Rachel Gibson Books in Order
See all Rachel Gibson books and series in order, with quick summaries, small-town and hockey romance notes, and simple suggestions on where to start.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
25 books
Simply Irresistible
by Rachel Gibson
1998
Runaway bride Georgeanne Howard bolts from her wedding into the car of Seattle Chinooks star John Kowalsky. Years later, a surprise daughter pulls the ex-lovers back together and forces them to decide if passion can turn into a lasting family.
Truly Madly Yours
by Rachel Gibson
1999
Hairdresser Delaney Shaw returns to Truly, Idaho, expecting only to attend her stepfather’s funeral and collect her inheritance. Instead she is bound by a shocking will that ties her fortune, and her future, to bad-boy neighbor Nick Allegrezza.
It Must Be Love
by Rachel Gibson
2000
Undercover cop Joe Shanahan sees his sting operation implode when free-spirited shop owner Gabrielle Breedlove drops him with a can of hairspray. Forced to pose as her boyfriend, he struggles to keep the investigation separate from the attraction growing between them.
True Confessions
by Rachel Gibson
2001
Tabloid reporter Hope Spencer flees Los Angeles for tiny Gospel, Idaho, hoping for anonymity and a fresh start. Between eccentric locals, an old murder in her rented house, and the town’s guarded sheriff, she finds far more trouble, and tenderness, than she expected.
Lola Carlyle Reveals All
by Rachel Gibson
2002
Former supermodel Lola Carlyle hides out on a private yacht after scandalous photos leak, only to have it commandeered by covert agent Max Zamora. Stranded together and on the run, the pampered celebrity and grim operative must survive danger and an inconvenient, growing attraction.
See Jane Score
by Rachel Gibson
2003
By day, journalist Jane Alcott chases a career-making assignment covering the rowdy Seattle Chinooks and their surly goalie, Luc Martineau. By night, she secretly pens a steamy column, and the line between fantasy and real life blurs as sparks fly with her most difficult source.
Daisy's Back in Town
by Rachel Gibson
2004
Fifteen years after vanishing from Lovett, Texas, Daisy Lee Monroe returns a widowed mom with a confession for Jackson Parrish, the man she left behind. Facing the truth about their shared past may give them one last chance at the future they once imagined.
The Trouble with Valentine's Day
by Rachel Gibson
2005
Burned-out private investigator Kate Hamilton heads to Gospel, Idaho, only to have her bold Valentine’s Day flirtation rejected by a brooding stranger. When he turns out to be her new neighbor, ex-hockey star Rob Sutter, small-town proximity makes ignoring each other impossible.
I'm In No Mood for Love
by Rachel Gibson
2006
After catching her fiancé in a humiliating betrayal, romance novelist Clare Wingate drinks too much at a wedding and wakes up next to childhood crush Sebastian Vaughan. A supposed one-time mistake soon threatens to become the kind of love she has stopped believing in.
Sex, Lies, and Online Dating
by Rachel Gibson
2006
Mystery writer Lucy Rothschild uses online dating as research for a novel about a female serial killer. Her latest match, Quinn McIntyre, is really an undercover cop hunting a murderer, and each suspects the other while their off-the-charts chemistry complicates the case.
Tangled Up in You
by Rachel Gibson
2007
True crime writer Maddie Dupree moves to Truly, Idaho, to investigate the long-ago barroom murders that shattered her childhood. Posing under a pen name, she falls for bar owner Mick Hennessy, whose own family history is tied to the very crime she is determined to expose.
Not Another Bad Date
by Rachel Gibson
2008
Sci-fi novelist Adele Harris is convinced she is cursed, given her spectacularly awful romantic track record. Back in her Texas hometown to help her sister, she collides with former football star Zach Zemaitis, the ex who broke her heart and may be her last chance to heal it.
