Julie Lessman Books in Order

Faith O'Connor tries to reconcile her religious convictions with her attraction to the roguish Collin McGuire. His courtship of her sister turns love into a family rivalry, while the First World War adds uncertainty to their future.

Charity O'Connor sets her sights on newspaper editor Mitch Dennehy, despite his refusal to become involved with his former fiancée's sister. Determined to change his mind, she pursues a romance that forces both to confront pride, betrayal, and forgiveness.

Elizabeth O'Connor wants more than friendship from John Brady, the spiritual mentor who sees her as a younger sister. As attraction challenges his carefully maintained distance, secrets from his past threaten her trust and the relationship she hopes to build.

An independent San Francisco socialite seeks self-defense lessons from a reluctant detective after venturing into the Barbary Coast. Their arguments become friendship and attraction, but his sudden departure makes her question whether she can trust him or love again.

A Texas heiress whose family fortune has vanished visits wealthy San Francisco cousins to recover from romantic betrayal. There she falls for an ambitious man hoping to marry money, placing their attraction against the expectations neither fully understands.

Lessman explains ways to build romantic tension for inspirational and sweet fiction, using examples to show revisions in action. Topics include dialogue, viewpoint, sensory detail, emotional language, and the small physical gestures that make attraction convincing.

Returning from Paris with new confidence, Megan takes an internship alongside a former schoolboy tormentor. Seeking advice from a trusted friend, she becomes part of a romantic triangle that challenges old judgments, forgiveness, and the direction of her ambitions.

Lacey returns to Isle of Hope after eight years away, hoping to repair relationships she abandoned. Her former boyfriend's damaged faith and the consequences of their families' mistakes complicate the possibility of reconciliation and renewed love.

Lacey and Jack imagine a future built on their shared faith and longtime affection. While Jack studies away from home, family rejection and a cousin's influence lead Lacey toward choices that threaten both their relationship and his trust.

A shy teacher who secretly writes romance agrees to help a charming doctor win back his former girlfriend. Their lessons about faith and lasting love reveal an unexpected connection, but past disappointments make her reluctant to risk her heart.

Charity longs to welcome another child, while her husband looks forward to an empty nest and opposes adoption. As Christmas approaches, their conflicting hopes test their marriage and leave her wondering whether a shared future can include both dreams.

An educated suffragist and a successful, stubborn man clash over their convictions and expectations. Their arguments create an attraction neither anticipated, forcing them to consider whether affection can bridge the differences each is determined to defend.

Patience avoids the charming attorney whose reputation for pursuing women makes him an obvious risk. A sudden thunderstorm brings the colleagues together, forcing them to reconsider their assumptions and the possibility of a relationship grounded in faith.

Grieving and disillusioned, Cat O'Bryen pulls away from her family's faith and the life they want for her. A former Navy SEAL turned pastor offers steady friendship, even as his growing attraction challenges the distance he hoped to maintain.

Lizzie and John appear to have an ideal marriage, but her determination to be a perfect mother leaves him feeling neglected. Christmas brings an opportunity to confront the distance between them and rediscover their relationship beyond parenthood.

A widowed pastor hires a desperate woman as housekeeper and nanny despite her disastrous domestic skills. Grace brings warmth to his family and challenges his guarded heart, but trouble from her past threatens their fragile new happiness.

Katie finds a longed-for friendship that changes how she understands closeness, while her husband struggles with its demands on their family. His work with vulnerable children and her new relationship lead them toward connected questions of love and sacrifice.

A young nurse flees an arranged marriage and joins her suffragist aunt in Nevada. Forced to share a ranch with a cynical cowboy, she challenges his habits and beliefs while discovering that their constant arguments conceal an inconvenient attraction.

Faith hopes to resume her newspaper career after years devoted to marriage and children. Her husband's insistence on a full-time mother puts their dreams in conflict, leaving both to reconsider family, personal fulfillment, and the promises they made.

Denied her ambition to serve as a wartime pilot, Gabe O'Connor finds another route to the European front. There she encounters the officer who expelled her from training, and their renewed conflict becomes entangled with danger and unexpected love.

Sheridan has loved ranch foreman Jake for years and now hopes he will see her as a woman. Jake struggles with his growing feelings and a promise to her uncle, putting loyalty and romance on opposite sides of his decision.

Emma's contentment with her marriage and adopted children is unsettled by a remark that reopens her grief over infertility. As her confidence and faith falter, her husband struggles to support her through pain he cannot simply resolve.

A nurse recovering from betrayal becomes companion to an elderly woman at a secluded lakeside cottage. When the woman's estranged great-nephew arrives, mutual distrust gives way to attraction as they discover someone may be threatening all three lives.

An Army nurse supports the pilot she secretly loves after another woman breaks his heart. Their friendship deepens amid the European war, but trauma and old wounds challenge his ability to recognize the love already beside him.

A confident fighter pilot accepts a wager to win over an Army nurse who once endured his childhood ridicule. She resists his pursuit while caring for wounded soldiers and orphans, forcing him to question whether victory matters more than genuine affection.

Winnie and Beckett's friendship began in an orphanage and survived their adoption into neighboring families. As his feelings become romantic, her fear of risking their bond keeps them apart until unexpected events challenge the future each has imagined.