Melody Carlson Books in Order

Amber tries to maintain the image of a perfect pastor's daughter while joining Claire Phillips at parties. Hidden drinking and small lies begin growing into a serious problem, threatening the life she has carefully presented to others.

Glennis Harmon discovers that her nineteen-year-old son Jacob is struggling with substance abuse. Her determination to help clashes with her attorney husband's concern for appearances, putting their marriage and their daughter Sarah's wellbeing under strain.

Jordan Ferguson's friendship with Shawna Frye fractures when Timothy leaves Shawna to date Jordan. Rumors and retaliation follow, and Jordan's jealousy grows as Shawna tries to win him back, challenging her loyalties and judgment.

Chloe Miller and her Redemption bandmates juggle school, friendships, and a demanding music career. A crush on Iron Cross's lead singer and the responsibilities of their Christian ministry complicate Chloe's efforts to keep her priorities straight.

After her friend Jason dies by suicide, Morgan struggles with grief and guilt over signs she missed. His death unsettles her understanding of their friendship and leaves her searching for a way through overwhelming questions.

Surrounded by Easter eggs, candy, and new clothes, Sam wants to know why his town celebrates the holiday. His questions lead him to Henry, an older resident who explains the Christian story behind Easter.

After her mother's death, college student Christine Bradley learns from her father that she was adopted. As Christmas approaches, her search for her birth mother uncovers an unexpected family history and raises questions about belonging.

Zoe believes her romance with popular athlete Justin Clark could be something lasting. When their relationship raises questions about sex, her Christian friend Nate challenges her to examine how her choices fit her beliefs and identity.

The story of Jesus' birth is retold using the rhythm of the familiar Christmas poem The Night Before Christmas. Susan Reagan's illustrations accompany a rhyming account that places the Nativity at the center of Christmas.

Maggie blames her mother's nagging when her father leaves and their family falls apart. But the explanations she has accepted may conceal a different story, and her search for answers challenges her assumptions about both parents.

Ruth Wallace hides scars on her arms while using self-harm to cope with emotional pain. As secrecy deepens her isolation, she faces the need to address the troubles beneath her behavior and seek a different way forward.

Forty-one rhyming poems help young children recognize blessings in the people, places, and routines around them. Familiar comforts, pets, and playful moments become opportunities for families to introduce gratitude and an awareness of God’s care.

This study for teenage girls explores forgiveness after hurt in friendships, family, school, and church. Fictional situations, Bible passages, reflection questions, and journaling exercises connect everyday conflicts with Jesus' example of forgiving those who betrayed him.

This Bible study invites teenage girls to examine their identity in Christ and their understanding of God's plans. Six sessions combine fictional stories, biblical teaching, questions, and interactive activities for personal reflection on who they are.

Missionary's daughter Hannah Johnson visits her cousin Vanessa in America after life in Papua New Guinea. Surrounded by fashionable, wealthy girls, Hannah feels inadequate and struggles to reconcile the pressure to fit in with her values.

Caitlin O'Conner accepts Josh Miller's proposal and begins planning their wedding during her final college year. Family expectations, money, and friends' troubles complicate preparations as she considers what her faith means for the marriage ahead.

After a speeding ticket, Kim Peterson writes an anonymous advice column for her father's newspaper to regain driving privileges. Answering other teenagers' questions forces her to confront her own uncertainties about faith, identity, and life's meaning.

This six-week Bible study helps teenage girls examine their relationship with God. Fictional stories, Scripture, reflection questions, journaling, and personal goals encourage readers to connect biblical teaching with their own lives and understanding of God's plans.

This Bible study addresses teenage girls' relationships with friends, parents, siblings, and boyfriends, including difficult situations. Six sessions use fictional examples, biblical passages, interactive questions, and personal reflection to explore how faith can shape everyday interactions.

Kim Peterson struggles to understand faith while her mother faces advanced ovarian cancer. Her friend Natalie's prayers and her developing relationship with Matthew bring further questions about belief, intimacy, and the choices she wants to make.

