Jo Grafford Books in Order

Heartbroken by a nobleman's refusal to marry her, Rose Payne joins a colonial venture as its clerk. The voyage toward the New World draws her into a deadly conspiracy, while Chief Manteo offers protection and an unexpected chance at love.

Jane Mannering and fellow colonists are ambushed after reaching Virginia, then forced inland as captives. She carves crosses into trees to signal their danger, but her attraction to Chief Wanchese complicates her determination to arrange an escape.

An early winter and fear of another mer attack threaten the Vikings' voyage home to New Dorset. As Sven directs the exhausting crossing of an icy Atlantic, a mermaid named Willow follows the ship, claiming that she wants him.

Branwyn and Eirik return to his homeland intending to marry, only to discover a treaty has promised him to a Jotun giantess. The women must compete in dangerous Hand Fasting Games, with either outcome threatening Branwyn's future.

Fearing arrest for witchcraft, Branwyn O'Tyre prepares to flee Exeter. Viking captain Eirik offers passage if she can break the curse that makes women falsely fall in love with him, but failure could trap her own heart forever.

Interior designer Jillian Lang hires Holland Sparks to manage her growing business despite her reluctance to depend on anyone. He becomes a source of protection when a cyberstalker threatens her in person, but his own secrets undermine her trust.

Agnes Wood escapes an arranged marriage by becoming apothecary on a colonial expedition. A conspiracy during the Atlantic crossing places her and her shipmates in a pirate's path, while rival suitors complicate her hopes for a new life.

With her acting career threatened, Willa Murray returns to Pinetop after receiving a mysterious angel ornament. Childhood acquaintance Angel Castellano offers her work on his dinner theater's Christmas pageant, reopening an attraction she has long resisted.

Bounty hunter Gabe Donovan accepts an assignment to find a missing mail-order bride. Her photograph resembles the woman he believed dead, forcing him to investigate whether the love he has mourned has instead been hiding from him.

Maid Tilly Cassidy receives a gingerbread star ornament and a promise that a wish could change her life. A journey to Pinetop opens unexpected possibilities for romance, but a dangerous figure from her past threatens her new happiness.

Bernadette Chambers escapes an arranged marriage by becoming a Pinkerton agent. Her first undercover assignment pairs her with Park Harrington, the man she refused to marry, requiring them to pose as newlyweds while investigating a case together.

Rancher Tennyson Barra sends for a mail-order bride, then must rescue Callie Abbott from highwaymen. She never intended to honor their contract, and a dangerous former fiancé and pursuing bandits complicate his efforts to convince her to stay.

Daisy Danvers travels west seeking a husband to shield her from secrets and danger. When armed robbers await her arrival, cowboy Prescott Barra rescues her, but his claim to be engaged elsewhere frustrates her hopes for a future together.

Battlefield nurse Elizabeth Byrd leaves war-torn Charleston to become a mail-order bride in Montana. Widowed Captain David Pemberton has reluctantly joined his friends' search for wives, bringing two grieving people together during a Christmas neither expected to share.

Emma Bowen travels to Angel Creek seeking a purpose after the Civil War has devastated her life. Former Union captain Colin Cassidy is brought there by his brother, but guilt and grief make him resist the possibility of healing.

Facing a loan he never knew existed, rancher Levi Barra advertises for a bride with legal skills. Felicity Braxton sees a chance to practice law in the West, but their arrangement soon becomes personal as they challenge an unscrupulous lender.

Widow Jacey Maddox seeks work at her late husband's family firm despite its feud with her own. CEO Luca Calcagni hires her as an assistant, then proposes a marriage of convenience after discovering she is pregnant with his brother's child.

Inventor Bertha Langston prefers experimenting with hot-air balloons to seeking a husband. Cowboy and innkeeper Kane Jameson shares her appetite for adventure, and a brother's dare prompts him to pursue the unconventional woman who has captured his attention.

Lord Anthony Cage's expedition in the New World crosses paths with Maria Isabella Pedrosa, fleeing a cruel fiancé and his pirate crew. Their attraction grows despite the approaching war between England and Spain and the loyalties dividing them.

Campus minister Patty Cason struggles with confidence while secretly admiring Reverend Duke Carlson. A Wyoming wedding pairs them as maid of honor and best man, giving her a week as his companion without him knowing how she feels.

