Keeper Trilogy Books in Order
See the Keeper trilogy by Diane Chamberlain in order, with book summaries, series background, key characters, and tips on how to read this Outer Banks lighthouse family saga.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
3 books
Keeper of the Light
by Diane Chamberlain
1992
During a winter storm on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, ER doctor Olivia Simon tries to save gunshot victim Annie O’Neill—her husband’s secret lover. After Annie dies, Olivia, Annie’s widower Alec and Olivia’s husband Paul are pulled into the mystery of who Annie really was and how the Kiss River lighthouse shaped them all.
Kiss River
by Diane Chamberlain
2003
Eleven years after Keeper of the Light, a stranger named Gina Higgins arrives in Kiss River obsessed with raising the lighthouse’s fallen Fresnel lens from the sea. Living with siblings Lacey and Clay O’Neill, she becomes entangled in their unresolved grief and in a World War II diary that may change all their lives.
Her Mother's Shadow
by Diane Chamberlain
2004
Now an adult, Lacey O’Neill has built her life around the memory of her charismatic mother, Annie. When a friend dies and leaves troubled teen Mackenzie in Lacey’s care, old scandals and new responsibilities force Lacey to reexamine Annie’s legacy and decide what kind of woman—and mother—she wants to become.
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