Misty River Romance Books in Order

The Misty River Romance books are set in a picturesque mountain town in the Blue Ridge region and center on a tight-knit group of friends known as the Miracle Five. As teenagers on a mission trip, they survived being trapped in a collapsed building after an earthquake overseas, and that shared trauma keeps tugging at their lives long after the headlines fade. (madisonslibrary.com)

A prequel novella, Take a Chance on Me, introduces the town and its community. Baker Penelope Quinn is helping her brother’s family through a medical crisis when she lands in close quarters with Eli Price, an Air Force fighter pilot who already broke her heart once. Determined never to date an airman again, she has to decide whether a second chance with Eli is worth the risk. The story sets the tone for the series: small-town warmth, quick banter, and a clear sense that past wounds still shape the present. (beckywade.com)

In Stay with Me, popular Bible study author Genevieve Woodward returns to Misty River after receiving an anonymous letter hinting at a buried family secret. Behind her polished public image, she is hiding a dependence on prescription pain medication. When she collapses in the rental cottage on Sam Turner’s historic farm, the gruff, private owner discovers far more than a tenant in trouble. Their story tackles addiction, shame, and honesty in relationships without losing sight of romance and hope. (beckywade.com)

Let It Be Me shifts to pediatric heart surgeon Sebastian Grant, one of the Miracle Five, and math prodigy Leah Montgomery, a high school teacher who devoted her twenties to raising her younger brother. Leah’s world is shaken when a DNA test suggests she is not biologically related to the family who raised her. She turns to Sebastian for help untangling the truth in hospital records, just as he is wrestling with loyalty to his best friend, who has feelings for Leah as well. The novel blends a love triangle, questions of identity, and a “switched at birth” mystery. (beckywade.com)

The Christmas novella You and Me offers a lighter, festive interlude. Easygoing artist Connor Bryant has secretly loved sporty stationery shop owner Shay Seaver since seventh grade. Back in Misty River for the holidays, he asks her to help him reinvent his look and dating game so he can win “someone else,” never confessing that she is the someone. Their friends-to-lovers story plays out against twinkling lights, shop windows, and a community Christmas season. (beckywade.com)

In Turn to Me, ex-con Luke Dempsey returns to Misty River to honor a promise he made to a dying fellow inmate. His task is to protect Finley Sutherland, the idealistic owner of an animal rescue, as she follows a series of clues her father left behind in a treasure hunt that might also draw dangerous attention. Luke is the most reluctant of the Miracle Five, weighed down by guilt and a past he would rather outrun, while Finley is determined to believe the best about people, including him. (beckywade.com)

Across the series, the Misty River books weave together romance, layered backstories, and ongoing mysteries, all anchored in questions of faith and healing from trauma. The novels can be read on their own, but following them in order lets you trace the full arc of the Miracle Five and the town that gathers around them.