Nancy Bush Books in Order
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Nancy Bush books in publication order
47 books
Dare to Love
by Nancy Bush
1982
Feeling that life is slipping past her, quiet Abby decides to make a dramatic change. Her unexpected transformation challenges the assumptions of those around her, especially David, who discovers a woman he never anticipated meeting.
Bittersweet 16
by Nancy Bush
1983
Lover or Deceiver
by Nancy Bush
1984
Widowed mother Lacie Gentry accepts work teaching riding at former classmate Quinn Remington's ranch. Their renewed connection suggests a chance to move beyond grief, but Quinn carries a secret that could undermine the romance before it develops.
Saturday's Child
by Nancy Bush
1984
Actress Brynne channels memories of her broken romance into a role on a successful soap opera. When the star who rejected her unexpectedly appears on set, she must confront the feelings and uncertainty his return awakens.
Stolen Thunder
by Nancy Bush
1985
String of Pearls
by Nancy Bush
1985
Model Brittany Daniels and investigative reporter Devon Gallagher have kept apart since a painful rupture. His suspicions that she is involved in diamond smuggling force a reunion where renewed attraction competes with distrust and the need to prove innocence.
Trial by Fire
by Nancy Bush
1985
Diamond in the Sky
by Nancy Bush
1986
Actress Taylor Michaelson believes she owes her career to former co-star Jason Garrett. After tragedy drives him into isolation on Whidbey Island, she decides to reach him despite the failure of everyone else's attempts to help.
Just a Kiss Away
by Nancy Bush
1986
Widowed Callie escapes to Martinique after losing her husband and son, hoping to avoid scheming relatives. Gavin Rutledge arrives searching for his own troublesome family and suspects her involvement, drawing her into fresh danger and attraction.
Silver Thaw
by Nancy Bush
1986
Mallory is left financially vulnerable after her husband's fatal accident, with an Oregon Christmas-tree crop awaiting harvest. Blane Landers has long cared for her, but the suffering he witnessed during her marriage complicates their circumstances.
Summertime Blues
by Nancy Bush
1987
Tanner Baines returns to Lake Chinook fourteen years after abandoning Maggie Holt for a wealthier bride. Maggie's feelings have survived, but the secrets that ended their youthful romance still threaten any possibility of a future together.
Imaginary Lover
by Nancy Bush
1988
Troubled by life-changing news, Candace McCall reluctantly attends her father's summer party. Connor Holt sees the vulnerability behind her reserve, but his previous experience loving a boss's daughter makes him wary of becoming involved again.
Lady Sundown
by Nancy Bush
1989
Lexie Danner wants a veterinary career and the freedom to choose her husband, despite the opposition of stepbrother Tremaine. Their antagonism gives way to attraction as threats from a land baron and an old enemy force cooperation.
The Princess and the Pauper
by Nancy Bush
1989
Wealthy April Hollis and working-class Jesse Cawthorne shared a teenage romance that pride and social differences destroyed. His return ten years later forces them to confront feelings neither has resolved and the barriers that originally separated them.
Danner's Lady
by Nancy Bush
1990
Harrison Danner promises to marry an enemy's daughter to settle a bitter family feud. Meeting the independent Miracle Jones challenges that commitment, leaving him caught between an obligation meant to restore peace and an unexpected attraction.
Dear Diary
by Nancy Bush
1990
Rory Camden has loved Nick Shard since childhood, recording feelings she believed would never be returned. When his interest becomes romantic, distrust rooted in her father's infidelity prevents her from readily accepting the relationship she once wanted.
Downright Dangerous
by Nancy Bush
1991
Hope Townsend meets Jake Danziger again years after their earlier relationship left her hurt. Attraction remains strong, but his doubts about himself and her memories of heartbreak raise questions about whether a renewed romance can be different.
Jesse's Renegade
by Nancy Bush
1991
Kelsey Garrett seeks a new life in Portland under an assumed name, then encounters the man she has secretly loved for years. Helping Jesse Danner pursue revenge against a land baron places her hopes and safety at risk.
Romancing Rachel
by Nancy Bush
1991
Wealthy Tyrrell discovers that he fathered a son during high school and wants to become part of the boy's life. The child's recently widowed adoptive mother, Rachel, resists the upheaval his arrival threatens to bring.
Man She Married
by Nancy Bush
1992
A Love Like Romeo and Juliet
by Nancy Bush
1993
A bitter feud between the Montgomery and Capshaw families destroyed Molly and Jordan's youthful romance. Meeting again after ten years reopens their shared grief and reveals an attraction that neither family conflict nor separation has extinguished.
Scandal's Darling
by Nancy Bush
1993
Lady Veronica needs a fiancé to avoid a marriage imposed by her father. American Samuel Danner, in England searching for his wife's killer, agrees to the pretence, but their arrangement becomes complicated when genuine attraction develops.
Tangled
by Nancy Bush
1994
Three sisters are reunited by the discovery of their violent stepfather's remains years after his disappearance. A murder investigation threatens the lives they have built and forces them to confront a shared secret from the night he vanished.
The Princess of Coldwater Flats
by Nancy Bush
1994
Rancher Samantha Whalen believes finding a husband may be the only way to save her heavily mortgaged property. Stranger Cooper Ryan appears interested in both the ranch and its owner, leaving her to question his intentions.
If You Believe / No Turning Back
by Nancy Bush
1997
Child psychologist Liz Havers returns to confront a decision from her youth and reconnects with detective Hawk Hart. When his teenage son discovers a body, their personal history becomes entangled in a dangerous small-town murder investigation.
