risk, until disaster shows how much they truly need each other.
Not Until Someday
by Valerie M Bodden
2020
After a career ending injury, former NFL quarterback Levi grudgingly returns to Hope Springs to help his dad's construction company. Clashing with determined bed and breakfast owner Grace, he agrees to be her fake date, only to find their pretend romance turning real.
Not Until You
by Valerie M Bodden
2019
Disgraced Christian musician Nate takes a job in Hope Springs to earn his way back into his father's favor, only to endanger widow Violet's antique shop. Working side by side, they confront guilt and grief, and risk believing in forgiveness and new love.
Not Until Us
by Valerie M Bodden
2019
Former bad girl Jade returns to Hope Springs hoping to outrun her reputation and the pastor she once loved. Newly installed as head pastor, Dan cannot risk more scandal, yet their deepening connection challenges both his calling and the town's judgment.
Not Until This Moment
by Valerie M Bodden
2019
Peyton thought Jared was the one until he admitted he never planned to marry. Trapped together on an annual ski trip, buried secrets and lingering attraction force them to reconsider broken promises, their callings, and whether their futures might still align.
Not Until Forever
by Valerie M Bodden
2019
Career focused Sophie returns to Hope Springs to say goodbye to her dying grandmother and runs straight into Spencer, whose proposal she rejected five years ago. Grief and old feelings collide as both wonder if God is offering them a second chance.
Not Until Christmas Morning
by Valerie M Bodden
2019
New foster mom Leah will do anything to reach the withdrawn teen placed in her care, even partnering with Austin, her grumpy wounded warrior neighbor. As they create a special Christmas, three guarded hearts slowly open to healing, faith, and unexpected love.
Series background & context
Hope Springs is a fictional small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, the kind of place where everybody knows your history and still saves you a seat at church. Across the series, farmers, business owners, and visitors circle through the same streets, orchards, and coffee shops as they stumble toward new beginnings. The stories are contemporary Christian romances, but they are just as interested in grief, regret, and faith as they are in kisses on a front porch.
Each book centers on a different couple, yet the same circle of friends appears again and again. You meet them in Not Until Forever, when Sophie returns home to a dying grandmother and to Spencer, the man whose proposal she once turned down. By the time you reach later books, those early couples have married, had children, and become the steady background for new love stories.
The Hope Springs novels explore a wide range of seasons. There are second chance romances like Not Until This Moment, set on a ski trip where old feelings collide with painful secrets. Others follow widows and widowers learning how to live again, single parents doing their best with exhausted hearts, and people running from their pasts who unexpectedly find home in this lakeside town. Foster care, chronic illness, and career ending injuries all show up, handled with honesty and a gentle touch.
Even with heavy topics, the tone stays warm rather than bleak.
Friendship and community are a big part of what holds the series together. The local church, with its sermons and potlucks, runs through the books as more than scenery. Neighbors show up with casseroles after disasters, friends step in to babysit, and grumpy heroes are often softened by kids who climb into their laps without asking. You get the sense that if you lived in Hope Springs, someone would notice when you were hurting and show up on your doorstep.
Because each romance is complete, you can technically pick up any book on its own. Reading in order, though, lets you watch the group grow from a loose network of acquaintances into a sprawling extended family. Couples whose stories are finished become mentors, employers, or matchmakers for new characters. That long arc, paired with a focus on everyday faith, makes Hope Springs feel less like a backdrop and more like a familiar place you return to again and again.
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