True Love and Other Disasters
by Rachel Gibson
2009
Faith Duffy goes from showgirl to wealthy widow to astonished owner of the Seattle Chinooks. Team captain Ty Savage wants only a championship, not a boss who knows nothing about hockey, yet their clash over the franchise quickly turns into something far more personal.
Nothing But Trouble
by Rachel Gibson
2010
Out-of-work actress Chelsea Ross signs on as personal assistant to injured hockey legend Mark Bressler, hoping the job will pay her bills. Mark wants to drive the relentlessly upbeat caretaker away, but her stubborn cheer starts to thaw even his fiercest defenses.
Any Man of Mine
by Rachel Gibson
2011
Wedding planner Autumn Haven once had a wild Vegas weekend with Chinooks star Sam LeClaire that ended in a quick divorce and a baby she mostly raises alone. Years later, Sam decides to be a real father, forcing them to confront old hurts and fresh desire.
Crazy on You
by Rachel Gibson
2012
Single mom Lily Darlington has rebuilt her life and salon business in Lovett, Texas, after one famously impulsive act involving her ex’s living room. Her straight-laced next-door neighbor, police officer Tucker Matthews, tries to resist the chaos she brings, even as attraction pulls him closer.
Rescue Me
by Rachel Gibson
2012
Real estate agent Sadie Hollowell reluctantly returns to Lovett for a family wedding and a quick visit with the father she has long avoided. A broken-down truck introduces her to taciturn ex-Navy SEAL Vince Haven, whose stay in town soon tangles with Sadie’s carefully guarded heart.
Blue by You
by Rachel Gibson
2013
Blue Butler never forgot the fiery teenage affair she had with Kasper Pennington, heir to a rival Louisiana family who left to join the Marines. When he returns years later, old grudges and deeper feelings collide as they decide whether a second chance is worth the risk.
Run to You
by Rachel Gibson
2013
Stella Leon is just trying to get through another bartending shift in Miami when Beau Junger decks her mob-connected boss and insists she leave town. The ex-Marine is delivering her to the half sister she has never met, but a cross-country road trip changes both their plans.
What I Love About You
by Rachel Gibson
2014
Once a high school golden girl, single mom Natalie Cooper now runs a photo shop in Truly, Idaho, and keeps men at arm’s length. Her new neighbor, troubled ex-Navy SEAL Blake Junger, wants solitude, yet a lively daughter and a stray dog keep pulling them together.
I Do!
by Rachel Gibson
2015
Lovett hairstylist Becca Ramsey is focused on proving herself at Sadie and Vince’s big wedding, not on notorious charmer Nate Parrish. When the reformed bad boy sets his sights on her, Becca must decide if trusting him means repeating old mistakes or finally getting the love she wants.
Just Kiss Me
by Rachel Gibson
2016
Housekeeper’s daughter Vivien Rochet escaped Charleston for Hollywood stardom, leaving behind the wealthy Whitley-Shuler family and their judgment. Returning years later, she finds quiet, serious Henry Whitley-Shuler very different from the boy she remembers, and their renewed connection challenges everything she thought she wanted from life.
The Art of Running in Heels
by Rachel Gibson
2017
Reality-show bride Lexie Kowalsky bolts from the altar in full wedding regalia and jumps onto a floatplane bound for a tiny Canadian town. Sharing the flight is Seattle Chinooks star Sean Knox, and a viral photo soon forces them into a pretend relationship that feels increasingly real.
How Lulu Lost Her Mind
by Rachel Gibson
2020
Lou Ann Hunter, better known as TV love guru Lulu, presses pause on her high-profile career to care for her fiercely flirtatious mother with Alzheimer’s at a crumbling Louisiana plantation. Their messy, funny, and painful months together reshape how both women understand love, regret, and letting go.
Drop Dead Gorgeous
by Rachel Gibson
2022
On the way to a date, small-town Texan Brittany Lynn Snider ends up in a strange limbo and accidentally swaps bodies with wealthy Detroit socialite Edie. Living someone else’s privileged life forces Brittany to confront who she truly is and what kind of future she wants.
