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Pine River Books in Order

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Find the Pine River books by Julia London in order, with quick summaries, ranch and family series background, and where-to-start tips.

Last updated: June 30, 2026

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Pine River books in publication order

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3 books

1

Homecoming Ranch

by Julia London

2013

Madeline Pruett learns that the father she never knew has left her a ranch, an inheritance, and two half sisters in Colorado. A fight over home and belonging pulls her toward Luke Kendrick.

2

Return to Homecoming Ranch

by Julia London

2014

After a humiliating breakup and a public meltdown, Libby Tyler returns to Pine River determined to make Homecoming Ranch work. Deputy Sam Winters may be the one person who truly sees past the gossip.

3

The Perfect Homecoming

by Julia London

2015

The final Pine River story returns to Homecoming Ranch for another healing, homecoming, and hard-won romance. Family secrets and emotional baggage still have to be faced before anyone gets a fresh start.

Pine River books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Homecoming Ranch"

    Homecoming Ranch

    by Julia London

    2013Pine River, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Return to Homecoming Ranch"

    Return to Homecoming Ranch

    by Julia London

    2014Pine River, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Perfect Homecoming"

    The Perfect Homecoming

    by Julia London

    2015Pine River, Book 3

Series background & context

Pine River is a home-and-healing series set in the Colorado mountains, with Homecoming Ranch at its heart. These books are contemporary romances, but they also lean hard into family discovery, inheritance trouble, and the strange emotional pull of a place that is supposed to mean something even when you are not sure it belongs to you.

The series opens with the shock of unexpected family. A woman who thought she understood her life learns she has been left part of a ranch and, just as importantly, two half sisters she has never known. From there the books widen into a story about what home means to different people, some born to it, some returning to it, and some trying to build it from scratch after things fall apart.

Homecoming Ranch introduces the central property and the web of loyalties around it. Return to Homecoming Ranch stays with the same community while focusing on heartbreak, gossip, and the challenge of starting over in full view of everybody. The Perfect Homecoming brings the emotional threads back to the ranch and pushes the family story toward resolution.

The setting does a lot of work here. Pine River feels woodsy, close-knit, and a little bruised in the best way. If you like mountain-town romance with more family weight than cowboy swagger, this is one of London's warmest contemporary series.

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