Samantha McGregor believes her unusual dreams and visions come from God. When rebellious classmate Kayla Henderson disappears, a vision of Kayla bound and gagged challenges the assumption that she ran away and pushes Samantha toward action.

When Jessica LeCroix comes out as lesbian, her friend Ramie Grant is shocked. Hostility from other girls places their friendship under pressure, forcing Ramie to examine her beliefs and decide how to respond to the bullying.

Emily compares herself unfavorably with friends she sees as thinner, prettier, and more confident. Her dissatisfaction with her body turns into self-loathing and dangerous eating habits, making her struggle with appearance increasingly difficult to conceal.

Following her mother's death, Kim Peterson faces her father's job loss, family arguments, uncertainty about Matthew, and Natalie's pregnancy. These overlapping troubles test her faith as she searches for stability in a life that keeps changing.

On her first overseas trip, Maddie explores Northern Ireland with her aunt and Ryan, her aunt's godson. Their growing friendship accompanies questions about the bombing that killed Ryan's father, drawing Maddie into a search that becomes unexpectedly dangerous.

Five women attend a wedding at a mountain inn, each carrying troubles in her own intimate relationship. Over one day, depression, infidelity, uncertainty and the prospect of divorce draw them toward one another as they reconsider marriage and friendship.

Kim Peterson's senior year brings a friend's pregnancy, a letter from her birth mother in Korea and questions about taking in a cousin. Still grieving her mother, Kim must weigh family responsibilities and difficult advice against her developing faith.

Christmas Valley expects its familiar holiday celebrations, but strangers fill the local inn and disrupt the town's plans. When a young couple arrives in a bus with their baby due soon, the residents face an unexpected test of their seasonal welcome.

Recently widowed Colleen struggles to connect with her adult son Jamie while hiding a secret kept for twenty years. His announcement that he plans to join the military prompts a trip to Ireland where both must confront what they haven't shared.

Samantha McGregor worries that her visions have disappeared just as a detective needs help reconsidering an apparent suicide. Their return brings an image of a young man jumping from a bridge, sending Samantha racing to identify him before tragedy strikes.

Reagan gains acceptance into popular Kendra's inner circle, but her new friends mistreat anyone who obstructs them. A tragic accident and a party that goes too far force Reagan to reconsider the choices she's making to belong.

Vacationing in Mexico, Maddie becomes jealous when Ryan reconnects with a former crush. Befriending a local girl living in poverty gives her another perspective, while discovering the other girl's secret challenges Maddie to set aside rivalry and offer help.

Heather's interest in Wicca initially brings confidence while distancing her from other people. When frightening events begin occurring beyond her understanding, she questions the control she thought she had and confronts the spiritual consequences of her new path.

Mary reflects on her life as Jesus' mother, from her vulnerable youth to the events surrounding his death. This fictional retelling imagines her emotions and family experiences, placing a mother's love and faith at the center of the Gospel story.

Maddie accompanies her journalist aunt to Papua New Guinea and encounters the effects of the AIDS crisis. Reporting and friendships with local people expose a troubled history, challenging her faith and her assumptions about how she might offer meaningful help.

Samantha's brother returns from treatment for meth addiction, but troubling visions make her fear he's in danger again. Concealing her suspicions from detective Ebony Hamilton, she investigates alone until she must choose between protecting him from arrest and protecting his life.

After bullies knock Emily from her bicycle, four girls in a trailer park begin walking together for safety. Their friendship leads Morgan, Amy, Carlie and Emily to enlist neighbors in improving Harbor View, turning shared vulnerability into a community project.

Morgan, Amy, Carlie and Emily begin summer by restoring a bus to use as their clubhouse. Their work launches the Rainbow Club, giving the four friends at Harbor View a place to build on their shared desire to improve their community.

Carlie wants a best friend and becomes close to Chelsea Landers, a girl who lives in a mansion but isn't always kind. Bringing Chelsea into her existing circle raises questions about friendship, belonging and how the other Harbor View girls will respond.

The girls of Harbor View discover that vandalism has put their town's only public park at risk. With plans to replace it with a parking lot, Morgan, Amy, Carlie and Emily decide to take action to preserve the shared space.

