Molly O'Keefe Books in Order
Browse Molly O'Keefe books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy starting points for her small-town, western, and darker romances.
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Molly O'Keefe books in publication order
56 books
Kiss the Cook
by Molly O'Keefe
2004
Billy Cook never forgot Kate Jenkins, the girl who kissed him young and broke his heart right after. Now she is back in Montana, pregnant and promising to stay, which makes old feelings impossible to ignore.
Pencil Him in
by Molly O'Keefe
2004
Workaholic ad exec Anna Simmons is forced into a six-month break and invents a fake balanced life to impress her boss. Hiring her hot neighbor Sam Drynan as a pretend boyfriend only complicates matters in the best way.
Dishing It Out
by Molly O'Keefe
2005
Chef Marie Simmons is not about to let her flashy new co-host Van MacAllister steal the spotlight on their cooking show. Their rivalry is delicious, and the real sizzle may have nothing to do with the food.
Family at Stake
by Molly O'Keefe
2006
A family crisis forces two wary adults to deal with old wounds, fresh responsibilities, and the child at the center of it all. O'Keefe balances romance here with questions of loyalty, home, and what makes a real family.
His Best Friend's Baby
by Molly O'Keefe
2006
Jesse comes home from war planning to sell the house and leave his past behind. Then Julia, the widow of his best friend and the woman he has always secretly loved, shows up with a child and nowhere safe to go.
The Son Between Them
by Molly O'Keefe
2006
For years Sam and J.D. have kept their relationship carefully limited. The arrival of the son she once gave up for adoption shatters all the rules and forces them to face what they really mean to each other.
The Story Of Us
by Molly O'Keefe
2006
Samantha Riggins and J.D. Kronos thought their no-strings arrangement was working fine. Then the son Sam gave up for adoption walks into her shelter, and the truth between them changes everything.
Baby Makes Three
by Molly O'Keefe
2007
Chef Alice Mitchell's life is in pieces when her ex-husband Gabe offers her work at the inn he is opening. Old love is still there, but so are infertility, divorce, and all the reasons they broke.
Undercover Protector
by Molly O'Keefe
2007
Special agent Maggie Fitzgerald goes undercover as journalist Caleb Gomez's cleaning woman to get intel on a crime lord. Falling for Caleb was never part of the plan, and it may be the most dangerous part of the job.
A Man Worth Keeping
by Molly O'Keefe
2008
Delia Dupuis is hiding from a dangerous ex-husband when she lands at Riverview Inn with her daughter. Max Mitchell, a former cop with scars of his own, becomes exactly the kind of safe place she never expected.
Worth Fighting For
by Molly O'Keefe
2008
At the Mitchell family inn, love has to compete with old baggage, responsibility, and the fear of getting hurt again. This final romance keeps the series' warm setting and hard emotional edge.
And Then There Was You
by Molly O'Keefe
2009
Jennifer Stern thinks the story of a lifetime has landed on her doorstep when playboy Ian Greer appears. What begins as a scoop turns into a romance shaped by public image, private pain, and a secret too big to ignore.
The Story Between Them
by Molly O'Keefe
2009
Journalist Jennifer Stern thinks charming bad-boy Ian Greer will be the story that relaunches her career. Instead he becomes the man who makes her question what she is willing to publish, and what she is willing to lose.
The Scandal and Carter O'Neill
by Molly O'Keefe
2010
Carter O'Neill has nearly outrun his family's bad name through discipline and distance. Then Zoe Madison crashes back into his life and threatens both his carefully managed future and his guarded heart.
The Temptation of Savannah O'Neill
by Molly O'Keefe
2010
Savannah O'Neill lives quietly and works hard, but her family's reputation still follows her everywhere. Falling for the wrong man could prove the town right, or finally let Savannah choose her own story.
Tyler O'Neill's Redemption
by Molly O'Keefe
2010
Tyler O'Neill blows back into town and straight into police chief Juliette Tremblant's carefully controlled life. He is temptation, trouble, and a painful reminder of the future she once imagined.
His Wife for One Night
by Molly O'Keefe
2011
Jack McKibbon married his best friend Mia Alatore for practical reasons, not love, or so he told himself. Years later, one night of pretending to be real husband and wife forces both of them to face everything they buried.
Can't Buy Me Love
by Molly O'Keefe
2012
At Crooked Creek Ranch, a woman from the wrong side of the tracks and a man convinced his future is already spent find themselves pulled together. What starts as friction turns into a hard fight for belonging.
Can't Hurry Love
by Molly O'Keefe
2012
Victoria Baker arrives at the ranch with her old life in ruins and no patience left for false promises. The last thing she needs is a man who makes starting over look both dangerous and possible.
