Irene Hannon Books in Order

An early Promise romance about a relationship that begins with complications and hidden motives. As appearances give way to honesty, two wary people discover that real commitment asks more than either expected.

One of Hannon's earliest romances, this story follows two people whose guarded hearts are challenged by unexpected attraction. As misunderstandings and old fears rise, they must decide whether love is worth the risk.

This early romance leans into memory, longing, and the possibility of renewal. As the past stirs again, a growing bond forces two people to choose between staying safe and opening their hearts.

An early standalone about starting over after disappointment. When two cautious hearts begin to trust each other, love offers the chance to trade fear for hope.

An early romance where ambition and affection pull in opposite directions. As public pressures and private feelings collide, two people must decide what they are willing to risk for love.

A gentle early romance about hope after heartache. In a setting shaped by quiet reflection and fresh possibilities, two people discover that healing can arrive in unexpected company.

Appearances are only part of the story in this early Hannon romance. As two lives begin to reflect each other's fears and hopes, attraction deepens into something harder to ignore.

An early standalone about love under pressure, where duty, timing, and old wounds keep two people off balance. The more their lives intertwine, the harder it becomes to walk away.

Landscaper Laura Taylor is determined to prove herself on a major arts center project, even if architect Nick Sinclair doubts her. As they work side by side, her painful past makes a second chance at love feel risky.

Reporter Zach Wright arrives in town burned out and focused on work, not romance. Restaurant owner Rebecca Matthews has reasons to guard her heart, but helping Zach care for a grieving child draws them into something deeper.

Real estate agent Samantha Reynolds acts carefree, but she is hiding deep hurt and a longing for lasting love. Widower Brad Matthews sees past the front she presents, and their growing bond tests everything she believes about herself.

Twelve years after Jake West left Maggie Fitzgerald before their wedding, he is back asking for another chance. Maggie has built a quiet life on the Maine coast, but his return stirs everything she thought she had buried.

Single mom Kate Nolan is stretched thin, and her young daughter is struggling after too much loss. Pediatrician Eric Carlson wants to help, but as their lives become entwined, both have to decide if they can risk love again.

Ambitious journalist Amy Winter thinks a high profile trial could be her big career break, if prosecutor Cal Richards will cooperate. Their clash turns personal fast, and love forces both to reconsider the future they thought they wanted.

After three years in prison, Scott Mitchell is determined to win back the wife he still loves. Jess wants nothing more to do with the man tied to the tragedy that shattered their marriage, and forgiveness feels almost impossible.

Single mom Tess Lockwood moves to the city hoping for a better life, only to find her teenage son headed toward real trouble. Working with ex-cop Mitch Jackson to help the boy brings old wounds to the surface and sparks something unexpected.

Clare Randall needs the inheritance her great-aunt left her, but claiming it means becoming nanny to a widowed doctor and his daughter. What begins as an obligation slowly turns into a chance for healing and a new kind of family.

AJ Williams is thrilled to inherit a bookshop, until she learns she has to share it with its practical manager for six months. Forced proximity turns friction into attraction as both rethink what they really want from life.

Morgan Williams inherits half a cottage in Maine, but only if she spends time there and volunteers at a camp for troubled kids. The arrangement feels impossible, until the place and its co-heir begin changing her priorities.

Journalist Caroline James returns home after her fiancé is killed overseas, carrying grief and a load of guilt. When his brother enters her new life, both are forced to face shared loss and the possibility of healing.

Amy Hamilton's career move brings old flame Bryan Healey back into her orbit, this time as a widowed single father working under her. As family scandal swirls around them, both have to face unfinished feelings and the cost of a second chance.

After tragedy ends his surgical career, Sam Martin starts over in small-town Missouri but never stops loving his estranged wife. When Cara comes to stay after a trauma of her own, both must decide if forgiveness can rebuild their marriage.

Lost and emotionally adrift, Keith Michaels takes shelter with reclusive artist Jill Whelan after a storm strands him on Orcas Island. Her isolated world offers unexpected refuge, but both have reasons to keep their distance.

Abby Warner is fighting to save her family's struggling newspaper in Oak Hill, Missouri. Big-city heir Mark Campbell wants to take it over, but as the battle grows more personal, sparks fly in all the wrong ways.

Christine Turner wants nothing to do with men or lawmen after being badly hurt. Oak Hill police chief Dale Lewis is drawn to her anyway, and helping her seek justice may force them both to risk love again.

FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Evan Cooper is assigned to protect the daughter of a high-ranking diplomat tied to a hostage crisis. When a terrorist threat escalates into abduction, saving Monica becomes both personal and urgent.

