Largo Bay Books in Order
Part ofPat Adeff Books in OrderFind the Largo Bay books by Pat Adeff in order, with brief summaries, McGannon family series background, and easy guidance on where to start.
Last updated: July 14, 2026
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Largo Bay books in publication order
5 books
Beauty and the Books
by Pat Adeff
2023
Paramedic and firefighter Dom McGannon likes his uncomplicated bachelor life until he meets Wren, a single mother seeking a fresh start. Old love letters, small-town gossip, and Wren's need to protect her son complicate their growing bond.
Courting Charlie
by Pat Adeff
2023
Dedicated public defender Charlie McGannon has little time left for friends, parties, or dating. Assistant district attorney Bobby LaGrange is already her courtroom rival, but their constant clashes may be hiding an unexpected connection.
Finding Forever
by Pat Adeff
2023
When McGannon patriarch Max brings Marlene home, his children are not all ready to welcome her. Then Marlene's dangerous ex comes looking, and the family must decide how far they will go to protect a new chance at happiness.
Lost Love Letters
by Pat Adeff
2023
Chef and restaurant owner Erin McGannon has built her dream at Largo Bay's Casablanca, but dating has never made the list. Her capable general manager, Paul, challenges her at every turn, and their bickering begins to reveal something more.
Secret Kiss
by Pat Adeff
2023
Largo Bay police officer Shea McGannon has trouble finding anyone willing to date the police chief's daughter. Then New York musician Luca Napier arrives, and their attraction challenges two people from very different worlds.
Largo Bay books in chronological order
Series background & context
The Largo Bay series is a connected family saga set in a beachside town where the McGannons' lives overlap at home, at work, and around the community. Each book gives one member of the family, or someone drawn into their orbit, room for a romance of their own. The larger story is about a family learning how to carry one another through change.
The first book, Lost Love Letters, introduces the McGannons through Erin, the owner and lead chef of the Casablanca, a high-end restaurant by the beach. Erin has worked hard to build the business, leaving little room for dating. When she hires Paul as general manager, their constant bickering makes their mutual respect difficult to ignore.
The family keeps expanding as the series goes on. In Secret Kiss, police officer Shea McGannon meets Luca Napier, a musician from New York City whose life looks nothing like hers. Courting Charlie turns to public defender Charlotte Maeve McGannon, known as Charlie, and assistant district attorney Bobby LaGrange, two people used to arguing from opposite sides of the courtroom.
Beauty and the Books follows paramedic and firefighter Dom McGannon after he meets Wren, a single mother trying to protect her son and build a safer life in Largo Bay. The book also continues the thread of the family's lost love letters. In Finding Forever, the focus shifts toward McGannon patriarch Max and Marlene, whose arrival brings family tension as well as real danger from her past.
Largo Bay matters because it gives everyone a shared place to return to. The town has restaurants, workplaces, small community routines, and plenty of people who know one another's history. That closeness can make misunderstandings louder, but it also means nobody has to face a crisis entirely alone.
Family is the real through line here.
The tone is emotional but comforting, with romance, family disagreements, fresh starts, and a coastal small-town feel. Read the books in order for the fullest sense of the McGannons' changing relationships, although each installment has a central couple and conflict that can stand on its own.
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