Lori Handeland Books in Order

Widowed ranch owner Katherine Logan saves Jake Banner from hanging despite her financial troubles and unhappy first marriage. In postwar Missouri, outlaw gangs and Jake's hidden past threaten the ranch and their growing attachment.

Former outlaw Charlie Coltrain rescues convent postulant Angelina from marauders, only to find himself pursued for a crime he did not commit. Their flight toward Mexico tests her faith in his goodness and his belief that love is impossible.

Rachel Taylor seeks revenge against Michael Gabriel, whom she blames for her brother's death. Cast together as singers in an animated film, they develop feelings that complicate her plans while hidden secrets and outside interference threaten them.

Suspicious deaths occur during full moons at a nineteenth-century traveling circus. Tiger trainer Emmaline Monroe becomes drawn to newcomer Johnny Bradfordini, whose violent dreams and uncertain past raise fears that he may endanger everyone around him.

During the Civil War, Julia Colton falls for Ryan Murphy despite the bitter feud between their families. Their marriage offers escape from a violent suitor but forces them to confront inherited hatred, vengeance, and divided loyalties.

Haunted by prophetic dreams, teacher Genny McGuire seeks a fresh start in Texas. Meeting bounty hunter Keenan Eagle draws her into a Comanche prophecy concerning an evil spirit that thrives on hostility between settlers and the Comanche.

After inheriting a dance hall in the Yukon, Megan Daily faces threats that require Mountie Alex Carson's help. His misgivings about her business clash with her determination to keep it, while danger and attraction draw them together.

Reporter Maggie O'Schea seeks gunslinger Ethan King's story to save the orphanage where she grew up. Alone with the distrustful gunman in an Arizona ghost town, she uses nightly tales to reach a man consumed by revenge.

Widowed teacher Evie Vaughn competes with former football star Joe Scalotta for a baseball coaching position she needs to support her sons. Their children's involvement in the rivalry brings the two parents together beyond the playing field.

Massage therapist Grace Lighthorse needs scientist Daniel Chadwick's cooperation to obtain funding for blankets for sick children. The reclusive researcher distrusts her approach, but working together challenges his convictions about alternative medicine, companionship, and love.

Ruth has waited every Christmas Eve for Noah, the boy she met on an orphan train. When he returns wounded years later, their renewed bond faces her father's marriage plans and the dangers of Noah's outlaw past.

Dr. Gwen Bartelt returns to her Wisconsin hometown with firm rules against children, pets, and permanent romance. Her longtime friend, veterinarian Elijah Drycinski, hopes to change those rules and reveal the love he has never forgotten.

Eight-year-old Max Frasier befriends horror writer Garrett Stark in Savannah, connecting through their fascination with spooky things. Garrett's reunion with Max's mother, Livy, forces him to confront the love he abandoned and the child he never knew.

Schoolteacher Mary McKendrick hires Reese and his fellow Confederate veterans to protect Rock Creek, Texas, from violent troublemakers. Her feelings for their troubled leader challenge his conviction that his wartime past makes him unworthy of love.

Former soldier Rico Salvatore falls for Lily Jeanpierre, a singer at Rock Creek's saloon. She resists believing their attraction could become lasting love, while a dangerous secret from her past threatens the future he hopes to build.

Burned-out sheriff Gabriel Klein moves to Pleasant Ridge seeking a quieter life. Model Isabelle Ash arrives to prepare for a television role, and teaching her to portray a small-town sheriff creates an unexpected emotional complication.

Pastor's daughter Josephine Clancy befriends gun-for-hire Nate Lang, a man haunted by the Civil War. Their attraction leads to a hurried marriage, but building a future means confronting the pain he has never escaped.

Kim Luchetti returns to Illinois after her father's heart attack and encounters the former love she abandoned. When Brian Riley breaks both wrists, caring for him forces her to face the tragedy and secret that separated them.

Thirteen-year-old Rayne Houston discovers her father is alive and travels to find him. Her mother's pursuit reunites Nicole with Aaron Luchetti, bringing an old relationship and concealed parenthood into a possible new family life.

Haunted by the Civil War, former Union major Seth Torrance travels to Virginia to settle a Confederate friend’s affairs. Five orphaned children and their fiercely protective neighbor, Ella Fontaine, complicate his plans and challenge his loyalties.