Injured narcotics detective Tanya Bullock retreats to a Wyoming dude ranch while mourning her partner. Campus pastor Wes Rivera arrives there with students, reviving his hopes of courting the woman who rejected him and challenging her resistance to faith and connection.

Penelope Pierce hides in Pinetop under the name Pepper Smith after fleeing her father's bank-robbing gang. Childhood sweetheart Sawyer McCarty searches for her with a letter from her father, hoping to prove he has abandoned crime and deserves another chance.

Jane Sherrington, sister of a notorious outlaw, is released into a lawyer's custody when authorities cannot charge her. Dodge Barra befriends her to gather evidence, but her request for help with schooling stirs feelings that conflict with his intentions.

Deputy Sergio Desoto tries to protect his late brother's wife Salome and his own young son from a vengeful drug cartel. Her refusal to hide forces him to confront both the threats against them and his long-concealed love for her.

Marshal Jack Holiday arrives in Texas to arrest a cattle thief admired for helping the poor. Seamstress Catherine Rose Southerland is drawn to him, but her secret connection to his quarry puts the life she has rebuilt in jeopardy.

Lonely after her roommate marries, trapeze artist Mercy receives a gingerbread gift promising love and Christmas miracles in July. Her Scottish performance partner shows romantic interest, challenging the future she imagined and her assumptions about the man meant for her.

Heiress Meg Gladstone seeks an ordinary life by traveling west as a mail-order bride. Undercover marshal Shad Nicholson wants companionship without lengthy courtship, but her extravagant arrival and the secrets both conceal complicate their hoped-for new beginning.

After an ill-advised kiss threatens her reputation, heiress Olivia Rothschild approaches a mail-order bride agency seeking escape from her guardian. Matchmaker Jordan Branson escorts her west, finding himself increasingly reluctant to arrange her marriage to anyone else.

Actress Annamae Beckett doubts romance will ever find her until a mysterious heart ornament arrives with a warning about competing suitors. Two handsome strangers soon pursue her, leaving her to judge which man's intentions deserve her trust.

Widow Camilla Powers visits Silverpines with her mother and young daughter for her brother's wedding. Threats from a man following her from Louisiana bring bounty hunter Schmidt Barnes to their aid, challenging her independence and suspicion of wealthy society.

Warren Holliday must secure a celebrity endorsement for his family's new Alaskan ski resort before Christmas. Champion skier Jovie Cyrus accepts a quiet working holiday there, only to discover an elusive rival whose competition may extend beyond the slopes.

Raised as a boy to protect her aboard a pirate ship, surgeon's apprentice Margery Fields keeps her identity hidden. Carpenter John plans their escape after learning her secret, while a surprisingly compassionate new boatswain complicates both her safety and her feelings.

Widowed heiress Rachel West returns to Oregon to open a finishing school, but an unwanted suitor follows her. She seeks a mail-order husband to discourage him, bringing bounty hunter Boone Cassidy into an assignment that challenges his assumptions about her.

Rose Addington secretly writes romantic novels while her guardian plans a suitable marriage for her. Shooting lessons introduce gun shop owner Lancaster Tracy, whose courtship gives Rose another secret to protect as she weighs family expectations against personal happiness.

Widowed church secretary Abigail Price travels to rural Idaho to help open a church despite her financial difficulties. Former boxer Chad Patterson resents returning to manage his family's sawmill, but her requests for help begin disrupting his guarded life.

Dismissed from her orphanage teaching job, Amelia Cornwall turns to a mail-order bride agency. Rancher Nathan Jagger needs help raising his niece and nephew, making their marriage seem practical until the realities of family life challenge their tidy plans.

Jolene Lilygate answers an old friend's urgent summons and joins a Pinkerton investigation into a gang's takeover of a ranch. Agent Matthew Countryman proposes a temporary marriage for the assignment, while privately hoping to keep her in his life.

After discovering her fiancé leads a cattle-rustling gang, Lorelai Woods becomes a Pinkerton agent to reclaim her family's ranch. A temporary marriage to former captive sailor John Langston sends them undercover, where trust becomes essential to their survival.

Madeleine Caruthers joins the Pinkertons after the pastor she loves refuses to court her. Unbeknownst to her, Josh Michaelson is also an undercover agent, and a Texas assignment requires them to enter the temporary marriage neither expected.

Belinda Fairfax has patiently waited for Colt Branson, who left her at the altar to search for his missing sister. Fearing he has moved on, she signs a contract with his own bridal agency to reach Arizona and confront him.