Unexpected Family
by Molly O'Keefe
2012
Former rodeo star Jeremiah Stone is suddenly left raising his three orphaned nephews and running the family ranch. When Lucy Alatore comes back with her own failures and grief, the two get a hard, unexpected shot at building something steady.
All I Want for Christmas Is You
by Molly O'Keefe
2013
Maddy Baumgarten and Billy Wilkins want to elope right after Christmas, if their families stop interfering long enough to let it happen. This holiday romance is young, impulsive, and full of hometown chaos.
Crazy Thing Called Love
by Molly O'Keefe
2013
TV host Madelyn has built a polished public life, but Billy Wilkins still remembers the girl underneath it. Their second chance is hot, messy, and tangled up with every reason they broke apart the first time.
Wild Child
by Molly O'Keefe
2013
Former reality star Monica Appleby comes home to Bishop, Arkansas, planning to cash in on her past. Mayor Jackson Davies wants her gone, until attraction and the town's failing future make keeping his distance impossible.
Between the Sheets
by Molly O'Keefe
2014
Wyatt Svenson lands in Bishop with a son he barely knows and a past he cannot outrun. His son's art teacher, Shelby Monroe, seems too good, too careful, and far too tempting for the quiet life she has built.
Indecent Proposal
by Molly O'Keefe
2014
Golden-boy politician Harrison Montgomery has a future planned down to the inch. Ryan is all sharp edges and survival, and their unlikely deal turns into something far riskier than either of them expected.
Never Been Kissed
by Molly O'Keefe
2014
After Ashley Montgomery is rescued from a terrifying kidnapping, Brody Baxter takes her to Bishop to recover. But healing gets complicated when the man protecting her is the one person she starts wanting most.
Seduced
by Molly O'Keefe
2014
Widowed and alone in the Rockies, Melody Hurst is trying to build a life from almost nothing. The hard, guarded man who crosses her path may be her greatest danger, or her best chance at starting over.
Everything I Left Unsaid
by Molly O'Keefe
2015
Annie's life changes the moment she answers a stranger's phone call and hears Dylan on the other end. What follows is a dark, intimate romance about secrets, desire, and the truth she has been running from.
Tempted
by Molly O'Keefe
2015
In Denver in 1869, Annie Denoe fights for independence and a life of her own choosing. Wanting more from the wrong man could cost her everything she has worked to claim.
The Truth About Him
by Molly O'Keefe
2015
Annie and Dylan's story deepens as old secrets, danger, and raw need close in around them. Love is not the problem here, surviving the truth might be.
Bad Neighbor
by Molly O'Keefe
2016
Charlotte is hiding out in a rundown apartment when Jesse Herrera, her dangerous, magnetic neighbor, starts getting under her skin. He looks like trouble, but he may be the only person willing to stand between her and the life chasing her down.
Burn Down the Night
by Molly O'Keefe
2016
Max and Joan are drawn together in a romance that feels wrong in all the most irresistible ways. The closer they get, the harder it becomes to keep the past from setting everything on fire.
The Heart of It
by Molly O'Keefe
2016
Gabe Paterson looks rich and successful from the outside, but the ghosts in his past are tearing him up. When he reaches out to Elena, a resilient call girl with scars of her own, honesty turns into something far more intimate.
We Are All Found Things
by Molly O'Keefe
2016
This standalone leans into the idea that damaged people still find each other at exactly the right moment. It is a contemporary story about loss, unexpected connection, and the small ways a life can be rebuilt.
Lost Without You
by Molly O'Keefe
2017
Tommy thought he lost Beth forever the night their lives exploded at St. Jude's. Seven years later, a dangerous debt drags them back together, and the love they never got over may cost them everything.
Redeemed
by Molly O'Keefe
2017
This shorter historical romance turns on a bargain, a debt, and the chance to reclaim something better from both. In true O'Keefe fashion, redemption comes with real emotional risk.
Ruin You
by Molly O'Keefe
2017
Simon has survived by staying cold, controlled, and one step ahead of everyone who ever wanted something from him. Then desire, revenge, and the one person who can still shake him collide in the worst possible way.
Wait for It
by Molly O'Keefe
2017
This short return to the series' dangerous world starts with one reckless choice and gets more complicated from there. It is sharp, tense, and built around the trouble desire always seems to invite.
Where I Belong
by Molly O'Keefe
2017
One of the survivors of St. Jude's is trying to build a life that finally feels safe. But old loyalties, unfinished love, and the debt hanging over them all make walking away impossible.
Christmas Eve
by Molly O'Keefe
2018
Trina and Dean were childhood friends in the Wyoming mountains until a family feud split them apart. On Christmas Eve, old love gets one more chance in a story with a strong holiday and hometown ache.
