Kathleen Y'Barbo Books in Order

A kid-friendly mystery adventure with Justin Tempo and his friends at the center. Clues, trouble, and a lesson about truth make this an energetic early read.

A contemporary inspirational romance about money, ambition, and the false comfort of trying to control everything. The heart of the story is simple: real love cannot be purchased.

Family responsibilities collide with baseball dreams in this warm contemporary romance. Success looks different when fatherhood and love refuse to stay on the sidelines.

Angeline Breaux loves her bayou home, but the man she loves dreams of leaving to pursue medical research. With her father pressing an arranged match, love and calling pull in opposite directions.

Theo Breaux plans to fix up an old cabin for a school and then leave Latagnier behind. Clothilde Trahan has dreams of teacher's college, but their growing bond makes both futures harder to sort out.

Abandoned after a secret elopement, Genevieve Lamont is trying to protect her newborn daughter and keep her past hidden. Ernest Breaux is drawn to her, but loving Gen means facing the secrets she carries.

A multi-author historical romance collection built around four generations returning to a Cajun cabin and uncovering family secrets. Love and redemption ripple through every era.

Amalie Breaux leaves Louisiana for 1940s Hollywood, chasing the future she imagined for herself. There she meets Rob Tratelli, a man hiding his own identity, and love quickly complicates every plan.

Sophie Comeaux thinks she has finally found a place to belong, along with two little girls who need her. Then Ezra Landry returns to claim his grandmother's home, and everything Sophie has built is shaken.

Isabelle Gayarre is running for her freedom when she crosses paths with Captain Josiah Carter. Between danger at sea and the limits of the world around them, trust may be the hardest thing to win.

A light Southern romance with Gulf Coast flavor, family expectations, and the slow realization that love is harder to dodge than either lead imagined. The mood is warm, witty, and gently faith-centered.

A historical romance shaped by old regrets, new hope, and the quiet pull of home. As the past catches up, love asks whether healing is still possible.

A collection of Cajun historical romances set in Latagnier, Louisiana. These stories follow women torn between home, duty, and the risky hope that love might change their future.

After an accident changes her life, chef Bliss Denison returns to Latagnier to regroup. Bobby Tratelli is juggling his daughter's wedding and his own regrets, and their reunion offers one more shot at first love.

Emilie Gayarre is building a life as a teacher, but her mixed-race heritage could undo everything. Falling for naval officer Caleb Spencer means risking far more than heartbreak.

Architect Lise Gentry arrives in Latagnier ready to renovate, but Mayor Ted Breaux is determined to protect the town's history. Their battle over buildings quickly turns into something far more personal.

Ruby O'Shea wants a clean start and thinks Micah Tate might be part of it. Then an old threat resurfaces, and Ruby must decide whether grace can reach further than her past mistakes.

A collection of three contemporary Latagnier romances about people returning home to the bayou. Love, renewed faith, and unfinished business all wait for them there.

New York socialite Eugenia Cooper longs for one real Western adventure before settling into the life planned for her. Out West, the people she meets make it harder than expected to ever turn back.

A warm, practical book for parents facing the empty-nest years. It focuses on rediscovering purpose, adventure, and everyday joy after the children are grown.

Anna Finch would rather chase a story than behave like a proper young lady. When her father hires Pinkerton agent Jeb Sanders to keep her out of trouble, sparks fly and danger follows close behind.

An encouraging nonfiction guide for people walking through divorce. It offers faith-centered comfort, practical perspective, and reassurance that loneliness and upheaval do not have the final word.

A widowed father is not looking for romance, but the people around him disagree. When his daughters start nudging his love life, healing and second chances suddenly become impossible to ignore.

Charlotte Beck wants college, not marriage, but her father has other ideas. A reluctant bargain with English astronomer Alex Hambly begins as a plan and turns into something much harder to escape.

A holiday season brings a fireman and a guarded heroine together when neither is looking for complications. Old hurts, family needs, and fresh attraction make for a tender second-chance romance.

Reporter Carrie Collins distrusts every flashy religious entrepreneur for good reason. When Ryan Baxter asks for coverage of his nonprofit coffee venture, she heads to Costa Rica determined to expose him or prove herself wrong.

A young woman finds her carefully ordered life upended by a mysterious man with too many aliases and too many secrets. Romance and danger arrive together in this lively Southern historical suspense.

A missing treasure and a man who never tells the whole truth pull Millie into a risky adventure. The deeper the hunt goes, the harder it is to know who can be trusted.

Set in a Texas beach town, this light romance blends outsized dreams with small-town complications. Love arrives with the sort of timing that upends every tidy plan.

A quiet contemporary romance about slowing down long enough to face old disappointments. In the stillness, love shows up where it was least expected.

A garden becomes the meeting place for family ties, healing, and a romance that grows one careful step at a time. It is a gentle story about what can bloom after disappointment.

Pinkerton agent Sadie Callum is a master of disguise, but her latest case is bigger than she expected. Teaming up with a Scotland Yard detective draws her into art forgery, danger, and a very inconvenient attraction.

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Five historical romances unfold across the Northeast, from early American settings to the 1930s. Each story pairs regional history with faith, hardship, and couples trying to build a place to belong.

Widowed contractor Logan Burkett is trying to keep life steady, not start over. But an unexpected connection offers the hope of love again, if both people can risk opening their hearts.