Valentine's Child
by Nancy Bush
1997
Sherry Sterling returns to her hometown because her teenage daughter wants to meet the father she never knew. Facing J.J. Beckett after fifteen years forces Sherry to confront their separation and feelings she has never put aside.
Candy Apple Red
by Nancy Bush
2005
Aspiring investigator Jane Kelly takes a paid case involving a missing man suspected of murdering his family. The investigation reconnects her with an old love and turns her quiet Oregon life into a complicated search for answers.
Ginny Blue's Boyfriends
by Nancy Bush
2005
After her latest relationship ends, Los Angeles film production manager Ginny Bluebell decides to revisit her former boyfriends. Investigating what went wrong with each romance becomes an attempt to understand her choices and avoid repeating familiar mistakes.
Electric Blue
by Nancy Bush
2006
Private investigator in training Jane Kelly becomes involved with the wealthy, eccentric Purcell family. When the woman whose fortune everyone wants is found murdered, a second body makes Jane's search through their rivalries increasingly dangerous.
Ultra Violet
by Nancy Bush
2007
New private investigator Jane Kelly examines the murder of a plastic-surgery magnate just before his daughter's wedding. His eccentric former wife becomes a suspect, but shifting accounts and a contentious family leave Jane with several competing possibilities.
Hush
by Nancy Bush
2011
Coby Rendell reunites with friends twelve years after a beach gathering ended in tragedy. When members of the old group begin dying, she and detective Danner Lockwood must examine secrets shared on that long-ago summer night.
Miracle Jones
by Nancy Bush
2011
Healer Miracle Jones travels to Oregon searching for her missing father, only to be captured by highwaymen. Harrison Danner intervenes, but his impending marriage to an enemy's daughter makes their growing attraction dangerous for everyone involved.
Nowhere to Hide
by Nancy Bush
2012
Detective September Rafferty receives childhood artwork marked with a killer's message as young women are murdered. The threat leads her toward an old classmate and suggests that someone from her past has singled her out.
Nowhere to Run
by Nancy Bush
2012
Liv Dugan survives a workplace massacre and suspects a connection to a package left by her deceased adoptive mother. Fleeing into a stranger's car, she seeks help uncovering family secrets that someone is willing to kill to conceal.
Nowhere Safe
by Nancy Bush
2013
Detective September Rafferty investigates a killer targeting suspected sexual predators and displaying messages beside the victims. When her stepbrother survives an attack, his apparent reluctance to tell the truth makes the inquiry painfully personal for her.
I'll Find You
by Nancy Bush
2014
Callie Cantrell is rebuilding her life after a crash killed her husband and son. A former police officer's search for his nephew brings disturbing questions about her identity and a killer whose vengeance reaches into her past.
You Can't Escape
by Nancy Bush
2015
Journalist Jordanna Winters joins injured reporter Jay Danziger to investigate a bombing that nearly killed him. Their search uncovers murders marked by branded bodies, while Jordanna's own troubled history brings her closer to the killer's plans.
The Killing Game
by Nancy Bush
2016
Widow Andi Wren hires investigator Luke Denton after threats complicate her efforts to protect her husband's company. The discovery of multiple skeletons draws police into a case whose connections suggest something more dangerous than corporate rivalry.
Dangerous Behavior
by Nancy Bush
2017
Julia Ford washes ashore without remembering the night her husband died. His brother Sam suspects the supposed accident hides a crime, and their search for answers threatens to expose a murderous couple determined to silence a survivor.
Jealousy
by Nancy Bush
2018
Lucy Crissman becomes a suspect when her husband is poisoned at a family gala. Attorney Dallas Denton takes her case, unaware of their hidden connection or how inheritance disputes and old resentments are driving further danger.
Bad Things
by Nancy Bush
2019
Deaths surrounding former members of a popular high-school clique reopen old secrets in Edwards Bay. After her stepbrother dies and another classmate follows, Kerry reunites with former sweetheart and police officer Cole Sheffield to confront the danger.
The Babysitter
by Nancy Bush
2020
Jamie returns home after her mother’s death, twenty years after a babysitting swap left her sister Emma gravely injured. A new attack on a babysitter raises fears for Jamie’s teenage daughter and suggests the earlier violence remains unresolved.
The Gossip
by Nancy Bush
2021
Former River Glen officer Mackenzie Laughlin joins private investigator Jesse James Taft on a missing-woman case. A body in the river leads them toward a killer targeting once-popular schoolgirls, with old gossip apparently driving the revenge.
The Neighbors
by Nancy Bush
2022
Mackenzie Laughlin protects Daley Carrera after disturbing incidents in an upscale community. As affairs, disappearances, and threatening pranks overlap with Jesse James Taft’s investigation, Mac must determine what lies beneath the neighbors’ polished lives before further violence follows.
The Camp
by Nancy Bush
2023
A reopened Oregon summer camp brings former campers back to the lake where a girl died twenty years earlier. Three women have concealed what happened that summer, but returning alumni and renewed danger threaten to expose their shared secrets.
The Sorority
by Nancy Bush
2024
Private investigator Mackenzie Laughlin searches for a missing member of a high school clique bound by a promise of loyalty. Fresh suspicious accidents revive questions about a graduation-night crash, forcing Mac to investigate how far the women will protect one another.
The Psychic
by Nancy Bush
2025
Veronica Quick has spent years distrusting her unreliable premonitions, but a strangled woman is found exactly where her latest vision predicted. Further glimpses of victims send her toward a killer while a skeptical detective from her past complicates the investigation.
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