Lynn Donovan Books in Order
Explore Lynn Donovan's books in order, with quick summaries, series background, and simple suggestions for where to start reading.
Last updated: July 15, 2026
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Lynn Donovan books in publication order
59 books
Winning Him Without Words
by Lynn Donovan
2011
Written for women in spiritually mismatched marriages, this faith-centered guide offers practical encouragement for living with love, patience, and purpose. It focuses on building a strong witness through everyday actions rather than pressure.
Not Alone
by Lynn Donovan
2013
This supportive Christian guide speaks to parents raising children in spiritually mismatched homes. It offers reassurance, prayerful perspective, and practical help for families trying to nurture faith amid differing beliefs.
The Wishing Well Curse
by Lynn Donovan
2013
After a spectacularly bad day, Ezekiel Clay inherits a strange problem involving an old wishing well, a bleeding tattoo, ghosts, and a curse. To find the truth, he must figure out whom he can trust.
Thorns of Betrayal
by Lynn Donovan
2014
The Spirit of Destiny story continues as trust becomes harder to give and betrayal grows more dangerous. Supernatural forces and personal loyalties collide, leaving the characters to face consequences they cannot simply wish away.
Fertility Pirates
by Lynn Donovan
2015
A dying civilization far from Earth needs help, drawing faithful missionaries and reproductive specialists into a difficult space mission. Technology, survival, and Christian conviction collide when the aid they offer carries consequences no one can easily predict.
Secret Voices
by Lynn Donovan
2015
Keisha Moore hears voices that know where her missing fiancé has been left for dead. When no one believes her, she must uncover the truth while protecting the secret she has carried her whole life.
Merry's Christmas Eve
by Lynn Donovan
2016
On Christmas Eve, romantic hopes and holiday pressure collide for Merry. A small seasonal window becomes a chance to face unfinished feelings and consider whether the connection she wants is still possible.
Cloned Chaos
by Lynn Donovan
2017
The Abraham Project continues as its futuristic mission faces another ethically charged crisis. In a world where science can reshape life itself, the people involved must decide what help, faith, and responsibility really require.
Dixie's Dachshund
by Lynn Donovan
2017
A new arrival in Gunther City finds that a small dog and a fresh start can bring unexpected complications. As frontier life tests her plans, romance and community offer the possibility of a safer, happier home.
Merry's Christmas Day
by Lynn Donovan
2017
Christmas Day brings Merry to the next turning point in her holiday romance. With family, expectation, and emotion close at hand, she must decide what kind of future she is ready to claim.
Phantom Lesson
by Lynn Donovan
2017
The strange trouble around Phantom Horse Bridge continues, forcing its characters to learn from dangers they do not fully understand. A hard lesson may be the only way to uncover the truth before someone pays the price.
Phantom Mystery
by Lynn Donovan
2017
A strange mystery tied to Phantom Horse Bridge pulls its characters into a situation where the past feels dangerously close. Clues, secrets, and an unsettling atmosphere make this the opening investigation in the series.
Phantom Rescue
by Lynn Donovan
2017
A rescue becomes urgent when the mysteries surrounding Phantom Horse Bridge put someone in danger. The final installment raises the stakes as old secrets and present threats converge.
Raising Godly Kids in a Spiritually Mismatched Home
by Lynn Donovan
2017
A practical Christian guide for parents who want to raise children in faith while navigating a home with differing spiritual beliefs. It offers encouragement, prayer, and tools for building a loving family life.
The Blacksmith's Daughter
by Lynn Donovan
2017
After her father's death leaves her homeless, talented blacksmith Minnie Smith flees west with mail-order brides. In Gunther City, injured blacksmith Samuel Knight needs help, but Minnie's skills and secrets could change both their futures.
Winning Them With Prayer
by Lynn Donovan
2017
A faith-centered resource for people praying for loved ones who do not share their beliefs. The book encourages persistent, compassionate prayer and helps readers approach family relationships with hope rather than fear.