Where should I start?
If you want small-town Idaho charm: Truly Madly Yours Tangled Up in You What I Love About You
If you love sports romance and hockey: Simply Irresistible See Jane Score The Trouble with Valentine's Day True Love and Other Disasters
If you prefer Texas-set second chances: Daisy's Back in Town Crazy on You Rescue Me Run to You
If you like stories about women writers and friends: Sex, Lies, and Online Dating I'm In No Mood for Love Tangled Up in You Not Another Bad Date
If you want deeper, women's-fiction style reads: How Lulu Lost Her Mind Drop Dead Gorgeous
Author bio
Rachel Gibson grew up in Boise, Idaho, and built a career out of stories that feel like conversations with a sharp, funny friend. She writes contemporary romances and women’s fiction full of small towns, big feelings, and people who rarely have their lives together on page one.
She was raised in a working-class family. Her dad worked for the local phone company, her mom stayed home, and the neighborhood mixed Idaho roots with a strong Basque presence. As a kid she was surrounded by unusual last names and family histories, which quietly trained her ear for character and community.
Her often-told origin story starts with a Chevy Vega and a teenage mistake. At sixteen she ran the car into a hill, picked up the bumper and broken glass, and moved everything to the high school parking lot. Then she spun a completely different story for her parents about a hit and run, and they believed her. Looking back, she treats that moment as her first successful piece of fiction.
After high school she married young, and by twenty-five she and her husband were raising three children. Money was tight and free time even tighter. One evening a broken television set pushed her toward the paperback rack, where she picked up Shirlee Busbee’s historical romance The Spanish Rose. The mix of emotion, adventure, and intimacy lit something up, and she started to wonder if she could write a book of her own.
It took years of drafting around nap schedules and everyday chaos, but those experiments eventually turned into a finished manuscript. In 1998 her first novel, Simply Irresistible, introduced readers to the Seattle Chinooks hockey team and a runaway bride who jumps into the wrong car. The book landed on bestseller lists and kicked off a long run of contemporary romances. Along the way Gibson picked up awards including RITA wins for True Confessions and Not Another Bad Date, plus honors from romance readers’ groups and booksellers.
Her fiction tends to live in very specific places. There are Idaho towns like Truly and Gospel, full of gossip, snow, and bingo nights, and the rowdy locker rooms of the Chinooks. Lovett, Texas brings dusty roads, football, and big family barbecues, while the Military Men books follow ex-soldiers and former Navy SEALs trying to build ordinary lives after dangerous careers. No matter the setting, she leans on quick dialogue, slightly offbeat side characters, and heroines who swear they are done with love until they clearly are not.
Some of her best-known novels show that range. Sex, Lies, and Online Dating mixes murder investigation with the hazards of internet dating. Daisy’s Back in Town sends a widow home to face the man she left behind and the son he never knew he had. The Writer Friends books follow a tight-knit group of authors whose messy personal lives keep colliding with the genres they write, while stories like Rescue Me, Run to You, and What I Love About You track ex-military heroes wrestling with trauma, sobriety, and second chances. More recently, How Lulu Lost Her Mind and Drop Dead Gorgeous fold in family drama and a touch of the supernatural, blurring the line between romance and broader women’s fiction.
Across all of these books, certain themes repeat. Secrets and old mistakes come home to roost. Single parents, working women, and people who have already survived something hard stumble toward connection anyway. Her characters crack jokes at funerals, fall in lust at the worst possible time, and slowly figure out what it means to be brave in regular, everyday ways.
Gibson still lives in Boise with her husband, three kids, two cats, and a dog of uncertain ancestry. When she is not drafting new chapters she has talked about taking the boat out on Payette Lake, hunting for another perfect pair of shoes, or doting on whichever pet will tolerate her attention that day.
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