Kay Bratt Books in Order

In this memoir, Kay Bratt writes about volunteering in a Chinese orphanage and the children she could not forget. It is a firsthand account of advocacy, heartbreak, and trying to help inside a broken system.

Adopted as a small child, Mia returns to China as a young woman hoping to understand the part of herself she cannot quite name. The trip becomes an emotional search for roots, truth, and home.

After cruel teasing leaves Mei Li full of questions, a magical teacher takes her on a journey back to China and to the day she was born. This picture book gently explores adoption, identity, and what makes a family.

An old woman living by a famous bridge in China looks back on a place tied to luck, marriage, and abandoned children. This short piece is a quiet, emotional story about memory, loss, and the lives a single place can hold.

When two little girls are abducted from a Chinese village, Chai refuses to give up on getting them home. The novel pairs her fight to survive with her father's determined search across a corrupt system.

During China's Cultural Revolution, Ling is pushed into the Red Guards as a way to stay safe. Her journey by train becomes a tense coming-of-age story about fear, loyalty, and surviving a brutal political moment.

This picture book follows a father and son talking through adoption, difference, and what really makes a family. It is a gentle story about love, acceptance, and seeing beyond outward appearances.

Years after losing their biological daughter, Benfu and Calla Lily find a clue that could reopen the past. Their search runs alongside Li Jin's fight to escape abuse and make a safer life for her son.

Benfu and his wife Calli build a family around abandoned girls in the aftermath of Maoist China. When love and hardship collide, their home becomes the heart of a moving saga about loss, dignity, and chosen family.

Ivy has spent her life protecting her blind twin, Lily, and she will do anything to bring her home when they are torn apart. This installment keeps the family saga moving with danger, loyalty, and fierce sisterly love.

Mari wants a better life, a street child named An Ni longs for family, and an American photojournalist arrives in China carrying his own pain. Their paths cross in a hopeful family drama about rescue, grief, and belonging.

Set during China's Cultural Revolution, this prequel follows two young men and the women they love as fear and political violence close in. It is a story about friendship, sacrifice, and keeping your humanity under pressure.

Willow is tired of being unwanted, controlled, and forgotten by the orphanage that raised her. When she and her best friend Kai run, they must survive the streets and protect the vulnerable girl who ends up running with them.

After years of chaos, Willow finally has a place that feels safe. But when that fragile peace is threatened, she and Kai must decide how much they are willing to risk for the people who now feel like family.

Kay Bratt and her husband travel across Panama with a group of would-be expats, testing the dream of leaving everything behind. It is a short, personal travel memoir about place, possibility, and starting over.

Fleeing a lifetime of hurt, Cara Butter heads west on foot and finds a stray dog named Hemi along the way. Their journey becomes a tender, raw story about trauma, trust, and the slow return of hope.

A visit to Yosemite turns terrifying when Sadie Harlan and her daughter Lauren get lost on a hike. Their fight to survive becomes a hard look at grief, guilt, and the bond between mother and daughter.

After her mother's deathbed confession shatters everything she thought she knew, Quinn Maguire heads to Maui to search for her biological father. The trip opens old family secrets and forces her to rethink the life she planned.

In 1867 China, an unwanted baby girl, two abused sworn sisters, and a desperate bid for freedom become one story. This historical saga follows their dangerous journey toward safety and chosen family.

Single mom Maggie Dalton thinks Maui is the safe haven she and her son need after a year on the run. When signs suggest her imprisoned stalker may be back, her hard-won new life starts to feel dangerously fragile.

This sequel follows a Chinese American family trying to build a life in a country that treats them as outsiders. It is historical fiction about loyalty, prejudice, and the stubborn hope of claiming a future.

Kay Bratt mixes stories from her rescue life with reflections on grief, faith, and the question pet lovers dread most. It is part comfort read, part spiritual search, with practical help for readers mourning a dog.

On Maui, Jules Monroe has spent years taking care of everyone else, until exhaustion and old hurt force her to stop. This By the Sea novel follows a late-in-life reckoning about family, grief, and learning how to want more for yourself.

In Linden Falls, a legendary tree gathers the wishes people are not brave enough to say out loud. Tammy L Grace's opening entry in the shared series offers a gentle small-town story about hope, community, and believing life can still surprise you.