The Bastard
by Molly O'Keefe
2018
An outsider with every reason not to trust the King family is pulled deeper into its orbit. What should be a game of leverage and revenge becomes much more dangerous once love gets involved.
The Bodyguard
by Molly O'Keefe
2018
Protection turns personal when a bodyguard gets too close to the woman he is supposed to keep safe. In the King family world, danger and desire tend to arrive together.
The Cowboy
by Molly O'Keefe
2018
This King family romance trades polished power for western grit, but the stakes stay just as high. A cowboy hero, buried family trouble, and a woman worth changing for drive the story forward.
The Tycoon
by Molly O'Keefe
2018
Power, money, and King family secrets make this romance anything but simple. The man at the center has learned to control everything, until love becomes the one risk he cannot manage.
A Day In The Death of Walter Zawislak
by Molly O'Keefe
2019
This standalone takes one difficult day in Walter Zawislak's life and turns it into a reckoning. It is offbeat, character-driven, and more interested in regret, connection, and truth than easy answers.
My Wicked Prince
by Molly O'Keefe
2019
A heroine who never got a fairy-tale life is pulled back toward Gunnar, the prince who was once her stepbrother and her heartbreak. Palace walls, old desire, and unfinished damage make this royal romance deliciously messy.
Need You Now
by Molly O'Keefe
2019
A single dad with a dangerous past wants the one woman he should probably keep far away from his life. In The Debt world, wanting someone and keeping them safe are rarely the same thing.
One Last Chance
by Molly O'Keefe
2019
Set in the King family world, this shorter story is built around one more shot at love and repair. It is a compact reminder that some relationships only make sense when everything else is about to fall apart.
Christmas at the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020
The holidays bring guests, memories, and fresh romantic trouble to the Riverview Inn. Snowy charm meets second chances in a story that leans into family, home, and Christmas feeling.
Home to the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020
Coming home to the inn means facing family history, unfinished feelings, and the life someone once walked away from. Riverview gives this romance a warm setting, but not an easy path.
How My Brother's Best Friend Stole Christmas
by Molly O'Keefe
2020
A holiday visit gets complicated fast when old attraction flares between a woman and her brother's best friend. Snow, family closeness, and Christmas timing make staying sensible almost impossible.
Secrets of the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020
A woman on the run and her daughter find shelter at the Riverview Inn, where a wounded handyman sees more than she wants anyone to notice. Safety and love both come at a price in this emotional second-chance story.
Wedding at the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020
Alice is broke, heartsore, and drinking too much when her ex-husband Gabe asks her to save a huge wedding at the inn he built. Between pink swans, mysterious letters, and old chemistry, staying professional does not last long.
The Cowboy's Unexpected Family
by Molly O'Keefe
2021
Jeremiah Stone is a good-time cowboy until family loss leaves him raising three nephews and holding a ranch together. Lucy Alatore returns at exactly the moment when both of them need a future they did not plan for.
Untamed
by Molly O'Keefe
2021
In the explosive finale to the Hearts story, danger closes in on Poppy and Ronan from every side. Love, violence, and family war all collide, and neither of them gets out unchanged.
Second Chance At The Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2022
Back at the inn, old wounds and unfinished love get one more chance to turn into something lasting. This late series entry keeps the focus on family ties, homecoming, and hard-won hope.
Where to start with Molly O'Keefe
If you want messy small-town romance: Wild Child → Never Been Kissed → Between the Sheets
If you want darker, steamier suspense: Everything I Left Unsaid → The Truth About Him → Burn Down the Night
If you want family inn comfort and second chances: Wedding at the Riverview Inn → Secrets of the Riverview Inn → Home to the Riverview Inn
If you want a historical western edge: Seduced → Tempted → Redeemed
Molly O'Keefe sub-series and character series
- Alatore books in order
- Bad Boy Romance (Molly O'Keefe) books in order
- Boys of Bishop books in order
- Crooked Creek Ranch books in order
- Everything I Left Unsaid books in order
- Hearts books in order
- Into the Wild (Molly O'Keefe) books in order
- Kane Christmas books in order
- King Family (Molly O'Keefe) books in order
- Riverview Inn books in order
- Serenity House books in order
- The Debt books in order
- The Mitchells of Riverview Inn books in order
- The Notorious O'Neills books in order
Alatore books in order
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Can't Buy Me Love
by Molly O'Keefe
2012Crooked Creek Ranch, Book 1
Can't Hurry Love
by Molly O'Keefe
2012Crooked Creek Ranch, Book 2
All I Want for Christmas Is You
by Molly O'Keefe
2013Crooked Creek Ranch, Book 4
Crazy Thing Called Love
by Molly O'Keefe
2013Crooked Creek Ranch, Book 3
Crooked Creek Ranch books in chronological order
Everything I Left Unsaid books in order
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Everything I Left Unsaid
by Molly O'Keefe