Alice's Trebled Heart
by Lynn Donovan
2018
Alice arrives in the growing frontier community of Gunther City with a heart divided by hope, fear, and the expectations around her. A developing romance asks whether she can trust a future that looks different from the one she imagined.
Jane Anne's Ghostly Gift
by Lynn Donovan
2018
Mail-order bride Jane Anne Taylor discovers she can see ghosts after reaching Oklahoma. Her unusual gift may help her learn a lost craft, but her intended groom's secrets and a rival bride could undo their chance at love.
Lantern of Grace
by Lynn Donovan
2018
In postwar Lantern, Texas, Grace Coffey must confront the past that has shaped her choices. A possible new love offers hope, but trust is hard won in a town where loss and old loyalties still linger.
Lantern of Hope
by Lynn Donovan
2018
Hope Ledbetter has buried more than one dream after painful loss. In Lantern, Texas, she faces a chance to rebuild, but opening her heart means accepting that hope can be as frightening as it is necessary.
Lantern of Patience
by Lynn Donovan
2018
After the Civil War, Sheriff Patience Muldoon still waits for the husband who never returned. Wounded lawman Caleb Cantwell comes to Lantern, Texas, determined to take her job, and challenges everything she has held onto.
Lou Lou's Christmas Wish
by Lynn Donovan
2018
Lou Lou Lee longs for a good life with the orphaned children she loves, while a cowboy hopes for a wife and sons. An Orphan Train journey west turns Christmas into a turning point for a family that might be separated.
Martha's Grace
by Lynn Donovan
2018
In Gunther City, Martha faces the difficult work of beginning again in a place where everyone notices a newcomer. Love may offer grace and belonging, but only if she can set aside the burdens that followed her west.
Beyond the VEIL: Prologue
by Lynn Donovan
2019
This opening to the Beyond the VEIL fantasy world introduces a boundary between ordinary life and something far stranger. Crossing it brings danger, mystery, and the first hint that magical forces are already at work.
Entangled with Faeries
by Lynn Donovan
2019
An encounter with faeries draws the characters into a magical conflict where rules are unclear and promises can carry a price. Escaping the entanglement may require courage, trust, and a better understanding of the hidden world.
Herd the Music
by Lynn Donovan
2019
A historical Western romance where the demands of work and the pull of music meet. As a new relationship takes shape, the characters must decide whether practical responsibilities can make room for love.
The Wrong Bride
by Lynn Donovan
2019
A Wyoming historical romance built around mistaken expectations and the possibility of an unexpected match. A woman seeking her place in the West must decide whether the future arriving at her door is truly wrong.
A Barrel of Romance
by Lynn Donovan
2020
A contemporary romance in the coffee-centered Java Cupid world, where an everyday meeting can become the start of something larger. Both characters must decide whether old disappointments are worth risking again for a new connection.
A Groom for Linda
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Linda faces the uncertainty of a new Western romance as winter weather makes every choice more urgent. A potential groom may offer safety and partnership, but trust has to survive the storm first.
Adam
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Honor's eldest son has loved Mercy Coffey for years, but she married another man. Now widowed with two daughters, Mercy needs time to heal, while Adam must prove he can offer love without taking away her choice.
Benjamin
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Benjamin closes the Sons of Honor sequence with another family-centered Western romance. Love offers a new direction, but he must work through the expectations, secrets, and choices that stand between him and a secure future.
Entangled with a Unicorn
by Lynn Donovan
2020
A unicorn is not simply a creature from a story when it arrives with its own mysteries and dangers. This fantasy adventure tests its characters as magic, loyalty, and unexpected responsibility become intertwined.
Jacob
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Jacob faces a romantic future complicated by responsibility, reputation, and the legacy of his close family. The path to a lasting partnership asks him to be honest about both his hopes and his fears.
Jonah
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Jonah's romance unfolds under the watchful eyes of family and community. A chance at love brings difficult choices, and he must learn whether honor means following old rules or doing what is right for the people he loves.
Lantern of Honor
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Honor Featherstone is doing her best to manage the responsibilities life has placed on her. A new relationship could change her future, but only if she can balance duty, reputation, and what her heart is asking for.