Anecdotes, poems and quotations celebrate the teachers who inspire, encourage and mentor their students. Arranged around autumn, winter and spring, this gift book offers children and families a way to thank an exceptional educator.

Cassidy Cantrell loses her Seattle job and longtime boyfriend just when she expects a promotion. Returning to her hometown and a mother enjoying a new social life, she struggles with envy while trying to rebuild her confidence and future.

After a broken engagement, Gretchen Hanover decides to renovate and sell a house to finance a fresh start. The property's unexpected problems force her to consider help from carpenter Noah Campbell, whose personal history makes trusting him another challenge.

Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark's glamorous life hides isolation and her mother's drug use. When her savings disappear and her mother faces prison, Maya moves in with relatives, forcing her to reconsider independence, identity and where she might belong.

After years of miscarriages, Anna struggles to abandon her hopes of motherhood while hiding worrying health symptoms. As Christmas approaches, she and her husband Michael each try to find the perfect gift amid uncertainty about the future they imagined.

A housemate's return after disappearing unsettles the girls at Carter House, just as the homecoming queen contest intensifies. Rivalry divides friends and roommates, testing their loyalties and leaving each girl to confront how ambition affects their shared life.

Three young women rent rooms in Kendall Weis's supposedly luxurious house and agree to renovate it for reduced rent. Personal secrets, family pressures and their demanding landlady complicate the arrangement, turning a new address into a test of independence and friendship.

Christmas brings loneliness and romantic confusion to the roommates at 86 Bloomberg Place. Family absences, an unfaithful ex-boyfriend's return and Kendall's pursuit of an actor complicate the season as the women juggle work, relationships and faith.

After her mother's death, DJ moves in with her grandmother, a retired fashion model who opens a boarding home for teenage girls. Six distinct personalities, dating and school pressures make adjusting to Carter House far more complicated than sharing an address.

Samantha's visions warn of violence at a high school, prompting detective Ebony Hamilton to send her undercover. As a possible terrorism connection emerges, visions of a bullied boy and doubts about her mother's boyfriend further complicate the urgent investigation.

Morgan trusts that money for a church ski trip will arrive, but illness, school and holiday demands disrupt her fundraising. When her grandmother suffers a heart attack, the Harbor View girl's disappointment becomes a deeper test of faith and priorities.

Emily's mother flees her abusive former husband, taking both children away down an Oregon highway. Emily's friends at Harbor View are devastated and worried, turning to prayer as they search for ways to help the family.

Secret admirer notes make Amy hopeful about a popular boy before the Valentine's Day dance. When her crush becomes public and embarrassing, she considers how to help other lonely people instead of dwelling on her disappointment.

A church ski trip tests the Harbor View girls' friendship as flirting competes with time on the slopes. Carlie prefers snowboarding, but an accident forces her to slow down and reconsider the friends around her.

Romantic rivalry unsettles the Carter House when Taylor pursues Bradford, the popular athlete dating Rhiannon. As the girls navigate jealousy, hurt feelings, and their own hopes for boyfriends, their relationships under one roof face new strains.

Ruth believes constant prayer and support for her church protect her daughters from evil, while her husband worries about her spending. Unrecognized obsessive compulsive disorder turns her attempts at spiritual protection into a threat to her family.

Drawing on her own conversion as a teenager, Melody Carlson offers young readers reflections rooted in Jesus’s words. The devotional connects those teachings with everyday uncertainty, encouraging a personal faith built on trust rather than unfamiliar religious language.

Mrs. Carter takes the girls to a luxurious Vermont ski lodge, unaware that Taylor has invited boys along. With their chaperone distracted by General Harding, the weekend becomes a test of judgment, responsibility, and faith.

Melody Carlson helps mothers understand what teenage daughters may struggle to express through anger, silence, and mixed signals. The book explores identity, friendships, romance, hopes, and fears as a route toward deeper communication and connection.

Maya Stark's summer brings a job, boyfriend, and hybrid car, along with an opportunity to write an environmental newspaper column. She tries to reconcile her commitment to living green with Christian faith and difficult youth-group relationships.