2015Everything I Left Unsaid, Book 1
The Truth About Him
by Molly O'Keefe
2015Everything I Left Unsaid, Book 2
Burn Down the Night
by Molly O'Keefe
2016Everything I Left Unsaid, Book 3
Wait for It
by Molly O'Keefe
2017Everything I Left Unsaid, Book 4
Everything I Left Unsaid books in chronological order
Hearts books in order
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The Bastard
by Molly O'Keefe
2018King Family, Book 3
The Bodyguard
by Molly O'Keefe
2018King Family, Book 2
The Cowboy
by Molly O'Keefe
2018King Family, Book 4
The Tycoon
by Molly O'Keefe
2018King Family, Book 1
One Last Chance
by Molly O'Keefe
2019King Family, Book 5
King Family (Molly O'Keefe) books in chronological order
Riverview Inn books in order
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Christmas at the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 4
Home to the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 3
Secrets of the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 2
Wedding at the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 1
Second Chance At The Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2022Riverview Inn, Book 5
Riverview Inn books in chronological order

Wedding at the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 1
Secrets of the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 2
Home to the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 3
Christmas at the Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2020Riverview Inn, Book 4
Second Chance At The Riverview Inn
by Molly O'Keefe
2022Riverview Inn, Book 5
Serenity House books in order
Explore this seriesThe Debt books in order
Explore this seriesThe Mitchells of Riverview Inn books in order
Explore this seriesThe Notorious O'Neills books in order
Explore this seriesMolly O'Keefe collections, short stories, and related book types
Standalone Molly O'Keefe books

Kiss the Cook
by Molly O'Keefe
2004
Pencil Him in
by Molly O'Keefe
2004
Dishing It Out
by Molly O'Keefe
2005
Family at Stake
by Molly O'Keefe
2006
His Best Friend's Baby
by Molly O'Keefe
2006
Undercover Protector
by Molly O'Keefe
2007
The Story Between Them
by Molly O'Keefe
2009
A Day In The Death of Walter Zawislak
by Molly O'Keefe
2019
My Wicked Prince
by Molly O'Keefe
2019
The Cowboy's Unexpected Family
by Molly O'Keefe
2021
Author bio
Molly O'Keefe grew up in a small town outside Chicago, and she has said she always wanted to be a writer, except for a few detours when being a florist, a chef, or even a cowgirl sounded pretty good too. Once she found romance novels, though, the path got a lot clearer. She knew what kind of stories she wanted to tell.
She started early.
O'Keefe published her first Harlequin romance at twenty-five, and that quick start shaped a lot of what came after. Her early books, including Kiss the Cook, Pencil Him In, and Dishing It Out, have a brisk, funny energy, but even then she was already interested in people who are a little bruised, a little stubborn, and trying very hard not to need anybody. That mix of sharp banter and genuine hurt became one of her trademarks.
Her life moved around before it settled. She went to university in St. Louis, where she met the editor of her school newspaper, the man she would later marry. The two of them followed each other around the world for a few years before finally putting down roots in Toronto. They later welcomed a son in 2006 and a daughter in 2008.
That everyday life shows up in her work.
Even when O'Keefe is writing high-heat romance or a fairly dark setup, her books usually stay grounded in jobs, homes, family pressure, money trouble, and the long cleanup after bad decisions. She writes chefs, ranchers, ex-cops, mayors, journalists, wounded drifters, and women who are tired of being underestimated. Her couples rarely have an easy path, but they do feel like real people with bills to pay and histories they can't just shrug off.
A lot of readers meet her through books like Wild Child, Between the Sheets, and Crazy Thing Called Love, where small-town life, big chemistry, and emotional mess all get tangled together. Others come in through the darker side of her work, especially Everything I Left Unsaid and its follow-up books, where the danger level rises and the emotional temperature does too. Then there are the inn novels, like Wedding at the Riverview Inn, which lean into second chances, family business drama, and the idea that a place can change people if they let it.
She has picked up some major romance awards along the way. Dishing It Out won an RT Reviewers' Choice Award, Baby Makes Three did too, and both The Christmas Eve Promise and Crazy Thing Called Love won RITAs. Those facts matter, but they also fit the books. O'Keefe has always been good at writing feeling without sanding off the rough edges.
That roughness is part of the appeal. Her stories are full of people who have made a mess of things, been let down, or done some letting down themselves. The settings change, from western towns to Arkansas bars to elegant inns in the Catskills, but the heartbeat stays pretty steady: damaged people trying again.
These days she lives in Toronto with her husband and two children, and the detail she shares about loving the short commute from the coffee pot to her desk tells you a lot. Her books can get intense, but there is usually a practical, human wit underneath them. That balance is a big reason readers keep coming back.
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