After a bad shooting incident, FBI agent Mark Sanders is temporarily reassigned to St. Louis, where he runs into his first love, psychologist Emily Lawson. Their reunion is cut short by a sniper, and neither knows who the real target is.

Clay Adams is suddenly responsible for two traumatized children and in way over his head. Hiring nanny Cate Shepard seems like the answer, until caring for the kids pulls both of them toward a family neither expected.

Doctor Christopher Morgan has finally begun making peace with his past on Nantucket. Then Marci Clay walks into his life, carrying secrets, regrets, and plenty of reasons to distrust a man like him.

Detective Justin Clay comes to Nantucket to regroup, not to fall in love. But when tearoom owner Heather Anderson needs help during a tense situation, the quiet man next door starts to look like a risk worth taking.

Coast Guard commander Craig Cole expects a quiet post on Nantucket, not a feud with feisty fishing captain Katherine MacDonald. Their clash over safety rules sparks a romance neither is ready to trust.

Ex-con Nathan Clay is determined to build a better life on Nantucket, though he knows his past will scare most people away. B and B owner Catherine Walker gives him a chance, and both she and her young son begin changing everything.

FBI agent Nick Bradley dismisses Rachel Sutton's strange warning about a Raggedy Ann doll, until it connects to an abducted child. What begins as skepticism turns into a dangerous race to uncover the truth before Rachel pays the price.

After a devastating trauma, Kelsey Anderson leaves her corporate life behind and opens a quilt shop at her grandmother's lake house in Michigan. Ex-Army doctor Luke Turner arrives with wounds of his own, and quiet soon becomes complicated.

Social worker Alison Taylor is used to protecting children, not needing protection herself. When a stalker turns threatening notes and creepy gifts into real violence, Mitch Morgan joins the hunt before it turns deadly.

U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor is assigned to protect federal judge Liz Michaels, the woman he blames for his best friend's death. As someone closes in on Liz, resentment gives way to hard truths and dangerous new feelings.

After a devastating loss, war reporter Nate Garrison returns to Starfish Bay, the only place that ever felt like home. Reconnecting with childhood friend Lindsey Collier could help heal them both, if she can risk loving again.

Years after Jake West left Maggie Fitzgerald before their wedding, he returns asking for a second chance. Maggie has built a peaceful life, but his reappearance forces both of them to confront love that never fully died.

Builder Scott Walsh is juggling the biggest job of his career and a family crisis when widow Cindy Peterson enters the picture. Their lives keep colliding in Starfish Bay, and what starts as inconvenience may become a new beginning.

Kelly Warren is sure her father's death was murder, even if the police call it suicide. Detective Cole Taylor doubts her at first, until digging deeper uncovers an old secret someone is willing to kill to protect.

Cop turned naturalist Clint Nolan has nearly made peace with the past he fled to Starfish Bay to escape. Then newcomer Kristen Fletcher lands in trouble, and helping her may force both of them to believe in grace and fresh starts.

Estranged sisters Karen and Val are forced back together when their mother suffers a stroke. One summer homecoming brings old secrets, buried resentment, and the chance for both women to rebuild what they lost.

Laura Griffith refuses to believe her teenage sister simply ran away. As former ATF agent Dev Devlin helps investigate, the disappearance grows darker and more dangerous than anyone expected.

Reporter Moira Harrison thinks she saw someone in danger on a stormy road, but when help arrives, the victim has vanished. With the police unconvinced, she hires a PI and uncovers a secret that could shatter lives.

Three years after losing her husband and son, Kate Marshall spots a child she is sure is her supposedly dead boy. Private investigator Connor Sullivan takes the case, and the truth behind the old accident turns terrifying.

Eleven-year-old Haley Summers wants to reunite a beloved neighbor with the child she gave up years ago, and her heartfelt plan starts changing lives. Her mother Claire and executive assistant Keith Watson are both dragged into the effort, despite their resistance.

Art teacher Rachel Shaw and ex-Navy SEAL Jack Fletcher meet on a Georgia barrier island thanks to a lovable dog. Both are grieving and wary of love, but a cottage restoration project and two determined matchmakers have other ideas.

New police chief Lisa Grant hoped for a quieter life until human bones surface on a construction site. Ex-Navy SEAL Mac McGregor helps investigate, and someone will do anything to keep the dead from telling their story.

Tracy Campbell returns to Hope Harbor, Oregon, to save her family's cranberry farm after tragedy reshapes her life. Chicago newcomer Michael Hunter has secrets of his own, and helping a struggling charity draws them toward healing and love.

