Kathleen Gilles Seidel Books in Order

Jessica Butler is a country music star who has spent years becoming whatever other people needed her to be. Stepping back from fame and trying to build a real marriage with Bret Cavanaugh may be the bravest role she has ever taken on.

April Peters married Christopher Ramsey too young and left after heartbreak made the truth impossible to ignore. Six years later, now independent and working as a state forest ranger, she meets him again and finds old feelings have not faded.

Curry James has built a life in her South Dakota hometown around endurance and loss. When Tom Winchester returns after years away, old friendship, buried love, and the grief they share make staying apart far harder than either expected.

An already strained marriage forces two people who reflect each other's fears and flaws to stop hiding behind pride. Seidel keeps the drama intimate, turning everyday hurt and misunderstanding into a sharp look at whether honesty can save love.

Janet is a rising creative writer in advertising, while her husband Wiley is chasing status as a lawyer in Washington. When one important case shakes their marriage, both have to decide what kind of life they actually want together.

Former beauty queen Tory Duncan runs a bar in an Oregon logging town, trying to build a life on her own terms. Joe Brigham offers steady love, but trusting it means risking the future she fought to claim.

Successful sports agent Emily Gordon thinks she has moved on from her high school heartbreaks. Then she hears old friend Woody on the radio, and the voice pulls her back toward Jeff, memory, and the accident that changed everything.

Jill Casler's cherished memories of her late father are shaken when a stranger arrives with questions about an old Hollywood classic. Following the mystery leads Jill into hidden family history, long-buried truths, and an unexpected romance.

Jenny Cotton writes a beloved historical soap opera, while actor Alec Cameron is trying to recover from a very public flop. As work draws them together, the stories on the page begin to echo the risks they are taking offscreen.

Krissa French, her gifted brother Danny, and privileged Quinn Hunter are bound by music, ambition, and first love. Years after fame tears them apart, a crisis pulls them back together and forces them to face everything they left unresolved.

When their widowed parents marry, Jack Wells and Amy Legend spend the summer at a northern Minnesota retreat with their newly blended family. Attraction sparks fast, but old tensions and fragile loyalties make every choice feel dangerous.

Quiet lace collector Tess Lanier returns to Kansas at her grandfather's request, determined to stay detached from the past. Then she meets Ned Ravenal, who is excavating a sunken steamboat and uncovering secrets tied to her own family.

Lydia Meadows is startled to learn her daughter Erin has landed among the popular girls at middle school. When a new student's cruelty upends that fragile world, the drama spills from the daughters straight into their mothers' friendships.

Divorced ICU nurse Darcy Van Aiken expects her son's engagement to be joyful, not a social battlefield. Between wealthy in-laws, old insecurities, and her ex-husband's polished new girlfriend, Darcy has to fight for her place in the family.

Called home to North Carolina for jury duty, Caitlin McGraw is forced into close quarters with Seth Street, her first love and now an Olympic star. Old summer feelings return fast, but family tensions and present-day revelations complicate everything.

Former pro-snowboarder Ben Healy gets a second chance with Colleen Ridge when her grandmother's estate brings them back together. As Colleen uncovers difficult truths about her past, both must decide if love is worth risking again.

Injured snowboard star Nate Forrest returns to his West Virginia hometown unsure what comes next. Veterinarian Lacey Berryville is drawn to him, but opening her heart may be even riskier than weathering one last season of snow.