Nellie's New Attitude
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Nellie faces a fresh start that requires more than a change of scenery. In the close-knit Western world of the Belles of Wyoming, a new outlook may open the door to love and belonging.
Reuben
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Reuben gets his own chance at love in the Sons of Honor family saga. A developing courtship is tested by the practical pressures of frontier life and the need to trust someone with a guarded heart.
Seth
by Lynn Donovan
2020
Seth follows another of Honor's sons as family expectations and a growing attraction complicate his plans. In a close-knit Western community, he must decide what kind of man he wants to be when love demands courage.
A Christmas Groom for Tricia
by Lynn Donovan
2021
Christmas brings Tricia a chance at the secure, loving future she wants, along with all the uncertainty of an unexpected courtship. In a season built for matchmaking, she must decide whether to take a risk on love.
A Groom for Becca
by Lynn Donovan
2021
Becca's frontier hopes are tested by a difficult winter and the uncertainty of a new relationship. In the Blizzard Brides world, survival and romance become closely linked when a storm changes every plan.
A Groom for Hollie
by Lynn Donovan
2021
Hollie's search for a secure future leads into the snowbound world of the Blizzard Brides. With hardship closing in, an unexpected courtship asks whether she can risk believing in love and a real home.
Katie's Conundrum
by Lynn Donovan
2021
At the Broad Street Boarding House, Katie faces a problem with no simple answer. Neighbors, expectations, and a possible romance all complicate the decision that could change her place in the world.
Mary Hannah's Misgivings
by Lynn Donovan
2021
Mary Hannah has good reasons to be cautious when a new possibility enters her life. In a bustling boarding-house community, she must decide whether her doubts are protecting her or keeping happiness away.
Written on the Heart
by Lynn Donovan
2021
Typewriter-shop owner Sarah Whitehead writes romance but has little experience with it until a dirty cowboy asks for a “typerator.” Beneath Pueblo's Main Street, an unlikely meeting challenges her carefully independent life.
Time to Choose
by Lynn Donovan
2022
The choices made across time finally demand an answer. Love, loyalty, and the pull of different lives leave the characters deciding which future is truly theirs to claim.
Time to Heal
by Lynn Donovan
2022
After time travel disrupts everything familiar, old wounds cannot stay hidden. A chance at romance and a different future depends on whether the characters can heal enough to trust what comes next.
Time to Renew
by Lynn Donovan
2022
A new era offers the possibility of renewal, but it also asks its travelers to let go of what they thought their lives would be. Romance grows alongside the difficult work of beginning again.
Time to Ride
by Lynn Donovan
2022
A time-travel romance begins when a journey takes its characters far beyond the life they know. New rules, new dangers, and an unexpected connection make the first step into another era impossible to take lightly.
A Home for Christmas
by Lynn Donovan
2024
A holiday historical romance about finding more than shelter after a life has been disrupted by war and loss. As Christmas approaches, a new connection offers the chance to build a true home.
A Reprise for Christmas
by Lynn Donovan
2024
In the years after the Civil War, Christmas brings back memories, unfinished hopes, and the possibility of a second chance. A woman facing an uncertain future discovers that love may return in an unexpected form.
Betting it All in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024
Professional organizer Maribeth Thorp leaves an eight-year relationship broke and homeless, then discovers she owns a house in Deadwood. Her photographic memory makes her unbeatable at cards, but a new start comes with serious risks.
Daman's Brides
by Lynn Donovan
2024
Daman's linked Western romance continues the Double Trouble theme of tangled courtship and family complications. Finding the right future means working through practical arrangements, competing hopes, and the need for genuine trust.
Haman's Brides
by Lynn Donovan
2024
A shared Western romance centered on Haman and the complications that come with more than one bride, more than one expectation, and no easy path to happiness. Family ties raise the stakes.
Hidden Aces in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024
Maribeth finds high-stakes card games in Deadwood easily enough, but explaining her sudden money is another matter. Her detective neighbor is already difficult to live beside, and his investigation may pull her deeper into danger.