Esther Carmichael travels to Mountain Springs to help organize a church celebration and encounters fugitive Finn Wilder. At a pastor's request, she poses as Finn's wife, helping him fight a false accusation while their invented marriage sparks real feelings.

Texas Ranger Bolt Sanderson seeks a mail-order bride after joining a border task force. Skilled hunter and tracker Scarlett Martinez welcomes a husband who might appreciate her abilities, but their marriage begins with conflicting expectations about the domestic life he imagines.

Grace Byrd mourns Lieutenant Charley Arrington, the man she loves and her sister's former fiancé, after he disappears in the war. His unexpected return reveals that her sister has married, giving Grace another chance while Charley confronts his changed future.

Undercover operative Titus Rand poses as a security company owner while investigating a technology partnership in Anchorage. Repeated encounters with nurse Jolene Shore deepen their friendship, but protecting feuding billionaire families from a hidden enemy complicates his determination to avoid romance.

New executive vice president Bailey Maddox wants to prove herself to her demanding family and resists her attraction to bodyguard Don Kappelman. As dangers converge around her, relying on his protection makes keeping their relationship strictly professional increasingly difficult.

Championship skier Jovie Cyrus retreats to an island resort for a break from competition and publicity. Billionaire Warren 'Dash' Spangler hopes to win her attention, but discovering he is her mysterious athletic rival turns their developing attraction into a spirited contest.

Alora Maddox's appointment as a future CEO draws threats from within her own family. After a hit-and-run leaves her critically injured, longtime admirer Rhys Calcagni must navigate their families' bitter rivalry while business intrigue and conflicting loyalties threaten any future together.

Isabella Hill promises to raise a dying friend's baby just after signing a bridal contract. Her intended groom, Tex Sullivan, never authorized the arrangement, leaving both to reconsider their plans when she arrives seeking a home for an unexpected family.

Widowed and pregnant, Mallory Price becomes a mail-order bride rather than return to the family that disowned her. Former bounty hunter Duke Stratton hopes marriage will improve his reputation, but his new bride's unexplained circumstances awaken his instinct for uncovering secrets.

Madge Barra's responsibilities leave little time for romance, especially after she becomes the church's temporary secretary. Pastor Abe Sullivan grows fond of her help and company, but persuading the overworked woman to court him requires a matchmaker and creates fresh complications.

Mail-order bride MaryAnne Branson has survived repeated disappearances but finds love with a wanted outlaw. Hunter Sherrington's unexpected rescue of her makes him question his life on the run, while his reputation threatens the future they might build together.

After losing her husband, sons, business, and home, Naomi McGruder travels to Idaho with her loyal daughter-in-law. A matchmaking pastor sees romantic possibilities for both widows, then finds Naomi fitting into his church work and his own hopes for the future.

Rachel Giordano leaves after losing her fiancé to her sister and seeks work as a church choir director. Sawmill manager Ridge Carson understands her heartache, but his efforts to start over face sabotage just as their friendship begins to deepen.

Blacksmith and interim mayor Wyatt James expects another lonely Christmas until Laura Bennett brings him a rescued horse needing help. Finding him still at work on Christmas Eve, she decides to draw him into the holiday and challenge his isolation.

Nurse Trudy Crandall turns to a bridal agency to escape an arranged marriage after graduation. Doctor Rory Jude, tired of being overlooked and newly establishing a practice in Arizona, hopes the agency can help him find a woman who truly chooses him.

Eloise Cantona plans a birthday blind date for her overworked billionaire best friend, unaware he has long wanted to date her. Elon Carnegie uses the misguided gift as an opportunity to reveal his feelings and challenge the limits of their friendship.

Roman Cantona reluctantly takes over his family's winery after his father's sudden death and accepts an unusual birthday retreat. Singer Celine Petrova arrives for a paid performance, discovering that the man needing comfort belongs to the family that funded her education.

Thea Ferrell hopes to turn her admiration for executive Ford Merritt into a birthday date. Ford wants someone who will accept a major secret he has kept even from friends, making their potential relationship a test of trust and vulnerability.

Surfer Ford Anderson refuses a friend's suggestion of a blind date, then learns the woman is stranded aboard a sinking yacht. Launching a rescue in treacherous weather gives him a chance to save her and reconsider the meeting he declined.