Seventeen-year-old Aster spends her free time caring for her younger sister Lily, who has an intellectual disability. When a popular boy shows interest, Aster tries to make her parents take responsibility without hurting the sister she loves.

This ninety-day devotional helps teenagers study Jesus’s words and consider how they apply to everyday choices. Carlson offers spiritual guidance for adolescence, encouraging readers to develop a steadier faith while facing the pressures and uncertainties of growing up.

Once accustomed to Hollywood glamour, Claudette Fioré loses her fortune to a crooked accountant and returns to her hometown and estranged sister. New friendships force the proud widow to reconsider her values and whether change remains possible.

DJ joins Taylor in Las Vegas for Christmas break, expecting a relaxing visit while Taylor's mother performs. Taylor and Eliza's escalating parties leave DJ overwhelmed and worried that her friend needs more help than she can provide.

The Carter House girls prepare for New York's Spring Fashion Week under Mrs. Carter's demanding supervision. Competition over clothes, attention, and boys intensifies, turning an exciting opportunity into a test of their friendships and personal struggles.

The Carter House girls head to Florida for spring break, but nearby boys disrupt their quiet plans. While Taylor tries to maintain her sobriety, Eliza's attempts to regain Harry's attention lead to partying and a worrying disappearance.

Kendall's debts and unexpected pregnancy complicate life at Bloomberg Place while her roommates face work and family problems. An invitation to Hawaii prompts a garage sale, but fraying tempers threaten their efforts to afford the trip.

Betty Kowalski faces Christmas with little enthusiasm and growing irritation at her new neighbor's messy home improvements. When a scruffy dog appears at her door, her quiet holiday becomes an unexpected opportunity to reconsider Christmas and kindness.

Wedding plans consume Bloomberg Place as Lelani seeks a simple celebration and pregnant Kendall wants an elaborate one. Competing demands over bridesmaids, venues, and showers test the roommates' friendships as two weddings approach on the same day.

Maya Stark considers early graduation while a hostile cheerleader, misunderstandings with her ex-boyfriend, and her mother's coming prison release complicate her life. Unexpected musical opportunities force her to weigh ordinary teenage life against a more glamorous future.

Across ninety days of devotions, Carlson invites teenage girls to reflect on Jesus’s words and their practical meaning. The readings address the need for spiritual direction during adolescence, helping readers build faith and understand the teachings they encounter.

Sophie starts a new school year carrying a secret she cannot hide much longer. Even shopping with her best friend becomes difficult, as changes in her life threaten to expose the choices she has kept private.

A class reunion brings four childhood friends named Linda back to their Oregon hometown after forty-seven years. A lawyer, an empty nester, an artist, and an aging actress rediscover friendship while confronting crossroads in their separate lives.

Their fashion television show's success takes Paige and Erin Forrester to New York Fashion Week. Paige seeks top designers' attention while Erin promotes environmentally minded fashion, and growing fame puts both sisters' ambitions and judgment under pressure.

After false accusations send her to prison, Lena Markham struggles to rebuild her life with little money or support. A secondhand red coat wins her work as Mrs. Santa, but she worries about keeping her past hidden.

With her parents absent and the rent overdue, Adele becomes homeless while trying to finish high school. She hides her circumstances behind the appearance of an ordinary teenage life, struggling to sustain both her education and her secret.

Four childhood friends rebuild their lives in Clifden, Oregon, confronting widowhood, artistic frustration, an empty nest, and a mother's Alzheimer's disease. Old resentments and new misunderstandings test the support they hoped to find in their renewed friendship.

Elise hopes to experience her first kiss before turning sixteen, but a friend's advice and electronic messages lead her into trouble. Accused of sexting and expelled from school, she must confront questions of blame, choices, and integrity.

Outgoing fashion enthusiast Paige and her camera-loving sister Erin receive an opportunity to star in their own fashion television show. A reality-series appearance and red-carpet assignment put their contrasting personalities and unlikely partnership to the test.