Lily
by Lynn Donovan
2024
In the Garden Belles Mail-Order Brides world, Lily takes a risky step toward a new life and an unknown match. A frontier courtship offers hope, but she must decide whether this new place can become home.
Sleight of Hand in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024
A trick of the hand can hide more than a card in Deadwood. Maribeth must sort through appearances, motives, and another risky situation while trying to protect the fragile life she has built.
Two of a Kind in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024
Maribeth's new life in Deadwood keeps getting more complicated as a fresh mystery tests her instincts. Alliances shift, secrets matter, and finding the right partner may be as important as playing the right card.
Winner Takes All in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024
The stakes rise in Deadwood as Maribeth faces a final gamble involving the people and home she has come to value. Winning may require more than her perfect memory and talent for cards.
Worst Hand Wins in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024
In Deadwood, a bad hand can still hide a winning move. Maribeth's unusual skills and growing local ties draw her into another problem where luck, deception, and trust are all on the table.
Where to start with Lynn Donovan
For paranormal fantasy with Christian themes: The Wishing Well Curse → Thorns of Betrayal → Secret Voices
For historical mail-order romance: The Blacksmith's Daughter → Dixie's Dachshund → Lou Lou's Christmas Wish
For space-set speculative fiction: Fertility Pirates → Cloned Chaos
For connected Western family romances: Adam → Seth → Jonah
For faith-centered nonfiction: Winning Him Without Words → Not Alone → Winning Them With Prayer
Lynn Donovan sub-series and character series
- Beyond the VEIL books in order
- Christmas Under Main Street books in order
- Confederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides (Lynn Donovan) books in order
- Double Trouble (Lynn Donovan) books in order
- Garden Belles Mail-Order Brides books in order
- Gunther City Mail Order Brides books in order
- Java Cupid Romance books in order
- Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter books in order
- Lantern in the Window books in order
- Matchmaker Claus books in order
- Merry's Christmas books in order
- Phantom Horse Bridge books in order
- Sons of Honor books in order
- Spirit of Destiny books in order
- The Abraham Project books in order
- The Belles of Wyoming (Lynn Donovan) books in order
- The Blizzard Brides (Lynn Donovan) books in order
- The Bride Herder (Lynn Donovan) books in order
- The Broad Street Boarding House (Lynn Donovan) books in order
- Time to Ride books in order
Beyond the VEIL books in order
Explore this seriesChristmas Under Main Street books in order
Explore this seriesConfederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides (Lynn Donovan) books in order
Explore this seriesDouble Trouble (Lynn Donovan) books in order
Explore this seriesGarden Belles Mail-Order Brides books in order
Explore this seriesGunther City Mail Order Brides books in order
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Dixie's Dachshund
by Lynn Donovan
2017Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 2
The Blacksmith's Daughter
by Lynn Donovan
2017Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 1
Alice's Trebled Heart
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 4
Jane Anne's Ghostly Gift
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 6
Lou Lou's Christmas Wish
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 3
Martha's Grace
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 5
Gunther City Mail Order Brides books in chronological order

The Blacksmith's Daughter
by Lynn Donovan
2017Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 1
Dixie's Dachshund
by Lynn Donovan
2017Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 2
Lou Lou's Christmas Wish
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 3
Alice's Trebled Heart
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 4
Martha's Grace
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 5
Jane Anne's Ghostly Gift
by Lynn Donovan
2018Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Book 6
Java Cupid Romance books in order
Explore this seriesKaraoke, Cards, and Clutter books in order
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Betting it All in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 1
Hidden Aces in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 2
Sleight of Hand in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 5
Two of a Kind in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 4
Winner Takes All in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 6
Worst Hand Wins in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 3
Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter books in chronological order

Betting it All in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 1
