Patricia H Rushford Books in Order

A clear home-care guide for parents facing fevers, stomach bugs, and other common childhood illnesses. It focuses on comfort, warning signs, and when to get medical help.

An encouraging parenting book about understanding teenagers, staying connected, and speaking into their lives with wisdom instead of panic. Practical, direct, and written for the real world.

A straightforward guide to getting family finances under control. Rushford tackles spending habits, planning, and the small decisions that turn money chaos into steadier management.

A practical handbook for adults caring for aging parents while juggling the rest of life. It offers help with stress, decisions, and the daily reality of caregiving.

A serious injury ends Kristen's gymnastics dream and leaves her desperate to belong somewhere else. Popularity, parties, and compromise pull her far from the life she thought she wanted.

Rushford pushes back against the supermom myth and focuses on what children really need, presence, grace, and steady love. A warm, honest parenting guide with practical encouragement.

Co-written with Jean Lush, this book walks through the emotional and physical changes women face from puberty through post-menopause. It aims to replace fear and confusion with clear guidance.

An accessible overview of the emotional and physical seasons of a woman's life, from early adolescence to midlife change. The goal is understanding, reassurance, and perspective.

Rushford explores the ways close relationships get bruised by unmet expectations, miscommunication, and old hurt. It is a plainspoken look at repairing love instead of romanticizing it.

A practical book for readers who feel overwhelmed by bills, budgets, and financial confusion. Rushford breaks money problems into manageable steps and everyday choices.

A bomb threat delays Jennie's Florida trip and introduces her to a girl haunted by her father's murder. By the time Jennie reaches the dolphin lab, she is already chasing a killer.

Jennie's perfect summer shatters when her globe-trotting grandmother disappears with stolen diamonds. With Ryan Johnson beside her, she starts digging and finds more family secrets than she expected.

Hot on the trail of clues about her missing father, Jennie escapes on a Caribbean cruise with her grandmother. Instead of rest, she walks into lies, new suspects, and a growing threat.

Still chasing answers about her missing father, Jennie finds herself swept into another dangerous mystery. Someone is watching her moves, and the search quickly turns personal.

Using the image of brokenness that needs patient repair, Rushford writes about emotional wounds and the healing process. It is aimed at readers trying to put life back together.

When a pharmacist's daughter begs for help, Jennie uncovers a case tangled with drugs, sports, and fierce pressure to succeed. The closer she gets, the uglier the competition looks.

Jennie's little brother disappears along with a neighbor child, and panic takes over. Following the clues means questioning adults, hidden violence, and the man next door.

After a bomb injures her uncle at Dancing Waters Ranch, Jennie heads to Montana to find the attacker. Family tension, land disputes, and a chilly cousin make every clue feel dangerous.

A chemistry teacher's apparent overdose doesn't sit right with Jennie, especially after a string of school break-ins. Soon stolen chemicals and murder pull her deeper than ever.

A practical guide for adults who want to protect abused or neglected children and help them heal. Rushford covers reporting abuse, building trust, and creating safer homes.

Rushford looks at the lasting pain of child abuse and neglect, then offers practical ways adults can help broken children recover. It is a compassionate guide for parents, teachers, and caregivers.

A fire destroys Trinity Center and leaves a family friend badly hurt. As rumors spread about hate and revenge, Jennie hunts the person who turned fear into arson.

Ex-cop and travel writer Helen Bradley probes suspicious deaths tied to a prominent doctor's research empire and a luxury care home. The deeper she goes, the more dangerous the secrets become.

The mayor's daughter is murdered, and the prime suspect is one of Ryan's closest friends. Jennie wants the truth, even if it drives a wedge between her and Ryan.

Helen Bradley takes over a travel-guide project on a Washington peninsula after the original writer dies mysteriously. A disappearance, an attack, and long-buried secrets tell her the job was never routine.