Police officer Jessie McQuade investigates wolf attacks and disappearances in Miniwa, Wisconsin. Professor Will Cadotte offers assistance, but her attraction to him complicates an increasingly dangerous inquiry into creatures and secrets hidden around the town.

Colin Luchetti follows a cryptic note while searching for his missing brother Bobby. It leads to Marlie Anderson's daycare center, where waiting for answers becomes complicated by his growing feelings for the woman connected to Bobby.

Four-times-widowed Jilly Hart inherits a dilapidated, apparently haunted inn and plans to sell it to finance another advantageous marriage. Restorer Evan Luchetti wants a lasting family, challenging her rules about choosing wealth over love.

Special Forces officer Bobby Luchetti travels to Mexico to rescue Dr. Jane Harker, who insists she has not been kidnapped. When someone tries to kill her, their escape brings danger, competing temperaments, and an unexpected attraction.

Dr. Elise Hanover researches a supernatural affliction while concealing her own condition. After her laboratory is attacked, she joins former lover and FBI agent Nic Franklin to investigate disappearances, balancing renewed attraction against deadly secrets.

Former teacher Leigh Tyler now hunts werewolves and avoids romantic attachments. A Wisconsin assignment pits her against an unusually powerful creature, while Damien Fitzgerald challenges her defenses and threatens to complicate a dangerous pursuit.

Adventure novelist Maya Alexander prefers a quiet, safe life until a Navajo skinwalker begins stalking her. After soldier of fortune Clay Phillips intervenes, they go on the run through dangers that rival anything she has imagined for her books.

Cryptozoologist Diana Malone investigates deadly creatures in Louisiana's swamps with former Special Forces officer Adam Ruelle as her guide. His family's rumored curse and guarded behavior leave her uncertain whether their attraction conceals an even greater danger.

New Orleans voodoo-shop owner Cassandra travels to Haiti seeking a sorcerer who can raise the dead. Guided by fortune hunter Devon Murphy, she confronts attraction, dangerous rituals, and an ancient curse with potentially devastating consequences.

Tim Luchetti decides his principal Stella O'Connell would be the perfect mother and begins matchmaking for his father Dean. Their difficult shared history and Stella's return after a school attack complicate the boy's determined campaign.

Former journalist Claire Kennedy returns to Lake Bluff as mayor and becomes intrigued by mysterious newcomer Malachi Cartwright. Deadly wolf attacks intensify her suspicions, forcing her to question his intentions even as their attraction grows.

Private investigator Anne Lockhart follows a clue about her missing sister to a New Orleans jazz club. Working undercover there draws her toward musician John Rodolfo, whose secrets may be connected to the club's disturbing disappearances.

Psychic former police officer Elizabeth Phoenix finds her foster mother murdered and discovers a supernatural war threatening humanity. Her former lover Jimmy Sanducci introduces her to the conflict, but his own secrets complicate her emerging role.

Lake Bluff sheriff Grace McDaniel investigates bizarre deaths with help from Cherokee doctor Ian Walker. His blend of medical traditions and guarded knowledge points toward a supernatural predator, testing her skepticism as their connection deepens.

Liz Phoenix leads the forces of light against approaching destruction, relying on a half-vampire and a Navajo shapeshifting shaman. As the danger grows, she must question whether the allies she trusts could be serving her enemies.

After a devastating battle, psychic Liz Phoenix must rebuild her forces before the next demonic assault. A powerful enemy known as the Woman of Smoke targets her, while her remaining allies bring dangerous secrets and complicated attachments.

Psychic Liz Phoenix receives dream visits from a dead man and responsibility for his shapeshifting baby. With half-vampire Jimmy Sanducci, she seeks a powerful book that could restore an ally before demons unleash the apocalypse.

Rogue werewolf hunter Alexandra Trevalyn becomes a werewolf herself when Julian Barlow seeks revenge for his wife's death. In his remote Alaskan community, attraction and a dangerous predator challenge Alex's beliefs about the creatures she once hunted.

In Elizabethan London, a vampire William Shakespeare encounters Katherine, a hunter trained to kill the undead. Their dangerous meeting draws the playwright into romance and a struggle against the monsters haunting the city around him.