Hidden Aces in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 2
Worst Hand Wins in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 3
Two of a Kind in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 4
Sleight of Hand in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 5
Winner Takes All in Deadwood
by Lynn Donovan
2024Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter, Book 6
Lantern in the Window books in order
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Lantern of Grace
by Lynn Donovan
2018Lantern in the Window, Book 2
Lantern of Hope
by Lynn Donovan
2018Lantern in the Window, Book 3
Lantern of Patience
by Lynn Donovan
2018Lantern in the Window, Book 1
Lantern of Honor
by Lynn Donovan
2020Lantern in the Window, Book 4
Lantern in the Window books in chronological order
Matchmaker Claus books in order
Explore this seriesMerry's Christmas books in order
Explore this seriesPhantom Horse Bridge books in order
Explore this seriesSons of Honor books in order
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Adam
by Lynn Donovan
2020Sons of Honor, Book 1
Benjamin
by Lynn Donovan
2020Sons of Honor, Book 6
Jacob
by Lynn Donovan
2020Sons of Honor, Book 4
Jonah
by Lynn Donovan
2020Sons of Honor, Book 3
Reuben
by Lynn Donovan
2020Sons of Honor, Book 5
Seth
by Lynn Donovan
2020Sons of Honor, Book 2
Sons of Honor books in chronological order
Spirit of Destiny books in order
Explore this seriesThe Abraham Project books in order
Explore this seriesThe Belles of Wyoming (Lynn Donovan) books in order
Explore this seriesThe Blizzard Brides (Lynn Donovan) books in order
Explore this seriesThe Bride Herder (Lynn Donovan) books in order
Explore this seriesThe Broad Street Boarding House (Lynn Donovan) books in order
Explore this seriesTime to Ride books in order
Explore this seriesLynn Donovan collections, short stories, and related book types
Author bio
Lynn Donovan writes across a wide stretch of genres, from historical Western romance and paranormal stories to speculative fiction, contemporary romance, time travel, and Christian living books. Her shelves can look wonderfully unpredictable. One book may feature a mail-order bride in Oklahoma, while the next heads toward ghosts, fairy-tale trouble, or a family learning to face faith and marriage honestly.
She has described herself as an author, playwright, and director, someone who spends her writing days trying to keep up with a busy collection of muses. That sense of curiosity shows in the range of stories she chooses to tell.
Donovan's early nonfiction includes Winning Him Without Words, written with Dineen Miller, a practical and faith-focused book for women in spiritually mismatched marriages. She later returned to that subject with Not Alone, Winning Them With Prayer, and Raising Godly Kids in a Spiritually Mismatched Home. These books are direct, encouraging, and built around the everyday pressures of family life, prayer, and holding onto hope.
Her fiction takes a very different route. The Wishing Well Curse, the first Spirit of Destiny novel, follows a young man whose terrible day becomes stranger when an inheritance, an old well, ghosts, and a curse enter the picture. The Abraham Project novels, beginning with Fertility Pirates, push farther into science fiction, pairing reproductive technology and space travel with questions of faith and responsibility.
Then there are the Western romances.
Series such as Gunther City Mail Order Brides, Sons of Honor, Lantern in the Window, and The Blizzard Brides make room for determined women, wounded men, small communities, and the difficult work of building a home. Donovan often uses a historical setting not as decoration, but as a source of real pressure. Her characters have limited choices, hard-earned reputations, and plenty to lose.
She also enjoys a touch of the unusual. Ghosts turn up in Gunther City. The Beyond the VEIL books bring fantasy creatures into the mix. The Phantom Horse Bridge stories lean into mystery, while the Time to Ride books use time travel as part of their romantic setup. Even her cozier contemporary work, including the Deadwood-set Karaoke, Cards, and Clutter novels, tends to give its characters a problem that can't be solved by simply staying put.
Readers who like clean romance with a little mystery, faith, humor, or magic have plenty of paths through her work. Some series follow one connected town or family, while others are shared projects in which different authors contribute their own couples and stories.
Donovan also continues her ministry work. She serves as the executive director of Three Keys Ministries and leads a community for believers in spiritually unequal marriages. She lives in California with her husband, and her life includes two adult children, two granddaughters, and two dogs named Finn and Gracie.
It is a varied body of work, but the through line is easy to spot: people facing a difficult turn in life, then finding a way forward.
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