Artist Sessa Chambers is grieving her son's death while raising his toddler, and surgeon Trey Brown is haunted by the life he took in self-defense. In the shelter of a loyal book club, both get one more chance at healing.

A family cookbook paired with devotionals for the dinner table. It is built to make meals feel a little more thoughtful, connected, and faith-centered.

Skye Hudson has made a habit of leaving before anyone gets too close. When bounty hunter Nate Donahue is hired to find her, secrets and growing trust make staying feel more dangerous than running.

Nine historical romances follow couples in the American West who have nearly given up on love. The stories lean into patient courtship, faith, and second chances that arrive later than expected.

These nine historical romances are tied to the transcontinental railroad and the lives changed by it. Travel, danger, and fresh starts bring unlikely couples together on journeys that may end in love.

Nine historical romances trace brave women's lives through war, injustice, and westward change. The collection spans decades and settings, pairing hardship with faith, courage, and the possibility of love.

Megan Flynn comes in with big plans and quickly finds herself clashing with Logan. Texas has other ideas, and the friction between them slowly turns into something deeper.

A heroine determined to avoid marriage discovers that love has its own plans. This short romance mixes stubborn hearts, gentle humor, and a hopeful turn.

A collection of historical romances built around sharp turns in fortune, hidden identity, and love crossing class lines. Hard times and hopeful endings sit side by side throughout.

A short historical romance where baking, community pressure, and a promising bachelor stir up more than anyone planned. The tone is sweet, brisk, and lightly comic.

Reporter Madeline Latour and Pinkerton agent Jonah Cahill begin with a missing person case and end up facing bullets, kidnappings, and a much larger story. Galveston in 1880 gives this romance a real sense of danger.

A discovery inside Wayfarers Inn, including an old quilt hidden in one of the inn's secret rooms, pulls the present-day cast into another mystery. The house's past keeps refusing to stay buried.

An heiress and a former privateer are drawn into a hunt for hidden treasure against the backdrop of early New Orleans. Adventure, danger, and family legacy shape every step of their journey.

A short historical romance built around courtship strategy, social pressure, and the challenge of winning a man who may not want to be caught. The tone stays light and brisk.

Holiday cheer in Lancaster County is interrupted by a fresh mystery. Christmas plans, local secrets, and a growing connection between the leads keep this cozy story moving.

Another Wayfarers Inn mystery blends present-day sleuthing with clues tied to the inn's hidden past. A single old clue opens the door to secrets that are still dangerous.

Set in 1836 Texas, this romance unfolds in the shadow of the Alamo and the fight for survival around it. Love has to find room inside fear, divided loyalties, and a violent turning point in history.

A suspicious fire in Lancaster County puts neighbors, secrets, and old tensions under pressure. Solving the case means looking closely at what people in this quiet community are hiding.

A former Pinkerton agent with royal ties is asked to look into whether murders in London are connected to the earlier Austin killings known as the Midnight Assassin case. It is part romance, part investigation, and all shadowed by history.

A dangerous cattle drive forces two people to rely on each other while rustlers and the brutal trail close in. The frontier tests their courage long before it tests their hearts.

A Savannah case stirs up old sins, family loyalties, and motives that were never as buried as they looked. Southern polish covers a very messy truth.

When a woman with missing memories becomes the center of a Lancaster County mystery, compassion and danger arrive together. The truth is there, but getting to it takes patience and trust.

A holiday romance about memory, longing, and the unexpected gift of a second chance. Winter weather and Christmas hope do a lot of quiet work here.

A gentle romance about family expectations, guarded hopes, and a courtship that asks May Conrad to risk more than she planned. It is a compact story with warmth and faith at its center.

A warm Southern romance with coastal charm, family meddling, and a heroine whose path to marriage turns out far messier than she expected. Love arrives with equal parts comfort and chaos.

Helen Morgan works quietly at the Gazette until a newspaper mistake throws her into the path of ambitious lawyer Henry Hill. Fixing the error proves easier than sorting out what it starts between them.

A short inspirational romance shaped by competition, pressure, and the choices that matter more than winning. Beneath the public stakes, the heart of the story is deeply personal.

A historical romance volume tied to the larger Mayflower family-line concept. Adventure, danger, and faith shape stories that connect personal love stories to a much longer American past.

Set between Texas and Washington in 1886, this short historical romance follows a woman with outsized dreams into a courtship shaped by pride, status, and surprise. The setting gives the story a lively sweep.

After a paperwork mistake reveals Coco Sutton is still married to football star Ryan Sutton, both are forced back into each other's orbit. A public second chance becomes even harder with a camera crew following along.

When the Mercy Angel statue vanishes from a historic Charleston hospital, four women connected to Mercy Hospital begin asking hard questions. The mystery deepens when a new employee arrives with a strange connection to the missing angel.

Country singer Trina Potter comes home to Brenham, Texas, and finds trouble circling her niece's pet rescue. Teaming up with lawyer Wyatt Chastain turns a bomb scare into a full small-town mystery.

A contemporary romance about timing, trust, and finding your way back after life drifts off course. The support of friends helps turn uncertainty into hope.

Air Force veteran Lane Bishop and Nora Hernandez are already struggling before a tornado, a missing military working dog, and a string of suspicious explosions force them into action. The mystery tests both courage and love.

Dogs start turning up at a Brenham veterinary clinic with a Z spray-painted on them, and receptionist Cassidy Carter wants answers fast. Her efforts to help collide with game warden Jason Cameron's more careful approach.