Paige and Erin take their fashion television show to Paris, expecting to apply lessons learned about fame. An unexpected filming week at model Eliza Wilton's family estate brings romance, jealousy, and complications that could jeopardize their show.

Paige and Erin bring their successful reality show to London, where enthusiastic fans and relentless paparazzi await. The sisters discover how intrusive fame can become as reporters pursue possible scandals and the pressure threatens their partnership.

As graduation approaches, the Carter House girls face college decisions, prom rivalries, and troubled relationships. Mrs. Carter’s Mother’s Day fashion show adds fresh tension, leaving the girls to decide which friendships they can carry into the future.

Abby, Caroline, Marley, and Janie face mounting pressures from illness, caregiving, grown children, and uncertain relationships. A house fire and other complications test their support for one another as each woman tries to navigate midlife.

A trip to Milan offers Paige and Erin a break from relationship troubles and family worries. But Paige’s renewed romance and a change in directors leave Erin overloaded, before a troubling discovery forces a difficult choice.

Haley chooses to live with her easygoing father after her parents’ divorce and begins dating Harris at her new school. When trust turns to humiliation, she struggles to speak about an experience she feels pressured to hide.

Wealthy Manhattan teenager Madison and Amish eighteen-year-old Anna both long to escape the futures others have planned for them. When the lookalikes meet during spring break, they decide to trade places and experience each other’s lives.

Erin and Paige continue their fashion television careers while personal pressures intrude behind the scenes. A colleague’s cancer and Paige’s choices about her fiancé force Erin to wrestle with faith, honesty, and loyalty to her sister.

A young boy winds down from an active day, saying goodnight to friends, family, toys, and familiar household objects. Rhyming bedtime rituals lead toward a final goodnight to God and the angels watching over him.

Abby, Janie, Caroline, and Marley move through holiday celebrations, a New Year cruise, and a hometown wedding. Marital problems, money worries, and a creative crisis remind the four friends how much they need one another.

After her mother’s funeral, widow Anna Larson returns to her childhood home beside Oregon’s Siuslaw River. Reconnecting with her Native heritage, she plans to turn the family house into an inn offering healing and new beginnings.

Cleo Neilson knows why her mother was in a dangerous part of town on a fateful night. Keeping that knowledge hidden leaves her struggling with grief and guilt as she searches for faith, forgiveness, and relief.

Shelley fears she cannot meet her mother-in-law’s expectations for Thanksgiving, while Diane faces a proposal to turn the lighthouse into an inn. Their friends confront creative tensions and old burdens as strange photographs raise new questions.

Matilda Honeycutt opens an unusual store in Parrish Springs just before Christmas, upsetting residents who expected something more respectable. As people explore its secondhand contents, forgotten memories offer unexpected possibilities for healing and a fresh start.

Starting over in Marble Cove, Diane meets three women who share her experience of narrowly escaping death. A mysterious light from the lighthouse draws them together and prompts questions about the purpose behind their survival.

Independent eighty-year-old widow Dora Chase frustrates her family, while young Armando Garcia looks for shortcuts that sometimes lead toward crime. Their unlikely meeting changes both lives, opening a path toward hope and healing neither expected.

Rachel takes a summer job away from home and meets an attractive Australian who seems to share her conservative values. Their connection leads her into an isolating religious group, where escaping its control becomes increasingly difficult.

Written for teenage girls, these devotions explore Jesus’s words and their practical meaning during adolescence. Drawing on concerns shared in readers’ letters, the book connects Bible study with personal growth and the challenges of everyday life.

This guide helps leaders conduct eight Bible study sessions on forgiveness, grace, and healing. Stories from the Inn at Shining Waters novels accompany selected Scriptures, with session plans exploring second chances and the restoration of relationships.

During the 1960s, Lauren struggles between her mother Anna’s home at Shining Waters and her manipulative grandmother’s influence. Conflicting loyalties and romantic tensions deepen their family divisions, with consequences that reach into the next generation.

Seeking independence, Anna Larson’s granddaughter Sarah travels away from familiar surroundings as her relationship with her parents deteriorates. The river eventually draws her back to Shining Waters, where three generations of family disappointment await her.