A family reunion on a secluded island turns deadly when Helen Bradley's uncle dies after warning that someone wants him dead. Inheritance fights, old resentments, and a local legend cloud the truth.

Jennie's holiday at a fur farm goes bad fast when animals are released, tempers flare, and the owner disappears. Old activism, family conflict, and suspicion put one of her friends in the crossfire.

Country singer Shanna O'Brian returns home after losing both her mother and the man who shaped her career. Old love, old wounds, and a threatening undercurrent wait for her there.

When a school newspaper story reveals Annie Phillips was abandoned as a baby, Annie disappears. Jennie suspects the truth about Annie's past is powerful enough to get someone hurt.

A simple hike turns into a nightmare when Jennie is taken hostage by a teen on the run. Nearby, an injured girl with no memory may hold the key to a much bigger mystery.

While her husband vanishes on a sudden assignment, Helen Bradley digs into the murder of her town's mayor. The case tests her instincts, her marriage, and her nerve.

After a plane crash during a flying lesson with her grandmother, Jennie McGrady is cut off from help. The isolated community she turns to may be hiding more than it offers.

Jennie McGrady heads to Ireland with her grandmother to settle a family estate. What starts as family business turns sinister when a death and tangled history refuse to stay buried.

Rookie Oregon State Police detective Mac McAllister draws a headline murder for his first big case. Too many suspects, too little evidence, and his own haunted past make the investigation a trial by fire.

Fame cannot protect Shanna O'Brian from grief, family damage, and the pull of home. Back at Morningsong Estates, she must face her past, her ex-husband, and danger she cannot yet name.

Mac McAllister juggles a missing ski instructor, a nearby homicide, and a body found in the Columbia River. The cases may connect, but proving it could cost him dearly.

Officer Angel Delaney shoots a twelve-year-old boy in the line of duty and becomes the target of public outrage. Missing evidence and fresh murders suggest the story is far from over.

On leave from the force, Angel Delaney still can't ignore trouble when a frightened woman asks for help. Soon a cluster of murders, a framed friend, and a missing Callen drag her back in.

After her father's death, Angel turns to the mystery that has haunted her family for years, her brother Luke's disappearance. The search leads across state lines and into dangerous company.

A retired rail worker found dead on the tracks looks like an accident, until Mac and Dana start asking questions. Burglary, arson, and another killing reveal a messy web of cover-ups.

A senator's niece disappears, her car is abandoned, and threatening letters point in several directions at once. Mac and Dana must sort politics, family secrets, and fear before time runs out.

Max's new home at Lakeside Farm should be a fresh start. But slashed tires, a break-in, and growing fear make Jessie and Max wonder who wants Amelia off her land.

Max and Jessie try to help orphaned children hiding from deportation during a string of local burglaries. Their good deed leads them straight to Ghost Island and a trap.

Jessie knows her new friend Max is wild, funny, and always in trouble. When she learns Max's stepparents are drug dealers, helping her friend could become dangerous.

As hard times hit Copper Mill, Kate reaches out to homeless neighbors and finds herself tangled in linked crimes. A man she barely knows may be innocent, or may bring danger to her door.

Abbie Campbell has spent two years hiding with her young daughter. In Cold Creek, Oregon, a chance to clear her name and build an artists' retreat comes with romance, risk, and a killer nearby.

Helen Bradley returns from her honeymoon to find her Oregon coast home ransacked and her housesitter dead. What should have been a quiet homecoming becomes a short, sharp murder investigation.

Painter Carolyn Hudson wakes drugged in a hotel room beside a dead politician who had just hired her. Forced into hiding, she has to clear her name before the killer reaches her first.

Alaina Neilson returns home after her estranged mother suffers a stroke. Instead of a simple reunion, she finds stolen quilts, a suspicious stranger, and murder.

Lindsay Montgomery wants to leave the family business and paint full time, but the choice cracks open old secrets. Lies, murder, and an old crush turn her dream into a fight for survival.