As Greta's diagnosis changes life in Linden Falls, her husband Henry struggles to carry the load alone. Across town, Neva and newcomer Janie are drawn into a tender story about care, old wounds, and community.

Janie Stallard is building a new life in Linden Falls when a rumor spreads that the land under the Wishing Tree has been sold. As Janie and guest Coco try to stop the loss, both women are forced to rethink what they really want.

When one of Taylor Gray's longtime friends disappears, the case turns painfully personal. With the clock running out and the state police closing in, Taylor has to move fast to expose the danger hiding in plain sight.

Newly widowed Caroline reluctantly boards the Hawaiian anniversary cruise her late husband planned, joined by her grown daughters. What begins as a painful trip turns into a gentle story about grief, friendship, and finding direction again.

When a five-year-old girl walks into a gas station alone, Deputy Taylor Gray races to find the missing mother. The case exposes the dark underside of a quiet Blue Ridge town and pulls Taylor deeper into its secrets.

When one of Taylor Gray's sisters is in mortal danger, protecting her family becomes more urgent than ever. At the same time, Anna is fighting for the right to choose her own path.

A triple murder shatters Hart's Ridge, and Taylor Gray throws herself into finding the killer. At the same time, her relationship, dog, and family demands push her close to the limit.

Taylor Gray is desperate for a breather after a wave of crime, but a stranger's arrival proves Hart's Ridge is not done with trouble. At the same time, Cate dares to imagine a steadier future of her own.

Lucy Gray runs from town hoping to fix her latest mistake, while Deputy Taylor Gray faces a case that could change her family forever. The mystery pulls the sisters toward hard truths they can no longer avoid.

Taylor Gray investigates the disappearance of a beloved young man while Lucy tries to build a stable life for herself and her son. Both women are forced to confront how hard a clean start can be.

A fresh tragedy puts the Gray family under crushing strain and tests every bond holding them together. This installment leans hard into grief, hidden secrets, and the stubborn hope of beginning again.

Set against the easy glamour of a cruise, this series opener follows a woman stepping away from familiar routines and toward unexpected connection. It is a travel-tinged romance about second chances and what happens when life suddenly opens up.

Hunter Glenn moves to Linden Falls with his young daughter Ava for a fresh start, and one lost wish sets new connections in motion. Nicole, a local waitress and photographer, may be exactly where that wish lands.

Hart's Ridge is still reeling from a local woman's death when a new mystery begins to stir. Taylor Gray has to balance the family's hard-won joys against fresh grief and the whispers running through town.

Taylor Gray finally has more of the family life she always wanted, but a new case threatens to pull her back under. Elsewhere, a captive woman must choose between saving herself and trying to save someone else.

At Dragonfly Cove Dog Park, a dog becomes the nudge one hurting person needs to reconnect with the world. This warm opener pairs canine chaos with friendship, healing, and the promise of a second chance.

Christmas lights are up in Hart's Ridge, and Taylor hopes for a quieter season at home. Then four bodies are found on Christmas Eve, leaving her torn between family promises and the pull of the case.

Emily Doxon takes her new puppy to the dog park hoping for a pleasant distraction and finds herself wrapped up in something suspicious instead. With a local cop and two dogs in the mix, the case turns into romance and rescue.

A destination wedding in Cabo should be a celebration, until the bride vanishes the next morning. While Taylor hunts for answers, Lucy keeps running from the memories waiting for her back home.

Taylor Gray has left the force and opened a private investigation agency with Sam, but the first major case cuts deep. Reexamining an old conviction pulls her into missing evidence, old grudges, and a town that still lies to itself.

A burned vehicle and an unidentifiable body drag Taylor Gray into a case tied to hidden cash, addiction, and small-town corruption. The deeper she digs, the more it looks like the victim may be someone she once called family.

A young woman vanishes after leaving rehab, and soon Taylor and Sam are chasing a pattern of missing girls. Then someone close to them disappears, turning the case into a race against predators and people with power to hide them.

A house fire leaves a pregnant woman dead, and the obvious story does not sit right with Taylor Gray. Digging deeper means questioning a local hero and the version of events the whole town wants to believe.