Lena Nelson Dooley Books in Order

Olina Sandstrom sails to America expecting marriage, only to find that her fiance has eloped. His dutiful older brother Gustaf must explain the betrayal, while their unexpected connection offers both a chance to reconsider the futures they imagined.

Rissa Le Blanc longs to escape her stepfather's controlling, unsettled life when they reach a Minnesota town. Brothers Lowell and Ollie Jenson both fall for her, and their rivalry threatens the friendship that might help her find freedom.

Former marshal Frank Daggett tracks a swindler and his daughter to Minnesota, where he meets Gerda Nilsson. Attraction grows between them, but misunderstandings and Gerda's concerns about his faith complicate the pursuit of both justice and love.

After romantic losses, dressmaker Anna Jenson doubts she can ever be loved. August Nilsson has feelings for her, but his envy of his older brother and her fear of being a second choice stand between them.

Pirates seize Angelina Delgado, her aunt and Brian O'Doule during their voyage home from Spain. Secretly in love with Angelina, Brian struggles to protect them and engineer an escape before the captain can force her into marriage.

Honoring her dying father's request, Constance Miller travels from Arkansas to Iowa to find his troubled wartime friend. Her search attracts suspicion and the persistent attention of blacksmith Hans Van de Kieft, complicating her mission and her heart.

A year after her husband's death, Charlotte Halloran takes a cruise with her daughter and meets widowed captain Gareth Van den Hout. Both have sworn off love, but their growing connection challenges the safety of those promises.

After her mother's death reveals lifelong lies, teacher Leiann Hambrick travels to meet an unknown grandfather. Gerome Mays suspects her of targeting his stepfather's money, until dangerous accidents suggest someone else has a more sinister plan.

Seeing Thomas at a holiday party revives Rose's old attraction to the man who once worked on her father's ranch. Their different beliefs hold her back, while he struggles to understand why she keeps her distance.

Near her eighteenth birthday, Maggie Caine discovers she was adopted and questions her place in her wealthy Seattle family. A journey to visit her grandmother offers answers, unexpected companionship and a chance to understand where she belongs.

In 1890, Madeleine Mercer answers an elderly New Mexico miner's advertisement for a bride while fleeing danger back East. As she wins over him and his suspicious friend Jeremiah, secrets from her past threaten her new beginning.

Mistletoe mayor Lori Compton needs ideas to revive her town's struggling economy, but a painful romance makes her avoid its new pastor. Russell Brown offers practical help and hopes for a future she is reluctant to imagine.

After her mother's death and her father's withdrawal, adopted daughter Mary carries the burden of raising her siblings. Childhood friend Daniel promises a different future, but his difficulty accepting her responsibilities threatens the love and security she needs.

India Cunningham is content running the ranch she inherited from her father when Joshua Dillinger arrives offering help. He claims a childhood connection she cannot remember, leaving her uncertain whether to trust his interest or fear for her land.

Christmas stories, dramatic monologues, a fable, and a short play explore the meaning of the Nativity across different perspectives. Biblical figures and modern characters reflect the ways that first Christmas continues to shape people's lives.

Discovering that she has two identical sisters sends sheltered Catherine McKenna searching for her missing family. Her father assigns injured sailor Collin Elliott to protect her, drawing them both into a journey that challenges their expectations and faith.

Charlsey can ride, rope, and work her father's ranch as capably as any man, unsettling visiting accountant Horace Miller. Their mutual attraction must contend with assumptions about gender, appearances, and the lives they expect to lead.

Social director Scarlett McKaye carefully plans other people's enjoyment while guarding her heart after her fiance's death. Daredevil Derrick Greene challenges her resolve, but loving another risk-taker means facing the grief and fear she hoped to escape.

Facing a six-month assignment in Australia, shy businessman Malcolm MacGregor gives Alanza Cantalamessa twelve Christmas gifts to express his feelings. Doubting families and the return of an opportunistic former love complicate their rapidly developing relationship.

Four seasonal romances follow couples whose prospects are disrupted by mistaken assumptions, career conflicts, an ill-judged joke, and an unexpected inheritance. Faith and affection offer possibilities for overcoming the misunderstandings that stand between them.

Rancher Franklin wants an heir but fears opening his heart again, while homeless widow Lorinda needs security for her infant son. Their marriage of convenience offers both an answer until growing feelings and danger change the stakes.

Escaping danger in the East, Madeleine answers a mail-order bride advertisement and arrives in a New Mexico mining town. As she develops ties with the men behind the arrangement, secrets from her past threaten her new beginning.

After discovering her adoption was never finalized, Traesa loses both family support and her home. Lawyer Wilson offers a marriage of convenience, but affection and a threatening disaster complicate an arrangement meant to solve practical problems.

Pirates capture Angelina and her aunt while they sail home from Spain, leaving their protector Brian desperate to save them. Concealing his longtime love becomes secondary as he seeks escape before the captain can claim Angelina.