Newly dead Jack Keegan wanders nineteenth-century New York with a lantern, facing an eternity without rest unless he atones for his past. His love for Lucia Casale offers hope, but both must confront the consequences of his life.

Ranch owner Gina O'Neill reluctantly allows archaeologist Mateo Mecate to search her Colorado property for an Aztec tomb. Their growing attraction is overshadowed when the excavation awakens an ancient werewolf sorcerer intent on revenge.

Police officer D.J. Halloran refuses to risk the heartbreak she has seen in her personal life and work. Handsome Chris McCall challenges that resolve, aided by a persistent guardian angel determined to teach her about love.

After her television show is canceled, skeptic Kristin Daniels travels to Scotland to debunk the Loch Ness monster. Her attraction to caretaker Liam Grant becomes entangled with mysterious deaths and evidence that the legend may be real.

Jessie McQuade and Will Cadotte investigate an outbreak of violent insanity in a small Wisconsin town. Their search brings them face to face with a scientist whose experiments have created a dangerous werewolf that silver cannot kill.

Vampire playwright William Shakespeare and zombie hunter Katherine Dymond become stranded on an island controlled by the sorcerer Prospero. With reanimated shipwreck victims gathering into an army, the pair confront supernatural threats and complications from Katherine's past.

After a demon destroys her tavern, widowed mother Megan Murphy flees with bartender Quinn Fitzpatrick. His hidden supernatural identity and feelings for her complicate their escape toward Ireland, where further creatures and dangers await them.

Milwaukee police officer Liz Phoenix tries to conceal her psychic abilities, though partner Max Murphy increasingly suspects the truth. A vision at a murder scene leads to disaster, setting her toward a new role beyond police work.

Veterinarian Becca Carstairs hears animals' thoughts but keeps her ability secret. Missing pets, an attempt on her life, and the return of former love Owen McAllister draw her into a mystery involving her own unusual heritage.

Kindergarten teacher Raye sees ghosts, including victims of a series of murders investigated by Bobby Doucet. Their attraction is complicated by his distrust of supernatural claims as witch hunters and dangerous magic threaten her life.

Willow Black's visions bring her face to face with psychiatrist Sebastian Frasier, a man she has foreseen for years. An attempt on her life sends them fleeing, drawing her toward unknown sisters and a resurrected witch hunter.

In 1944, resistance operative Renee investigates Nazi activity around an isolated castle. Captured by Gestapo Major Edward Mandenauer, she discovers that he is not what he appears, and their infiltration uncovers plans for a werewolf army.

Dani hires Kelly's Rent a Mommy service after moving to Wisconsin with her father, baseball coach Scott Delgado. As Kelly bonds with the lonely girl, attraction to Scott raises questions about whether their arrangement could become a family.

Illness leaves photojournalist Charley Blackwell believing he is still married to Frankie, whom he divorced twenty-four years earlier. His return draws Frankie and his forgotten current wife into a painful conflict of memory, love, and loss.

FBI agent Dana Duran investigates a suspected serial killer in Devil’s Fork, Louisiana, dismissing local claims of supernatural involvement. When the trail leads to voodoo practitioner Julian Portier, attraction and dark magic challenge everything she believes.

After saving her daughter, a woman breaks a fatal werewolf pack rule and flees her mate. Rescued by Zane, she faces a dangerous bargain that could ignite a pack war while concealing a secret of her own.

A woman hoping to reunite her family must flee again when her secret becomes a weapon against her. Joining werewolf hunter Edward Mandenauer, she sets out to stop Zane, whose hidden nature makes him an even greater threat.

When her daughter disappears from college, a senator’s widow joins an FBI agent’s investigation. Discovering rival werewolf packs trafficking women, she offers herself in her daughter’s place and becomes entangled in a struggle for power and survival.

During the summer of 1967, Wisconsin siblings Billy and Jay Johnson follow different paths. Billy becomes a sniper in Vietnam while Jay encounters antiwar ideas at home, forcing both to question their beliefs, friendships, and futures.

On the eve of their wedding, Jessie McQuade and Will Cadotte discover a mysterious love charm in his ceremonial Ojibwe clothing. Their search for answers takes them on a spirit journey that tests their relationship against unseen forces.