Firefighter Ransom Keller hires Serena Chandler to pose as his wife at a high school reunion. The struggling doctoral student plans to keep their agreement professional, but a fire at the school exposes feelings neither expected from their temporary arrangement.

Wounded veteran Axel Hammerstone turns toward search and rescue work to honor comrades who never returned home. Training with expert instructor Kristi Kimiko brings an immediate attraction, while inviting her to a family celebration challenges their workplace boundaries.

After painful breakups, ranger Jett Channing and scientist Gwyneth Moore separately retreat from romance. When she becomes trapped on a ledge during a visit to Rocky Mountain National Park, his rescue mission brings an unexpected attraction into their guarded lives.

Marine Hunt Ryker takes a temporary teaching post while searching for a missing comrade and meets former actress Dallas Hill. Their attraction grows as she proves herself as a search dog handler, until a child's abduction turns their work into an urgent rescue.

Former Army Ranger Matt Romero rescues injured rancher Bree Anderson and becomes her brother's unexpected investment partner. Both distrust romance after failed engagements, but saving the struggling ranch from sabotage requires them to work together despite their mutual suspicion and attraction.

Recovering rancher Brody Anderson regrets letting an accident and wounded pride destroy his relationship with Star Corrigan. He hopes to win her back, but running a new bed-and-breakfast and dealing with a troubled relative complicate his efforts to rebuild trust.

Heiress Iris Hildebrand is sent to an asylum after refusing her guardian's arranged marriage. Deputy Jesse Hawling encounters her during a highway holdup, placing her safety in the hands of a man from her past whose reputation makes trusting him difficult.

Edward Remington wants a respectable mail-order bride to help restore his inherited Texas inn. Instead, Lacey Cleveland arrives in a worn dress with a toddler and trouble following her, complicating his business struggles with disagreements and an immediate attraction.

Chief Pecos resents the influx of settlers to Christmas Mountain until he meets mail-order bride Meg Chastain. Falsely accused of a crime and caught in an increasingly expensive bridal contract, Meg needs protection while competing suitors complicate his plans to marry her.

Country star Gabe Romero discovers former Marine Shiloh Neeson's singing talent at a ranch bed-and-breakfast. He wants her beside him onstage, but her war injuries and a dangerous enemy make the publicity he offers a threat to her carefully guarded life.

Foster Kane finds peace working at Anderson Ranch while trying to repair his troubled past. A sudden family death leaves him managing a struggling security firm and protecting a single mother, creating responsibilities and an attraction that challenge his new beginning.

Former soldier Benjiro Taniguchi accepts a job at Anderson Ranch, returning to the town where Elara Corrigan rejected his proposal. Their unresolved feelings offer another chance, but old wounds and apparent interference threaten to preserve the hostility that kept them apart.

Priscilla Cardale agrees to attend a charity ball with billionaire friend Knox Calcagni only if they make it a double date. A dance challenges her insistence on keeping things platonic, while the cautious executive must reconsider his own distrust of romance.

Architect Greyson Maddox agrees to design a futuristic house for a luxury developer, despite the objections of the builder's daughter, Milana. Negotiations lead to a temporary marriage for the project, complicating a business arrangement with feelings both hope to make permanent.

Independent boarding house owner Lilly Byrd resists her sisters' matchmaking and sees little need for a husband. Blacksmith Graham Christensen rents a room after his mail-order bride is sent elsewhere, bringing his hopes for a family into conflict with Lilly's determination.

Scarred war veteran Drake Blackstone seeks a mail-order bride without revealing the injuries that made him a recluse. Abandoned and pregnant, Melissande Rose hides her own circumstances when answering his advertisement, bringing two incomplete disclosures into a precarious new marriage.

Police sergeant Luke Hawling pursues a motorcycle gang linked to the fire that scarred him. Undercover detective Willow Presley arrives to reopen the arson case, but their attraction becomes complicated by her hidden identity and his doubts about being loved.

Widowed rancher Arabella Weston takes in parolee Victor Cross while considering closing the property she built with her husband. His hard work revives the struggling ranch, but disappearing equipment and a missing horse make her question whether she can trust him.

Billionaire Kellan Maddox helps rebuild tornado-stricken Heart Lake while trying to improve his reputation. Doctor Patty Iwasaki has moved there to escape family pressure and a stalker, but attraction to Kellan brings renewed danger into the refuge she hoped to create.