Christy Reed thought her sister died in a house fire, until a note arrives in the dead woman's handwriting. FBI agent Lance McGregor reopens the case and uncovers a twisted mystery with deadly intent behind it.

After a brutal layoff, attorney Eric Nash returns home and finds his childhood house transformed into a noisy renovation project. Architect BJ Stevens is the last complication he wants, yet working together in Hope Harbor changes both of them.

Former Army Ranger Finn McGregor wants a quiet retreat, not a mystery. But when someone begins threatening his wounded neighbor Dana Lewis, he is pulled back into danger and a search for a hidden truth.

When memory lapses put Trish Bailey under suspicion after a tragic death, her life spins out of control. Detective Colin Flynn digs into the case and realizes someone may be hiding an evil secret with deadly consequences.

Police chief Lexie Graham is busy raising her son and dealing with trouble in Hope Harbor. Ex-con Adam Stone is the wrong man to fall for, but helping a vulnerable teen pulls them into each other's lives.

Kristin Dane's fair trade shop was meant to do good in the world, until people connected to it start dying. Detective Luke Carter follows the trail into international intrigue and a scheme that could cost Kristin her life.

Army doctor Ben Garrison wants to sell the crumbling lighthouse he inherited and move on. Hope Harbor editor Marci Weber is determined to save the landmark, and their battle over it slowly turns personal.

Former Night Stalker Rick Jordan finds blood at his foster camp and soon learns the visitor linked to it is dead. With PI Heather Shields, he follows the clues into a murder mystery someone will kill to protect.

Jeanette Mason comes to Hope Harbor to start over after tragedy, determined to avoid fresh attachments. Her new neighbor Logan West arrives with a grieving child, a destructive dog, and problems that make distance impossible.

Talk radio host Eve Reilly is used to angry mail, but a suspicious package on her doorstep is different. Detective Brent Lange races to identify the stalker before the campaign against her turns fatal.

Charter fisherman Steven Roark and first-grade teacher Holly Miller end up on opposite sides of a fight that rattles quiet Hope Harbor. The conflict sparks more than frustration, and both have to decide what future they want.

Katherine Parker comes to Hope Harbor incognito, hoping the quiet coast will help her sort out a life that looks successful but feels empty. Coffee shop owner Zach Garrett wants no more drama, until a shared project changes everything.

Detective Cate Reilly goes undercover at an elite girls' school after a wealthy businessman's daughter disappears. Nothing at Ivy Hill Academy is as polished as it seems, and the last man she expected to see is already there.

Forensic pathologist Grace Reilly spots a troubling pattern in the deaths of older Missouri residents. Sheriff Nate Cox is skeptical at first, but once they start digging, someone makes it clear the truth is dangerous.

Christi Reece comes to Hope Harbor desperate for help from the man she once betrayed. Jack Colby wants nothing to do with her, but proximity, need, and old history force both to face the past.

Arson investigator Bri Tucker inherits a troubling puzzle after a former colleague dies in a suspicious fire. Teaming with ATF agent Marc Davis puts her on the trail of a serial arsonist willing to kill to stay hidden.

Ashley Scott buys a historic Hope Harbor property after a major setback and finds herself starting over in a house with a sad past. Reclusive veteran Jonathan Gray helps with the restoration, even as he resists getting too close.

Trauma survivor Lindsey Barnes is the lone witness in a murder case, then someone starts making her look unstable. Detective Jack Tucker doubts her at first, but soon sees a killer may be targeting both her credibility and her life.

Vienna Price returns to Oregon after a career collapse, only to be drawn into saving a struggling inn. Matt Quinn arrives in Hope Harbor to recover from loss, and he soon realizes Vienna may be the key to reviving both the business and his heart.

Single mom Kate Nolan is stretched thin, and her young daughter is struggling after too much loss. Pediatrician Eric Carlson wants to help, but as their lives become entwined, both have to decide if they can risk love again.

Historical anthropologist Cara Tucker takes a dream research post on a remote Missouri estate, only to find strange incidents and suspicious deaths all around her. Sheriff Brad Adams joins the search for answers as old secrets turn lethal.

Free-spirited barista Bren Ryan loves her adopted home in Hope Harbor and has no interest in romance. Buttoned-up CPA Noah Ward comes to town on family business, then gets pulled into Bren's effort to help a troubled teen.

Ballerina Devyn Lee returns to Hope Harbor for a family emergency and ends up staying longer than planned. Widowed millworker Aaron Steele and his young daughter slowly draw her into local life, and into the kind of future she never imagined.