Garek Borden becomes the business partner of Reese Summerville, his longtime friend and secret love. Filming her survival show near their hometown brings them closer, while a blizzard forces them into shelter and challenges her commitment to keeping their relationship platonic.

Marine Marcus Zane promises to call Emma Taylor when he returns home, but an attack leaves him missing in action. Emma holds onto their brief connection while weddings and an unexpected disaster create the possibility of a reunion.

A woman recovering from a breakup moves into an inherited farmhouse beside K9 officer Lincoln Hudson. Her determination to avoid another relationship clashes with his interest, while tornado season gives his protective skills a chance to matter.

EMT Knight Harlan falls for Holly Burke, who has moved to Texas seeking a fresh start. His playboy reputation keeps her wary until a disastrous blind date puts her safety in his hands and challenges her resolve to avoid him.

Mayor Heavenly Remington promises Christmas gifts for every child in Heart Lake, prompting cynical cowboy Wes Hawling to encourage prank requests. When a threat forces them to work together, her persistence begins to change his opinion and his heart.

Hope Remington returns to Heart Lake as a principal tasked with joining rival schools after a devastating storm. Working alongside her former boyfriend, security chief Josh Hawling, revives old feelings while they try to rebuild a fractured community.

Reformed troublemaker Crew Anderson hopes to win over security guard Grecia Stephens, even as car thefts revive doubts about his past. When she covers his ranch shift, protecting other people proves easier than guarding her heart.

Police officer Emmitt McCarty recognizes a missing bride as the distressed woman he recently stopped for speeding. Searching for Jen Greathouse draws him into her fears about a corporate takeover, a suspicious fiancé, and whom she can trust.

Marine veteran Lyon Garrett reluctantly becomes bodyguard to rodeo queen Elle Corrigan. Her frivolous public persona hides her work as a private investigator, and a dangerous case forces them to navigate secrets alongside their unexpected attraction.

Deputy Jeremy Morgan agrees to pose as waitress Allie Greathouse's boyfriend when she fears for her safety. As she reveals the stalker and family troubles keeping her on the run, their protective arrangement develops into real feelings.

Attorney Chandler Coben follows clues in a troubling cold case to the town where two former girlfriends live. A late-night call from his first love pulls him back toward the woman he promised never to contact again.

After a near-fatal accident, Nelle McGhee struggles to recover her memory and understand her connection to Sheriff Cade Malone. Contradictions in her recollections suggest an enemy may be manipulating events to keep them apart permanently.

Beldon Cassidy is secretly in love with his brother's former girlfriend, Jade Arletta. Their family's strict ban on dating an ex stands between them, leaving Jade determined to convince the brothers that their rule deserves an exception.

Scarred rancher Asher Cassidy hires Bella Johnson and persuades her to pose as his girlfriend to deflect his family's matchmaking. Bella recognizes the hurt behind his grumpiness, but their convenient arrangement becomes complicated when her affection grows.

Cowboy and Little League coach Cormac helps a child suffering an asthma attack and falls for single mother Ellie. She has sworn off dating, but his efforts to involve her in the team become a hopeful campaign for her heart.

Private investigator Dyoni Whitaker recruits rule-breaking deputy Wheeler Remington to help investigate organized gamblers. Posing as a couple gives them access to the case, but their clashing personalities and growing attraction threaten to complicate the assignment.

Waitress Tiva poses as a single mother to protect her sister and nephew, keeping secrets through a Christmas she would rather avoid. Police chief Adriel repeatedly helps her, but affection and stolen kisses have yet to become a relationship she can openly accept.

Undercover agent Marco Perez keeps romance at a distance to protect both his work and the people around him. A kiss from a restaurant owner during an assignment makes him question those rules and the emotional safety they provide.

Detective Noah Zeller mistakes dog-handling intern Farrah Carmichael for a maid while she covers her injured mother's cleaning shifts. A clue she provides revives his missing-heiress case, bringing danger and unexpected romance into their search-and-rescue training.

Texas Ranger Seven Colburn and his estranged wife Tiffany unexpectedly meet at a search-and-rescue training center. Blackmail linked to his mysterious scholarship forces them to work together, giving their troubled marriage a chance at reconciliation.

Former rodeo champion Decker and boutique owner Chanel join Heart Lake’s town council with opposing visions for its future. Their public arguments earn them a joint leadership retreat, where learning to cooperate threatens the defenses they maintain against attraction.